Old Steamboat Captain Dead

Washington, April 6.- Captain Samuel G. Cabell. une of the old-time Mississippi rlver steamboat captains, and a prominent figure on that waterway during the war times, died here Monday, agred 83 years. He and one of nis beats were pressed into the Confedérate service by General Thompson early in the 60's, and passed through many thrilling adventures. Captain Cabell was a warm personal friend of Liincoln and after the war was employed as a special treasury agent in the south. He leaves a widow and one son, Milton Cabell, of Quincy. 111.. where the remains wil] be taken for burial.