The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-22
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| LOUISVILLE, February 2I.-The river is
4 at stand seven feet I'm the canal by the
marx. The weather is clear. Thermome-
| CIECINNATI, Feb. 10 The river has fallen
lncnes. There are Is feet II inches wa
1 ter In the channel. The weather is clear.
/ thermometer 49,.
There were no additional arrivals last
| evening-....Tne Cumberland left with a
nice packet trip, and would add largely
below. The Delaware left at ~ o clock
with her guards fiat on the water, having
received large amount of freight here.
-..-....The Ollie sullivan took a large lot OF
salt, and left at o'clock for the Wabash.
.......Colonel J. Y. Gutherie. Supervising
Inspector for the Sixth Maritime District,
was a passenger by the Virginia, frem
Memphis. He is stopping at the
Sherwood House, and Will be in
the city fr some time............C Captain
Hodge Brown is still IN the city
prospecting. We should like to see him
on the roof of good Evansville and Cum
neriand River packet. He is a popular Of
ficer.-..........BilIy McClurg, the renowned
engineer of the Mayhower, Is enjoying
the freedom Of the city, having returned a
few days since from visiting his aged
mother, at Pitisburg =. 1.-THE following
spicy correspondence appeared in the
Cincinnati Gazette, few days ago. Il
speaks for itself:
CINcINNATI, February 7.
Capt. Ben. M. MfrrfeLees:
We have made the round trip from
Cincinnati TO Memphis, and back In
nine days. We have fought the Ice
Silver Moon was afraid to go down
stream; and we have brought up the big
gest TAI p Of cotton ever brought 10 Ciucfn-
fherafnrQ al va
King" W. p. WALKER,
Str. Sam. J. Hale.
Capt. Mirrielees is not yet disposed to |
give up the horns to the Sam. J. Hale, |
neither does he think the latter deserves |
tue title of " The Ice King" Read the fol- |
lowing:
CIECINEATI, February sth.
Capt. ". p. Walker, Steamer Sam. j. Hale:
In reply to your very modest request for !
the horns, l would beg Lave to say that, |
sixteen hundred miles, to Memphis and |
back. in heavy ice the whole way down |
way on our down trip, and we found a |
great many boats. bound both dow n and |
up, laid up AZ the bank, and one-a stern !
aoheeter-sunk by the ice at RockpOrt. We |
went through three gorges where the ice /
WIS entirely stopped. on our return trio, /
saw but two boats under way going down. i
Whom the Hale, or any other boat, can 1
8 ow trim approaching this, IL Will be /
time enough TO talk about the horns AS |
10 Inc Ice running neaVy this season Is !
child's play. IL would scarcely stop the
Moons y9wl up stream. The Silver
Moon" Is not here on account of the ice,
but because or the very rapid and uneX-
pected decline In the river.
Do you really think you ought to have
tween the steTn-wheeleF Sam. ]. Hale'i
and the Mary Davage and barges, that
came along with you, at least as far as
LouisYllleY And say nothing about the
bully Havana and the Mary Erwin that |
came alongin the same crowd.
How about the nine days trip that IL
took you thirteen days to make? Didn't
you make that trip some other time, and,
perhaps on some other boat.
BEN. NJ. MIRRIELEEs,
Master OF the Ice King" Silver Noon.
A towboat with a tow, no doubt the
Painter No. 2, with the City of Alton.
passed down without landing, after dark
asst night..........Mr. Owen G. Gates, for
neTly clerk of the NJ. s. Mepham, has
aiken charge of the ONCE OF the Peter
8alen, a st. Louis and Memphis packet.
There is no better clerk or more ac-
gentleman on the western
waters. 1.-The Indiana, Cora s., Darling
md several other boats over due, had not
.rIived at midnigh. The Indiana, with
he others will doubtless be found at the
wharf this morning They were, no
loubt, detained by the heavy fog
II Thursday night.............The Mayfiower
md st. Charles Will also most likely be in
" daylight..........TheD Darling arrived a few
minutes after midnight, with a full freight.
1.-THE J. w. Garrett may be conhdent-
y expected to-day.