The Whisper broke a shaft at twelve
mile point, above Carrollton, while on her
way op the river, last Monday evening,
and has laid uip for repairs. The Dun nbe
has leen cllartered to aSpply the place of
the disabled Whisper, and left New Or
leans 'Tllesday evening at f# o'clock. She
now runs according to the Whisper's
regular schedule.
The St. John, which has been filling the
place of the Cannon in the Bayou Sara
trail, has been transferred to the Olach
ita river, exchanging places with the
L1auIra Lee, which boat is now the Can
cun's substituiI..
lBird's lloating Opera-IHolse-ether
wise, the steamer Champion No. 9-got
agrounld oil U sand-barº at Fr-i r's Point,
but sucueded in getting oft again next
day.
The little side wheel stenmer W. J.
Poitevent, wlhich sunk last October in
the Illtclii 1 river, was recently raised,
but hail not proceeded more than two
miles from the place of her first disaster
ihen she struck a snag and again went
to the bottonm. She is a total loss.
The tow-boat Oakland has made the
uI1l teelleilted tilm of five days and
twelve hours from St. Louis to New C)r
Clans with a tow IIanprising 11,000 tons
of grain and other frei~ ht.
Capt. Hampton L. Lee, an old steaIn
boatmian, died this wIeltek at Eureka
Springs, Arkansas.
The steamer E. If. iUni1e, vluled at
r-000t and insured fin 6.5000, aunk in the
Missouri, near the month of (:ascronde
river.
