The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05


Capt. Billy Lowth, is the regular
Mail Line packet for Paducah. Cairo
and all way-landings, at 3 o'clock to.
day, She has no rival in comfortable
appointments, safety and speed. Billy
Dunn and George Throop, her clerks
are as pleasant and accommodating
gentlemen as ever welded PEN No
boatls IN better hands or better de-
serves the undivided patronage of our
merchants and shippers. asr
Gieanings from our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI,-The Commercial. of
Saturday, says: - - - f
Captain Ell. B. Finkbine teleoranbed
to Captain James S. Wise vesferdav
that the Lady Franklin was burned At
New Orleans on Thursday night and
is a total loss. There were no lives
lost. The Lady franklin was built in
this city in 1859, and was owned by
Captain flnkbine, her commander.
and others of this city. She is insured
in this city for $4,000. At the time
of the disaster, the Lady Franklin
was plying as a regular packet between
New Orleans and White River. 81 68s
q The Commercial of Sunday says:os
II The general thaw and rain, together
with the pouring out of the side
streams, will make the falls navigable
for the larger class of steamers to-
morrow. }g05 Ho 58aaea T9Jg
Licking River poured out a food
OF ice and water yesterday morning.
but did no material damage save
floating off couple of barges. which
were caught and towed back. BOD
81 The St. Charles will drop down be-
low the bridge Tomorrow, in order to
receive a cargo for Vicksbrirg and
New Orleans. ~ 3t'1
LOUISVILLE. The Courier of
Saturday says: 90
The river was slowly swelling YES
terday, from the effects of the mild
weather and general thaw with six
feet one inch water In the canal in the
evening, by the mark. During the
previous "a hours it had risen seven
inches at the head Of the falls. and
twenty-one inches at Portland good
rise without one drop of rain. SnBod
On the falls last evening, there were
four feet water in the pass down the
Indian chute, the river rising and al
most clear of ice. uG0e s3 81 IL %
8 The Glasgow, Capt. Rudd was ad-
yertised to leave New Orleans on
Thursday last, for the Ohio. ~
Interesting reading matter on every
ge.-EUdnsUille Journal.
We couldn't see it, in the river
column.--Louisville Democrat. eli
Certainlynot, wesaid nothing about
Ben. Butler, fitting hoops or water
falls, only items of sriuer ne,os that in
terest you.,ioe ea3 mos oa s
New ALBANY.-The Commercial
of Friday says: sass ~ a5ls
Two men were seen floating by the
city OF Greensboro on cake of ice on,
Sunday. There was no possible way |
to succor them, and they doubtless
met a watery grave. Not less than
ten coal and fiat boats without crews
passed that place on Sunday night.
Messrs. John Ouerbacher and Miles
D. Warren will change positions. Mr.. |
y. goes IN the office of the Morning
Star and Mr.. W in that of the Taras-
con.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of Sat
nrday, says:
It was thought that the broken ice
running past. yesterday
was from the gorge above Al I
.on, and about thirty miles above st.
Louis, and 1T was .rumored rapidly
through the streets that the river was
rising. l5oa iHetI g
CAIRO. The Democrat saws: .iios
A most shocking sight was pre-
'ented in the river in front of our
,ity yesterday The dead body of a
nan had become frozen fast in the
ioating ice, and when it passed here
here had gathered an immense flock
# sea-gullsI around the corpse. and
hey were feeding off it, and fighting
'yer It,. The sight was enough to
,urdle the warm blood in the veins Of
he beholders Some were perehed
Upon the body, gorging themselves as
hey tore the frozen. flesh from the
ZONES; others tapped around in the
old air; and still others were hop
ling about on the floating fields of
ce, awaiting their turn at the repast.
The awful spectacle foated by with
he current of the river, and undis-
urbed passed from view.