The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-08
TRE.-yN syELLE JOURNAL SATURDAY FEBR AIRY

I0-udys unless pT6FSHteu Dy lcGs Tor
New Orleans and all way ports. Her
cabin appointments are unsurpassed
by any steamer afoat. her statereoms
being all spacious parlors, furnished
with all the modern comforts and con-
veniences. She is low-pressure, car
rying but thirty pounds of steam.
which precludes the possibility of ex-
plosion. Her chief officers, Captain
j. Slut Neal, John Voolfolk and
Robert Lodge, are universally known
and esteemed as among the first navi-
gators of the age.
GIeantnRs from our Exchanges.
PITTsBURG.-The Commercial of
Wednesday says:
Trade along the landing remains
suspended, the Monongahela and Ohio
being closed with ice. The weather
yesterday moderated, but not sufi-
Gent to have any effect on navigation.
1t will take rain to open up our
rivers. The boats at the landing are
patiently awaiting that important
event. We have boats partially load
ed for the following points: Cincin-
natl and Louisville, Cairo and st.
Lonis, GAINESVILLE and Nashville.
The steamer Leonidas and Yorktown
still remain at Glass House.
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of
Thursday says:
There was some hard ice running
In the river yesterday, occasionally in
large cakes. The head of the canal
being INSTRUCTED by ice, the Silver
Moon, for Memphis, laid over.
Captains g. g. Russell and Joab
Lawrence have purchased the Bertha
for the Mountain trade, from Captain
b. Z. Davidson and Captain r. S.
Yerkes, for $4,000, deliverable in
st. Louis, on her return from Arkan-
sas River.
The following is correct list of the
Emerald S lost cargo: 525 hhds sugar,
875 bbls molasses, 30 tons scrap iron,
8 tons rags. 80 ale bbls, sacks empty
bags, 80 bbls rice, 9 bbIs whisky, 20
boxes wines, 80 bills pitch, loo bbls
rosin. 40 bbls oranges, 2 hhds cocoa
nuts. Capt. Skunk lost everything
except the clothes he wore. His son.
Frank, also lost everything, including
a gold watch and chain. and diamond
pin valued at 5000.
Our dispatches announce the sink
ing of the Florence Traber in Arkan-
sas River, Monday night, near Pine
Bluff, with 800 bales cotton. She is
owned by Capt. Geo. Wolff, of Gin
clnnati, valued at $15, 900, and insured
in Cincinnati Offices for $4,000 As
LOUISVILLE. - The Journal of
Thursday says:
The floating ice in the river was
not near SO heavy and thick yester-
day as On the day previous. Both of
the Cincinnati mail packets, which
have been in port for several DAYS
awaiting the moderation of the ice.
took their departure yesterday for
Cincinnati.
The Bermuda arrived in a some
what crippled condition. The buck
cts of her water wheel were COM
them gone entirely. She brought a
big trip to this port from Tennessee
River, and great praise is due to her
officer, Captain Milton Aiken, for his
determination to reach this port in
spite of the heavy running ice.
MEMPHIs.-The Avaloache of We'd |
nesday says:
The weather is cool and cloudy, |
with snow from ten O'Clock in the /
morning until three in the afternoon.
Towards evening the weather mode |
rated, with Indications of rain. The |
river is falling slowly, with a good
f. Il
The river is full of thin ice. White
River is falling slowly, with eight feet
in the channel. The Arkansas is re-
ported declining slowly, with thirty
three inches in the channel. II