, 1873-01-04
NUMBER 1873.

DoohElnH to IiyAtt a. St0no, EaH cue unNn nc
4 barge weB towod mp towards the head Of tho
cnnnl thg morning, to Huppty customers.
Iio hull Of tho old Dick Fulton antl one nat
broke LOOSE from tic towlload this afternoon,
a,'tl driftol dorl,, who:i tho lug Magnolia ros.
cucd thom from tho leo.
Tho wator rose ~ feet to-day.
No reliable nows from tho coal fleet Mt Fnmp,
tho f!oct will not psrer much, ii any, damage.
The leo BcrapoH boats lying ut Tho upper portion
Of tho riror 'front.' but pnssos clear OF tic bouts
'' Captain m King, Of tho Dovo No. 2, arrived thia
afternoon from Madison. lilo BayB tllo gorEo
tlero broke at oalock n. nl., taking tho UoIl-
oral Bue down milo md sinking hor. s!so is
4 total loss. 1t broko tho MT Williams to pocos
pi,Bl1od largo n,tmbor Of empty coal bargos audi
homo loaded ones on tho bank, making u totap
loss.
Tho river roso thore oight foot from o'clock
about as follows: Gonoral Buell., sl0,d0o; Nat
barycs, 53o,o5o. Total, s74 ,6oo.
TAo woathor bore iB turning codor. 1t cloarod'
Il M il supposed S that tho Madison gorge will bs
hero about o'clock tonight. It ls looked for
with considerable anxiety:
raas 2 S2' osp p + To %1ss 1srs s~ tS @ ss 6"
it for miles, About 10 o'clock 4 largo t!oe caught
on Woitzel'a Dam, nonr tho Kentucky 4:hc499,
and tho co rapidly n.,,,ss acen,n't'}t'', M ;;f
milo. by 10 o'clock, tho fold thus fornlo; cx-
tended ono or two hundred yards into tho liver,
| filling up tho larbor md throwing ilosins iro
oyor to tho Indiana shoto.
Weather clear, cold, Md frcozinE, Noturtlcr
accldontB reported
Tho latest nows from Pumpkin PatcIz Ia that
oil is safe in that quartor and tho lights eeen Ut
TINT place from tho lovco confirm tho report,
EVANSVILLE, Ind, JIM. 8.-Clear, biuhteri'lg,
and cold. Mercury 90 to ~. The river ia ;c-
olining lltto. Tho leo ia running all clear IL
far Gs wo hear from. There is l. border OF ice
P1Trsnunou, Jan "a largo amount Of ico llsa
boon running In tho Monongahola hut hns
| cauHol little damage. Tho large number Of coal
bargoa at different points nboyo arc no" ont ct.
woathor continue, viii be roady to leavo for lower
| points by tho frat OF noxt week.
| The Potrolia, an old Allegheny tow, WAS ntruck
by ice this afternoon Mt tho wharf, and Sink boz
| low Hnithneld street bridge. It is probably in~
| jured beyond repair. LOSS not aaeortainetl::
! The AlIoghanoy at Oil City is rising, with u
fair prospect for . broals.
Reports stato tho river at twolvo feet at noch@
estor Two steamboats, wore sunk there today
| WnEEI1sa, West ya jpn. 9.--The river aE
this place started about II o'clock lass oyonins,
but soon stopped At4 this morning tno ico
Tho ico from the wharf up to stcnbcnrillo ntart-
| cd at a. nj. The etartng protnllf
I preserved tho bouts Ioro from greater danlato-
| Tho ferryboat at Mnrtinsyillo wag carried do"ft
to tile uppur point OF Tho city AMI pushed ashore.
She laya in i very precerions Situation. Iho
| Htentngr Carrio brooks WIS cut down by ice, ana
sunk to her guards. Fortunately, ss4c laid worry
straight, ulld tho river fulling come tWeo fcet,;
Bllo nl,ccactcd in covering tho aroG!, and by tho!
| use OF sypl,ouu succeeded in raising herself.
| Tho gorgcs ut Browns Ieluud, Bmithb Ferry,
and Rocllostor gave wny this afternoon, md ma
expected hore by midnight. Icars are enter
tninod that tho boatn n,ay yGt euiIer Gc1loua>
damage.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. g.-i.rEsr rlsing about ti,reo'
fcot tho river begun to fall gowy thih Afternoon
Tho ice abovo tlo bridge IL atill strong, mi
pedestrians continue to cross but the gorge #
Iargos, three Of tllon1 laden witip
iron orc. Ono OF tho hargcs belonged to tlo
Ohio River Suit Company. Tho othors wero'
colder Inst night, md sharp freozo took place:
which was continued oyor ancc, tho opening OF
navigation below hero is considered 10 noar ut
hand that tho crows Of several Of tho Etca'noiu
have gone to Cairo and other pointa to bring up
boats. Several representatives Of Ferry aud
Packet Companies held T. meeting to-day
to consider tito question OF removing tho ice be-
twcon Iloro and Carontlolet. Tho owl1ors Of tho
Great Republic maae proposition to u:eIA II
pasaago through the gorge for $4,000. partlo9!
Interested will 70 to Carondelot tomorrow ait
Wow tho situation thoro, md thon decide what
shall bo done. In tho moantinlo. tho to';Doas
FiHhor s butting awny below, and is said to oo
making fair progress.
Sr. LOUIS Jali. IA riao in thu riTcr Deg
pores to-day undermined ono Of tho abutnaon'a 4
} Of tho Iron Mountain Railroad Bridge, cross!i:t::
that stroam sx milos below this city. A5 .
o'clock this afternoon the bridgo. fell. T''
structure waB Hhort, and its fall will not de1:u
travel on tho road. Loss about $751; 0oo.