The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

The snow which set IN Monday
night changed to rain about mid
night, freezing as it fell, making a
regular glare yesterday morning. The
mercury at midnight stood at 28': at
6 a. N. yesterday 1t stood at %, and
at 3Oo at noon. The weather was
cloudy and moist, the atmosphere
being full of misty fog. The river up
to 3 o'clock yesterday had fallen
about ten inches. It IS falling very
fast above. The mild weather, if at
tended with rain and melting sEow,
VIII serve to.check the decline.
Beats Due
Among the.frst boats due here are
the Emma Floyd, for Nashville;
Shamrock, and J. A Thompson,
for St. Louis; Darling and Anna,
for Memphis; St. Patrick and Sill
yer Moon, from Memphis; Table
quah, for Arkansas River Charles,
Wild Duck, Indiana and Great Re-
public, for New Orleans; Quickstep,
from Cairo; Linton, frem GAINESVILLE;
Alice v, Dexter, Silver Spray, Mel
notte, Louisville, and Alaska, from
New Orleans; Lewellin, from East
port; Taraseon, from Louisville; j.
P. Webb, Leuisa, Petrolia Ne ?, and
Ollie Sullivan, from Wabash River;
Ada Lyon, from Green River.
Arrivals and departures
The arrivals and departures up to
3 o'clock yesterday, include the Ar
mada, Cairoto Evansville; Richmond,
New Orleans to Louisville; Newsboy,
Henderson and return; Sam. Orr,
bone yard to the wharf; Falls City,
Bowling Green to Louisville; Chat
tanooga ard Ollie Sullivan, from
Wabash; MayfoBer, from Newburg
miscellaneous.
There was considerable activity on
the levee yesterday, with large arrivals
ofproduce, though there was bat little
freight Offering for any direction, by
riyer........The Armada had over
5000 sacks of corn for resljpment
East, and considerable other freight
1.-THE Michigan left old river
Wabash with c, 100 sacks of Germ on
self and barge. At the foot of Slim
Island, the barge sunk aud turned
over, spilling 3. GOO bags of corn into
the river. It is supposed the barge
struck q floating log and stove in.---.-.
The barge was Landed bottom side np-
wards. The corn belonged to Ed. T.
Sullivan, Esqr., Of Mount Vernon.
and was fully insured....-.-.
The great low pressure Richmond
arrived at g o'clock yesterday morn
ing from New Orleans, having 600
tons Of assorted freight and 1000
bales of cotton She discharged a
large quantity of sugar, molasses and
gunnies at this port She had, also,
a good passenger trip. We are in
debted to her attentive officers for
courtesies.........The Chattanooga and
Ollie Sullivan came in from the-Wa-
bash loaded to the guards with pork,
lard, &c........The VIM. White was
down to her guards at noon with
Cumberland River freight........The
Phantom was also getting fine trip
1.-THE Cairo packets, Cumber-
land and Sam. Orr, were in no danger
of being overloaded at this
port ........There was some Mem
phis freight Offering, but the May
flower would not have a full
trip out. She returned from New
burg at noon yesterday with lot of
hay, 119 bales were for this port......
The Falls City came out of Green
River with a graveyard trip, and
slim show of people......The Fanny
Brandeis has changed her sign, and
leaves this morning for Paducah......
Capt. DORIS. Smedley was in the city
yesterday........Capt. Robertson, of
Arkansas, a noted steamboatman of
former times, was IN the city yester-
day. He left for home By the May
flower last night......"There is a
prospect improvements the South
ern trade soon, and the tide of com
merce will turn the other way.
Boats Leaving To-day.
FoR CAIRo.-The grand Armada,
the peerless, feet beauty, is the regular
packet for Cairo and all way landings
to-day, at four o'clock P NJ Her
cabin appointments are unexception-
able and her officers are sterling CEN