Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-23
] River Items.
River and weather.

River and Weather.
We had another delightful day. yesterday. 1t
was warm, pleasant, snd balmy-quite Spring 4
like The water continues to rsceds slowly. 1t :
had fallen about six inches up to last night. .
The ice was perhaps heavy, yesterd y, as any
day sinee 1t commenced running@ Some of it is
as beautiful ard clear as lake ice, and has blue
caste. Doubtless 1t came . lopg distanc. We
noticed quite number of Large pieces that on be.
ing turned over were at least 9 foot thick. The
day before, the ice was confined almost exclusive
y to the Indiana shorss but yesterday it was dis
tributed clear across the river |
sAe4a Arrivals ma DEPARTURES. L
The arrivals aud departures, since last report,
have been very few. We notice the James Gray
Green River to Evansville; Laura Ferton, Mem
psis to UIncinnati; Charmer, to Cairo MaSno-
liz, Louisville to New Orleans; Amelia Poe, Gin
ciuua.i to Nashville; - Lenora, Pittsburg to |
Nashville; ard the Curlew, from Henderson; St. |
Patrick, Memphis to Louissile Rose Hite, Lou |
isvile to Henderson and return; Westmoreland,
from New Orleans to Cincinnati. uas AFz8
E Boats Due.
The Mamie Byers, Rose Hsmblston, and Ar
madiIIo, for ST. Louis; New York. for Nashville;
Robert Burns, and Naomi, for Memphis; B. III.
Bishop, and Hesper, for Arkansas river St.
oloud, Rubicon, Jnos w. Garpetts and sPrima
Donna, for New Orleans, are among the frat
boats due here. g
Miscellaneous
Business on the wharf yes erday was quite &C.
tive, and arge amount of freight was shipped.
Fre.ghts continue plenty ........The James Gray
had fair trip from Green river s.......The Char
mer had fsIr trip Of freight, and excellent pas
ssnger trip.....The supurb Magnolia came down
Yesterday aud remained at the wharf sometime
| taking on a large lot of freights here. She had
| fus trIp..We learned that the Tarascon was
lying opposite Elzabsthtown with one of her
/ shafts broken. That miy not have been the
cause of her detention, but. she was there from
sons cause....The Leonors No. discharged
considerable freight here, and had full load out,
Her guards were in the wAtsr...@,...The Virginia
10 due and expected to-day for New orleans......s
We learn from the 81. Louis Democra that prep
arAtions are beiag actively made By our, bostmen
and merchaBtss to meet the wants Of the sxten-
siYs gold regions around tn head waters Of ths
| Missouri. It Is estimated that owners contem.
plate sending t. the Upper Missouri this year ons
hundred steamboats, Of various descriptions, two
i wheel aud one wheel, cabins and no csbins.....-.
i The Cincinnati Commercial of Monday says dia'
patches received in the city yeste rday report the
stsamsr Sup erior, recsntly blown az round IN thu
|, Lower Mississippi, at Island Thirty-fys, i
, rtakine ia two.s and will prove wreck. Capt
Dexter teiegrapds his intsEtion to abandon hal
3 tc the Undsrwriters.s lespt. James W. Bateheldi
! ls,yes for the wreck In thissvsning's train b
{ represents the Cincinnati insurance Companies
: We understand the Superior is insured in Circin
4 natl for sac 090..s... hs Magnolia left some Q
her passengers here last night. There wasa mis-
understanding as TO time abe was to Rave.
The St. Patrick discharged 800 bales sof cotton
. 100 for Me. r'ts's Express and 900 for Brows
Dunksrson q Co. ..sss-ss ssr
r GIeamamgs from Our Exchanges,
The Cincinnati Gazstts says= q
The ehgaeemsns by the NJ mphis Packet Com
q pauy Of pilots at $500 per mouth, has thrown Gu
Of employment many members of the Pilot Al
soesaon,ef .hissi,y: who ehargsd SGD p pet q
steamboat owaers this city, requesting that q
,r chacxe should be made 10 the manner of lieens
ing pilots. The petition aiao requested that "a
. standard Of thickness for boiler iron should
N | redu, ed one. sfxteenth OF inch
The st. Louis Democrat OF the 2lst, says:
B The river Is very near stationary. No 4
Il foa's past now, and there viii DO great stage
wa ser ere long. The weather Is mild, and busi
Is ness again opened actively. As to the " alter
the channel, there cannot be less than feet, Fc
q proof the Julia was drawing seven feet, and 90
port given at Cairi by the st. JOINS last Surda
Vas. ave feet IN the channeI Kinney 40 dan
OF brsalxing in two pieces julia at Ohester an
Platte Valley high and dry In Dogtooth. Nov
the bursting of the gorge charged affairs dow
tSs psreo saS SS Of the Kpnsy Platte Va
and Pearce. There are dozen boats at the whR
|, loading unloading.
e.. The Louisxille Courier Of Yesterday says:
ri The river yes f'Iing ewIyAysslerday. with
II. feet inches water in the canal by the mark,
the evening. During the previous 81 hours il ha
fallen inches at the head Of the falls, and
inches at Portland The weather has cleared Q
at 49,
a On the falls last evening there were 61s f.
= water in the pass, down the lneians chute, ls
feet up the middle chute.
The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday sayi
The weather was clear and cool yesterday, wit
the mercury as $50 above zero last night 4
night, and statioDary. Hers the Flver has recsd,
= 10 gnches during the "A hours ending last nigh
There Is II feet hence to louisville, 81 fee
the canal, and 10 feet on the shoalest bars alor
so the Lower Ohio. TIL re are IL feet and rising !
- | the Cumberland
~ the side-whesl steamer Madison, Capt. jams
Gu NJ Chenoweth, which lefs Cincinnati for Ne
Orleans on Tuesday afternoon, while prssin
through the Canal st Louisville, struck the rocl
at the mead Of the Canal, yesterday at A. ID
and sank in teyen feet water, ia Ave minutes .
ter she struck, The steamer Nashville and So
erAl bargss were soou. alongside, removing b
| cargo as ap aaiiy as poHs bic. The Mauteon lie
2 here 18th q very valuable cargo-oEer 700 toni
In all from Cincinnati, worth, It is variously est
mated, at from Sl75 0c0 to 100000. One item
her cargo consists of o YER ,OO9 barrels o. whisk
tly Her cargo will be saved in damaged condition
81 and the beat doubtless raised. he Madison w
insured in Cincinnati for $40 coo, equally diYide
in the Eureka and Hamilton County Offices II
caryo Is insured In Cincinnati and Eastern agel
. cies. The Madison is IN hes twelfth season. an
z has of the staunchest hulls Of its class a1oa
Theirs were no lives lost. A Bembsr Of our NJ
derwritsrs and several other intsrested gentlems
I laftf fha Erfck YastardaH..