The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-04

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Weather and water.
/ CINCINNATI, Jan. 3.--The river has fallen
| two feet three inches, with seventeen feet
seven inches in the channel. Weather
clear. Thermometer 30o. 8 ar 49,
The weather continues clear and beauti-
full, but very cold and constantly freezing,
with the mercury below zoe at s o'clock
yesterday morning. The river is falling
slowly, and the ice becoming heavier. Yes
terday at times the whole face OF the river
was covered with dense masses of floating
ice, and the prospect of the river closing
is daily becoming stronger and stronger
Old river men are confident an ice bridge
will span the river in day or two.
| Arrivals. aRt
The only arrival in port is the Liberty
No. 2 from Memphis. boat, name un-
known, arrived at the willows Wednesday
| night, and laid up. s@F
miscellaneous. th3 L3E
The Liberty No. 2 arrived at ~ O'Clock
yesterday morning, after desperate fight
with the ice. She had a big trip, including
300 bales of cotton for this port....The.
Mepham dropped down to Dunkerson a.
Co.'s wharf-boat, Wednesday night, and
commenced loading, and was receiving as
rapidly as possible yesterday, but will not
get away until after the arrival'of the train
| tonight She will have all she can carry,
and Cox g. Humphrey have 5000 or 5000
sacks of corn that she will be unable to
ke........The Clifton is trying to arrange
to forward her cargo of cotton by rail from
this port, and If she succeeds she will
return to Memphis........ Cincinnati
freight of the Mepham will probably be
shipped by rail.......The Liberty proposed
to return to Memphis last night. Her pas
sengers went forward by rail yesterday
mornfng~....-The Liberty met the Charm
er at Metropolis and the Quickstep at
ducah.......~.Superintend Dusouchet
received dispatch yesterday stating that
the Charmer was laid up at the mouth of
Tennessee River. n
REMINIsCENCEs.-From an old Register
kept by Capt. 'Schoenlaub, on MItchell's
wharf boat, we gather the following items
The first entry is the Statesman, H. G. Nc
Comas, Cincinnati to Nashville, April End.
1854. On the 3rd the following boats ar
rived: Ben. Franklin, Telegraph No. q |
Fanny Smith, VIM. Knox, Empress |
Wakefield, Express, Antelope, Falcon,
Golden Gate, and r. j. Ward. On the 4th |
there were twelve arrivals; on the 9th, |
thirteen; on the 18th, sixteen, and on the |
Gosh, eighteen arrivals. There was no ice |
during the winter of 1876 to interrupt
navigation. January 4th, 1855, the Belle /
sheridan loaded here for New Orleans:
heavy ice in the river; on the 8th the boats |
were tce-bound. The Tecumseh arrived /
on the 18th of January, and the river
closed till the oath of February, when the
ice commenced running, and the II. Z. I
Twichell was the first boat down. Janu- /
airy 9th, 1856, river closed at 81 A. M, and /
remained closed till February 4th. WI.
Ewing was the first boat out, and the
Chancellor was the first to arrive from
New Orleans 944 81 F sefI
February p, l85S-First ice on the river.
Z November IL, 1858 Charley Bowen. Can't.
HI. t. Dexter arrived from 'Parkersburg
aud left for Caro- with big load. on her
first trip, November 18th. 81 nea 4
December 6, 1858-Gen. Anderson made
the round trip from Evansville to Cairo
and return in A hours with full trip, and
doing big way business.
May IL, lS59-The AIvan Adams made her
last trip from Memphis to Louisville.
January l, 1S60-Ice running heavy. Maid
Of the Mist cut down and sunk-a total loss
"a few miles below the city. The Green
vile laid up for ice in Green River. Moses
Mcclellan, Stephen Decatur, Clara Poe. and
Kate French laid up here ice bound on the
zd and the Lightfoot was cut down by ice
4 few miles below. The Persia laid up here
On the Sd, and the Messenger on the 18th.
January ID. 1S6O-The Gray Eagle made
her first trip in the packet trade from Lou
sville to Henderson. II
December %, lS60-The Charley Bowen.
Captain Dexter, made her first trip with
he mail.
December H--W. v. Gillum, Captain Col
EFT, blew up in Green River below the first
ocks, and was towed to this city by the
Lew Eaves One fireman was injured.
March rs, l86l-Tremendous storm, un.
'oof1ng buildings and doing great damage.
The chimneys of the Musselman. lying in
BORT, were blown ashore.
The last record was made April Is, 1861,
IS follows:
War commenced; Book full steamboat
ng dull; no money to buy a new book"
The above paragraphs will doubtless be
cad with interest by all river men, and
many others.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For NEW ORLEANS.-The magnificent
teamer NJ. s. Mepham will leave for New
'rleans and intermediate ports at 10
clock tonight, and will be the last boat
ut until the river clears. The Mepham is
ne of the finest boats on the Western
1aters, and has most elegant corps of 1
Ulcers. Capt. Elijah Wood, a gentleman
the old school, and steamboatman of
ne largest experience, is in command.
wen q. Gates, a gentleman of the most =
leasing address and courteous man ners,
J her chief passage clerk, and Aleck Nc