The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-24

terday. with a hard, steady rain All dav
Ill poured down copiously at intervals, and
will make O S0bsl anti8l RISE as il appears
TO be general in all directions along the
Ohio and tributaries. The wind was a lit
tie north of east up to noon, when it veer-
ed TO the south aud southwest. The ba-
rometer indicated %. 80 att A. NJ 29.44 at u
NJ, and % 30 at 8 p. NJ; while the mercury
ranged a 42o al z A. NJ, 47o at II II and 4So
at p. M, and growing milder with more
rain at IL P. NJ. The Indications are favor
able for an old fashioned mountain rise,
coal from Pittsburg.
Saturday Is Commercial SAYS:
The levee is in wretched condition. be-
ing covered with mud from three to eight
.ncnes IN depth, rendering it impossible
10 receive or discharge cargtIes in good con-
<tltlon. 1t is, indeed. strange thai the only
remRnerative city properly can't be kent
III re 4ecenI fespectaole. business or er.
investigate who was to blaIne'' for the
Vanderbilt and Dean Richmond disaster
catastrophe was caused by the culpabIe
carelessness of Charles Bessonnette, pilot
OF the Vanderbilt, in not obey ing the rules
iald down Dy the Government in such
cases. His license as pilot is revoked
The United States Inspectors W G
Flanders and G. e. Whitmore. having in
vest1gated the explosion of the Ouachita
steamer fdahoe, which occurred at the
New Orleans ievee, Novem ier 26. are
was the result of neglect on the part fthe
engineer in charge, Augustus Reynsud
and that, while endeavoring to be fenient
and fosSoeaTing To him, to be lust 10 the
sufferers at his hands, and in order ID pro
tect the travelling public in future we have.
revoked for life the license of Augustus
ReynaGd as an engineer
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier of Saturday
says:
The river was falling yesterday, though
nearly at stand in the evening. with ff1lI
feet water in the canal by the mark
During the previous twenty-four h0urs If
ndQ IdA&Gn- - Inches at the head af ho
falls and 6inches at Portland The weather.
was warm and cloudy all day, and partial
rnometer at 500. The M ercury in the bar.
ometeT was unchanged or stationary
On the falls last evening there were Is |
inches water in the pass down the Indian |
chute and slowly falling.
The Alert was the first boat to leave for /
lower ports.
ST. LOUIS. : The Democrat Of Saturday /
says:
No change in the attitude of steamboa,
affairs tnat Ee know of But il seems To ne
Known TO pilots that the process Of. cut
ing out" is deepening the channel on the
worst oars below. We hope thiS il so. and |
Eli the boats viii succeed In s. on reaching
'afe-h arboFs- There is in steam beats and
argos an Immense mount of property at
stake If a Sudden freeze should close
hem IN as they are, the loss 5 would be
me weather continues wonderfully mild.
The river was station airy ali day YESTERDAY.
having FlS-aA Infee Inches during the pre-
Tlous night. No steam boats arrived or de- L
Iarted yesterday, and matters were aI1fet
nough at the wharf
MEMPHIS. - The Avalanche of Wednes- /
lay says: p ~ u
The weather. yesterday morning. was
Loudly and sultry. At noon it turned
Dol, with prospects Of rain or snow The L
lVer mere IS declining, with five feet to
AFRO and six feet scant below here.
w mite River continues at low tide with |
hree and "a half feet in the channel 10 |
augusta. The Arkansas is also recedfnp /
F1th twenty-seren inches in the channel
D Pine Bluff
Business on the wharf yesterday was not
cry active, with but one arrival, There | {
yas little doing aside from the receiving
M dlscharging Of the local packets.
NEW ORLEANS. The Times of Wednes
ay says:
Ths weather opened with a dark and
loudly sky, and toward noon it Threatened
am. 1t however siidn't rain any after an
ne atmosphere still continues very close
,h1ch Is unusual for Deem Der weather !
ANY !eyee pedestrians are anxious for |
leIr friend Jack Frost. and don't care how
1on ne may make his appearance
BUSINESS matters on the landing yeSter-
~ were more active than on Monday |
lere oelng fair number of departures
7sideS numerous arrivals. /
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