The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-29
river ni.nafehes.

PITTsBURG, Dec. 28.--Mononpahela
about 3 feet, There are heavy ice
gorges below the city.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 28=NaviRation
is still closed but the ice is softer,
To day the ferry boat, which has been
making regular trips to Newport,
found less difficulty. The owners of
the Potomac have received dispatches
stating that she went on the docks to-
day at new Orleans. Temperature
290. It has been splitting snow at in
tervals. and is threatening to night.
Wind north.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 28.-Weather
moderated during the day. At3PM.
the Thermometers stood at $50. Later
it commenced growing colder, with
the wind from the northwest. At
1870 PM, the mercury stood at 290.
A light snow fell this morning. melting
as it fell. Ice is running in increased
quantities, indicating that some gorge
above has given away. The Arma
dillo, which was cut by the ice on
Sunday night, has been fully repaired.
The new steamers James Howard and
Bowling Green have been completed,
and will be ready to leave a. soon as
the ice is broken up.
CAIRO, December g. Colorado,
Vicksburg to Cairo, 10 PM; w. r.
Arthur. New Orleans to Cairo, 2 AN !;
Mary Houston, Cairo to Louisville,
g.; Mary Miller, Evansville to Mem
phis, / PM; Alice Dean, Memphis to
Cairo, /; Marble City, Cairo to Mem
phis, 5. A passenger from the Tom
Jasper reports that boat in a precari-
GUS condition at Liberty bar. Her
main hog chain is broken, and she is
aground amidships, with deep water
at the bow and stern, and the opinion
was expressed that she would break
in two. The passengers all went
ashore and came to Grand Tower in
wagons. The ice broke a hole four
by fourteen inches In the bow of the
Alice Dean, below Cairo, but it was
discovered in time to prevent serious
damage. The ice in the Ohio has al
most ceased running, indicating q
gorge above Paducah. The river fell
inches. Light snow in the after
noon. Cloudy. Mercury 300.
ST.. Louis, December 28.-Weather
little colder; mercury below freez-
ing all day. The river has risen six
inches. probably the effect of gorge
at Commerce, some miles above Cal
70. The ice here is strong, and fills
the haTbor except the narrow strips
between the bridge piers, through
which the ferries ply. There are no
immediate signs of break up.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 28.-River fall
ing with 3 feet on HaFpeth Shoals.
Weather cold and cloudy.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2S.-Cloudy with
slight snow this forenoon. It is now
turning colder. Mercury 42o. Ice
becoming heavy. The steamers Sc.
Luke and LeonIdas attempted to make
Cairo, but found the ice too heavy.and
returned. Arrived S4llie, from
Arkansas River; Exchange, from
New Orleans; Lockwood, from Red
River. Departed-LongWorth and
Yaeger for New Orleans; Stockdale
for Ouachita.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28-No ar
rivals. Departed, Mollie Ebert, Pitts
burg; h. S. Turner, Louisville.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 28-Every fresh
detail confirms the culpability of the
officers in overlooking the steamer
Nick. Wall, which was snagged last
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seems that when the steamer reached
Memphis she was laden beyond her
capacity, but the officers controlling
her consented to an addition of sixty
deck passengers, with their freight
and luggage. AS consequence the
boat was managed with the greatest
difficulty, and several times narrowly
escaped disaster before she ran on
the snag which sunk her. So heavily
was the boat laden, and so conscious
were her officers of her danger, that
whenever another boat approached,
the Wall remained motionless, so
that the return waves might not jar
the vessel too much. at about eight
o'clock in the evening the vessel
run on snag. and Ia few minutes
thereafter sank, drowning at least one
hundred people, and seriously iDiur-
ing large number Of others. Very
many who might have been saved,
leaped from the deck in frightful un-
certainty of the shock. el-sE