Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-05
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From the St. Louis Banocrst, OF Wsdussa ,,


we copy the following:
Bstwesnsrsezing and Ii asxfne TIRE ice remains
steadfastz The'wsathsrNas pleasant yeste day.
The river was reported on the d cline. Upper
rivars are tigntly closed. River business dull
hereA Dne or TWO hundred tons per day is about
theentire amount going forward to Cairo and
s1lP aSi Springs bs ypllFGaf teseiRment r
The plan Of building dykes above St Louis, to
cause aEgpEse j p aee iof that 81 Widow Waters
proposed W IN old boatr1 an, and published in
this paper a few days since, meets Nth much fat
veg NeEhPpa At WHY be agtetds Othar OLD
I Loatmen are in favor OF keeping one OF two pow
/ erful boats in constant motion in and below the
harboE when, the lee bfgins to rqU,Aapd thereby
4 they believe, no gorge wll take place to retard
navigation henee to Cairo. IL has been limited all
so 70 as, as extrsnely probable, that theIn mense
/ dyke now building about op; osite the Illinois
packet landing, will esEss the ies;. qg9E@ 4lsoEe
that point hereafter, and iezve this river open
| from The lower part of the haTbor TO Cairo. That
| would do very WE'LL ffiehd suegesfsi that The
| tive rams Avengsr and Dictator, now az M ound
| City, should be purchased by proper parties foE
the purpose of hereafter keeping the hsEbeS Scar
by constant motion up and down' Il. They mfghl
be bought for $4,000 each, cost $50 600 each,
and have immense EoFsr, strs9gt .aHd spesd.
The Roanoke, which sunk above Cairo, not long
since, while on her way from this port to the
Ohios has been. raised, and made dry by her own
/ pumps, and viii very soon again be good as
before. She sunk only, we are informed, in same
two feet water. Thz HUH Of the Hope b anBedNo
her guards and sunk during the war in the Yazoc
river, recently raised, and goes up the Ohio
for repairs. ~ fsIE&
After all TIE great amount Of blowing that has
/ been INDUCED in sbout- st. Louis, her magnffi.
cent position, rapid growth, her wealth and pop.
ulati0B, she is actually eclips by dimioutivt
village consisting ola FEW hats aAdse RAT road
statieDs namely: sulphur Springs Instant q
Il miles by river, on the Iron Mountain Railroad
This ia now the head ofnsYigatioh, an q the gre al
city Of 1t Louis, with all its metropolitan assc.
ciationa, 10 cut on by ice from the entire South,
ern system of navigation, and almost from thl
| rest Of the world beside. .t@s :"
4 The Cincinnati Commercial of the 4th saws:
/ The weather was cold and clear yesterday, fht
| mercury indicating go last night At Pfttsbure
the river is falling with o ieetsn the chsnne
last night by the Monongahela "a arks- Her, tfs
river has reeeded feet during tbs24 hours end
ing last night. There are 30 feet hencs to Louis,
vile, fet over the Falls, and Is feet over thi
shoalest blGFs alons the Lower Ohio Eavfgatfet
is still suspended in thu Mississippi, RON 81
70 Cairo, bysiee. Thereis ID feet and failing, 10
the Cumberland o. god eae.t11tih ~ y = !.
The Cincinnati eazstie 5f tie 4h says
The steamer chickAmaug and AEisaionary have
left chattsnooga fer Cincinnati The sTennsssel
river Is high enough to allow thsse beats to pas
over the Muscle shoals.I lTheze steamers wer'
built by the soldiers after the battle of Chiek
manga, run past Lookout Mountain a. night eHt
used % or1ng prsssl9ns IRON 5Ildss i,o 70
they vera franspor.ed to Chattanooga In thf
way the army was kept from starving. These
\ boats Will be curtosities WORTH. seeing.
We clip the following Intelligence from th,
Louisville Courier Of the 4th: u
The river ia falling very fast with Ieaa thAr
twelve feet water IN the eanal last evening By th
mark. barring the previous twenty four Ehohrl
It had fallen three feet st the head Of the faIlsnt
j nine feet At Portland. avery rapid declins, leav
ing an abundance Of mud along the wharf ans
t On the i failu Iast evening sary MIN
! feet steamboat water, and theaEiver fatlhhE last
with, indication that boats will be unable t.
Rscepdsfhe falls after to-eaysrrs &alat lta4 az
Tbs wharf sFace yesterday preseuted o sefl
buy scene, with q long array Of boats extending
Il from Third 10 Eighth street. including 4hres
large New 0riraus packets, the Luminary, W. z
Il Carter, and Elehora CarrgI. All the beate ii
port appeared 20 Do busy !, and the amount .
freight ana produce on the wharf was large. - ,
4 The Lanra Fsnfon, for Memphis, We believe
q abandoned her trip, and was re-shipping freighi
4 yesterdAH On the Cartdr. r. e . - ~
For EpansviIEe. The gay Norman, in charge o
takes her de; arturo to Evansville and all WAY
places this evening, the regular Thursday pack
si,s She starts nc 5o'cleek, from the city wharf
guaranteeing to take albright and passenger
at packet ratess she b to run re nlarly, leavfh
this port every Monday and Thursday, thus m
king daily line, The clerk. Hat..J ehnsons viii
be found attentive aud punetualsssass is9sBsse
p - sBs&Ts LEAvINa DAY. & IT II
The W. r. Csrtor will leave EEi New oEIsani
To-day, Offering good aeconm odatioas fsr passen.
gers and shippers. sais-s s'eil1 .'-,'s.'