The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-07
River DisDafches.

PITTsBURG, December 6.-Olear
and growing cold. Monongahela 4
feet 8 inches and falling. No arrivals
except the regular packets. Departed
Brill, for Nashville; the Yeager
and Wild Duck are loading for New
Orleans and st. Louis.
CINClNNATI, December 6.-River
IA feet and stationary during the last
twenty-four hours. Arrived and de-
! parted-St. Charles, from and to
| Pittsburg. The John Kyle is pre-
paring for New Orleans to night.
Cloudy. Temperature 430.
LOUISVILLE. Dec. 6. - Arrived
Maysville, Maysville; Leslie Combs.
Ironton; Oil Hunter, Kentucky RiV-
er. Departed - Oil Hunter, Yazoo
River. The Altoona, in attempting
to descend the falls last evening, was
driven on a reef by strong gale,
where she remained until this even
ing, when relieved. There was no
damage done to the boat or cargo.
The Allegheny Belle, from Cincinnati
to New Orleans. is due tonight but
had not arrived at late hour, The
FL. S. Turner, from New Orleans to
Louisville, due this evening, will
probably arrive during the night.
The stage of water being considered
improved, boats In the Louisville and
New Orleans Packet Co.'s Line, will
make regular trips, with three boats
each way every week, commencing
with the Mary Houston, departing
tomorrow, to be followed by the In
diana and Kilgour. River rising
slowly, with 3 feet 8 inches in the
chute. Weather clear and cool.
CAIRO, December 6.-Tom Rees,
Cairo to St. Louis, 10 PM; Milbrey,
Memphis to Evansville, 2 AN; Alex.
Mitchell, st. Louis to New Orleans,
3; LeOnidas, Louisville to New Or
leans, 5; Utah, Little Rock to St.
Louis, 3; Nora, Pittsburg to Calves
ton, 10; Mary Alice, st. Louis to
New OrleGus, 10; City of Chester, St.
Louis to Memphis, 2 P. NJ; lobe Hurt,
Nashville packet, 2. River rose 2
inches. Cloudy. Mercury 400.
ST. LOUIS, December 6.-Arrived-
Grand Tower, Memphis; Bismarck,
New Orleans; City of Vicksburg and
Rock Island. Keokuk. Departed
City of Alton, Vicksburg; Bon Ae-
cord, Mound City; j. III. Wilson, Ohio
River. River falling. Weather clear
and pleasant. --
MEMPHIS. December 6.-Weather
cloudy. Mercury 55o. River station
airy. Business brisk. Arrived
Belle Lee, from New Orleans; Trader.
from Pittsburgh; Mary Miller, from
Evansville. Departed - Belle st.
Louis, Mollie Able, City of Cairo. to
St. Louis; Marble City. to Cairo; Lee
gal Tender, to White River. The
Caldwell, which sunk in the White
River cutoff, last night, had 600 bales
of cotton, which will probably be
saved.
MEMPHIS. Dec. 6.-Clear; mercury
so. River stationary. Arkansas
falling. with feet to Little Rock.
Arrived-Walt, from Arkansas River
Holston, from Cairo. Departed
Utah and Belle Memphis, for st.
Louis; Wauanita and Belfast, for
New Orleans; Rubieon, to Vieksburg;
Virginia, for Louisville.
boat w. Q. Caldwell, from Little
Rock to this port, struck a snag in
White River cut off, last night, and
OAnA Al 4CGR M6bCIs O4G WAS AGANliY
laden with cotton. The boat and car
go are a total loss; no lives lost. The
boat was owned by the Memphis and
Arkansas Packet Company, and val
ued at $4,000. She was insured for
one half her value, principally in
Pittsburg.
VICKsBURG, Dec. 6.-Up-Marcella
and Belle YazoO. Down-Hartford
and Clarksville. River rising. The
weather is clear and pleasant.
VICKsBURG, December 6.-DoWn-
Forsyth, Celeste, Richmond, Magenta,
Silver Lake No. 4, Wick, Pargoud,
Wauanita and Belle Yazoo. River
rising. Cloudy and pleasant.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.-Arrived-
Thompson Dean, Olive Branch and
Mollie Moore, st. Louis; City of
Quincy, Louisville. Departed &C.
b. Church, Cincinnati.
NEW ORLEANS, December 6.-De-
parted-Thompson. Dean, to st.
Louis; Peytona and barges, Cinein-
matt; Durham. to Arkansas River.