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Show Till, lllllll Hill II. Xi In Ire llnrs HrrKlio nn.l I tuaea it loiiMue lu l'rt..srl. If CtNLINNATI, O, Jan. 8. Thu Ico jj gorgulu IhuUhlo rlvur broke tonight j' nud forty loaded coal barges worth, ' wllh their cnri:ou,$l8,U0lJ, sixty empty l ' tnrgts, worth $.0,uuu, uud ouu tow. V host, valued utJllljOW, wero ttljod out lie of cslsli UCI. M Thu gorgu began lo move at 2 o'clock if this iifliruooii. lleitatcd cracks In IS tin Ice, each as loud bsb musket shot, li" i gave warning of Impending danger, )fi nud the river men whu had breu on II board night and day since thu forming H of thu ,orgu weru given warning ol thu ImiHiidlug danger. Twelvu large li river packets nud a number uf towboali fJwR wem fully exiwed to thu weight of tin IjH tea of let which coma grinding down fsBfl thu river ul thu ralu uf six mllisun Sufl hour. All wemtnved vlthlhoixcep. I M Hon of thu lowboatMaltheaon. It wns frl! it narrow i sea) o for somu ackuta, nud : j ft somu uf their chains ruled, but the ,, iromrt action nn thu pan uf their , H! crews mtde good thu damage, and ull ill savu Ihu Mattheson wire save! with fsl thu lots of nothing Lui thu paint on Ifll their hulls, riieru was no salvation IjJJ for thu coal Urges, however. Them i .HI was not a lent or Insurance on any cf HfD tho propirtydctro)ed lliidgca wem ram tbnkeii but isinud without luutirlal nil Injur), At 0 u'clock tonljht leu Is jBB still Hoallng down tho river, but thu Villi daugur to bridges und boats lu this StSBSi vicinity In over. 191 liOMxis, Jnu. 8 Thu extreme do. i fiji ireislon Into which Ihu ihl ping tu- MM dually la lasting lul.iiglaiidhus fallen ifSt Is shown by thu startling array of 1,19 ttatlttlesjuit nrndu public. Them sru 1)fll numbers of Idle tteiuucrs In eviry port IliSBB1 lu the. kingdom, Thu total numler of ESI Msicls laid up In l-ugllsb aud Hcotch fiD oris la till, and thu total tonnage 830,. jyfl 000 llealdcatbesu Ihimnru laid uplii l.vfn continental ports nluet) nlnosteanurs, fill with n total tonnaru of 100,000. As tliu bit 1 rieult of laying up so many vussels '. Iffi Iheiu am ri(kl,uuj mm Idle, whloli 1 1 1 minus n loss of thouiaudsof pouuda 9 BJ lu wogea tuonlbl), y KM |