The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-27

. A~N "A ulHL GIaE . We'll
known and experienced steamboat
: man Of this vicinity proposes to take
charge of her. and place her in The
Evansville and New Orleans trade ie
he a get merchants and ship
pers to give him the same guarantee
that the merchants of Cincinnati have
given their Tennessee River packets.
It would be a feather in the cap Of
Evansville if she controlled and sus-
tanned the largest steamboat on the
Western waters.
CNcIENAT.-The Commercial of
Saturday says:
The Empire will come to the wharf
on Monday, and commence loading
for New Orleans under command Of
Captain Charles Harton, with Charles
II: Nash and Charles Hurley ia the
Office.
The Committee on Congressional
Excursion have passed a resolution
postponiDg the contemplated exeur-
si9n until the Spring of 1869.
n committee appointed a short
time ago by the st. Louis Board Of
trade, to prepare propositions to be
presented for discussion to the Ma
!Ionat Board of Trade. at its meeting
IN Cincinnati on the I'd of DecembeT-
have reported ia favor Of deciaring
the cities of st. Louis. Cincinnati and
Chicago ports of entry. under snob
restrictions and regulations onIv "a
shall protect the Government against
fraud. The committee also renorted
IN tavor or the removal by the Gen
eTal Government Of all distractions
to the navigation of the Mississippi
River and Its %navigable tributaries.
and to recommend to all municipai
authorities located thereon such modi-
hcatlon and reduction of local charges
as shall render the commerce of said
river as free as possible.
LOUISVILLE. - The Courier Of
Saturday says:
"A special committee of steamboat
captains and others started 20 Cincin-
natl on the America last evening. to
consult with the members of the Ma
rine Association of that city. They
Captains A. McGill, Of the Belle
Lee j. S.Neal, of the Richmond;
A. L. Gilmore and r. III. Woltolk, OF
the Lower Ohio Packet COMPANY.
h1AA NJ a# FE&AHlug 4A1Q4 IL is 10 Ne
hoped the boatmen of Cincinnati will
to them a cordial greeting,
aud join heart aud hand in the objects
sought for by the gentlemen from this
pity, who represent IA 600 tons. and
are ~endeavoring to bring the steam
boat In crest b tck TO the high estate
Z once enjoyed, and should do again,
the river is the legitimate channel
the commerce and trade of the
Southwest.
The Journal says:
Ben. and Milt Holleroft are TO be
pilots of the Virginia. They have
gone to Cairo to meet her there. Bar
y Brunswick is the Virginia's second
clerk.
The immortal Captain Ben. Il.
of Nashville, has sold his res
and will settle ia Paducah or
Cairo, giving his time to the steamboat
generally.
The r.. e. Lee took into New Or
cans on Monday, 3,784 bales of cot
and $3.50 sacks Of cotton seed.
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat of
Saturday says: lF0
The river rose q inch In the q
ending last evening. Failing
lowly all the way down from st. Paul
o Alton. The Missouri is unchanged,
With three feet water in the channel.
md lined abundantly with snags. La
he Illinois there is three feet; to
Aeokuk there is not much more than
.hree and a half feet. Solicitude is
expressed as to some boats now in
The Missouri, some people fearing
hat they will be unable TO get down
his season. Business is really active
freight and passengers, but owing to
he low stage Of the river, the boats
compelled to carry very limited
A fully loaded steamer is
seen here now. Weather pleas
INT.
MEMPHIs.-The Avalanche Of Fri
lay says;
Weather cool and cloudy. The
liver here continues to decline, with
feet ia the channel between here
md Cairo. The Arkansas is falling.
With 3 feet In the channel from Little
Rock out. White River is declining
tteadily, with "a feet IN the ohanRel
10 Augusta.