The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-10
River Df.nafches.

RITTSBURG, Deem Der 9.-W Gather
cloudy; Thermometer 320. Mononga-
hela 5 feet 3 inches and stationary.
PITTsBURG, December 9.-Weather
cloudy and cold. Monongahela 5 feet
8 inches and rising slowly. Arrived
-Argosy, Wheeling; Carrie Brooks,
ZlnesViile; Granite State, Ports
mouth. The Argosy broke her shaft,
and will Jag up several days. The
Henry o. Yeager leaves tomorrow
for Memphis and New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, December 9.-The
river has fallen 6 inches. with u feet
Z inches in the channel. Weather
clear; thermometer Az.
CINCINNATI, December -9.-River
II feet and has fallen 13 inches. Ar
rived-Brill, Pittsburg. DEPARTED
Potomac, New Orleans; Shamrock,
st. Louis; Major Anderson, Wheel
ing. The Louisville and Belle Yer
non, the first that passed through the
canal, reached here this evening.
Weather clear; mercury 39'.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. g. Arrived
Glendale and barges, and Mary
Davage and barges, from Pittsburgh;
Kate Putnam, from New Orleans.
The Virginia Is due from New Orleans
to. night. Departed-Kate Robinson,
Argosy and barges, Anna, Edin
burgh. Alaska. Kate Putnam, Arma-
dillo, Liberty and barges, Belle YER
non and Sam. j. Hale, TOR Cincinnati;
Indiana aud Messenger, for New Or
leans; Glendale and bargeS for st.
Louis. A large number of boats de-
"a
lying below the falls for several weeks,
awaiting the opening ofthe canal. A
towboat from Pittsburg to Memphis,
with four barges Of bulk benzine, for
the Memphis Gas Company, passed
through the canal to day. The tow
boat Greenbaek, with two baTges of
hay, and one of produce, for New Or
leans, descended the falls. One of
the barges chartered by the Mollie
Ebert to tighten her over the falls.
swung around against the reef and
grounded, and at the same time
knocking a hole in her. There is no
reliable information as to the extent
of the damage. A barge was sent
down late this evening to tighten her.
River stationary, with four feet il
haC AnA SAA ANCN ~ TIC aCauals
Weather clear and cold.
CAIRO, December 8. = Idlewild,
Evansville, packet, P. NJ; Marble
City, Cairo TO Memphis, 3; Great Re-
public, Cairo TO New Orleans, 3;
/ Kate Kinney, Cairo to Neg Orleans,
8; Nick LoDgworth, New Orleans to
louisville, 10; General Anderson,
Memphis to Cairo, IL; Altoona, Gin
cinnati to Memphis, 3 P. NJ; Sallie
Arkansas River 20 st Louis, 4; w. r.
Arthur, Cairo to New Orleans, s.:
River stationary. Weather clear:
mercury, 520. a.t-.
ST. Louis, Dec. 9.-Arrived-Ar-
gonaut, Tennessee River; MoIIie
Able, New Orleans; City of Cairo.
VicksburR; Belle st. Louis. Mem.
phis. Departed-Belle Mempbis.
Memphis; City of Pekin, Keokuk:
Glasgow and Bismarck. New Orleans.
River falling slowly. Weather clear
and warm.
NASHVILLE. Dec. 9.-Riyer falling.
with twenty. four inches on Harpeth
Shoals. Weather fair and cold.
MEMPHIS. Dec. 9-Weather claar
Mercury 50'. River rising: Arksn-
sas falling; A feet to Little Rock.
Arrived, Frank Forest and Pink
Varble, from Arkansas River. with /
300 bales of cotton from the wreck of
the Caldwell. Departed, Leonidas,
60 New Orleans; City OF Alton. for
Vicksburg; Hamilton, for Arkansas
River. Capt. Dexter has purchased
the Arkansas Belle for the Evans
vile and Cairo trade for $40 600.
Major Camden states that no money
was lost in he government slfes on
the Caldwell,