The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-16

4ls SIS AFTTN&AS ana DepaFtuFfS.
Since our last report closed, the arrivals
and departures include the Indiana, New
Orleans to louisville; Kenton, New Or
leans to Pittsburg; David White, Pales-
tine and Emma Floyd, 10 Louisyille
Quickstep, Cairo to Evansville; Coal Pack
ct, tow-boat, New Orleans to Evansville.
Boats Due. fr
/ Among the first boats due are the Ha-
vana for Nashville; Shamrock and Arab
ian, for st. Louis; Silver Moon, Mary
swan and Darling, for Memphis; Chatta-
nooga, from Nashville; j. P. Webb,
from Memphis; Lawrence, and Mary r.
win, for Arkansas River; Nick Long
worth, Lady Gay, Amazon, P. w. Strader,
Sam Parker, Swallow, and j. H.
Groesbeck, from New Orleans; B.
L. Lodge, Emerald, Armadillo, Emma
No. 3, and Henry Ames, for New Or.
leans; Tarascon, from Louisville; Charmer
and Armada, from Cairo; Ada Lyon, from
Green River. HBt
miscellaneous. arf
| AS we expected, the weather of Monday
night ffoze the ground hard and made con-
siderable ice, and the tendency of wind
| and current is to drive 1T on this shore. g A
great many large fields passed down yes.
terday and navigation is likely to become
difficult........ The Indiana arrived from be-
low! about SO o'clock yesterday morning,
running under a dow head of steam, and
in command of the mate, pilots, engineer,i
/ barkeeper and Master Miller. She had but
little freight. She left, in company with
the David White, at L O'Clock yesterday,
for Louisville, having received orders from
| Capt. Neal to come on as long as safe........
The Kenton arrived from New Orleans.
She had big trip for Wheeling and Pitts
! burg, and about 800 bales cotton for Cincin-
natl. She laid here most of the day. Cap
tains Maratta and D3nlap are looking as
fine as silk. Captain Jim Lusk reports
having discovered the remains of Sir John
Franklin in that frigid region i'll which he
has been ice-bound near the mouth of
Snithland' He turned them over to
little Joefeld," who will start muse
um, in which he will also exhibit speci-
mems of ore from Matheny's silver mime.
The Indiana reports the Laurel Hih
aground at Shawneetown bar on Monday
evening. We hope she has got Off ere now.
The Quickstep arrived from Cairo about
10 O'Clock yesterday. She had few bales
of cotton We hope shippers will remem-
her the Phantom to-day and give her a big
trip for Eastport and way ports.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo.-The splendid passenger
packet Charaner, will leave for Cairo and
all accessible way landings, at o'clock
to-day. She isa substantially built boat,
with flrst-class passenger accommodations
and extremely pleasant officers. capt.
Willie Fowler is in command, and John
Adams and George Nicholson, are her
popular clerks. She will take the U. S.
Mail and the Adams Express goods. We
i hope to see her go out fully loaded.
i The Quickstep, Capt. III. T. exter in
command, and Cap. Charley bravo and
| Duke Nicholson in the office, returns to
! Cairo at O'Clock to-day.
For MEMPHIs.-The wild-winged Liber-
l ty No. 2, Capt. J. B. Archer, veteran and
careful officer of large experience, in COM
mand, and Joe McCulloch, highly cour-
teous and accomplished gentleman, of a
| literary turn OF mind, will leave for Mem
phis at noon to-day, having been detained
by heavy engagements, and will take
4 passengers through in elegant style and
with dispatch. The Liberty and her OFF,
GERS are known all over the land, and
passengers and shippers will receive the
most courteous attention. Alex. Stewart,
clever and attentive gentleman, is her
| freight clerk. Her steward is famous for
his provident habits, and his tables groan
beneath the fat OF the land.
The Laura Fenton and St. Cloud are also
advertised for Memphis to-day. Both are
| fine boats with experienced and pleasant
officers. Messrs. Hewitt and Pennington,
of the Fentcn, and Mr.. Byres of the st.
Cloud, are noted for their sudUiter in mode.
For EAsTPoRT.-The ever ready and re-
liable Phantom is the regular Evansville
and Tennessee River packet at II o'clock
to-day. Capt. Hodge Brown is in COM
mand, and Tom Wilson and Joe Carr are
her clerks. The Phantom and her excel
lent officers are great favoiites along the
line of the Tennessee River. We hope to
see the Phantom go out full as usual.
For HENDERsoN.--The sterling little
Newsboy. Capt Perkins, having resumed
her trips, will leave for Henderson at four
o'clock this evening, and will carry pas
sengers and freight safely and pleasantly.
Gleanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial OF sun
day says:
The weather was cold and cloudy yester-
day, with the wind from the east, and con-
| siderable snow and sleet last night. The
mercury ranged at thirty degrees at noon.
The river continues full of heavy running
| ice, many OF the cakes extending almost
from shore to shore. At Pittsburg the
river is falling, with three feet in the cham
mel. Here the river has receded four inches
during the past tweaty-four hours, with
seven feet hence TO Louisville.
i The Clifton and Westm oreland having
succeeded In working through the gorge of
ice above the head OF the canal at Louis
vile, left that point yesterday morning,
and will arrive here to-day. As the river
lis falling, and quite low-only seven feet
to tor "a ri racy
and running in increased quantities. we
may announce suspension of navigation.
Should the present cold weather continue
forty eight hours, the ice will surely gorge