The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-03
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len two incheSs-w1th fifteen feet seven
inches in the channel. II IS full OF floating
ice, rendering navigate cirhcuit. "a
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-The river Is falling
ing fast with So feet water in the canal
The weather is Clear and mid
The weather, yesterday, vas GEAR and
cold, the mercury at no time rising above
the freezing point. and being considerably
below that point morning aud evening.
.......-The river had fallen nearly eighteen
inches during the twenty-four hours end
ing last evening. There was but little Ice
running by here yesterday, but the Morn
ing star reports having encountered heavy
ice as low down as French Island, and it
is so heavy at Cincinnati 10 greatly OBJ
struct navigation ---..... The arrivals and
departures since three O'Clock Saturday
inesude the st. Patrick, TO Memphis; the
Armada, to Cairo; Linton. to GAINESVILLE;
Soutberner, for New Orleans; Sam Orr,
for Eastport; st. Charles, New Orleans to
Louisville; Louisa, from Uniontown;
/ Virginia, Louisville to New Orleans;
Quickstep, from Cairo; J. r. Hoyle, Green
River, and return; the VIM. White, from
GAINESVILLE; Laurel Hill, from New Or
leans; Morning Star, Louisville to Hen
1 derson, and return. seaatog 49,
The st. Patrick Fad a magnificent trip
4 out......The Armada had a good packet
| trip.The Linton and Sam. Orr mad
fair trips.......As tue Linton was starting
out she collide6 with a barge containing
1880 bags of corn, in tow of the Crescent
/ City, knocking one corner out of the barge,
and causing it 10 sink speedily. II was
! towed to near the shore, at the foot of d.
vision Street, where it lies, with the corn
| about i've feet under water. and men were
| engaged, yesterday, fishing The corn out.
/ The cargo belonged to Mr.. Fitzgerald, and
was consigned to Igleheart Bros, and was
not insured. We could not ascertain who
was in fault in bringing about the col ision.
The Tarascon took large portion OF the
freight OF the Southerner, and left near
midnight with magnificent trip-........The
] ST. Charles arrived at O'Clock from New
Orleans with a splendid trip of freight
/ and people. We are indebted to her clerks
! and pilots for manifest and memoran dam.i
| Among her passengers was our excellent
young friend, Mr.. Jesse Jackson, the pop
4 ular and courteous freight clerk of the
/ Morning Star, who was looking as fine as
] silk, and reports having had delightful
trip, and gave US tangible evidence of his
| kindly remembrance He will join
his ship on ner way up to-day .-...........-.
The steamer St. Charles had also on board
TIE officers and most of the crew of the
Emerald, sunk at the fool of Tunica Bend,
at ~ O'CLOCK P. NJ. on Saturday, the 25th
January. From Capt. John N. skunk, late
coInfhander of the Inflated vessel, we OBJ
! tain faA particulars, which differs ma
eriallys from the reports by telegraph.
The boat STRUCK deep ssHags about 81
aeeagth of herself frefh sf0Fe; crushing IN
her hull and causing her to sink rapidlEsa
! She was headed tothe shore, aud her bow
| eyOfr ont
two pIanks run ashore, by which all the
crew and passengers got ashore, except
Mrs. Richardson and daughter an6 the
second chamber mail, who were
| thrown from the stage plank
by the careening of the boat,
and were all three drowned. In less than
| five minutes after the boat struck she had
disappeared-her, jack-staf even. which
wssStxty-hVe feet long, going en1rely out
of sight. The cabin did not slide off Till
the boat sunk, when it Awas washed OF,
and f1eated down the river, with the mate,
carpenter and Waterman, who, unable to
raise light, abandoned it, but subsequent
ly bo ,rded it again, and landed it at Port
Hudson. The Emerald was not
overloaded, as the Louisville paper
asserted. She, was drawing only
seven feet forward and six feet aft The
next day the st. Nicholas ran directly over
the wreck without touching any portion
of 1t, but started the gilt ball from the top
of the jackstaff, which rose to the top of
the water and was recovered. Before Cap
tain Skunk. left, several sugar hogsheads
had risen from the wreck.--.....The vir-
ginia passed down about midnight Satur-
day with Splendid trip, which she had
gathered up along the coast above. She
had engagements below sufficient to
hatten her out. Mark Anthony, for
1nerIy on Dunkerson d Co.'s wharf
boat, is freight clerk on the V rginia......
The Laurel Hill arrived ats o'clock yester-
day morning, with big trip. She had
AT bales cotton for Huston & Co., Agents
of the White Line; $50 for Cannelton, 357
for New Albany, and considerable other
freight for Louisville. She also dis
charged 4I9 bales cotton and car loads
lumb at Cairo. She reships her up-river
freight on the Morning Star, and returns
from here to New Orleans. leaving this
evening. She has extraordinary capaci-
ties for freight and comfortable passenger
accommodations. Her chief officers are
Captain E. E. Twomey and A. Brasher,
exceedingly pleasant and obliging gentle
men AMI experienced steam boatmen.
They propose to run regularly from here to
New Orleans, and we commend them to
| shippers. The VIM. White had good
trip from Cumberland River.
BURNING OF THE SHERMAN. - The
steamer Sherman, Captain G. ". Baker
after discharging the largest portion of
her freight, dropped down to the dry dock
Saturday night, intending to go into the
dock for repairs. AT five O'Clock, yester-
day morning. the second cook started a
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