The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

Captain John S. Phtte,so.
Tuesday, sold his interest Zone or ~
tefl 10 tho steamer Altoona. to Gan
S12, 900 for the whole boat. "
h CIsvILLE. = The Courier n,
Thursday says "
The little stern-w wheel steamer lena
was sold yesterday by r. ID TYLER ~
Mr.. Russell and others. Terms Or;
vate. She il 10 be used for TOWING
coal for the Green River Coal Com
pany.
The Lena will leave the city wharf
at Pm ia day for Evansville aud
Green River
The Sam. j. Hale broke n shaft a.
miles below Cairo on Monday and
was towed TO Paducab for repairs by
the VIM. White.
The journal says
Capt. Neal aud Charley Miller, Of
the Indiana, are due.
If they are due, pay them of in
greepbacka. That II suit Capt. Reube.
SAINT LoUIs.-Tbe Democrat Of
Thursday says:
Inc rise Is playing out. Decline OF
zen Iuches here yesterday. s afionary
ep9Ve. Upper. Missouri lower and
falling. The Illinois has nor bean
benefited particular by any rise.
OF muen Improvement to Giro, aud
boats will continue reporring low
water and diff jult navipaffon RI !.
ness on the wharf fair. Weather drv
and pleasant.
The steamers Belle Of Alton Adam
Jacobs, aud Belle Memphis If tbia
port, are running under the restsu-
rant system of vlctualiug passengers.
and the arrangem 40 in each Gaze ia
pronounced eminen'ly satisfactory
We ven ure the prediction that within
a few years the old system will have
been altogether discarded on the
Western add Southern rivers. We
earned yesterday Of Que of the Oldest
ines running North from here, the
managers of which have been fgur
ng on the new system tor some DAYS.
md contemplate its introduction al
IA early day upon all Of their steam
RS. The managers referred to have
ONE to the conclusion that it is the
roper thing, aud believe that it Will
fCAOAV AOuE OC AulNGA sal IL 10 Mn
measure to passengers, az
Yeli as the steamboat owner, and its
implicitly is another great recon-
MEMPHIS. - The Avalanche, of
Wednesday says:
Weather cloudy and sultry The
yer here is receding, with twelve
,et on the bars to Cairo. The Ar
ansas is declining. with three feet i'm
ne channel from Little Rock to the
louth.
Dick English, of the Appeal, has
cen on tower" to Cincinnati and
lsewhere to educate up the Dsmoc-
acy to the Helena standard on the
egro question, i. G. dividing seats
18th them. Here is one result of his
lission
E3rr CAIRo. Sent. LIST.
TREASURER II. N. "A Arrived here
MS evening (hie;) marry nickle (hic)
ad nothing 70 eat since left Ctucin-
alta the COMPOUNDED mackrels give
lie the shake, have soaked my carpet
az at lunch house, am trying to get
eek passage home, been refused on
'veral boats, owing to my oussed
ppearance.
STILL LATER
Send money to bring me home,
1me neare being arrested for sus-
icious character my drafts being re-
lrned protested no more
r. Il. ENGLISH.
commander in chief Of
macrel brigade
The above dispatch was received
ate last night, from Dick Appeal. By
he Treasury of the River News
agency, in this city. As we sur
Ilsed, ne arrived at Cairo on his re-
urn, without a cent. As will he seen
y the dispatch, no complains
Utterly Of the inoapacity Of
be mac keral brigade in the
tiles north Of this. We heard il ra-
orted that he did sell his carpet bag
which was of new patent and very
lin, aud which contained only
hange of dirty linen and two pairs Of
ld socks) in Cincinnati, in order to
nable him to buy grub on the route
D Cairo. The aforesaid carpet bag
-as simply an old copy Of the Weef'g
pp al fastened with q brass lock
he public can Judge Of the amount
q received for il. We shau'C send
inn cent, but will, at some other
me. give a detail d account of his
.ip and his doings at Cincinnati.
NEW ORLEANS. - The Times Of
tuesday, LAST says:
The weather OF yesterday was, like
lat of its predecessor. exceedingly
ose and cloudy, with showers at IN
rivals.
Business on the landing, for the
sginning OF the week, was not of an
,tIve nature. There was but one dc.
arturo, while the Greenvilie packet.
Overnor Allen, was the on y arrival.
he Allen brought in one OF tho Big
est trips of the season, which con-
sted Of the following: 9lS bales of
1tton, all of which we're Of the
eW crop, except % bales,
297 sacks Of cotton seed. 943
arrels lime, 627 barrels -four, ll3
arrels fruit, 30 barrels pork, 454
leks corn the telegra n 10 our edi-
on of last evening was in error ia
.ating that the Allen had on board
600 bales, and expected to receive
ore below Ma chez; how the error
;curred was an over estimate occa-
oned by the party who sent it rom
atehez, as the dispatch read 200
lles. But at all events it vas no
ult OF Captain White that he did
)t bring more, and would have done
we're it ready for shipment; the
Dove number of bales is the largest
2 far that has yet arrived this Sea-
IN by any boat.