The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-19
syILE DAILYJoURNAI4 WEDNESDAY, DEcE,

intensely cold, and about half the breadth
OF the river has been covered with Ice.
Navigation southwark FROM this point Is
not al an end. but has apparently been
very near 1t. There are two places beIo,y
nere.Homer's dixie, opposite Choutes a
4 avenue, and Widow Waters,-Where the
| channel is confined to narrow limits and
/ the water and ice rush through the pag-
4 sage impetnoosly. The Jennie Lewis re-
| ports II 70 be q difficult matter to come up
through these. There is yet good stage Of
water to Cairo The Missouri is low INF If
I aaavigation has closed in the Upper Mis-
isissipp1 And Illinois upon a. much higher
1 stage or water than usual. No boat Isl
now running above st. Louis, but matters
+ appeared SO favorable last evening that it
boats win leave to-day for the love- nj IL
si$sippi and its tributaries. y FT9sH 1fT1s''ii
/ Z ~, Inc Armadiilo and Argonaut leaves for
Alnclnnatl to-day. hfat a1ta .sfls..<fl,,t, -
Ii MEslMPlHIIs-r7The ApafaaacAe, of Saturday,
4says;3Gd ii 4fgat-f.{ fffa. sell moo ,,ast "a
I4a, The weather yesterday was dark and
gloomy, with drizzling rain. Near eve
ming 1t commenced raining very hard ana
60 lnued SO upto a late hour last night
tne stiesls and Wharfs are in a deplOrable
condltion. The mud and rain have checlz-
'eu business to a considerable extent The
local packets were compelled to, lay over
unIil to-Qay. Business on the wharf was
duli, with small list of arrivals and de-
partufes. White aud Arka rsas Rivers are 4
reported bank full. Little Hatchie is re.
ported booming and over its banks The
river mere continues to rise steadily. y
SINKING OF THE STEAMER r. rrIEr The
siern-wheel steamer Rather bound from
Inc ohio for New Orleans, loaded with, pro- i
uuce ana miscellaneous freight, struck a |
snag at island 81, on Thursday afternoon |
ana sank In deep water. She careened,1
over, and the cabin parted from the huIl |
ana noated off. Thecabin fioated past the |
city on Thursday night. The river was 1
crowded with parts of the wreck and de- 4
DTS W were unable to learn any further
particulars of the disaster. Three or four
OF the deck crew are REPORTED lost riFsFFslI
The appeal Of Saturday says: 3iisGg 7
! Capt. Oscar Postal and Capt John Wash T
Ington have purchased the towboat Grew
Eagle for s., 800. The Eagle will be used for
towing wood to this city,
The Sunny South has been purchased I
and put in complete order! She will run
Ala. captain George FL. Kirk takes COM
mand. Ai44 tif ~flis s7s97 l7l9N u ~ /
Capt. Bolls, who bought the Mexico at ST. /
Lonls, short time ago, made an Effort 10 l.
puy the Evening Star at the same niace f.
but the lack of money seem ed to he the f.
chief obstacle in the Captains way otherl1
wise, we have no doubt, he would be the A.
1.lappy. possessor of a festive packet for the
fazoo tiade. ts'AaSs2 2 uEsl 2 lsf>en r.
. New ORLEANS. The Times. of Thursday T.
ays :aooA% 81 A@7ts.h 81 GioafW oFt Taa1 f.
The weather was fine and pleasant YES r.
erday throughout, while business on the II
andlnga presented an animated appear H..
nee. We noticed many OF the departures
having very good trips of both PASSENGERS
nd freight. d14tg fGH III 94s4 1nH89 = -ET /
There We're an unusually large number H.
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