Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-22
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River and weather.

River and Weather.
Yesterday va. mild pleaiaut AID beautiful |
day. The riser has commenced Fecsei slowly. |
The ic, is disappearing fast
Arrivals And Departures. 4
There have been fsw arrivals aud departures
since our last report. We notice the silver
Moon, Cincinnati to Memphis; Pink Varble,
Nashville to louisville; Mineola, Cincinnati to
Memphis; Norman, Evansville to Memphis; d.
yid White, Cincinnati to New orleans Golden
FagIs, Memphis to G ncinnati; Silver Spray,
Cincinnati to New Orlsans, aud John q. GrOes-
beck, New ORLEANS to Cincinnati. s.ase = 20 :
sihA a9ss Boats Due.lia q faiaA
Among The first boats due here, We notice the
southerner ana St. Patrick, Memphis to Lonis-
vile; Olive Branch. Louisville to New Orleans;
Amelia Poe, Mamie Byers and Rose Hambleton,
for New Orleans; New York and LeouoEa, f'r
| NashvilI Nausstu and Robert Burns for
Memphis; R. d Bishop aud Hesper for Arkap.
sas river; Lawrence, for Yicksburgh; ST. CLOUD,
Rubicon and Jno. W. Garrett, for New Orleans.
Fr+ miscellaneous. dT
7 Business on the lsvee yesterday fair. The
packets eceived the usual amount of fre'ghts;
outside Of that there were fsw shipments
F,eiehts of late have accumulated fast, but the
tonnage is fully sufficient. Our wharfboatmen
are generally kept pretty busy..-.....The Silver
Moon had a large trip. She was Deep.
Pink YsrbIe had but light trip........The Nine
ola was full Of freght--had splendid trp........
After remaining here for two or three days the
Norman procured good trip, and proceeded to
Memphis yestsr d ay .........The David White came
down, bound for New Orleans, with full load OF
freight ......,.The Golden Eagle came in fiom
Memphis on one wheel, with her wheel .house
4 stove in She had came in ellison with some
boat below, but we did not learn what one 1t was
......The Silver Spray had an excellent trip for
New Orleans, and the J. h Grsesbsck came az
light......We learn that the csbia of the sVir.
ginia is to be heightened to the full size of tht
boiler deck.......rhe ice is reported thinning
out at Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Commercia
of the 2osh says the cabin. texas and uppel
. works Of the Golden Era, recently sunk at Dog
ham Bar, having been severed from the hull b.
: the ice,s foated by that city on Sunday evening
= All the cabin furniture was slowed aw y IN tn
texas, and will be lost with the cabin ........
The hull of the Eleanors Oarrsl has been towe'
to Madison, and will be taken TO Cincinnati q
soon the les will p9rmit........The New Alban.
Ledger of Monday says the work on tho famou
steamer Liberty is being pushed ahead as rapid,
an the weather will permit w hen her repair
? are completed, che will b stauneher, swifter an
J. in all regards better boat than ever before. Sh
2 is receiving new guards all d. and is tein
braoed and strengthened throughout her hull an
cabin. She is also receiving battery Of superio
four-fius boilers, which viii make ell the stear
required to drive her through the water at az fAs
rate of speed as any boat of her class that eve
G tarued a wheel. shs win be painted througho ui
:, and ientirely refurni,hsd. She will be ready fo
y business in two weeks. *s
], Boats Leaving To Day.
For CairO.-The elegant Chasmer, Capital
Billy Louth In charge. goes out for Cairo to DIS,
. The Charmer is pleasant boat and her Office.
d are accommodating gentlemen. $ as'a
For LOuisviHe.-The Rose Hite is The req
ular packet fox Louisville to-day You will I'm
her an agreeab and pleasant craft on which 1
travel. HssA5 y.
u GleanIngs from Our Exchanges.
4 The New Albany Lesger Of Monday gays:
The river continues - swell quite fast. and I'll.
morning Is full of heavy ice. Tine ice, however,
It rapidly thing, an Offers serious impedimeI
to the larger class side wheel boats. he weaths
q is cloudy and damp, and this morning was spi
ting snow in diniinutiYe particles OF solid globu
lar form. Business is unusually bFiek, the lant
4 ing being covered, with several hundred tons
y grain, -four, pork, iron, aud other merchandii
and produce. Tae shiPpiEg 5uainess Of Dew
rapidly. There ia not better point on the Lows
y Ohio for the transfer of Southern bound freigh
I from the East, West or Horth, than New Altan,
y and this fact il becoming widely known. ! |
AZ natural resu. is large increase in the shippn
busiAess OF thii city. Stesmb at men n
n gard this as the best freight point on the Low'
Ohio where they are alvey certain to add larg
IL ~ to tseir freight lists. no E.sssa5a !
! The Louisville Democrat CT yesterday says
-. The river receding slowly yes erday, az
y the ice running very heavily against the Kel
lucky shore; not 50 much SO, however, as 10
any dsmage There was feet water in the can
= last evening, ] feet in this chute, and feet ov
the rocks on the falls. There we're a numLer
boats arrived and departed with wheels none Il
worse for wear " In the ice. Business was dul
The weather clear aud pleasant, viii the So
caused 1t to thaw little.
. The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday say
c. The weather was clear and cold yesterday, vii
r. stiff breeze from the west, and the mercury
n. 36o above zero last night. at Pittsburgh the
was 615 fest in the channel last night, aud risin
Here, Ihe river has Teced ID ten inches during II
b. 81 hourr ending last nj ht. There is Is feet hen
to Louisville, 9 feet in the canal, and II feet
the shoalests bars alopg the lover. Ohio The
are IL feet, and rising, in the Cumberland.
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