The Evansville journal., 1868-02-05

For other River Itenas see Seventh Page.

i the channel. w Gather clear. IherD on-
I GoUIsv1LLE, February 4.-The river is
i falling slowly, with five fsett1ve inches in
! the canal. Weather clear. Thermome-
+ ter %.
/ NASHVILLE, February 4.-The river is
/ falling, with nve feet on the shoals. The
/ v Gather is mild and cloudy. Departed
4 Tyrone. for Cairo, and the A. Baker, for
! BurK~viIle.
/ up. Weather clear and cool.
| MEMPHIS, February A. Departed = st.
/ Patrlck, TO- Evansville, with 500 bales cot
1 ton; Tennessee, fOI Cairo, with 250 barrels
beef and 40 bales cotton; Legal Tender
| passed up late last night; Golddnch, this
! mornings for Cincinnati, with 100 bales of
| cotton. In port-Henry Ames, Clifton,
/ Cora =, and Avalanche.
The river continues to fall steadily. The
weather was moderating, and the ice was
much less abundant. AT midnight the
mercury stood at 27 degrees above zero.
The additional arrivals and departures
were the Richmond, New Orleans to Louis
| vile; Mayflower, from Memphis; Cum
berland. to Cairo; VIM. White. to Clarks-
ville-....,..The Richmond had about four
hundred tons of freight and a fair pas
senger list. If he had found a favor
able opportunity to re-ship his freight
| Captain Neal would have returned
from here, having offers of sufficient
| freight here and below to load him down.
I
/ and an immense trip down. Her ma nj
tests for the round trip will be found be-
low......sThe Virginia, which was aground
near Weston, got off f................Capt. J. V.
| Throop was not seriously sick, but was
summoned to st. Louis on important
business. He leaves for st. Louis this
| evening LoRth de-
sires TO get away at noon, and
| shippers will please have freights
/ down early y--.....The Cum berland left pret-
| ty light, but had engagements for full
/ trip below Atlantic will turn her
trip over TO the Michigan, which will take
| it through to Louisville and Cincinnati
The Atlantic will then load her barges
here and below for New Orleans.......The
Mollie Norton, Captain Perkins, with Ed.
Terry in the office, takes her place
in the Evansville ands Henderson
trade to-day, leaving promptly at two
o'clock Pm. She is fine side-wheeI steam
er. finely appointed and very fast. ......
The st. Charles did not leave Louisville
till last evening 1.-THE Laurel Hill had
not returned from above at midnight Iasa
night, having doubtless found a good
sized corn pile above. She may be conf
IDENTIFY expected at the wharf this morn
ing, and will leave at noon for New
Orleans. THE Dexter arrived at
and the P. W. Strader left New
Orleans on Monday. Great Repub-
lie passed Memphis, for Louisville, with
| 500 tons of freight, on Monday. She may
be expected here tonight or early to-mor-
row morning Our dispatches last night
announce the burning of The Clara Dolson
at St. Louis. She was large and valuable
boat....-..Captain E. Ford left for New
Albany yesterday. He is not entirely re-
covered from his recent fitness, but is
much better r-...---.Robert Lodge, the re-
nowned freight clerk of the Richmond,
has our thanks for a memorandum,
manifest, t,Sc.........Navigation is suspended
above louisville.
MEMORANDUM, Low Pressure Richmond.
Lett New Orleans Tuesday. January 2s
ats P. NJ. 1t rainea very hard all day: not
OF freight and very fair passenger trip;
have in our freight list l59 tons or sugar
and moIasses for Pi IT. burg; left in port the
Great Repub ic, for st. Louis, and Legal
Tender for Louisville; saw the cabin of
the Emerald lying against the bank lew
with parties TO bring up 500 head of cattle |
from Red River. and after waiting there |
for six cen hours had TO give them up, the |
weather being so intensely cold that they
could not be got across the Atchafafaya |
river, twelve miles dIstan The Mississippi |
Red river; had quite a severe snow storm |
in that vicinity, in fact, the worst spell of |
weather known 10 the OlOeSL 10naDIaQts Z
was quite agreeably surprised 10 meet the |
Indiana at Vicksburg, as from dispatches |
received along the way. we fully expected |
that she had "gOne up" she was for about |
40 hours in very perilous condition. lying |
ross a reef at the mead OF Island !,
102, and liable to break into at any mo- /
ment; after throwing overheard about 400 |
tons of corn, tobacco, &c. the R. g. Lee /
came alongside and relieved her of freight /
until able to pull her Off We done an /
immense way business all the way up, /
commencing at Baton Rouge and taking |
on or putting on freight ana people at al /
most every landing between there and /
Cairo. January 29th-Met tow boat Hor- /
ner at Manchac Point. January Goth /
Met Mississippi at Narchez island; passed /
Keliog with tow al Rodney Island; IA It |
John GroeSbeck at Davis Cut on; JOhn /
KiIigour and Indiana at Vieksburg. jan |
uary 3l.-Met p. w. Strader at G 1odrich's, /
and Dexter at head of 95 February 1st-
Met Wild Duck at Napoleon; passed tow /
boat Dick Fulton at CarSons Landing. I
February 2-Met Continental at Randolph, /
and arrived at Cairo at II O'Clock, FEB. 3D. /
MANIFEST of steamer Mayhowsr, from /
Evansville to Memphis, January 8.-4 /
bales cotton, ottomans, chair, IL Dds /
| potatoes, $50 bbls flour, s bdls chairs, / /
| rocker, As packages groceries, 208 bbls meal, /
/ % bOlS whisky. 429 Salted shoulders, 1Z5 |
sides. II cook stoves, "a pots, u teakettles.
/ II boilers, Y bdls stovepipe, Al pkgS DRIED /
| fruit, II dressed hogs, tierces and casks /
hams. crate cabbage, D bbls pork, BIG pcs I
| hollow ware, 100 bales hay, bbls beans, 8 /.
/ bbls apples, cows and calf, 80 beef cattle /
/ 10 hf-bbls ale, boxes, 10 hf-bbls As tubs, |
| pals and ii kegs butter, 316 bars AZ plates, |
| 40 bundles, Y sheets, 13 bundles sheet iron, |
/ 10 casks pork, IS dressed hogs, GA SKIS corn, /
bXS eggs, As cOOpS, l Dbl poultry, bblS I
/ bran, tieree and Dbl lard i bx sundries, /
| 2 bxs paper, Dbl fish, l bdl ducks, and a
/ great varedty of mIscelIaneou freight, and
| q cabin full of people.
4 MANIFEST OF THE STEAMFR MAYFLow-
Err &C. White. 3S barrels of high wines;
+ r Huston 240 bales cotton. Hubbs