The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-28


8 inches in the channel. The weather
remains cloudy; thermometer at &c.
1t turned cold quite suddenly last
night, with a strong wind; and early
this morning the thermometer was
| down at Il.
The weather continued to grow cold
during Friday night, with a fierce
west wind, and by Saturday morning
everything out doors was frozen up
tight and fast, with the mercury at
240 above zero, at 6 o'clock. 1t mo-
derated very little during the day.
The river fell six inches during Friday
night, and was still falling all day
Saturday, Notwithstanding the vast
quantity of snow that had melted and
run off. The ice was heavier on Sat-
urday, and more difused over the sur
face of the river. A heavy pack of
ice has formed outside of the boats
lying to the wharf
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures up
to 3 o'clock Saturday, were the Indi-
ana, Louisville to New Orleans, and
louisa to Newburg.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due are the
Havana and Rowena, for Nashville;
Shamrock and Arabian, for St. Louis;
Darling, for Memphis; j. P. Webb
and Liberty No. 2, from Memphis;
Lawrence and Mary Irwin, for Ar
kansas River; Nick Longworth, Lady
Gay, Amazon, ?. w. Strader, Swal-
low Louisiana NJ s. Mepham and
Stonewall, from New Orleans; B. L.
Lodge, Emerald, Wild Wagner, Ar
madillo, Emma No 3, for New Or
leans; Morning Star from Louisville;
Quickstep from Cairo; VIM. White,
from Green River.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For boats leaving to-day, see 5th
page.
miscellaneous.
The sudden freeze caused little
falling off in business on Saturday on
the levee The Virginia, however,
continued to receive largely, and was
preparing to leave, as we close this
report, with a big trip. A manifest
of shipments may be found on the
9Th page.............The Louisa went
up to Newburg for a large lot
of corn for Nashville She expected
to get off late Saturday night..........
The Chattanooga and Sam Orr post
poned their departure on account of
the change in the weather They
will both probably leave to-day.......
There is a large accumulation of
freight here for the Cumberland and
Tennessee Rivers The Indiana
passed down at 3 o'clock on Saturday
morning, but was unable to get to the
wharf, and consequently did not land.
1.-THE Armada left Paducah at 10
o'clock on Friday, and the Quick
step left Cairo on the same
day. Neither had arrived when
this report was closed..........
The David Watts is about half
loaded, and lies over awaiting
change in the weather ......... It is
somewhat doubtful if the Ada Lyon
would be able to get out of the ice
pack. The pack is about $50 feet
wide outside the steamers lying at the
wharf.........The Laura Fenton is at
compile near Henderson, taking corn.
She will have all she can carry .........
Capt. Hazlett and his charming and
accomplished young wife left for St.
Louis by the afternoon train on Sat-
urday. Capt. Ell. goes to st. Joe and
Leavenworth on business.
GIeanings from our Exchanges.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of
Friday says:
At a meeting of the Cincinnati
Charitable Association, held yester-
day morning at the rooms of the New
Orleans Pilots Association, the fol-
lowing named steamboat Captains
were unanimously elected Directors
of the organization, viz: Captains
VIM. Gregg, U. B. Piersel, John N.
Skunk, J. H. Maratta, John s. Patter-
son, L. Y Bachelor, D. P. Shinkle,
FL. A. Jones and James s. Wise.
LoUIsvILLE-The Courier of Fri
day says:
The river was falling very slowly
yesterday, barely three inches in "a
hours at the head of the falls, and
nine inches at Portland. In the canal
there were six feet three inches water
hu the mark and ouor I'll q FILLS four