Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-02

RIVER MArrERs.-There were I feet I inches
pr water in the channel last night. The weather
vas unusually ine. aud business exceedingly.brisk
al day yesterday.
The Union Line packet Tnos. SWAMI, left
for Louisville yesterday evening with a heavy
Fargo and a crowd OF passengers. .-.-''
The steamer Pittsburgh passed up the river yes
terday, leaving 60 tonsof freight at our wharf
The Louisville Journal states that The Wiscon-
sin No. 2. and the J. G. Cline are TO take the
places of the Alvin Adams and the, David White
In The Union Line.
The Journal of Monday has the following:
FRo1 WHEELrNG-FoR WnEELrva.-The SPLEEN
Did steamer Baltimore, of the. Union Line, arrived
irom Wheeling yesterday, full of Merchandise
rom the East for the merchants o metropolis.
Her freight list numbered over TIVE. Thousand pack
egeS- Among the passengers were large num-
Der OF Atlantic me:c chants, and Mr.. Fotsyth OF
w heeling. 'I-t u-a..Tr--
The Baltimore, Capt. Clarke, is the regula,
Union, Line evening boat for Cincinnati to-day.
She StnrtS at O'clock, and connects with the EaS,
by the Baltimore Railroad. Shippers can rely up
pm the punctuality and regularity of this line of
boats and passengers will find The fare unsurpas-
sad. -ceLG q 81 gtls l-Ls.l. = GaE
The Falls City, with her 500 tons of boxed pork
for the English market had arrived at Wheeling in
good time sud will lie here TO. night. -. ~
STEAMER EMMA DEAN SoLD.-The Medison pack
Aurora DStillery, for about $4,000, TO ply as a
regular packethetweeR Aurora and Cincinnati.
She will be in charge of PratSmau, of the late
Zachary Taylor. ''''eit 5si 1= - iva @
Sr. iLouls.-At last dates from St. Louis. the
liver was still closed. We learn from the Demo
Frat, that much alarm existed among the owners
bud captains of steamers at ST. Louis, lest the
break up of the ice gorge SHOULD produce desttuc-
ton. meeting was held on. Wednesday last, a:
hch propositions were offered as to the bes
rneans-of preserving some twenty fine boats at the
banding. committee appointed for the purpose
reported 10 an adjourned meeting on Thursday.
that they had reconnoitred The harbor generally
and that safe position Tor some ten boats could be
had in the basin just above the head Of Duncan
Island. and that the balance. by these ten or more
dropping out, would be comparatively safe where
they then lay. The committee thought it pracu
cable 10 break up the gorge sufficiently to admit Of
boats being removed from the present position, by
saving out chanael by hand power, or by butting
1t the ice-btidge with strong boat under heavy
head of steam. Capt. Thornburg, of the FL Paso
offered, for a M. Blaine. TO blow upthe ice with
powder, at 500 per mile. Capt. SweitEer recon-
mended waiting till the gorge gave way below, and
then having steamer ready above to butt it into
sections. Each boat was to be assessed at its val
ue, to pay its share of the expenses incurred by the
committee. Finally. it was decided that owing &c
the sudden change OF weather, no immediate &C,
ton was necessary. but committee of six was ap,
pointed to prepare for the crisis, when it should
come. zs.r zass; ls.ss-.g -, .a.as #..t.as.
The st. Louis E0eniag MrsOs. OF the 26th. says
1.-THE ice, has been thawing rapidly; the atmos-
phere damp; the weather cloudy: The water i
rising slowly" 8
y / RIVER ImPORTs. tEt5t
CINCINNATI.-Per Arubio.-S H StouttE Co
100 bills alcohol; Dorsey, Howard & Knox. Il
bbls do; Pryor, Clark & Go. Is rolls roofing pa
per; McAfev Bros, 500 Kegs lard; CoplGn d keYS
/ pillow ECoweillE& McSwords, 4 pkgs. .a5z -
Per Pi4s6lng4s-Gotlon. Clark d Co. l0s hhd'
bacon, IS bbls lard-le7ia ts77I x. y