The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-02
SPECIAL RIVER DISPATCHES.
(ErczusiUely to the Journal.)

Especial to the Evansville Journal
CINCINNATI, March 1-Noon.-The
river has fallen 10 inches, with now
A feet 9 inches water in the channel.
Weather cloudy-rained for the last
twenty-four hours up to noon. Their
mometer 600.
Especial to the Evansville Journal
CAIRO, March l. The steamer
Alice Dean, Cincinnati to New Or
leans, arrived at 10 AN.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
The st. Louis Democrat, of the 18th,
says:
Southern freight was Shipped and
offered In great abundance yesterday,
and is accommodating. Original rates
of the season continue to rule this
week, to all points on the Lower Mis-
sissippi, and are acquiesced in by
everybody. Cargoes for New Orleans
are easily secured, and boats for
Vicksburg don't have to wait long.
Freight is scarce for the Ohio, but
that great iron pile at Carondelet is
always good resort for our Ohio
friends. The almost absolute alb
sence of freight destined up the Mis-
souri,, is in painful contrast with for
mer times-the palmy days of the
Missouri River trade Boats now un-
interruptedly run to and from Peoria.
Several came in yesterday with good
cargoes, although the country roads
are bad. The Keokuk and Quincy
packets bring in fine cargoes. The
river here is receding-all the upper
rivers, in fact, are falling rapidly.
The weather is charming.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the
18th says:
The weather was mild and balmy
yesterday, with the mercury ranging
at 5S0 at noon. At Pittsburgh the
river was stationary las, night, with
II feet in the channel. Here, it came
to stand at noon, and was swelling
slowly last night, with 46 feet in the
channel. To-day there will be 60
feet under the bridge for passing
steamers.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of the
% h says:
The river continues falling, though
not very fast, with the wharf below
Third Street still inundated, and up
ward of 80 feet water in the channel
at the foot of the falls. The weather
was again delightfully."- clear and
bracing, with the thermometer at AS
at noon, and big white frost in the
morning. This is the last day of old
Winter, and tomorrow is the first of
Spring. If it is ushered in mild, Sc
rene, and gentle as lamb, it will go
out like a roaring lion" Let it come
or go as it will, it can't drive the pee
cavi back to its lair. The little hog
is out to stay, and Winter must away.
A st. Louis exchange has the fol-
lowing:
!" A number of river men who have
given the subject deep consideration,
are satisfied that the numerous ex-
plosions this season and others, on
the Mississippi, were caused by sedi-
ment from the water in the bottom of
the boiler. Actuated by belief in
this hypothesis, Capt. Jos. Brown has
issued Instructions requiring all the
steamers of the Atlantic and Missis-
sippi Steamship Line plying between
this port and New Orleans, to halt at
| yicksburg on their return trips, cool
down, and have their boilers thorough
| ~ cleansed from all sediment and de
leterious substances. During floods,
and especially at this season of the
year, there is an immense quantity of
mud in the river, and the water is un-
usually liable to peculiar frothing,
soon after it is acted upon by the fur
naces. The same parties think that
the explosion of the David White
was due to the sediment in her boil
ers. Captain Brown is satisfied the
newly adopted precaution Of cleaning
the boilers every trip will obyiate ex-
blossoms.