The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-19

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Oil City Three feet ten inches,
and falling.
CINcrNNATI.-The Commercial of
Tuesday says:
The Madison packet Lady Grace,
while upward bound, Sunday night,
at III O'Clock, when opposite Millers-
burg, Ind, knocked out the forward
head OF her starboard cylinder. She
was towed here by the Champion, aud
VIII lay by Tor repairs. The America
went down IN her place, having been
chartered by Captain Troy.
The 81. Louis Express Lime is q
success, owing to the fact that the
steamers comprising the Line DEPART
punctually as advertised in the Dat3v
Commercial.
At meeting Of steamboat owners.
held at the office of the Nashville
Packet Company, yesterday. Captain
III. A. Jones was called to the chair.
and Captain j. ID. Parker appointed
Secretary. On motion, Captains Jno.
A. Williamson and James w. Batch
elor were unanimously chosen dele
gates to the Steamboat Convention
converting ia st. Lou tc- lay. Capt.
James .. Wise and Mr.. j u. Lsham
were appointed a committee TO wait
on the gentlemen and notify them If
their appointment Captains Viii
Hanson and Bachelor departed for
1T. Louis in last nights train.
The Gazette says
The Emperor, after discharging the
greater part Of her cargo, was enabled
to stop the leak ia her hull without
IN ha -
ing preparatory 20 departure for st.
Louis, last evening.
Stephen A. Morse, Esq, aud Capt.
sam. Houston arrived from Memphis
yesterday morning. The HesDer was
sold 10 Capt. Lee for $4,000. No fur
Their effort will be made to raise tho
Florence Traber, the only boat in
which these gentlemen are now
owners, as she lies buried in the sand
10 Arkansas River. Her machinery
will be taken off.
Sundays Commercial says:
Capt. Alex. r.. Irwin, Of the Nick
LOngwOrth, arrived here yesterday.
aud is at the residence of his mother
in-law, Mrs. Riley, on East Pearl
Street. The numerous friends Of this
gentleman will regret to learn that he
is still in very i'll health
The w. f. Curtis, while on her re-
cent downward trip, and when just
above Red House, on the KanaWha,
broke wrist, tore out a cylinder head,
and lost her pitmau overheard.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier Journal
of Tuesday says:
The Palestine, Of tho Henderson
mail line, has laid up, and will bo
towed over to the Island to day. After
the present week the Rose Hito will
take her place in the trade, and tho
Morning Star will take the place OF
the Rose Hite.
The towboat Hope left for Parkers-
burg with barge in tow, Immediately
after leaving the wharf her barge was
discovered to be in a sinking condi-
ton, and it required the united efforts
of her crew to keep it ahoat.
Captains r. ii. Voolfolk and B. G.
Levi. delegates to the St. Louis con-
yention from the Louisville AssOcia-
ton, left for st. Louis last night
The dredeeboat which has been at
work recently at Henderson, has sue
ceeded ia taking out the coal feet
sunk at the foot Of Second Street
ST. LoUIs.-The Democrat Of Tues
day says:
The weather has become intensely
disagreeable. Rain drizzled All day,
and it was chilly withal. Business
operations we're fair on the wharf.
The decline Of the river has been
steady, but was quite slow last even
ing. No latter intelligence Of inter
est from the upper rivers.
Gfuna tho LATE 90 aunI nngaufmnna ~
between Captains Cannon aud Lsath-
ers at New Orleans; those gentlemen
have become reconciled, and are again
the warmest Of friends The encOun-
ter occurred in the Office Of Mcssrs.
Kennett a. Bell. and very little claret
was drawn. The misunderstanding
was a very simple affair. Loathers
had gone to Louisville for the Belle
Lee without consulting the Cannon
clique, and returning, minated that
he wanted Saturday for the Lee
in tho Vicksburg trade, while they
wanted to put the Gov. Allen in. The
Allen is now the Saturday packet,
Leathers in command, and the Bart
Able runs in opposition, with good
prospect Of the Belle Lee going Ia
also as a competitor.
NEW ORLEAEs.-The Times Of
Sunday says:
The weather yesterday continued
like the former days Of the Week-ine
and pleasant like, with a mild tenn
perature, which was quite acceptable
TO ell Out-of-d doors.
Business on the landing, for the
last day Of the week, was Gas is gem
orally the case, where so many packets
were to leave } more active than or
the preceding days and the packets
that left, it is needless TO say, had all
they wanted in the way Of freight,
while good passenger lists may bo
noted for q majority Of them.