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

l. e~@~ ~ Ns~@A S1AS, w I'LL 80 lGGt
in the channl. 1t has been raining
all the morning and since midnight,
but light now Mercury 40 degrees
barometer 28l0 and rising faod'
MAYsyILLE} KY, Jan. 4. The
river has rise about 10 feet since
Saturday morning considerable shore
ice running; wather soft; has been
raining all the aorning; noWclearing
up. ga IT. tti h4f5
PITTsBURG, Feb. 4.--River falling,
with is feet 4 inhes water. Weather
cloudy. g l-3seb ga 889.
PORTSMOUTH, o., Feb. 4.-River
very high, full o. ice, and rising fast.
MARIETTA, o., Feb. 4.-The river
rose about eight inches last night.
There are now rs feet, and a further
rise is expected. It il raining hard.
Ice running heaviy. MOO
The weather lat Sunday night grew
cloudy, and considerable rain fell to-
wards morning. Before noon the
mercury had gone lown almost to the
freezing point, and sharp south
wester blew. driving the heavy floating.
shore ice, of which The river was full,
far into the harbor. A driving storm
of sleet and snow Sc in about noon.
The wild gull skimmd the waves, pre-
saying inclement weather. The river
continued to rise at The rate of one
and a half tO two incles an bnur nm
to 3 o'clock yesterday and it was all
the transfer company and the warf-.
boatmen could do to rmove the cot
ton on the levee as fas as the water
came up. We believethere will be a
great food, and peopA on the low
lands should look out. Ir a #
Ia9ef Arrivals and Delarfures.
The arrivals and departures up to
3 o'clock yesterday, Include only the
Sam. Orr, Cairo to reurn; Louis
vile, New Orleans to Louisville;
Norman, Akin Landing to New Or
leans. Afsl9a le4
Boats Due. 3sigA
Among the first boats tue are the
Rebecca and Emma Floyd for Nash
vile; Shamrock, Nightingale and
Arabian, forS st. Louis; Roert Burns,
Minneola, Anna, and Champion for
Memphis; Liberty No. 2, fom Mem
phis; Lawrence, Anglo Saxon,
Huntsville, Centralia andMary IT.
win, for Arkansas River; fonewali,
Indiana, and Alice ", fromNew9 Or
leans; B. /. Lodge, Emerald Arma
dillo, Westmoreland, Lizzie hopkins.
Alice Dean, Emma No. 3, Dr New
Orleans; Morning Star, fromLouis-
vile; Charmer, from Cairo Ada
Lyon, from Green River.
miscellaneous.
The heavy shore ice now Aating
by was chiefly all driven by thtwind |
on the Indiana shore, and the wharf
boats and steamers at the wharfwere1
crowded close to shore The evee |
is literally crowded with cotton rom
Walnut to Vine Street. The greAest
activity prevailed yesterday in en-
deavoring to prevent some of it beng
submerged. The Sam. Orr hal a
nice trip, including 116 bales of cottn
for r. K. Dunkerson & Co., Is forV.
L. Wells & Co., 4 for Miller & Carr
ner, 6 for Mackey, Nisbet& Co. ram
one bale for J, Oakley, and larg
lot Of miscellaneous freight.........Th
gay Louisville, Capt. Ross. arrived
from New Orleans with a splendid trip
'or Louisville, and 81 bales of cotton
'or this port. She has made excellent
lime, considering the state of the
liver. She took her discharged
reight Of last trip, and proceeded to
Louisville. We are indebted to Capt.
Ross for polite attentions and appre-
dated favors. He has heart as big
IS his boat. He took the evening ex-
press train here yesterday for Cincin
lati. ......... The Norman came down
rom Atkins Landing yesterday morn
ng with a large lot of fresh freight,
md will fill out here. ......... The Sam.
Orr was receiving largely for her
'eturn trip to Cairo. .........,..... The
Morning Star had not arrived up
o the time this report closed .......
The VIM. White was getting good
rip for Green River........Captain
Drlnkwater reports the people of
South Carrolton out of all kinds of
articles of prime neutrality-suspicious.
iuctor Bush, of the Cincinnati and
Louisville Express train, reports the
Wabash and White Rivers as rising
asst 1.-THE White River bridge is
1ntlr6iV safe Tho Gfopawall ia