The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-19
River DISADVANTAGES.

tow boat Tiger. with barges, coming
down, collided with the j. N. McCul-
Tough, going up, one mile above this
city, at ten o'clock last night. The
Mccullough was struck by one of the
barges, tearing the whole side off for
twenty or thirty feet, causing her to
sink In three minutes, In seventeen
feet of water. The deck sweep, a
boy, is missing. probably drowned
all the rest were saved. Two coal
bargcs were also sunk, and are prob
ably total loss.
NASHVILLE, November 18-River
falling. with feet large on Harpeth
Arrived = A. Baker. Cairo; Mollie
Gratz, Louisville; Robert Moore,
Cincinnati.
MEMPHIS, Nov. Is. = Clear aud
cool: river rising steadily.
Departed - Thompson Dean and
Commonwealth, for st. Louis; Mil
brey, to Louisville; Romeo, to Evans
Vile; Coosa, for Cincinnati; Missis-
sippi, for New Orleans.
CAIRO, Nov. 18.-Arrivals and de-
partures-Alice Dean, Cincinnati to
New Orleans. 9 PM; Clifton, Cincin.
natl to Memphis, 9 PM; Nashville,
Evansville to return, 9P.M.: Indiaoa,
Louisville to New Orleans, 9 PM;
Belle Memphis, Memphis to St. Louis,
6 AM; Cora S Cincinnati to Arkan-
sas River, 2PM.; Watts, Eastport to
St. Louis. 2 pm City of Cairo. St
Louis to Memphis, 5 PM; Armenia
Cincinnati to St. Louis, PM; Cum
berland. Evansville packet, z PM.
Luminary, Vicksburg to st. Louis
lSPM. The river fell 10 inches. The
weather is clear.
C1NcINNATI, Nov. s. - Arrived
Emma No 3, from New Orleans; Mel
notte, from St. Louis 5. j. Hale, from
Memphis. Departed-Darling, for
Memphis; J. H. Groesbeck, for New
Urleaus; Charmer, for Evansville
and Kate Robinson, for Tennessee
RIVER River stationary. with IL
| feet In the channel, and 81 feet under
the bridge Weather cool and cloudy.
Mercury 400.
LOUISVILLE, November IS. = The
river is rising, with 81 feet. in the
canal, II feet in the chute, and 81 feet
on the rocks. Business brisk. The
/ M&dLuCE 10 CAOutAH dN0 COA0s
Port hst-Belle Vernon, Pittsbure
to Evansville; Emperor, Cincinnati
to St. Louis; Ida Rees, Pittsburg to
New Orleans; Champion. st. Louis
to Cincinnati; Anna, Cincinnati to
st. Louis; Louisville. to New Or
leans.
Sr. Louis, November 18.-Arrivsd
| Ben. Campbell. from St. Paul; Stone.
wal, from New Orleans; Maggie Hays
from Plttsburg; Antelope and barges
from Ohio River; Isabella, from Ten.
nessee River; Davenport, Andy John.
son, and Diamond, from Keokuk
Departed: Davenport, Sheridan, and
Andy johnson, for Keokuk; Marble
City, for Memphis; Lady Gay and
Evening Star, for New Orleans; Glen.
dale, for Pittsburg.
The river is still falling. with about
z feet water to Cairo, and 81 feet tt
| Keokuk. All the upper streams ara
| falling. Weather cloudy aud cold
and snow has fallen briskly since 4
Pm Quite number of the Upper
Mississippi River steamers have laid
up for the Winter. Freights for the
South are scarce, but for the Ohio
River there is some activity.
! The Davenport Gazette of yester-
| day says: A combination of Eastern
and Western capitalists is being
formed to test the merits of through
| shipments of produce by the Missls
sippl River and Gulf route to New
York and the old world.
The Northwestern Union Packet
Line will next season esta blish facili
ties for unbroken shipments of grain
from st. Paul to New Orleans, anc
will thoroughly test the scheme in
| augurated a year ago. Chicago, Liv'
erpool, New York and st. Louis CAPT
tai will be invested.