The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

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Weather ANA Water.
The weather yesterday was clear
The morning was very cold. the meF
curry being down to 20 above zero
/ Tt rose but little above the freezinl
I point In the shade all day. Tho rive
| fell three inches during the twenty
| four hours ending at 3 Pm, and il
getting down pretty low, and nayiga-
tiou is likely to be impeded as mech
by low water as By ice.
Arrivals and Departures.
( There we're no arrivals or depart
uFes. yesterday, except the A. i. No,
l. with barge loaded with coal. from
Green River.
boats Due Here.
Among the first boats due here are
the Qaickstep, Arkansas Belle and
Idlewild. from Cairo, Rose Hite,
from Louisville; Shannon, Alaska,
Armadillo, Alex. Mitchell. James
Howard and City of Quincy. for New
Orleans; Fanny Brandeis and MIN
ME, from Memphis; Florence Lee,
from PASSPORT; Wauanita. Belfast, ii.
S. Turner. Mary Houston, Kate Kin
neg and Indiana, from New Orleans =;
Kate Robinson, from St. Louis; Silver
Moon, for Memphis; Lawrence, fer
Nashville; Bermuda and Anna, from
Cineinnati.i
Miscellaneous.
Yesterday was very pleasant, but
was hardly thawing in the sun. The
mercury in the sun stood at 90 at
noon. The ice looked quite formida-
bic. but the A. L. No. l, with a barge
Of coal, came down without much diff
fouIty, though the ice was pretty
heavy in the bend The
Susie Silver was receiving largely yes
terday She will leave positively at 10
An. o-morroW"a."....The Sd. MaFys
was also commencing te receive for
Memphis, and will leave with dispatch.
.........W We arc exceedingly gratifed to
see Billy Brown. Of the firm Of w. G..
Brown & Co., again on the streets. af-
ter a severe and protraeted illness. His
host Of friends will be pleased to meet
him on duty again. Dispatches
from Louisville to Capt. A. T. Gil
more, of the Morning Star, represent
the river full Of ice at that point, with
no prospect of a resumption of nagi-
CATION. The Morning Star will await
events......~The Sam. j. Hale passed
Cloverport at 10 AN. yesterday, on
her way to Louisyille-...The Quick
step passed Mt. Vernon at 10 AN.
yesterday, on her way to this port......
The Fayette was expected to come out
Of her ice harbor IN the mouth Of
Green River yesterday, and resume
her trips to Henderson...............
The G. w. Thomas has been thor.
oughly repaired, and was successfully
tested on Wednesday by Supervising
Inspector Houston. She is now ready
for business, whenever navigation il
praetioable....,...From VIII. S. Hugo
we learn that the Wabash is frozen
over sniidly, at New Harmony.........
Captain Scott has got his new boat,
the Ada Heilman, aRoat all right.
Her emily danger now is being cut
down By the floating ice. Capt. Scott
was trying to have her toWed down to
Dutch Bend neutrality-suspicious.
Joe Cunningham. of tho firm Of j
Cunningham e Co., steamboat agents
Of Cincinnati, was in the city yester-
day; also Captain Summers, Of
Belleaire, formerly wharfboat pro-
prietor and transfer agent, who is
here pr0speoting..... genial sun
shine yesterday crowded the sidewalk
on Water Street with steam boatmen,
specializing on the prospects of a re-
sumption OF navigation.
Especial Correspondence of the Journal
EAsTPoRT, MISS, y NJ, Sat. Dec. q, 1870.
J. n. silverthorn:
The Tennessee River is rising
slowly. Thirty inches on Colbert
Shoals, below the dam. No chance
to get to Florence On this stage, until
the distractions are removed. River
is full of ice, and freezing fast. First
ice in this viver since 1856. Arrived
here on tiple. Leave for Evansville
this afternoon.
Yours very truly.
r.. G. McMECHAN.
GHeRn1mgs AwOn Our Exchanges.
CINCIEEATI.-The Commercial of
Wednesday says.
Captain Jacob Remelin, pilot Of
the Dumont, who was on watch when
Captain w. z. Fuller fell overheard
between the boat and barge, is in the
city, and informs rs the Dumont bad