The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-23
River Dfspafches.


er cloudy. Thermometer 15'. Mon.
ongahela 8 feet 6 inches and falling.
PITTsBURG, December 22.-Weath-
er clear. Thermometer 15'. MOnOn-
gahela 6 feet 5 inches and falling Ice
Is running in the Allegheny. Arrived,
Juniata.
CINCINNATI, December 1.-The r.
h. Lee was insured for $50, 900 in the
following Companies of Cincinnati:
Western, Globe, Commercial. Eureka,
American aud Enterprise, 50 600 each !;
National, Firemen's and OHIO Valley,
S., 600 each; Crescent, Burnett and
Farmers 81 500 each; Union. 50 500
The Potomac wac also insured here
for large amount.
CINCINNATI, December 22-River
has fallen Is inches. with Is feet 3
inches in the channel. Weather
cloudy. Thermometer 140.
CINCINNATI. December 22.-Private
advlces and specials from the steamer
Potomac say that her injuries we're
slight, and were sufficiently repaired
this morning to allow her to proceed
to New Ocleans. Her insurance In
Cincinnati companies is Sal 400: in
the Franklin, OF Wheeling. 5000; 10
the Independent, of Boston, $500.
She had a valuable cargo of mixed
freight from this city, principally in
sured here. The Underwriters have
departed to look after the cargo of
the Potomac and the hull of the Lee.
CINCINNATI, Decembar 22-River
IA feet 8 inches; it has fallen l foot
aud 2 inches. Arrived. Major Adder
son, Wheeling; Tom Reese, NV Or
leans; Altoona, New Orleans. Wealth
er clear. Ii is freezing hard, aRd
shore ice was making this afternoon.
Fears are expressed that the river
will close.
LOUISVILLE, December 22.-Ar-
rived-ChaTmer, Armadillo and Min
nicola, Cincinnati; Shamrock, st.
Louis; Anna. Evansville; Robert
Burns, Memphia; r G. Gray, Arkan-
sas River. The Mlnneola, for Mem
phis, and Armadillo. for New Orleans,
will Tighten and descend the falls to-
morrow. Departed Brill, Pitt burg
| Charmer, Evansville; Robert Burns
/ Cincinnati. The river has fallen 4
| inches, with 4 feet inches in the
| chute. 6 feet nine inches in the canal
and II feet on Portland Bar. Weather
] cold, and freezing all day; mercury
160 at 6 PM. If the cold weather
continues, the river will fall rapidly
CAIRO. Dec. % Continental, New
| Orleans to Cairo, IL PM; Arkansas
Belle, Evansville packet, l Am; NJ
Tyrone. Nashville packet, 2 AN
Sam. Brown, st. Louis to Memphis,
AN; Wild Cat, st. Louis to Pitts
burg, ppm; Mollie Moore. New Or
leans TO PIttsburg, 4 PM; Fl. q. VIII
son, st. Louis to Cairo. 4 PM; City
of Alton, st. Louis to VIcksburg,
Pm; Fanny Brandies. Evansville t
| Memphis. z P NJ; Susie Silver, New
Orleans to Louisville, z Pm. The
Henry Ames is aground near Goose
Island. The Gilmore, Dictator. and
Wild Duck are laid up at Grand
Tower. There is heavy ice in the
Mississippi here. River rose foul
inches. Weather clear. Mercury 16'
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-Specials from
Vicksburg say that nine cabin anC
thirty deck passengers were lost or
the steamer Nick Wall. Capt. Poe
released his wife from the cabin
which was full Of water, by cutting q
hole through the roof. directly over
her. She received a cash on the head
by the axe used by her husband, and
was brought out insensible, but was
restored. The body of Col. b W.
Taylor, of the firm of Taylor & Ora
ham, of Jefferson, Texas, was recov-
cred and buried at Maryland Land
ing. No other names of the lost have
been ascertained.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 22.-River rising,
with 81 feet on Harpeth Shoals. The
weather is clear and cold. Arrived
Umpire and Talisnan, Cairo.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 21.-W Gather clear.
Mercury 81. Arrived-Ozark, Ar
kansas River; Thompson Dean. Cairo.
Departed--Dexter, Commonwealth,
and Utah, Cairo; Frank Forrest,
White River; Rubioon, VIcksburg
Belle Vernon. New Orleans. There
Is good ska,ing on the lakes around
| here. Mercury to night, 20.
VICKsBURG. Dec 22-DoWn-J ohm
Kyle and Il. 5. Turner. Last night
w. J. Lewis and Frank Pargoud.
Up-p l.. McGill and Colorado. The
river is rising. Weather clear and
cool.
NATCHEz. Miss, December a.
At two O'Clock this morning the II.
| b Lee and Potomac collided opposite
Natchez. Both are badly damaged.
The Lees pilot ran her on the bank,
where she sunk in nine feet OF water.
The Potomac is unloaaing for repairs;
no lives were lost.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22.-Arrived:
Mohawk and barges, St. Louis. De-
parted-Great Republic. Cairo.
NEW ORLEANS, Dc p -Rainln9i
mercury 340. The Memphis AUa
sqache's VIeksbug special says the
NICK Wall had 800 barrels por K, and
4O wagons on her roof at the time OF
tho disaster. and fifteen cabin pas.
seDgers none, of whom were lost; 10
dec kers, thirty lost; the latter were
emigrants from Chicago, for Georgia
and Texas. An entire family, inelud-
ing bridal couple, from Memphis,
were lost. The boat fosted more
three miles aud met the Seminole,
which took off the freight. The safe
and office books were saved. Captain
Poe and wife were badly injured oy
the falling roof
BARGAINS /!