Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-29
R1vER ANu suEAe.HnAr NEWS.

Items Of Ctryoes or-icing and dspartin2- Coaaj-
ton Of Westsraa R;cers-- We>staer mi Busiaes>--
Boats Leauiny To -day-8oat Due-.1ur 7usas~--
Columbus and P4t~coI ItscketS - Neec S;eahasr
Oaaa6er1ond- Arres: OF Prison. acho E~,7eeI
Steomer I,irer 4:cen.
The Luna and Mcctill with big trips, consd
ering the stage Of water and filled out here with ali they
could carry the below.
The Leonora had only moderate trip. She reports
the Indiana in better position than when the l. dy
Franklin left her. and she will doubt be found at
evee to-day.
The Marble City had splendid passenger trip for this
city, aud 20 bales cotton $50 wild bulls (Tschui
says they were and 800 packages assorted merchandise.
Fos MEMPHIS.-The favorite and elegant steamer,
Adam Jacobs Captain Roland clerk Tom White is the
regular packet for Memphis and intermediate ports this
evening.
FoR NEW OgIEASs.-The ". II. Osborne, Captain
Rogers, the regular Peoples Line packet for New Or
leans and al! Intermediate ports this evening
For NEw oRLEASs.-The large and commodious
Indiana, Capt. Neal, CLERK Collins leaves ere
to-day
For New ORLEANS AND MoBILE.-The L. J. Lockwood
Captain Ben Howard, clerk ". a. Dernney will leave
for New Orleans Mobile and Montgomery direct this
evening
FoR LITTLE Rock, DIREcT.--Tle fine and comfortable
steamer Iron City, sheo master, leaves for the above
and all intermediate ports the Arkansas river this
evening
The Mississippi and all the upper rivers above ST. Louis
continue to decline There is FIVE feet from ST.
Louis Keokuk thirty three inches Rap
ids six feet the Illinois, and three and half feet in
the Missouri.
The Ohio is still falling at Pittsburg with only three
and half feet water in the channel. Five feet water
was reported Burlington days ago
A Cincinnati the river about at a stand.
We have later from tho Cumberland or Ten
nessee.
Here the river continue. to fall at the rate of four
inches per q hours.
The weather has been quite cold and bu.tery for he
past hours fires overcoats feel pleasant. We
by exchanges that the .te rains have
general but Light therefore, need expect
much Of rise. Our opinion is that had much
water in all the western rivers, during the past SUMNER
that the winter Will be remarkable for low water and
of the rivers will close with ice earlier period
than usual.
Business on the river much improved that there
accumu alton Of freight here Arners
enough carry awayal the boats arriving being
much croadei to add greatly to their carsoes.
thanSs due the officers of the Armada T. L.
McGli, W. H. Osborn and Adam Jacobs for manifests
.ate papers and other favors.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Tyrone is still the semi-tlaly packet be, ween
this city aud Columbus and always well filed with pee
pie. Capt. Parker has thanks late Mobile pa
pers
The neat and swift little packet, PLATA City, named
In honor Paducah is making regular daily trips be
Cairo and Paducah and be doing good
business. We hope to be able to present her advertise
ment readers in next number.
The steamer Cumberland, Capt Ben. T. Egan, Is
trial trip to-day. She will in all PROBABILITY
the Cumberland Tennessee Tuesday
She will of the elegant boats of her class
the river neither pains has been spared
to IN lie her. in every respect, complete
Her fitting has been done under the immediate
perin,endence of Capt. Eagan, good taste and
thorough knowledge OF sean,boatius is sufficient guar
antee nothing shall be wanting.
From the Pittsburg Gazette CLEAN the following:
Our r, az ers viii remember the fire which occurred In
this city morning Of the lh OF September last
by which ne River Queen and George Albree
we're dest Dyed and several Other boats injured. IL
was ru oi ed at the time that the the act Of an
iucrndiary ANA subsequent Developments co.,
the soiols then aroused. The River Queen had
been bu I b. William u Chanlplin aud others-Champ-
lin having here from St Louis for that purp Sc
The became heavily nvo we'd. and the boat
sequentiy passed III the hands Of the sh m who lied hel
up placed Waterman BOARD. The boat had BIZ.
nsu ed for considerable amount but by permits: Ct
company issuing the policy the owners allow d
increase the risk 20 certain st pu ell t.
Chanplin however. instead o: coniinlng him, *.
the arou:t auce Il, took out pc icy anot her
company almost double i'll amount. In addition !" this
he obtain d policy is account, and in tic sum
~ 90, which paid him after the fire. ap-
pears that las had suisse uentiy boosted of h4vn
100 by the e. AMI this coming to the
detective na.ued Til ). p. Jones' he put
,atcn Oh il shba alter .ei for the Hast, and
oiiw. d in his ,r,rcis The State of Connecticut IT,
th,n went West, hnahy stuppug AT 81. Louis Inor.
formation for arson having b1en made before Mayor