The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-26

freely for the South, the shipments
being increased owing, la part, 20 tha
ice blockade ia the Mississippi Be
tween St. Louis and Cairo.
The Commercial Of Friday contain
cd the following card from Captain
Vandegrift, of the Tom Reo8. we
gave the account Of the collision aa aa
received it from the officers of gha
kafe Robinson, and b justice to Cap
tain NaBdBerii1 we give his card:
LOUISVILLE, Decemb Der 13
To ths Editor Cf tbe Commercial.
The Commercial, OF December I5.
contained an Evansville dispatch giY-
ing a rather enc sided account Of the
collision which occurred on tire morn
ing Of tic 18Th, between the steam
ers Kate Robinson and Tom Rees.
f La reply, permit me 10 state that the
I Recs did whistle for the starboard 7r
rigat hand side, aud That by every one
on watch on the Rees The correct ah-
sWeT was beard. But i've minutes
previous to the collision we met aud
safely passed a steamer (name un-
knoWD) 10 which the same signalUas
given. They were not over one quar-
ter Of q mile apart. Your correspond
eat is correct in one particular VIZ
+ that the barge with which she coll
lided had no signals set. It was be
middle one. The Law only requires
a light on the la BOARD and starbOtrd
4 barges. We had been running under
slow bells from the time of meeting
the first boat, 20 avoid her eWellg, e
two of our barges were deeply loaded
+ when We struck. / am satisfied that
/ the Rees had no Roadway, as she had
been backing for some minutes.
Respectfully yours,
GEO. A. VANDEGRIFT,
Master Of Tom Rees
The Times Of Friday evening Sc
Licking River is frozen over to-day
and ine ice is running in the riva
past the city,
The Chronicle says:
Capt. Ed. Evans leaves for Pittsburg
this evening, TO spend the holidays
with his family.
Further particulars from the Mex
/ Wall disaster state that 0Uer one hHa-
bred hires tDeFe lost. The exact mum
/ Der will never be asoertained. Some
twenty-five we're killed by the cabin
/ falling in.
The Carter Line paid $40 000 or
I the Oceanus, and her former owners
are said to have realizsd Sl2,000prodt
/ by the sale.
A dispatch received here this morn
/ ing from Captain John Cannon By
| Captain T. Il. Eokert states that the
r.. IL. Lee lies In 8 feet water at Che
stern, and feet at the bow. Bulk
heads have been built, and are ready
for the pump. They are waiting t0E
the Southern, from st. Louis, Co
rumD her out. She will be raised
without much difficulty.
The barge 1rontOn was relieved
from her perilous situation on be
falls, and landed safely at Portla
and the freight on the barge h6d
Stocking has nearly all been re-
moved to the Champion, lying along
side. Captain j w. Bachelor, Pres
ident of the Crescent Insurance Com
pany, who is az the wreck, teiegra
Captain II. X. Reno that a small
quantity Of cheese, starch and candles
were vet, end also that very little Of
her cargo hOated of. The exact
amount Of damage can not be ascer-
tained, but il is said the loss will not
exceed $1,000.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier Journal
of Friday says:
The towboat Dwight Newoomb
came through tho canal yesterday, and
was busy all day in putting a tow OF
coal through TO go Co Evansville.
The barge Iront0n, grounded on
the falls, is ah0at and all %. *. Tho
freight on the Red Stocking, sunk at
the same time, was being taken off
yesterday evening aad will be re-
moved by z this morning. Tie
Champion will Immediately commence
pumping her out and viii doubtless
be able 70 raise her.
ST. LOUIS ~ The Dem0crG5 Of
Friday says;
We have made il practice through
eighteen successive years, TO keep
open this department until the closing
of navieai ion had become a fact. lt
is too soon to consider the fact accom-
plished yet, as regards the connection
of tho Sc. Louis harbor with the 1al-
anee of the country southWard. We
have observed that sometimes boats
arrive and depart after supposed
ending of navigation, aud there is all
rays hope while ferry boats can run
athwart the river. Ferry boats ran,
and steamboats, steamed through the
harbor yesterday. Sill very CO nj
weather, and the leo may choke fho
rivers more completely this morn
than yesterday, but should there 8a
south wind and a warm day or tWo
and then; steambOatmen know
how the blank should be filed.
ICE-THE BRIDGE PIERs-0PINl1NH
ABOUT GORGING. The ice above The
bridge was q dense unbroken mass,
floating sluggishly. It found ae
piers a formidable barrier, aud Sc
gled down between them In detaC bed
pieces. Above the piers, ferry boats
were unable to ran; below it was net
at all difficult for propellOrs, ferry
boats and transfer boats 70 work their
way through the water and the ma ss
Of diBint grated ice. IL was seen taal
the piers exert o great influence on
the ice movement. VIII we have
an open river from the bridge to
SOUTH Captain John SuddeF, Cra-
full calculator Of probabilities, wa 81
the opinion that the river down Gu
the piers, but not below, would IRE Ea
over during last niRht. Commodore
W. II. Davidson believes the river
will freeze over just above the piers
If not below, and the slow moving
: body of ice from shore 20 shore was
7 calculated to impart such an idea.
Probably Capt. III. A. Cox, having
sold his Oceanus, will soon leave for
Pittsburgh. We are sorry TO part With
, him. No man ever established him-
self in the affections Of 81. Louis msr-
chants more rapidly than Capt, Cos
2 has done. They would gladly patron
!, ize his boat upon every opportunity,
: aud will do so hereafter if be Will
bring one, be it large or small How
ever, he is in the habit of brin slug
/. here such excellent boats that he eau-
] not long keep possession Of them.
3 Adam Jacobs, Jr., will go 90 Pitts
burg with Captain Cox. and is FerV
! likely to come here with him again.
ii he takes possession of another boat.
Captain Hiram Is. Hazlett arrived
| from New Orleans, and Major Stare
: from Mississippi, on Wednesday.
e NEW 0RLEANs.--Ihe IGples q
/. Tuesday says:
After the inclemcnt order OF ae
weather since Friday last, we
glad TO relate to cur readers, and par
2 tioularly our river friends, that We te-
r ceived a change yesterday for the bet
4 ~FAM~~~rh m@ he nmrfvr home q