The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-18
weather, water. and lee.

&C., &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended to-
Weather. Water, and lee. RAJ
!. .t-s.-.....- -, t.t,.f CINCINNATI, Jan. I6.
The river has risen feet 2 inches. There
are 20 feet 1Oinches in the channel. Wealth
er clear. e ft., aa IA sds dtf,f g7rf
| . The weather yesterday was generally
clear, but intensely. cold Mercury at 6
o'clock A. M. 10 deg. above zero--a fall of %
degrees in Is hours. The river continues
TO rise slowly, with considerable rise re-
ported in the upper rivers The effect of
the cold on ice in the river was very mani
fest, congealing the small cakes into large
fields of heavy ice, covering the whole face
of the river The prospects for easy navi-
cation soon, are gloomy indeed. 3gtg
. Arrivals and Departures. er
We have had no arrivals or departures
since the Charmer and Virginia came In,
and the Liberty and Phantom went out.
Boats Leaving To-Day. Is
There viii no boats leave to-day unless a
great change takes place in the weather
and ice.
sqaf tF#4 Boats Due.
Among the first boats due are the Ha-
vana for Nashville; Shamrock and Arab
ian, for st. Louis; Silver Moon, Mary
Swan and Darling for Memphis j. p. Webb.
from Memphis; Lawrence, and Mary r.
win, for Arkansas River; Nick Long.
worth, Lady Gay, Amazon, p, w. Strader,
Sam Parker, Swallow, and Stonewau
from New Orleans; B. L. Lodge, Eme-
raid, Armadillo, Emma No. 8, Indiana,
David White, Wild Wagner, and Henry
Ames, for New Orleans; Morning Star
from Louisville; Armada, from Cairo;
VIM. White, from Green River. sf af-
Miscellaneous. sd
We fear the head of navigation has taken
another slide southwark; and now, if the
present sharp weather hold 4S hours longer, /
we shall be like Louisville and Cincinnati.
out in the cold -among the icebergs of the
frigid North. The prospects of a speedy
closing up of the river have not been so
good this Winter ........ Captain Fitz-
gerald, of the Virginia, mace trip of
observation down shore yesterday fore
noon, and found the ice IN Dutch Bend
badly gorged and barely moving The
wind blowing into the mouth OF Green
River has closed that ice harbor 10 all in
gress, and the difficulty of going below
VIII compel the boats now at the wharf
probably to lie here at the risk of freezine
in.t These are the Virginia, Charmer,
Laura Fenton, David Watts, Louisa, and
'J.Bs ker.4 The Charmer proposed
to- make an effort 10 go into the
mouth q OF 9 Green River. $685.. & -. 49,.
The Virginia and Laura Fenton viii delayJI
their departures until navigation is re-
s1med. and will be the first boats out for
Memphis and New Orleans. We were de-
lighted to meet our excellent friend Capt
A. d. Armstrong in port once more, after
an absence of year and half. He looks |
as line as satin, and is unrivalIed in his
rote as steamboat clerk. Capt. VIM. Fitz- |
gerald, an experienced steamboatman, and |
very affable and pleasant gentleman,
is in command. The Virginia dis |
charged here 700 bales of cotton, and |
small lots of sugar, oranges, &c........
The Charmer had 40 bales of cotton and 4
considerable other freight......The David
Watts had 1903 bales of cotton-689 for
Ehrman & Co, $50 for Gonter, and $50 for /
r. X. Dunkerson & Co. She will return
to Memphis-....The Laura Fehton took
about50 tons of freight at Newburg.
The officers of the Virginia and Charmer
report the Laurel Hill still hard aground.
Wednesday afternoon, at Shawneetown
bar, lying broadside to the ice.....The
Sam. Parker had left an empty barge
alongside of the Laurel Hill, and would
try to pull her off............
The Glasgow was aground at
Cottonwood bar. She had swung around
and lies with her bow up stream. The
Louisville had got out safely ........It is
very doubtful whether the Liberty, Quick
step, OF Phantom would get out.The
Armada is not expected until there is
change in the ice.
Gleanfngs from our Exchanges.
CINcINNATI.-Th Commercial, of We'd
nesday, says:
The weather was cold and cloudy yester-
lay, with the mercury ranging at thirty
degrees nearly all day, and the wind varia-
BILE. There Is considerable ice running in
The river, yet several steamers have de-
parted for points above and below. AT /
P1ttsburg the river is rising, with nine feet
In the channel. Here, the river has risen 2
Twelve inches during the past twenty four
hours, with eight feet hence to Louisville.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Wednesday,
says: III
The river was rising very slowly yester-
lay, with five feet six inches water in the
canal in the evening by the mark During |
The previous "a hours it had risen three
inches at the head of the falls, and nine
inches at Portland. The weather was at
,he. freezing point all day, though clear,
md freely thawing under the influence of
,he sun. The thermometer ranged at 80
1t noon.
On the falls last evening there Uere fhraa