The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-03

ceding river, freights to New Orleans have
advanced TO sixty cents per hundred, and
oiorIy cents Ior heavy and fifty cents FOL
o 5shs reisn's to Memphis and the Lower
Sixteen empty coal barges and two laden
| coai Dafges, cut loose by thea ice, hoated
/ day.
The Rebecca, from Nashville for Cincin.
nati, has laid up at Louisville, owing to
LouIsvnLE.-The Courier, of Tuesday,
! says: ..,.t ...t...
river was falling yesterday, with eight
| rect nine inches water in the canal in The
evening by the mark. During the previ-
GUS twenty four hours it had fallen three
inches at the head of the falls. and nine
inches at Portland. The weather was
more moderate yesterday, and quite
at q, but in the evening 1t was lower. win
night. bfte II - -''''
On the falls last evening there were six
feet nine inches water in the pass down tine
Indian chute. M u6 .TtaF@ =. III - = Z
The river is very full of heavy ice. and
some tears are enterta ined that ii may
gorge both above and below the falls
One of the Jeffersonville ferryboats. the
JACOB thompson, suspended trips last
sSyenitng' and tied up opposite Fourth
The mail boats have also suspended tribs
TO and from Cincinnati and there were no
arrivals from or departures to that port
The swift Tarascon, Captain Gilmore
the Lower Oh o mail packet came In yes-
terday from Evansville and Henderson,
encoun ~ ng some very heavy ice on the
way. II extended from shore to shore at
the Narrows, and some. fears of a gorge
were entertained. We think, however.
mat Ina, the river Is too high for it to gorge;
anu though the navigation may be trou.
good boat.
The Rose Hite, the Monday packet for
Henderson, did not start out yesterriav
and has been temporarily laid ,up ~
The Tarascon is the regular mail and
passenger packet for all lower Ohio River
landings this evening. She starts from
Portland, and being sfaunch and wen
sheathed, we think she can work her wav
through the fields of ice without any very
material delay, though it NAV he irathar
heavy on the buckets, or paddle wheels
The crews of most of the packets were
paid OFF yesterday, and as the ice is very
1.-THE weather CONTINUES 10 |
moderate, the ice along the lower pond viii |
not De any very serious impeachment to |
navigation after to-day et7 - d4Il
ST. Louis. - The Democrat of Tuesday |
says: I yf.44 49, -'-s,---,.'1'.
The situation is this-a wide and lone
OF river, covered with a white |
mass OF moving Ice; no steamers arriving |,
pr departlng; weather mild but wind SHIFT l.
ing, and spaces clear of ice beginning to 7
appear on the river. There are fewer boats /
u our wharf than ever before in our
memory In any event, there can
Dc but little damage done to ton 7
1age this winter in our harbor. The
'iver fell ten inches to dusk las evening.
YIN probably seven feet now, and rapidly
leclinipg, TO Cairo. The ferryboats were |
constantly ali day yesterday. au-
,arently without much trouble. We be-
leVe that, II the weather continues as mild
. It was yesterday, Steamboats, will arrive
t the wharf to-day, and that Others will
DAD tomorrow for the south. aN
NEW ORLEANS. The Times, of the 2Sth,
avs: 8sHl th' =" @toaE sa.l 34 tiY8b $50
After the rain of Wednesday night the h
Weather turned cold, north wind having
reValled during the entire of yesterday |
Business on the landing was more anil
IA ed than the ipreNious day. The Gin
lnnan and Louisville packets appeared
END packet, Gen. Quitman, had all the 4
reight and passengers she wanted.
Weglye the following departures: The
liver; the Mississippi, for st. Louis; the
mora, for Red River; and Gen. Qnitman.
'r he Bends. There Were several boats
etaired, among which were the Rose.
ranks, Kenton, Swallow, Starlight, Ala.
anna and Nicholas Longwortf, which !
ave port to-day. gr. :. ta17-sl
There have been few arrivals since our
Sc, among which we notice the Lizzie
i'll, from st. Louis, the Louisville, from
oulsyiile, and the Live Oak, from Red
By a private telegram from R. E. Neal.
e learn that the steamer Indiana viii be
port tomorrow and leave again for :,
onisville on Monday, Dec. 81, at S p M. d
The steamer Sam Parker, with four |
Urges and / 200 tons of freight arrived :
IRE on Wednesday last from Louisville
aking the trip In six days which is con.
Tered extra ordinary time, considering
e immense cargo she, brought. The
lrker Is receiving at the foot of Julia | =
rect, and leaves Tomorrow at p. M for Z
,uisville and Cincinnati. Capt. James
,od has command. tiNHtw "a II =