The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
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MEMPHIS Jan I4-River rising very
fast. Weather warm and cloudy.
ST LOUIS. Jan. 14-Weather much mild
err with indications of snow.
PITTsBURG Jan. 14.-Weather moderate.
Sonae snow fell during the day. The Mon
ongahela River has three feet water, and
falling. The Aneghaney is closed TO the
head waters. and navigation IS suspended
by reason OF the continued cold weather.
CINCINNATI Jan. 14-River has fallen
Weather unsettled. Three inches OF snow
fell this morning; now sleeting. Ther-
mometer 29'.
LoUIsvII LIE, Jan. 14.-Riyer falling fast;
10 feet in the canal, and feet on the falls.
Weather foggy and wet. Thermometer $50.
The weather was moderate last night
the mercury ranging at $40 at o'clock
last night. The river was falling very fast.
The following were the arrivals and de-
partures last evening and night: William
White, for CIarksviIle; Cumberland and
Sam. Orr, to Cairo; Mayhower, to Mem
phis; Phantom, to Eastport; Bertha and
Nashville, to Cincinnati; Louisa, from
Wabash River; Michigan, TO Newburg.-.....
The cumberland, Sam Orr and Maydower
had very good trips out-........The Phantom
and White had good trips ........The Bertha
was full OF freight-.......The Louisa had
1868 bags of corn and other freight. She
will return to Wabash River this evening,
and has pleasant accommodations for
passengers. Captain Boluss and Charley
Crawford are her polite officers.
The Melnotte, Alaska, and Louisville,
from New Orleans, and the Tempest, from
White River, passed Cairo. Monday, with
a large quantity of groceries. cotton, &C.,
for Evansville, Cincinnati, Portsmouth,
and PIttsburg .......T The Emperor, from Gin
cinnati, arrived at Memphis, Mon day, to-
gether with the Norman, recently sunk
and raised in White River. The lat
| ter entered protest at Memphis. The
H. A. Homeyer, with a cargo of eight hum
bred bales of cotton, was burned at Tren-
ton, in Ouach1ta River. last Saturday. She
| was bound for New Orleans........The tow
boats Peytona and Sam. Merwin, from
/ Louisville and the Mary Davage, from
Pittsburg, arrived at New Orleans
Monday ................ Pedestrians were cross
/ ing the Mississippi on the ice, al
Cairo, on Monday night. -................
The Tempest has As bales of cotton fol
this port. The Louisville has $50 bales
cotton and % hhds sugar for this port
They, with the Alaska and Melnotte wer'
expected during the night.......The rust
upon the Great Republic at Cincinnati wa
so great that Capt. Donaldson was compel
led to issue the following special notlce:
The Great Republic viii positively de
part to-day, at P. NJ. La order to rece1y'
cargo am reluctantly compelled to an
nounce that no visitors will be allowed OF
board to-day. All who have witnessed
the great rush of the populace during GU
| SATIN C,fncinnati will take this motto
kindly. aud readily understand il is i'm
nosSii1le to transact business without per
emptorily enforcing this 0 der.
, fPeSneetfI1liv w. B. DONALDSON,
Master of Great Republic.
The ]. P. Webb arrived at midnigh
with a big trip. She reports the Wabas
falling rapidly, with six feet on the chair