The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-30
RIVER NE 8
For other River Items see. 7atrd Page.


The river continued to rise steady
last evening. The mercury declined
TO so at 6P. NJ. aut1s was falling. The
wind had shifted into the northwest
by west, and it will be colder, perhaps
freezing this morning. The shore ice
started out yesterday and passed down
often in large fields and pretty heavy.
The Ada Lyon ran into one, but was
compelled to back out, as it was hard
and unyieldingsI She was again forced
into it, but failed TO break it, but sue
ceeded Id showing it out into the river
so that she could get clear of it.........
The LeweIlin arrived at 6 o'clock
last night with a good trip, and will
leaveaat A o'clock this evening-.......
The packets. for Henderson, and the
Ada Lyon, for Bowling Green, depart
ed. the latter with a good trip.
The Robt. Fulton came down at dan K
with a TOW of coal.........The Armada
returned from Newburgh at dark,
having taken 200 bales of hay
and considerable other freight.
......"..........The Cumberland did not
arrive as expected, and there was
no packet to Cairo yesterday.-..-...
There has been a new shuttle at
Louisville, and the p. w. Stradcr
was announced to leave last night,
and the Nick Longworth is an
nounced to leave Louisg vile this
evening, and may be confidently .ex-
pected here to-morrow.........The Sc.
Charles was expected as Louisville
yesterday. with the shaft of the
Louisiana, which will follow the
Observation-Disclosures is large
amount of New Orleans freight await
ing the FIRST New Orleans packet, and
much dissatisfaction exists amongst
shippers ON account of receiving no
Observation-Disclosures Of the movements
of the packets, and many ship 90 the
Cairo packets. The Louisville and
New Orleans packets should be better
diffused along the river, and not go so
much in heap. The last boat down
was the Legal Tender, on Friday :;
now we are promised three in as
many !, days, and three others
will be due at Louisville by Sat
urday. We are pretty confident
the P. w. Strader will be down to-
day. She has excellent passenger
ACCOMMODATIONS. and Captain Stein
is one of the most pleasant and oblig-
ing gentlemen we meet IF she comes
she will get good trip...............The
steamer Empire while lying to on
account of fog on Sunday night,
thirteen miles below Natchez, was
sunk by the caving of the river bank,
and, with her cargo, valued at $75, 900,
is a total loss. She was valued at
$4,000. She was owned by Captains
I'll. Reamer and Hicks King, of New
Albany, and was Insured in Cinein-
natl offices for S12,287 so. She was
built at Cincinnati in 1868, and was
called the Jennie Hubs. She was
sunk on the falls in 1866, and rebuilt
at New Albany in 1867. She was
again sunk in the Mississippi below
Cairo, but was raised aud repaired.
She has had numerous ups and downs
during her career, but is now down
at last to rise no more. The
Monsoon was sunk in Bed River.
She was built in Cincinnati in 1874.
and was probably the oldest boat in
commission....-...The Norman and
Indiana had not arrived up TO mid
night.........The Tar4seon may posi-
bly, be here to-day, though the Louis
vile papers say not.