The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-23

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weather Assd water.
The weather yesterday was cloudy
aud cold, but moderating somewhat,
with tbelmercury at 200 above zero at
6 A. NJ, and 39o at noon The river
continues to fab slowly, having de-
clined IA inches during the twenty
four hours ending at 3 o'clock yester-
day The ice, as We anticipated and
predicted, has not thus far proved
serious impediment to NAVIGATION. Ii
was less abundant ON this side yester-
day, but seemed to be rather plenti-
full on the Kentucky shore At noon
it began to clear up. and the sun was
melting the snow rapidly, and rotting
the ice. -,H" csc
Arrivals and Departures
The arrivals and departures up to
4 o'clock yesterday, include only the
Pine Grove, to Cincicnati; Cora s, to
louisville
d B0ass Dae. gt-EzasEs
Among the6rst boats due here. are
the Delaware, for Nashville; Sham
rock, for St. Louis; Sam, j. Hale,
for Memphis; Darling, from Memphis;
Jno. Kilgour, J mo. H. Groesbeck, and
Louisville, for New Orleans; Cum
berlaud and Sam Orr, from Cairo;
Alice w., Swallow, Atlantic, West
moreland, and Belle Lee, from New
Orleans; Lewellin, from Eastport;
Linton, from CIarksville; Morping
Star, from Louisville; Ada Lyon,
from Green River. l sat Is lisnee
MRscellame~ua.
Business on the levee. yesterday.
was exceedingly dull. without single
arrival up to three o'clock The
Cora S. left at seven o'clock, for Lou-
isville, and.the Pine Grove at nine
O'clock, for Cincinnati, both having
laid up over night on account of the
ice......T The p. w. Strader was pre-
pairing to go - Aiken's Landing and
Newburg, for lot of corn. She ex-
poets, and should receive, full load
here and in the vicinity, and desires
to leave for New Orleans, this even
ing ........The ice, as we expected.
proves no obstacle to navigation, as it
is generally very thin and much scat
tered. Occasionally, heavy iceberg
passes down. one of which lodged on
the bar, in front Of our window, yes
terday, and remained for some time,
but the pressure became too great, and
it moved along.........The P. w. Stra-
der got off to Newburg, at q o'clock.
She will be at the landing again this
morning-......The Armada was re-
ceiving literally, and had the wharf
all to herself, for Cairo and Ohio
River packet freight....-.--.The Phan-
tom was receiving some freight, but
was not likely to get full load..a...,.
We learn that the Indiana got
aground at Henderson, at the same
place the Richmond grounded, and
had to be pulled otf......The Cora 8
met the Indiana at Paducah......The
Liberty Hall and Cincinnati IMsrcurg,
(now the GaSettel, of October IL and
December II, 1911, settles the ques-
ton Of the first steamboat en- the
Ohio.
SHIP NEws.-On Sunday last two
barges sailed from this port for New
Orleans, one owned by Riddle,
Bechtle Il Headington, and com
handed by Bechtle; the other owned
by d. G. Wallace, both loaded princi-
pally with -four. Same day, the
steamboat called Orleans, recently
built at Pittsburg, passed this town at
the rate of ten or twelve miles an
hour.
DECEMBER IL, 1811.-The steam
boat Orleans" arrived here on
Wednesday last, November q. in
forty five hours from the falls, a dis
tance of one hundred and eighty
miles, against the current of the Ohio.
To the citizens Of this place it is an
object of the most intense curiosity.
Several short trips have been per
formed up aud doWc the river from
This place, and numbers have satisfied
themselves by taking passage in these
short voyages. On the rise of water
she will san for her place of destina-
ten, q seturn to US no more.-CIa-
ctandtl Gd=ette.
TIE LOCAL BOARD FOR EVANS
><vILLE.-We find the following in the