The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-11-30
4" The weather yesterday was cool and
SAINT The river was rising eiozrly fai-

o pleasant. The river was rising slowly, Ials
though it is falling at all points above.-
: Freights are not 30 plenty as they have
% been, but still there is some accumulation
Prices have undergone no change. with
y fair offering we quote as follows;
To New OrIeans-Apples, soc y Dbl; Tobacco, s.
q hid; Flour, soc Dbl; pound freiehts, fS5e '
100 ns; Eggs and Whisky, si0o isbbl. To St. Louis
Ouna freight: Chsavy3, i5c i 100 lbs; shipstufs
= sad wheat, . sack, 49, p sefa7-safao
,-..-----. We yesterday received letter from
. Capt. d. c. Snyder, of the steamer Wdge,
in which he defends himself against charge
we made some time ago, of leaving desti-.
tute family on our wharf. He states that
this family are in the habit of imposing on
steamboatmens ferry companies, &c, and
that they had plenty of money to pay their
fare. If the Captain has been imposed upon
by this family, then we think he did per-
fectly right. ss@
1900 The Silper STIR is the mail and pas
q senger packet for Padueah, at noon to-day.
This boat needs no recommendation, as she
is known to be one of the best boats on the
river. Her clerk is Gus. Dusouchet, who is
an acknowledged gentleman, and superior
travelling companion.
z The new trading boat Southern Her
chant, left yesterday. She made run as
far as the coal mines below the city, ut which
place some part of her machinery gave way,
and she was compelled to lay by for some
H. time to repair. She probably got under way
again last night. -i .st" a
..,--. Suit has been commenced in the Su-
peFior Court, by the Firemens' Insurance
Company, against John Cunningham and
Others, owners of the steamboat Lucy Hot-
comb. The claim amounts TO 1894. The,
. same parties have been sued on a claim
b. amounting to 81 ,058 SO, by West 81 Du-
mont Attachments were issued in both
cases. Gin. Gag. s,.ssa5
-'sa ...s.. The steamer james Montgomery is
due here to, day, bound for New Orleans.
.1a Capt. J. Is. Archer, weil-known ste:im-
boatman and true gentleman, is in COM.
mand. slas ..i77.z -l.. .tsI.ss sa.eo5 l'A y. =.
''-'' 49,. The inspectors, from Louisville, came,
in on the SoutheyneT, yesterday, and issued
papers to the new steamer Masonic Gem,
which boat leaves for Wsbash to-day:
49,. The steamer f. r. Aubrey from Str
Louis with two barges in tow, passed up
yesterday. She is to be dismantled, and
: her cabin and machinery transferred to
new hull at Cincinnati. ..s -.se.e-
- ---..aThe Davenport, Iowa, Gazette, OF the
Gath, contains the following 65 &
Z q The KeokHk arrived in St. Paul, from La
- Crosse, week ago yesterday, and reported
by the people of st. Paul, as there had not
been an ARR val at that place for some time,
the upper packets having all gone into win
ter quarters at the last :. cold snap"
..-.-. We take the following from the st.
Louis Republican of Saturday
Capt. 5. R. Sonsley yesterday purchased
one quarter interest in the steamer j ID.
Perry, aud will take command Of that
steamer. ssgagsFe
Capt Jos. s Manson has retired from
sseamboAting, and viii engage in business
on shore in the city. Capt Manson was a
= popular officer on the river, and he cannot
2 fail to succeed in business on shora.ES n
..--. A man by the name of, Holmes, a
hog driver from Indiana, jumped into the
river from the mail boat at Louisville, after
she left the lsnding, and swan ashore to get
4 a drink. q l..--.-.- ----- SIltH o. Su0L
The. i'm. Sharp. was loading for the
Yagoo river at New Orleans, last, Wednes-