The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-27

The usailboat pilots report the Bertha
sunk on the lower shore bar, on the stone
Her guards we're nearly one foot out of
water all the way round, with her bow
piled out on. the stone pile. The OAR
ling landed alongside of the Brrtha, taking
off portion of her freight. They report
the Bertha's bottom tim beers badly brok en-,
with the rocks crushed through her hold.
The Champion, however, will doubtless
succeed in raising her. .-z1 L-sa-
The Bertha was built in PittSburg, in
1868. and is a tern whee ler, with ca pacity
for 400 tuns; valued at $4,000, and insured
for $50 as 20 lows: -ABuckeye,-S2 900;
American. $1,000; Central; 5000; Citizens.
She was owned by Capt. b. +. Davidson,
Capt. r. 5. Vera eS, and others. Is.
1he Enquirer says that, Captain Perry
McNeeIy has succeeded in removing The
large cotton wood Snag opposite the wharf,
b at at Aurora. IL was 10 feet in length,
and feet in diameter, with two large
Captain McNeeIy had better now try his
hand at the sunken boat-load of stone at
Craig's bar.
LOUISVILLE. The Courier of Monday
says: ss
The river was about at stand last even
ing, with Scant three feet waterin the canal
by the mark. During the previous twenty
four hours it had fallen only an inch at
the head OF the falls, and two inches at
Portland. The weather was warm, cloudy
and as murky as usual Saturday, with
the thermometer as high as 65. Yesterday
the atmosphere was clear, though the sky
was continually overcast with clouds.
sometimes heeting and at other times
heavy, with the hope that they would
bring rain. .--
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat, of Monday
says:
Heavy, soaking rain yesterday; it soak
ed all afternoon. Doubtless it was very
general and will improve navigation
slightly. "A II boats lately, wherever bound,
have been detained by the hazy atmos-
phere Numerous Upper Mississippi boats
have laid up. A sensible dimunition in
grain receipts and business generally is
the result. There is only four feet and
half water in the Mississippi hence to
Cairo. No improvement has yet been an.
nounced in any of the rivers above St.
Louis. tal e
MEMPHIS. The Avalanche of Saturday
says: M "9.
The weather continues hazy. with
dense smoke and fog on the river. Bust
ness on the levee was quite animated, with
large list OF arrivals and departures.
The river is declip ing steadily, with six
feet scant to Cairo and below here. The
packets report five feet Scant from Cairo
to st. Louis. The Ohio is declining. with
three feet four inches in the canal, and
three and a half feet on the bars in the
Lower ohio. The Arkansas remains low.
with twenty inches in the channel TO Pine
Bluff. White River continues at low tide.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Times of Friday last
says: - ..sIf 81
Yesterday morning the weather had
moderated a good deal from what it was
in the commencement of the week. 1t
appeared more like an April day. with its
sunshine and showers, than, as It was, the
doubt but that we will have change in
the weather in the next twenty-Iour
ours; that it will blow off cold and the
weather become seaSonable. i.i
Business was OF. very brisk on the levee
yesterday. We had several showers of rain
during the day, but. not enough to inter-
fere with the Regular business Of the levee,
II there had been the business to do EfHi.