Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-05
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400 sd River ana weather. - n'-ll
Last Friday night the weather commsrced /
growing colder, and osntinuea to grow more 90 |
up 70 last night.s he wind has hssn keen. sSds |
sharp. We have had about as cold weather tina
last two days any this season. The water is
still reesding rapidly. having fallen at the rate Of
an Inch an honr since our last report. ri taa
ali Arrivals and Departures. 'fsi
y The arrivals, aad departures sines last report
include the Virginia, Louisville TO N. o.; WssA
mOreland, Cincinnati to New, Orleans; Alic
Dean, Cincinnati 10 Memphis ], Morning Star,
Louisville TO Memphis; Armada. Evansville, to
Cairo; bermuda. Nashville to LouIsyiiIe; Laura
Eenton, Memphis to Louisville ! ROse HE, Lou
issiile to Henderson AID return; Anglo Saxon.
Cincinnati to Arkansas river Melnotte to New
Orleans; Tarascon, Memphis TO louisville;
Spray. Tsnnesses river to Cincinnati; ". B. VIII.
son, Cairo to Gin 'innati; Argosy, Tsunessso riv
ITO Cincinnati; and Madison, from ST. Louis
y S'A''An-'' no,,. a d. slsoaa9a +. r.
Among the hrst boats which arc due here Z
we notice the Nightingale and Columbia, Cincin-
natl to st. Louis Silver Moon AID Minnsola,s
Cincinnati to Memphis; Abeona, Mary Erwin.
Starlight and Linnie Drown. for Arkansas river;
Bertha, for vicksSurgh; ana AmAzon, swallow
ana emperor Tor New Orleans. 4riss.
tHsa1 miscellaneous
Business Saturday, was. Lively on the whar.s
aud moderate business was adons yestersay,
| though there we're but fsw arrivals. ara dspsr.
turss Sunday We netics hat the big su.
prriot has moved up to the wharf, and Is nov re-
ceiying freight for Memphis! She will take
her d partu-s on Tuesday sc 2 O'Clock. Get ready
fir the ssuperior-......sBy reference to ths
sadssrtisemebtss IL will be seen that the Mary
sAment has gone Into the IEvansyiIa and Loui,-
wills sads, and will ply IS 3 regular packet in
| future 10 that trade, leasing here on Tue. days
and Fridays. Ii Is sAil. she is TOO wide Tor the
/ Locks 10 Green River, ami heIes, she has sban-
a ned that trade. The Dictator wasexpeot
yesterday. bat had not rived at a,iAte hour lot
! q ght....-.The Virginia apd Westmorelana, + r
New. ears, had each good trips and The Alice
Dan had arst rate load to AIsmphis; 80 baa
the mOrnirg Star for the sa ne destis alton
Tbs Armada went out with 6rss rate tr p.........
The Laura FentOh, and the BERMUDA were ughs.
aud the Ross Hite had q moderate teip.... The
/ Anglo saxsn was well frefs htsd for eArkAasAs
river, and the MsInotts had . good tripfir Esw
Orleans. ..s.....The Tarascon discharged so bales
| Of.cotton for Brown Dnnksrson q Co., aud the
Spray sc bales for the same pa-ties. l.....Ths v
F. Wilson had tow Of six empty barg 8 for
CIociDnsti, aud the ArgOsy had fall load Of
cotton for the last named port ......JyA. Beatty,
Clerk Of the z.Onsians. will please accept thanks
4 for file of late New Orleans papers. 70
H. GLsanInEs from Our Exchanges.
The 50. Louis Dam9crat Of l5aturday says s.ss
Tho river is slowly rising here. with genital
weathsr here aad lar northward, and prospect
Of early navigation in all the upper rivers There
IL ten Jeet hence to Cairo, 6 70 Ke knks 8 In the
| Missouri. and In the Hiinois. Business Is good
and continues TO improve
The Cincinnati Commercial Of Saturday says;
THE weather was cold, windy aad rloady yes
terday. with light drilling snow. Tbs meronry
4 bsssh there was az feet and failing 1ist night
Here river reesdibg one aud halt iue hes
PER hour last sight There is2o feet hence 70 q a.
on the shja'est bars org the liver Oh o. There
are feet and filling ia the 0umbsrlsnd.h niEa
The asm, NE and cinsin net Paskat cOnPesgO
20 $500 for the rouod trip. We ubdsTstand5 the
Association pilots refuse to serve Tor the due d
| wages Capt Hoople. the Superintendent Of the
/ Iinoy has engaged pilots who do net belong to the
Association TO Rilot his stsame D. hs o. /
4 The louisville Democrat Of Saturday says :s7
| Toe river sstli reeedei slowly yesterday, ieax-
Ing seven feet water in the canal, Ave fset In the
hute aud four feet on tn rocks on the al $
4 Business on the what was dull enough ahe
weather WAS cool and clear in the fort oOop butt.
finally eloeded upin the e'enirg and attenRted
4 The Kate Kinney, with three hpily In tow,
made the run from Metropolis forts mil above
Cairo, on the OHIO river, to ST. Louis, the short
II time Of forty, eight honrs. aaltssAi38a $50
H. Capt. Densmore, Of Metrepolis,. lately sold the
frst hull be built West OF the AIloKhen.os to
4 Henry syBines for sl2 600 ~ q -ssHir -iiil
/ Tie Sophia picked up suag on her up trip to
] Little Rock, which penetsased through her upp +
works, doing considerable damage forfunRfely,
and almost miTAcuiously, no lives were lost z
The Memphis Appeal Of the Stat nit aays:i
The weather yesterday as delightfully."- pleas
ant, ard the mud has almost entirely disappeared
from the lsFee. "a 3 rfaI a8g tta-tf9
Business was decidedly brick. ard the leyee pre-.
but up-rver freights we're very scarce, aud we
heA Of only about 250b ese cotton that went
up the river, while the ATkaB sas boats went out
heavily laden with meFehar disc - ,i,-lf sfs.a
The river contibuss to rise slow at this point,
i and during the day rose one and half inch. 1851