The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-18
JOURNAL SATURDAY. AUGU7sT u, I

On the falls there were fifteen inches wa
ter in the dug chute last evening, with
some symptoms OF q rise rom me upper
The bar at the foot of the falls is still a
formidable bar TO free navigation, with
not over four feet water in the channel,
which is difficult to find and hard to keep.
The ferry boats to and from New Albany
were drawing exactly four feet water, aud
part of the route BY constant travel to
and fro they have cut out pretty GOOD,
though crooked channel.
The Democrat of Thursday says:
We are glad to be able to announce that
viii. ;. Hays, who was III ior some oeyss,Ls
recovering, and will be at his post in few
The steamer Morning Star was seized by
the United States Marshal of this dlstflc5
for failure to take out license as required
The disaster to the barge in tow, of the
| new steamer Dan Able, at Portland. I9es-
| day evening was a very serious one. fhe
barge was the Commercial, old and weir
worn. II is badly sunk and broken, ana
all the freight damaged. including q Iot OF
sugar which was stored in the hoIds Lns
| bottom tier we believe. The barge was
| chartered at New Albany, where lot OF
| stout railroad cars were shipped upon IL Ior
| Memphis The barge was subsequently
| fowed over to the Portland wharf, and af-
/ ter leaving that point II was sunk, anu, II
| insured, ft is doubtful If it could be recoy-
| cred.
Yesterday, and started to Memphis some
| fime curing the day. She has had bad luck
| with which TO begin her career, as the DANE
age to the freight sunk with the barge Is
| likely to fall upon the boat.
ST. LouIs.-The Democrat of Thursday
says: a II a0issee Eefe1.
Forty-eight hours past, river here sta
| tionarv Probability of rapid decline.
The rise didn't improve the river pei ow
i ST. Louis Below Cairo. at Memphis, and
in the Arkansas, &c, the decline has lately
/ been very rapid. The Missouri Is station
airy, with five feet in the channel. The
| UppeI Mississippi is declining at and
| above Dubuque and about stationary be-
low. The illinois is falling PIots look
for it to be very low and troublesome IN
few DAYS The upper and lower Ohio Is fall
| ing Business on the wharf is not very
brisk The fall business promises TO DC
very Urge, and with low water, anything
in the shape of a light draft steamer, Il
| likely to make some money. Everything
points to a good river business all mex
year. r,
, The Yankee has six empty barges. He
| crew and mate have not been on gooe
terms for some days The crew got drum
. here. and after the boat started TO st. Lou1
. they attempted to whip the orncers, Wnt
, | speedily chased them into the hold. TIT
boat returned to Cairo and the crew Wer'
: placed under arrest The decision IN tn
case is not yet known
The Messenger struck a log or stump OF
Monday, at pm, while making the cross
: ing from DIR. O'DonneIPs, below Island "a
/ to Forked Deer Island, sinking in ten min
| utes in eight feet water. Passengers AM
, crew all saved by an empty barge IN tow
A loaded barge broke loose when the accl
dent occurred AID drifted some distance
: but was landed without injury. After tn
Messenger settled on the bottom, the pas
sengers and crew went back, ate supper
| went to bed, and slept until the Belle Mem
t phis came along, when those who wlsne'
| 10 come to Cairo did so. Others waited 10
a downstream boat. The Messenger ca
A be easily raised.