Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-26
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RtxeS and Weather.
Yeste cay &ss, f.r the f1ost part, = brig s. DAY,
thcrgh il the afternoon the sky was o'ercast
with clouds The wind was piercing cold. The
riv is rising fast. iuce our last report 1t has
ris IN at lsAst itve fse;.as1s zAN a.
SAFrfxa ais xassf oexsasss ares. q -
III arrivals and departures since our last re-
port are as fsIlewr i: P's4tiass Nsshsisle ~ LOU
isvie; Mariner, Memphis to Cincinnati; Swal-
low, New. Orleans TO 0incinpatt; Olive Branch,
LonisvilIs 10 NV Orleans; Armada. lromACAiro
and return Boss Hamblston, Cincinnati to AR.
kansas river rmAdi 10. Clpeinnati to St.. Louis
Mercury, Cincinnati to Nashville; wE. White.
for Bowling Green HaItic, New Orleans 10 Lou
isville; rshvsrHOleuA Pittsburg tps Memphis >
Oharuers f1emf Cairo; Columbis. St sLdpIssto
Pittsbhxg Katoaa, cincinnati 10 Rdsm phIs s.
D. Hornee, Cincinnati to New Orleans; Darling,
Memphis to Cincinr asii sFannio9 BraDdeis. to
Cincinnati; Mary Aments louisville to Evans.
vile ard return, NewE Eork, Cincinnati to
Nashville; And the Morning Star, Louisville to
Mempbis8a 0FIaaa aET on a1EAHT III
sas .assees-ssB Boats Dus. ,s. se y sdS =
;, Among the frat hoaas due Ehsle We notice the
D 1etator, NewgOrIeaus to Louisville; Fam. Orr,
from Tennessee river; Tsrascon, Memphis to
Leuisvills; Calumet, Memphis to Evans lille;
Phantom and Rebeccs, from Nashville; Messen.
ger, Memphis to Cincinnati; ]. P. Webb, from
Nashville; GLASGOW, cincinnati to NASHVILLE; Ar
COSY, for Tennessee river; Importer and Eightin-
lie, for St. Louiss. Clifton, Anna aud Manga.
tuck. for Memphis 2 Hssper and r. NJ. Bishop,
| for Arkansas river; Prima Donna, John w. Gsr-
rsst and John q. GrOssbrck, for New Orleans.
EiscsIIaneousa
3 Bus ess on the leves since last report has been
very active. and some large shipments ha We been
mads........ws IRE pleased to notice that the ele
CANT and beautiful little steamer Mary. Ament. is
succeeding finely in the trade hence to Louis
Yillesg shashad a-spleudie trip tosand iromsthis
port. , hsa last here, and is fast growing inapop-
aIaritys Tho courtesy of her officers, and thsif
prompt attentisn robustness Is ethe secrdesef
their suscsss, besides. she is AecidsdIy Of the
most pleasant boats that floats on the Ohio riKer.
Capt Liter will Lave nothing, undone that
/ wlItsadd 70 The comfort Of tayelers or the
convsnisnss o. shippers sMr. TRyis,
| tbs zentfemapgy CLERK Of the MARY a.
I well ~ Capt. Liters will please eccsps thAHks
for asars.s.....,The Mariner discharged 50 bales
Of esttonfyr Brown, Durkerson Coz Huston
Co shfppsd 4o2 packages of goods By her
The Olive Branch took on large amounts q
| freiehf hsrs The shipments we're pIiEcipslly
| mach b Brown, Dankerson Co.....~-TEe ~.
mada had . splendid trip of freight. and large
/ number of psople........The Natomaqis new
boat, built fos-ths Dean line...s.-...The z, D.
/ HOrner had four barges Of hay 10 tor ....,,sI 10
uur teIax raphic.diepat9h will b. found an 40
COZ ID d collision of the steamer HllInan with
| the sF9H4se Byers nj ar Ma sby which some
thirty lizes wers Iost.....,..we are indebted G
| Harsy walker aud George VILLA Us for ne q
! late New Orleans papers. @
Gieanlngs from Our Exchanges.
The Oireinhatf Commercial, of Saturday, says
Tho zsafher was mild. and alternately cloudy
ard clear, yesterd2y, with little % rinkie o.
arsrses last night. AZ Pittshsrg there was {
feet in The ohanael last night aad falling. Here,
theriver has risen II inches, curing the "A hours
riding last 2ight There is Is feet hence to- Lou
| isviile fest Ia the Cana, aLd, II feet on the
shoalest bars along the Lower Ohio. 1here ~
i IL feet and falling 10 the Cumbsrandt
Il The new sidssEhssl steamer Wfrehester, whBd
uear B Ibis Island, about mile Above Eezi
| LiverpooI. at $50 "A u. to day, took fra and
| burned 10 the waters edge. As soon as The m
was discoye cred, the boat was run ashore. The m
originated in the forward end Of the boat nc
oria4u a unknown. The fire interf red with tbs
1 woIllng o. tbs hose. The porter snceesded A
awakenIng most of tbs passenssrs The names
sprs4a Fapidlys .the IRE bsing ia the forward
cape but to jump int the river -Four men iRmp;
Cd into the yawi, cut it loose. aud foatsd away
while hewomsn and children were crying on al
sides for help 4 few saved themselves by cling.
ing TO empty barrels and fragments of he
steamer From fife n to twenty lives were losi
the Captain thinks, all By drowning. Among
those lost were Mr.. Algeo and LADY, aud
Mrs. Sheets, of Matamoras, Ohio; bar.
keeper; George Youpg, Of Roches er, and
tn chambermad,a nams unknown; q man
aud three children, who CAME aboard a
GAINESVILLE Ohio. psmes ul knowD; m n and
three children, lanes unknown. man from
\ SisersvilIe, Va 4Ensd Martin, u reported miss
ing. These are sill We could ascsrtatn. The books
being all burned, Il cannot be correctly stated
how many were lost. The crew and passeu gers
numbered a9out $50. The boat was loaded with
oil, grain, hay and stock, and will be total loss
She was valued ct 500, GOO. partly insured-tota
loss Two or three. hedies have been recoyeIe1
The steamer nckesfers en- her frat tflps u
the PIT tsbdfg d And PArkersburs trade.
4 The steamer Sam Gaty was snegged and sunk 81
Turkey Island, in the bfississippi, abSve Cairo
yesterdsy. The sub -nsrfEs .naiypr aud steanel
McOuae were aiofxsfds the atty as last accounts,
removing her cargo, and trying tosareh her.
The EouIsviIle 0ohtisr cf Saturday rays;
he rivsrJWra sIo~1y Fisi ng yesterday viii
4 feet inches water In theaeanai byst he mark In
Il the evening. During the previous "a hourrs u
had risen inches at the hesd of the fall, asd
fully two feet az Portland, q very beavTrfse with
little or 30 raias1 The wsathers hoEetar..is VI ~
wsftn the itlstm neteraFangiug as high as 90
| With light dash Of ra 10 themornAng. ei =
On the falls lass eTsnipg there ware over seven
fet water in the pass, down jthsslIndiaDa chute,
rocks. The river was who'll clear Of ice all day,
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