The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-22
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PITTsBURG, January 2l.-The river is I'M
changed. Six inches of snow fell this
morning, but il is new thaw1ng.
CINCINNATI, January 2l.-The river has
fallen nine inches; now twelve feet fOur
inches IN the channel. Weather cloudy.
Ten inches Of snow tell last night. Their
moTneter 34o.
LOUISVILLE. January 2L-The river is
falling slowly. with five feet six inches in
the canal. Weather cloudy with tue Their
moIneter at 3Qo.
The ice in the river, yesterday evening,
did not seem quite as abundant as during
the earlier part of the day, and unless it
increas IS, will net prove a serious impedi-
ment to navigation ...-.......The additional
arrivals and departures, last evening. were
the Newsboy and Falls City, TO the mouth
OF Green hiver; Sam. Orr and Cumberland
TO Cairo; Emma Floyd, Cincinnati to
Nashville; Pine Grove, Nashville to Gin
cinnati; Mayfiower, to Memphis ..............
None Of the packets had full trips, we
regret to say THE merchants and ship
pers, a few weeks ago, insisted that they
must have an Evansville and Memphis
packet lire. and that the Cairo packets
should extend their trips to Columbus, but
when two good boats are entered in the
trade, and offering to carry freights at ru-
inousEy low rates, these same petitioners
will ship on outside boats having no SYM
pathy with the interests of Evansville,
because they will take freight for
i've cents less than the regular pack
cts. Starve the packets out. and the out
side boats will more than make upthe
diheren ce-...-.. The Emma Floyd con
Guided to go into the mouth of Green
River yesterday and lie up out of the ice,
but when the Robert Fulton and News
boy went up, she concluded the ice was
not so bad as was supposed, and proceeded
on her way, passing here ats o'clock.
The Pine Grove had big trip. She lies
over here to see what day will bring
forth IN reference TO the ice....-...The stone
work at the mouth of the Sycamore
Street sewer is again peeping above
the water. ,--......-..Tne John KiIgour
Will leave Louisville this evening for New
Orleans, aud will be here tomorrow $50.
The j. II. Groesbeck leaves Cincinnati
this. evening for New Orleans, and will be
here'on Friday. 49,. Captains A. Stein, John
9. Benson and Ames Fisher, of the p. W. |
Strader, have our thanks for favors 1.-The
Minneola arrived from Mem ohis at 81 |
and the Cora s.. a. IO15 o o'clock, the former
with i ,250 bales cotton, and the latter wit
800 bales cotton and much other freight,
..-,.-..The Mipneola left at half past ten. !
and the Cora s. would lie over, perhaps, ]
Till morning to plank her bow TO resist the
hoating ice-.......The news from above is
rather favorable TO resumption of navi- |
CATION Tire following was the kitua- |
tion, briefly, on Monday night: |
Pi1tshafg -0h1o feet and raining. Ro- |
chester 81 feet and falling. Wheeling |
4 feet and falling. Marietta-3 feet inches. |
Parkersburg-4-f feet and falling Pomeroy |
-on a stand; raining. GaaIipolis- Ohio
and Kanawtla falling slowly. Cincinnati |
lit had fallen inches during the a hours |
ending at O'Clock, when it was still fall
ing slowly. with IS feet scant in the chan
mel, by the Water works mark. and |
80 feet under the Coyington bridge /
for passing ste aneEs Navigation is
thence to Pittsburg by ice and
low water, and the river dotted with ice,
which wa rotting and thawing out fast.
The ice was no impeachment to downward
bound BOATS. The snow storm on Monday
night was gene raI from the Mississippi to
the head waters of the Ohio River. At
Louisville, the Ohio was falling very slow
", with only 5 feet inches water
n the canal, and feet 10 inchts
water in the pass over the falls.........
Fhe weather was N oderate last night, and
he wind shifting to the southeast, with
he mercury at "a degrees at midnight......
Ther Aryanaut has become disgust ed with
he Lou sviIle and Cumberland trade, and
will try the Memphis trade........The VIM.
White left for ClarksvIIle last evening
With a good trip.......The Phantom lies
'ver till this evening, when. she will leave
or FaStporf