The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-21


present, and armed them with new
material with which to fight the bat
tie among the bushes, and in opt-of-
the-way places.
Warrick County, we are satisfied,
will give a good report Of herself in
October. s,sv s.sqT
CONGRESSIONAL BxouRsIoN-IM-
PRovEMENT OF WESTERN RIvERs-
MISSION OF CAPT. A. Q. Ross.-We
have heretofore alluded to the pro-
posed Congressional Excursion by
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, from
Pittsburg to New Orleans. Arrange
ments are being pushed forward by
the Chamber Of Commerce of Cine IN
natl, and the marine associations OF
that city, in conjunction with com
mittees from other cities, to insure
the success of the project. Cap
tain A. @ Ross, who has devoted
the last year in efforts to promote
the interests of Western steamboat
men, visited this city on Saturday, as
agent of the Central Committee, APP
pointed by the Chamber Of Commerce
of Cincinnati, to confer with our city
authorities and induce them to send
a committee to meet on Wednesday
of this week with the Central Com
mittee at Cincinnati, to consider the
subject. Captain Ross was greatly
encouraged by his interview with
Mayor Walker, who will lay the
matter before the Council, to
day, aud we have no doubt com
mittee will be sent on behalf Of the
Council, to Cincinnati. Captain Ross
was greatly gratifed with his visit
here, as it required but an hour or
two to fill his mission to his own salts
faction 10 this city. The Importance
of the projected excursion cannot be
overestimated. The whole country
west of the Allegheny Mountains are
deeply interested in the free and un-
restricted navigation of the western
rivers, especially of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers; and the o.
ject of the excursion is to enable the
members of Congress by personal OBJ
servation TO make themselves familiar
with the condition Of those streams
and their great importance to tht
commerce of the mighty West
} Among her Improvements which
it is desirable to secure, are the re
moval of natural distractions, snags
shoal and shifting bars; the enlarge
ment of the Louisville and Portland
Canal; the deepening of the emanuel
and last, but not least, the deep
ening of the channel at the moutl
of the Mississippi. 1t is well known
to all commercial men Of the West
that while freights by river to tn
gulf are much cheaper than by rail t.
the eastern seaports, that the latte
= have a great advantage in freights t
: Europe, from the fact that large YES
: sells cannot enter the Mississippi, b.
reason of the shoal channel at tn
: Balize. With this obstruction remOv
:, ed, the teeming products of the fertil
West could be sent direct by waite
/, via New Orleans at a greatly reduce
r expense, afording an increased prof
o to the producer. This is the grea
object of the proposed excursion
S Many members of Congress hav
y never seen the Ohio and Mississippi
e Rivers, and have no just cOuceptio
o Of their magnitude, or Of the almos
l. unlimited amount of produce of a
kinds that are borne, or may be borne
70 on them to market.
r 1t is proposed to make the excul
l. sion Immediately after the Presider
tial election, and before the meetin
Ie of Congress. So that when Congress
d again assemblies, they having clea
: understanding of the magnitude an
necessities OF the case, can act NOR
intelligently on the subject. 1t
probable the steamer United State
- will be selected for the occasion. TIL
Richmond has also been rendered fc
Is the use of the exeursionists. Eithe
d boat is admirably adapted for the OF
casion.
J. The City Council of Cincinnati hs
y appropriated $4,000 towards defra!
ing the expenses of the occasion, o
40 condition that the other imporiar
ID cities will appropriate an amount pr
ie' rata to their population. We slI
IN eerely hope the enterprise will
ID carried out, and realize the fulie
n expectations of its most sanguir
as friends. 3
a Row ON EIGHTH STREET, Yeste
day evening, as we are informed,
difficulty occurred at a saloon {
no Eighth Street, between Frank Z,
ay monds and one Jas. layton, out