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WESTERN NAv1eAr1os.--The Jefersonian Re-
publican of the 2Oth ult. says:-There has been
considerable floating ice during the week. On yes,
terday the steamer Monona came up the ice proving
no obstacle in her way. There will now be no OBJ
structon 10 navigation during the baace of the win
ter The oldest citizen of our State have never
known the river to close after the middle of January.


The Arkansas river was in good navigable cond
ton on the 18th inst, and several boats running
on the river at that date.


The Burlington Iowa, Gazeue of the oath inst,
says the river in front of that place closed the 18th
instant, and persons crossed on the ice an hour or
TWO afterwards. The mildness of the weather on
the 20th induced the belief that the ice would soon
disappear