The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-17
0Ieaninga frosn our EScIlaNgeH

NlennahHs ffsistt Our A-AcAanEHss.
cfNeiRNAff, The c0mmeroiai. Of Mon.
day, saysi
The weather WINS delightfully."- clear cad
pleasant yesterday, AZ pittAbnfg the riveF
u rising, with thirteen feet Ia the channel.
The kannWha II using, with -four taet IN
tho channel, Ilelh the river has risen ten
inches during tha past twenty -four hours.
with fiiteen feet hence Ia Louisville
LortsyuGf.=fhe c6w'ie, Of Monday,
says lgf III fuetg
with I'VE feet aik inches water In las tiitnnl
Ia the evening by the mark, During the
previous forty eight hours ~ hAdtAlleii NV o
inches At the head Of tie falls, aud ak
inches NJ Portland. The Wehthercontih
uea dry, and yehtafdny was delightfully."-
PLEASANT aud clear. more like humni6r titan
the fall OF the year. UffEHtt
ON the falls, last evening, there were
three and a half feet water ia the pnna,
down tile Indian chute, and slowly falling
iiuaineaa at the wharf saturday was far
more active and extended than we had
noted u for some Time, the packets for all
points getting good trips. Hltl
sr, Louta,-rhe Democrat, of Monday,
fhs river ooDtinuoa 10 dry up. Mig boats
are 1T "a discount, To tniro there n good
Htnge for boats drawing nSe feet h poor
stage far thansl which are loaded 60 ak aud
IL half TO kankuh boats get along very
well drawing three and half feet, and get
aground II they draw four. There IN i've
appears to background Ia the Missouri, The
Columbian and Tneony are no long past
due that they are In danger of being for.
gotten. Tho clara, last boat unt. can't tell
where they are. There are several boats
behind them, which viii no doubt tnrry
long In tho Missouri, We presume that
boats, both going up ana coming down,
are Rtrewtng the banks 18th piles offfeight.
We are sorry that tie tulfR, out of THIS
port for New Orleans, WIS severely aground
~ sheep Island. Hhg was gotten OF oil
NJ. q. oibba, Ia twenty -four hours labor.
The channel In not Improving ~ iAht as the
rate OF decline.
steamboat owners - II ought TO be. An IN.
crease in freight rates to all points In sure
" inevitables Weather dry and warm.
Mrani,Is; Tho Appeqi Of Friday, ,saysi
The Weather continues clear ana pleth-
ant. buainees n improving nneiy ard the
leyee yesterday presented lively appear.
nnoe. The river In falling rapidly, and
since our last report has tallcn about TWO
feet.
HELENA.--The Shield of the 9th saysi
SUDDEN AND FEARFUL ChENAss or
run RIVER fRoNr.-+ Yesterday morning
about seven o'clock the river bank ilu-
mediately ~ front of the Commercial Ho-
tel, aud the old store house belonging -
the estate Of the late VIVA, ", Moore, SUD
denly commenced dropping In, aud ia q
quite np To the front gallery OF tho ltotoi.
Az may be imagined, thiH created muoh
excitement, and alarm, We might add, ior
n time, which VIII not be wondered ~
when we state that several large shade
trees that stood In front OF tho Hotel Went
dotc,, seemfnglU pespeHdtcatat, shu.,sW on
of sl0hfs In less time than IL requires 10
rend this paragraph.
The Hotel building seems IN peril, ana
the 'front.' will probably have to be torn
down To prevent Il falling into the river.
Tho Shield adds that persons ON horse
back, drays. and other vehicles, were pass
Ing over tho ground that so suddenly dis
appeared, IL very few moments before the
catastrophe occurred.
NEW oRLEANa..-The Tones of Saturday
aayat fs taAI
Tho weather stlll continues hno and
pleasant, while busincRa matters on the
landing were not quite so active as on
former days There was but one depart
nro; the Nina SHINES left at 10 A. u, for
| Bayou sara.
J Tho arrivals were rather aeant.
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