The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-11
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CINC. NNATI, December IG.-The river mas
| Il>en inches. with now feet 3 inches in
! the channel. Weather cloudy. Thernome-
| ter 42o.
! LOUISVILLE, December I0.-River Ylsing,
/ with "a inches in canal Weather SMOKY.
/ THERMOMETERS 40.
The only additional arrivals last evening
were the Ollie Sullivan, from CanneltOn,
and the Cobb Webb, from Cumberland
! River, via Ca rO..-...-.The Fanny Brandeis,
for Cairo, AMI the Phantom. for Eastport
/ departed with magnificent trips, the best
! of the season. and each will be compelled
] TO tighten Yer Shawnee:own bar, where
| the is bat 3 feet large. The Phantom's
cargo was all purchased in this city, ex-
c. pit, perhaps, 100 barrels of salt. The
Bcandeis had 800 bales o. hay, and the bal
a ce of her cargo was regular pack ct
| freight, except 10 bales of cotton ....... The
| Edlnburg raised stea N yesterday, to have
her bOIIerS inspected........The Peerless had
| not left the dry dock at dark last night.
I'VE advertise the Newsboy for sale
this morning. She is a good boat and
through the untiring energy and
courteous management OF Captain
Charley Perkins, she has had highly
profitable trade between this city
and Henderson. If she is sold we hope she
Will fall into the hands of a gentleman
equally obiging, and if she leaves the
trade we hope Capt. Perkins will replace
| her by better boat. We may be able to
bear the less of the tidy little News B ".
but we can't lose Capt. Charley. The
faces of the sIdewheeI steamboat men were
growing shorter under the influence of the
news from Cincinnati yesterday, and Capt.
! Gus Dusouchet has gone to work in ear
nest to get the grand Aramada in trim
for he winters campaign. Capt. Gay
Wee" puts on an air of ..don't-care. cent
ativeness,' fearing If he shows any signs of
qualification that the river will take to
falling again ...-........Col. ]. V. Guthrie
leaves for:LOuisviIle to-day .........The Ollie
Sullivan got in last night, and goes to meet
the Rose Hite this morning .......T The Ada
Lyon arrived here after II O'Clock last
night, with full cargo.......On Monday
night the MonOngahela was falling at
Greensboro, with five feet ten inches in
the channel, and So feet and falling in the
same stream at Brownsville, with clear
and cold weather. AT Pittsburg there was
four feet nine inches and falling The A +
legheny was full OF floating ice, and 1t had
begun to run out of the MonongaheIa pref
ty thick-very cold. At Wheeling it
was rising last, with four feet ten
inches in the channel, and Wheeling
Creek running out strong, indicating a
swell in other southern tributaries.
Weather moderating and smoky. At
Parkersburg, it was freezing, and ice run
ming heavy, with three and hail leet III.
the river in the channel, the river being
gorged with ice at Newport, MoundsviIIe
and Martins Ferry. At Portsmouth
there is five feet. At Cincinnati it had ris-
en- nine inches during the preceding TWEEN
ty-four hours, with clear and cold weather
till evening. A mum Der or boats were adj
vertised to leave yesterday. At Louisville
the river " as rising slowly Monday night.
with thirty-three inches in the channel.
Here the weather had grown quite mild al
midnight last night, with a promise Of
rain.