The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-26
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The river commenced rising yester-
day afternoon, and up to 8 o'clock
had risen 3 inches. At Louisville,
when the Pales tine left, the river was
rising at the rate of II inches per
hour......The additional arrivals were
the Palestine, Louisville and return
P. w. Strader, Louisville to New Or
leans; Ollie Sullivan, from Camel
ton; james Gray, from Green River;
and Armada, from Cairo ........The
Palestine lad a moderate trip......The
Strader was pretty well Ioaded.........
The tow-boat Simpson Horner passed
down with large tow OF coal The
Ollie Sullivan and James Gray had
rather moderate trips. the bad
weather on Thursday having prevent
ed shipments......The Charmer took
on bard, last night, 100 tons pig
iron, brought from the Cumberland
River by the Romeo......Capt. Albert
Stein and Kinnie Smith, of the Sra
der, were in high feather, and Look
ing fne......"The Nellie Norton had
a good trip out last night.........The
Sallie V. was loaded with railroad iron
at 60 cents per ton, as we are rel
ably informed price that won't-pay
laboTers for handling it. We should
like TO see boats get living prices for
Heightened 5seph II. OAmau and
George D. Fowler were the pilots of
the Strader, there are none better.
.........The Armada arrfv d at ~
o'clock, with a good trip Of people,
but moderate freight trip...,...-The
Darling arrived from Memphis at 10
o'clock last night, with an excellent
trip. She discharged fifty one bales
of new cotton here, consigned to
Fred. r. Huston & Co., agents of the
White Line......The Lady Withaup
will be found at the wharf to-day, re-
ceiving for the Wabash. Captain
Beers is in command and Sid. Hum
phrey is in the Office, both pleasant
and accomplished gentlemen 1.-THE
river was rising rapidly last night,
Farmers having corn on the low
bottoms have aprehensions of an
overflow.
THE PROTECTED CoNGR EssIoN i tx
CURsION.
The meeting of the Central Com
mittee on the proposed Congressional
Excursion, met at the Barret House,
Cincinnati, on Wednesday, and was
called to order by Mr.. John Agnew,
who nominated Mayor w. H Walk
err, Of this city, as Chairman. %
taking the chair, Mayor Walker said
s'The people of the Lower Ohio were
| heartily in the movement, aud Others
wanted TO encourage II as mu h as posi-
| ble. Tney wanted to have congressman
| see the Western waters and their need OF
! improvement. These rivers belonged 10
the nation, and the nation ought TO I'M
4 Captain Ross then proceeded to explain
it, as already fully explained la the
Commercial IL was Intended TO invite
1 Congress, the President and his Cabinet,
and various editors TO go from Pi sburg 10
I New Orleans, TO see the magnitude OF our
commerce, ana the necessity Tor keeping
the channels of she same IN gOOd order: %
| remove instructions, complete the L0uis-
] willie canal: Ten1Gwe bars and make Up
| some definite plan for bridging.
Mr.. " alker mad no d8ubt that the cities
| and towns interested would respond nber-
| ally. The nOttce had been rather short
| perhaps, or there would have been lar er
| Representation. Some of hose notified
| had not vt had time 10 consider the sub
| ject and under stand 10. He would suggest
| that they should adjourn to some future
| time, and have 1t fuIiy understood. 81 that
there mlght be "a com plete re presentation
1 Captain Reno stated That lie had visited
| Pittsburg, found them alive To the subject
| there, much Interested. and disposed 10
help shove the matter through. They
seemed to think they ought 10 give as
/ IN UGH as CtncinDati--saY $4,000, iC Ga
II Mi. Kahn waited a committee OF three
or five sppoinl ed 70 brt < Inc matter TO a
/ point. Some III finite action was wanted.
1 Mr. Levy, Of Madison, stated that his
| fellow-cttIze ns would cheeTiu1lv come up
10 their portion. They were heartily
| in favor of the movement.
! Mr.. Walker had the same to say for EV-
| ansville. ~ g lata
Mr. Bonte moved TO apportion the
| am oun Is that .ouzh to be ptid tor each.
/ The expenses would be from $50 600 to $751;
\ 0D0, and the latter figure would be the one
by which to apportion The amounts.
t. The following rough estimate of appOr-
tIonment of expense was made up as fol-