Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-23
River News.

River News.
Saturday and Saturday night were
heavy on steamboats,. From early Sat
urday morning until yesterday morning
fog settled over the river, at times 60
dense that It could not be penetrated
BY the human eye a hundred feet, shut
ting out all arrivals, and for the time
suspendng business entirely
The Ida Lyon managed to make her
way in before noon after which there
we're no further arrivals until yesterday
morning
The Armada was unable TO leave un-
1l after daylight yesterday morning.
The X X Dunkerson came out Of
Green River, and had to signal her way
to shore and le-to until morning, in
company With the Iron City
The Justice was detained, and did not
arrive until noon yesterday and the
Gen Anderson was delayed until five
o'clock last evening, when she arrived
with a good passen ger trip, but little
freight The Gen. Anderson will return
to Cairo ut two ocloek to day, and win
furnish spleudid accommodations to
passengers. Capt. Billy Lowth is her
popular commander
The Little Grey Eagle, due on satur.
day afternoon, had not arrived at ten
o'clock last night, and it was reported
that she had returned from greensboro
to louisville
The Emma Floyd aud Naugatuck
passed up yesterday, loaded with blue
coata
The Ida Lyon has been released from
Government employ, and will enter the
trade as a regular packet between this
port aud Fort Doneson, and viii leave
this evening at four o'clock She is a
neat, pleasant, new steamer, with agree.
able and accommodating officers
The Rose Hite will be the regular
packet for Louisville to-day
The big Missouri may be expected
here for New Orleans, for which point
she will depart this evening or to-mor
row morning, probably the latter, as she
has had the fog TO contend With. Her
officers arc those courteous aud accom-
plsbed gentlemen, Capt Hurd and San
Barr, ir She should have big trip
The Justice will return to Canneltol
at 100 clock to-day
The Iron City left FOR Nashville las
evening with full cargo Of Govern
ment corn.
The Alice Dean is over due unlss
she passed during the night, which j
probable. She passed Cairo Frida
evening, with 500 bales Of cotton 70
Cincinnati, and a large quantity Of othe
freight aa uses
@ The Silver Moon, Mamie Byers, Leor
ora No . and Anglo Saxon are du
from above.
The r. X. Dunkerson will leave f
Bowling Green this evening at 6 o'clos
Among her passengers yesterday wei
Col Spray and Capt Ed. White,
curdsville
Col. r X. Dunkerson and John Fun
were passengers by the Gen. Anderso
90 from hetov, last evening.
The following is the account of Il
4l date collision between the John Rair
aud Diakey, as related by the captain
the n,ckey:
EThe Raiue came up the same ST
without blowing her whistle. The Dick
stopped ana backed, but the Raine d
not stop until the moment before
collision The assistant engineer on :
Raine says he obeyed the signal to SD
of steam as soon AS given, but before
could do so the collision occurred, The
we're 500 soldiers on the Dickey, Oh
two OF whom were lost Five oth'
will die of wounds received from the
efdent Two deck hands we're 10
After Capt Callahan signalled the Raj
TO come TO his assistance she ran il
the Dickey second time, with such Y
lence rs TO cut her guard 10 the HI
aud killed another soldier
The Cincinnati Commercial of Sat
day says;
All the packets were detained vest
day by fog The Major Anderson
not arrive from Louisville until
evening. There is considerable ice 7
Mug in the river here 1t is repor
very heavy as low downas Maysvi
Unless there is a favorable ehang'
the weather, the Wild Wagner viii
return 70 Wheeling, but lay over.
The Silver Moon, which left Gin
natl for Memphis, on Thursday nj
while running in the fog before day
terday, grounded hard on the bar at
mouth Of the Big Miami Capt W
Miller came here yesterday morn
aud secured the services of Cap
Booths tow boat Liberty No 4,
6arges to tighten off the Noon.
viii doubtless be all right again, anC
her way to Memphis to-day, reioic
The Louisville Journal Of FIR
says:
s The Irene brought two hundred
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