The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-21

water isNneW within twenty n inches of
high, water marx, and U.s. all ever the
country. i Weather cloudy and cool
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New ORLEANS, i Febae 10, m The
weather is -elear and warm; business
brisk. .saaHo's
9s,4rriJsdn Lewis zsste ST. eEodis;
Mississippi Louisville; Ieonidasand
Kate Robinson, Pittsb5uffgg..' proceed yfi9
~ Departe91 Eaa #Fard w Isl, St Bod9
is; II. 1Aihnes and. E0ngWorth, I5ufg
| vile; r. E. Lee .Vfcksburg. Y7i9 9a7
= i[Speciapto EvansvilfelJ ournal p5 %
. EouTsvfLER, & Feb! 2OAThee river
commenced Rising lat aI6idhightg iAf-
tersss fallfs,s 'ofdurd ginehesnainR six
teen hours, it thenfr6se eight inches.
andis now rising. No arrivals or de-
pafttires. orr yGBm bnI .sono Us sa9dW
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rnNAsHVILsE, Feb 19LThel river is
rising qWith l5n feet of water on the
shoals TheaWeather / is warm and
it is now raining. aArrived-Ao Bar
kerr Ii Graham, from Burksvile;
Tyrone. FROM Cairo ;bnLouisas from
Evansville. aaeggga bluow 5hd5 sneug
Disqualification SiegeL. ito Burks-
vile; Nightingale, to Cincinnati. ais
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MAYsYILLE, KY Feb. 2O,-Tbe
river fell 2 inches yesterday, but
raised about. 3 inches last, night, and
is rising now about 4 inch per hour,
4a. SPECIAL To Evansville Journal a.o.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 119.-7Noon-There
was a heavy rain tonight, and the
river rose Is inches. Fears are APP
pretended Of an inpnaatiop of plan
tations along the river There is no
further parlt}lleilu5l lars CONCERNING the, ex
plosion Of the steamer; David White.
/ Gleanings from oar Exchanges.
CINcfNNATI. The Coasnsercit,al Of
Tuesday sayga a~ Wol .s1aos ~ e
The river, after rising twelve Inches,
came To stand lastEnight, and will
doubtless commence recpding day.
The Water7wofks ii marks indicate
| fifty one feet In the channel, ao.r.. 49,
Captain TROOPS new Evansville
and Cairo mail packet 5Mayfower viii
leave directfor GairoIon Saturday Zab
oiLoUIsvTLLE.--Fhe Gdarierg of Tuesa
day. saps:v 80 IT. 10 ann gsi1qaoI
esTHE WATERS SUBsfDiEG. The
river at. the head of the fallsfis now a
perfect wilderness of water, an open
sea upwards of a mile wide, and the
| falls, OF rapids, no longer visible
The total rise at the head of the falls
has been about 18gfeet, and nearly Sc
feet at the foot Of, the falls s IN, I'LL
Last evening there were about Sc
| feet 8 inches water In the channel at
the foot of the falls and the river
about stationary. During the ipreyi-
Gus "a hours it had risen 8 or 10
inches, at the city wharf and about the
same at Portland. 8 'a.'l''''9 '4135
ST.. LoUIs.-The Densocrdl of
Tuesday says: : g -, ~ = =
The rise continued all day yester-
day, having risen perhaps eighteen
inches in twenty-four hours. The
weather. settled clear and pleasant,
The prospect, is for a foot or. two
more OF rise perhaps three
feet tnore-and then very slow sub
sidenee, which will give5us good napi-s
cation here through the Spring: mot
oply here. but In all the upper rivers.
There will be great depth OF, water
below Cairo, and very probably an
overflow! havgH ST JIG q - miu 3aO9l
Freight is scarce .herea swhen the
amount of tonnage is r considered
There is an excess of tonnage In
port, the levee being thickly lined
with steamers Of all classes, and rep
rese8ting ak tradesgiqR Receipts from
the upper tigersswiilfbed considerable
IN few tdlaysL il, .qsmmeqR 1arL mo4qI
4,STARTLING ACCIDENT ON STEAMER
BREAKING OF A CYLINDER AND
DEATH OF An ENGfNEER A LAMENT
able sceident 6ccafredson thefsteamer
Observation-Disclosures Sunday
night, at IL % 'clocks When she saTf
rived opposite ,Carondelet, about one.
o'clbck, the starbdafd cylinder. burst,
The report wag loud and alafn8ing, |
and ran Immense amount of, steam es=n
capped into aHd through the steamer
resulting in. fear and .consternatIon,
AS soon as possible, Mr.. VIM. Hen
drick, chief engineer, scrambled over
the freight, and, gaining the vicinity
of the engine, found the second en-
gineer, Fred. Furch, lying, dead, !. Tt |
Is supposed that he was in the act Of |
stepping from the foot box at the en-
CINE when the explosion occurred,
and that the cylinder head a heavy
mass of iron, struck his chest or head |
and threw him Assistance of about
twenty feet. His remains presented a
snoek ing aspect aG7r1qsarrt .nninfam