Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-02
River News.

The Indications OF general break up
o. the frost are now quite evident, and
the ice in the river Is hourly growing
weaker, and bg tomorrow will not to
any extent impede navigation.
The Armada went out with all the
freight she could stow away, and fall f
people. She continued to receive until
halfpast o'clock, but appeared to have
little or 10 difficulty in making her way
through the ice.
The 4 K Dunkersou also has on
board a full load Of freight and people
for Green River. Ia consequence Of the
fog and ice, she lies over until daylight
this morning.
The steamer j. II. Hoyle, Capt Jesse
Greer, will leave for Nashville at /
o'clock this afternoon, and will take
freight aud passengers to that city and
all way ports Mr.. X NJ johnson will
wait on passengers at the Office
There we're no further arrivals since
our report Of yesterday noon, nor have
We any special adyices Of any boats
having left Louisville or Cincinnati
The Taraseou, Niagara, Peerless,
Fannie Brandies and Charmer, are the
FIRST boats expected from above and the
Robt Burns, Mississippi, and Niagara
the first from below
The Glendale added largely to her
already nice trip, yesterday, and viii
positively leave This morning for Cinciu-
natl, at 2 o'clock and will make all
packet landings and carry freights and
passengers. Capt Dan. Clarke is in
command
The Darling will probaiy also come
mp from her ice harbor to-day, and leave
for Cincinnati
Capt Drinkwaters new boat, the Wm.
White, now lies at the foot Of Locust
Street, and is about ready for business.
Navigation had not been resumed At
Louisville up to Tuesday night
Capt Liter, Of Kentucky, has been So
journing in the city for few days He
is nov engaged in woolgrowing, up
Green River, but has plainly banker.
ing after steamboats, yet.
The Louisville Journal Of Tuesday
says
The river yesterday continued filled
with heavy ice, far TOO heavy to permit
the fnnHiug OF boats The blockade Of
navigation Is complete aud lbe pros
poets are that IL will no. Ds bf3'.au for
two or three days Boys ARE n5a max
ing money ia the arduous enterprises Of
carrying passengers across the river in
skins. They charge from three to FIVE
dollars for each passenger vino prefers
the short aud dangerous route to the
eircuitous way by Portland aud New
Albany. The weather is modera,-
ing, aud II Is thawiug quite rapidly
IN the sun. The atmosphere was mild
and spring like yesterday. and tlfe thaw
was general A few more such DAYS,
aud the ice will be oompletely rotted
We think that by Wednesday evening,
At iurthest, it the mild weather contin-
ues, boats can leave for New Orleans.
in the meantime, they are loading and
getting ready 10 move out at the earliest
possible moment The river has not
been closed or gorged below this city,
as reported though the ice has moved
very slowly ia the narroweat places--as
Mt Wolf Creek, and the Narrows near
Leavenworth. The blockade of the
Ohio will have the effect to greatly in
crease the prices OF produce of all kinds
in New Orleans, and other points on
the Miasissippi River below Cairo The
river between Cairo aud ST. Louis has
been closed by ice for nearly three
weeks, and no produce has been passing
out from st. Louis to the South Usu-
ally the shippers Of that city have been
able, when navigation was impeded, to
ship BY rail to Cairo, but this they have
not been able to do the present winter,
for The reason that the only railroad
leading into Cairo, the Illinois Central,
is taxed TO its full capacity to carry sup
plies for Thomas army, for tfanship-
ment from Cairo up Tennessee River by
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