The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-12

| freezing cold, and ice made freely all day.
/ On the falls, last evening, there, were IA
chute, and rising. That assures good tide
| for the coal fleet. f8g aiaui fsa4f lfa
| The towboats have not yet made up their
tows Of coal for the South, though we think
| the greater number will be on this even
| ing The Grand Lake, the new towboat,
was busy yesterday towing her bargeS ever
the, falls, and had made two trips. The
Hornet and Baltic had also arrived and
were preparing to start South. ~ 10 Gug
AS we have heretofore stated, the Courier
will furnish the reliable coal statistics, pre-
missing that the present run win be the
| largest sent south this season. 1t will
probably amountto two million bushels.
| including portion left over on the last
rise. 800 = b7tstai3s ts et9a .03F.
A barge with about 10000 bushels of COAL,
belonging to G. Miller & Co., in tow of the
Oar, was sunk on the falls Saturday even
ing. The barge was dashed to pieces and
We also learn that the towboat Eagle
lost one of her boats. 1t sWamped, filling
with water, and was run to shore below
Wefear the storm that prevailed along,
the river Saturday has proved disastrous
to- the coal Heet. f'AAa 4a10tt ICON <A.sso f
Theistormwas very severe at Cincinnati,
where it, uproofed several houses. 1t blew
pretty hard here, though doing no damage.
The new low pressure steamer Rich
mond, ION the Marine Ways at Madison,
had a. slight shock of the high wind, but
escaped all damage. A portion of the after
part of the hurricane roof, in an unfinish-
ed condition, was slightly loosened from
the stauchions, which will give the build
ers an hour or two's trouble to readjust.
Itwas aportion of the roof projecting over
the after guard. sEqFp -Tf9 ~ 80,
The Richmond is now wholly rooted i n
and the texas built, and she is all ready to
float off the ways on the first high tide.
Sr.9 LOUIS 1.-THE Democrat, of Monday
says: Rls' iafsh eas 'toii adT 7s8
Saturday night and yesterday we had the
coolest weather of the season. Although
the Upper Mississippi. as fiiph ut1 as ST
Paul, was entirely free from lee, with the
river rising and mlld weather, we shall
PEonaply z learn d today Of seyeEe frost and
report a large stage ofwater in the Illinois
and rising from Lasalle down., and the
Mississippi and Missouri also rising. The
river here still rose yesterday, with fair
stage OF water to Cairo, and no boats in
difficulty. A continuance of the present
weather for two or three days will change
the face of things. st9
a Cairo dispatch dated Sunday, to the
Democrat says:
yesterday that several boats were compel
led to lay there nearly all day. Three mem
were drowned in attempting to cross the
river in skiff. tskfile
The body of Capt Ayres, drowned near
Mound City some time ago, was found last
evening. above Cairo.
The Henry Ames re-ships rs tons of
oranges and other fruit for Louisville and
Cincinnati and returns from here Tues
day morning.
MEMPHIs.-The -AvalGnche, of Saturday,
says: ~ s.f...5.
The river yesterday was disagreeable,
with steady rain, which continued till
q bad condition in consequence of SO much
rain. The mud on the landing, in some
places, was mark twain; and often no
bottom was cried out by the draymen.
Freights continue scarce. Business on the
wharf was dull. Shipments were deferred
on account of the rain. The river here
rose three feet during the past twenty-four
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