The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-08

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| Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor
&c, DC. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended to.
e Weather and Water. - -
| CINCINNATI, Jan. THE river has fallen
l9 inches, with l3 feet and 2 Inches in the
channel. Weather clear. Thermom eter. zoe.
The weather was clear and very cold yes
terday morning, with heavy white FROST
| the second in succession. Another, accord
ing to the old rule, brings change of wea-
Their, which, we hope, win be for the better
During the day the temperature morderat-
ed, and it was quite pleasant at noon, and
thawing. The river is falling rapidly, and
leaving great piles of ice ON the levee.
There are still large quantities of heavy
ice in the river, but 1t is not so thick as
heretofore, and boats, we think, could now
| come up without very great risks. We
have no definite news from above or be-
low.
Arrivals.
The Ada Lyon and VIM. White, from
| Green River to return, were the only ar
rivals up to O'Clock yesterday.
miscellaneous.
The Alice v. was receiving large quanti-
| ties of furniture, manufactured in this
| city, and shipped by the various manufac-
| turers. Also about 5000 sacks of corn from
r. K. Dunkerson & Co. She would go out
loaded to feet........The VIM. White
brought out of Green River 40 coops of
poultry, $50 dressed shogs, and divers lots
of miscellaneous freights. She and the
Lyon were preparing to return to Green
River last evening, with considerable
freight.........The Ada Lyon brought out
lot of hooppoles.. White went up
to Ceralyo on Friday..~....Captain Graham,
of the Lyon, informs us that the country
for miles around the mouth of Green Riv-
er has been rendered desolate of rabbits,
squirls, quails, and all other kinds of game
He does not think there is a deer within
fifty miles of the mouth, except pet
owned by the clerk of the Pink Marble.
The boatmen are having quantities of
fun.".....-Captain Vawter telegraphed for
the David White to come to this port, and
she will probably be here this evening to
load for New Orleans. We think one of
the Cairo packets will most likely come
our of Green river, to-day, and leave
for Cairo..........-Captain ]. v. Throup
arrived from st. Louis yesterday morn
ing. He has our thanks for St Louis
papers of Sunday. The city is full of
steamboat captains and clerks impatiently
waiting events. Capt. Vawter employs the
colored troops on board to aid in loading,
and the African soldiers are making better
wages than they will when they get into
the field and take to furnishing sabres.
They reduce a corn pile rapidly, and no
mistake.
GIeanimSs from our Exchanges.
AT-T- oSvT Of
day says:
day, with the wind from the south and
southwest all day, and the mercury rang
ing at A degrees at noon. Navigation Is
vile. There is considerable heavy run
ming ice here, yet the ferryboats are still
making occasional trips to Newport and
Covington. AT Pittsburg the river is fall
ing, with four feet in the channel. Here
the river has receded nineteen inches dur
ing the past twenty-four hours, with six
teen feet hence to Louisville.
The Shamrock, Capt. Geo. w. Cullum, is
partially loaded, and will leave for st.
Louis as soon as navigation is resumed.
favorable for a resumption of navigation,
yet some days may elapse before we have
general thaw and boats in motion again.
The following is list of boats laid up at
this port: Emerald, Silver Moon, Mary
Erwin, Champion, Shamrock, Leonora
No. 2. ArmadiliO, Lawrence, Emma No. 3,
mac, Starlight, Belle Vernon, r. G.. Gray
Impor er, and st. Charles. er4.sf = h
LoUIsyILLE.-The Courier, of Saturdays
says:
The river continues falling fast, with six
and one-half feet wafer in the canal last
in the pass down the Indian chute on the
falls. The weather has moderated very
materially, and the thermometer at noon
ranging at AZ, with. no Indications of
freezing last night. There was however.
sharp frost yesterday morning, the third
in succession, and, unless g all signs fail in
snow.
The river during the twenty-four hours
ending with last evening had fallen six
inches at the head of the falls, and eighteen
inches at Portland. 1t was full of heavy
m sses of floating ice all day, and none of
the steamboats, have as yet summoned suf-
ficient fOrtitude to try the hazards of navi-
CATION at present. We have, however,
known boats to make safe and successful
trips in far heavier ice than we have yet
had this season.
One of the Jacksonville ferry boats was
making occasional trips yesterday, and the
ferryS at New Albany were making regu-
lar trips. The ice at the foot of the falls
has become far less formidable than it was
day or two ago.
We think the navigation of the lower
Ohio both safe and practicable for good
boats, though it may be rather damaging
on wheel-arms and buckets.
The underwriters in this city have not,
IT'S ldE as we nave uedFu, F6iuS6U 10 take
risks on any of the boats in port, merely |
requiring the assurance OF the Captain |
that he thinks he can take his boat out.
The navigation of the upper Ohio, above |
the falls, is, we think, very hazardous, and |
far more difficult than the lower Ohio, and
none of the mail boats are expected to re-
new their trips for several days.
Capt. Conner, of the Laurel Hill, now at |
Portland, preparing to start South, will be |
compelled to use three of the locked-up |
safety valves, the law requiring one to |
each pair of boilers. She has five boilers, |
and will have to take these valves, which, |
at $500 apiece, is pretty heavy tax.
The Safety-valve, as we have stated, is a |
very cOmmendable thing, as, with them, |
the pressure of steam cannot exceed the |
limit, as the valves open and relieve the |
extra pressure as well as give warning. 1t |
also relieves the engineer of responsible |
ty, and we may add the trouble of trying |