The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-14


yesterday made steamboatmen look blue.
There was little more floating ice in the
river, which has receded fully Is feet since
the first temporary suspension of naviga-
The Silver Moon will try the ice to-day,
as she leaves for Memphis at noon.
Captain Kelley, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
on exhibition, at the office of the Memphis
Packet Company. a model of the LIE
Policy Rudder." 1t is adouble power rud-
der, steers vessels in backing, and is made
hghter, ana is as strong as the old-faShlon-
ed rndder, while it draws no dead water.
Capt. Kelley is experimenting the con-
-struction of this rudder for Capt, Throop'S
new. Evansville and Cairo packet. % stG
LoU1s gyYr1 F. The Courier, Of Friday,
The River was still fallfbg yesterday,
with five feet, one inch water in the canals
and about thirty weight inches on the falls
in the paSS.R The weatherwas very inclem-
ient! phpropitious and unfavorable for
thermometer ranged at about twenty
eight all day, which was freezing W Gather.
and most too cold for snow. though there
was a light fall of snow during the day. 1t
has been trying to snow during the past
ty-four, hoursDbut the temperature
was unfavorable.t,, - s.s;r,.
tfced, and the shore ice was far more ex-
ftenSivef and formidable than ever! The
prospects werein favor of a freeze up in
! The Westmoreland and Clifton. bound
for Cincinnati, are lying at the wharf,
having abandoned the effort to cut their
way out of the shore Ice that enyirons
them. leas
New ALBANY.-The Commercial of Friday
says: ...8, Az il -. zso,ft5A
The steamer Laurel Hill, Wes Conner
master, left for New Orleans late last
night, with large cargo. ~ tEs5@p : U.s.
The Henderson packets will resume their
re ular trips next week. IA Ea ~
Freights increased on our wharf rapidly
yesterday. The cry is still they come. We
hope our ice bound boats will have big
cargoes out to compensate in some meas
ure for the past two weeks.f aEm 4ot - ~
ST.. LOUIS. = The Democrat, of Friday,
says redf woid a" o. sldGH ss9i
If ever we have a reign of uncertainty in
river matters, all is uncertain, except the
uncertainty, The wind blew from every
, point OF. The compass, yesterday, after a,
hard freezing night, and sometimes 1T
seemed as if waiting from all points at
once. The riveriell9 fast, say six inches,
yesterday, Capt. Mac. of the Lexington,
bars 6eo% %n See 6 lest s 81 Wsf eef
but extremely hard to find. Certain it is
that the steamers City Of Cairo, ST. Johns,
Welcome and w. j. Lewis, all bound down,
were aground more or less at Kaskask1a,
or elSew here, but all got-off. Boats load to
feet, and pilots fear 10 draw that niuch.y
There is ice again floating, and it may be
comparatively brisk on the wharf.
The Mississippi, Capt. Ben. P. Taber, VIM.
II. Rhodes clerk, leaves for New Orleans,
this evening on arrival of the cars. Capt.
j. Y. Hurd is confined by q spell of sick
tIfeSS. Z -fi4tf- SLsa HA40 EptA = ~ =
I 4 The Lady Gay goes up to Evansville to
load for New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times OF the 9Th
saysod .smeg STAG an9Ssq obs 20
The weather yesterday was fine. and
pleasant throughout, while business on
.thelanding appeared to be more animated
than on any of the former days of the
week.O .sisTbaUo5e ed
There was an unusual large number of
departures, while the arrivals were few
and far between. We noticed several of
the departures had excellent trips of both
freight and passengers, while Others left
with little on board.
The upper rivers, it appears from dis
patches received yesterday, are closed or
about to be closed. fhen following dis
patch, addressed to the General Agent of.
the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship
Company, Is as follows: q 1850 DIS e
T0iJohn F. Douglas a9aq v.86f via ohW
CAIRO Jan. 4. 1857 Send no more boats
up. Will advise you when boats can get
here. Several barges arrived here yester-
day, with $4,000. sacks of corn for New Or
leans. [Signed,l JOHN N. BoFINGER,
TrI.TftIfr superintendent
From the above it will be seen that an
abundance of grain is coming, and if the
WharfInaster does not cause the removal
of some of the corn piles that have been
there for weeks. the result will be there
will be no room for it. r.,,.t...