Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-11

At this point the river 10 riaing.
At 81. Louis the river q hlline, With sev'
sntesn lsst above ths low vat9 mark Of D.
cember, 1883.
There is flftssa eset Of water in..ths chan
mel at Cairo, and iine boating stage from
thence to New Orleans, though the water u
falling.
From Pittsbufe to its mouth The Ohio is
falling. Four feet st The Pittsburg piers.
From Peoria to Its mouth the Illinois Riv'
er is falling. with depth Of three feet in its
channel.
The Upper Mississippi is rising from st.
Paul down, with Eve feet in the channel At
St. Paul, six feet On the Upper, and I've feet
on the Lower Rapids.
The Missouri, from Omaha down, 10 fall.
ing. with six feet in the channel.
The Tennessee Rver:is rising rapidly.
number Of gunboats, no longer needed
BY the Government, will be sold At Cairo in
August.
The steamer Iowa recently struck the
wreck Of the Eastport, 10 the Red River, and
almost instantly sunk. We understand
that no lives were lost. itss4
A depot for the storage Of naval ordnance
and equipments is to be erected near Jeffsr-
son Barracks. below St. Louis.
The magnitude of the river trade for
Idaho is not fully appreciated by most peo-
pie. Not less than eighteen or twenty
steamers, loaded 70 the guards. have left st.
Louis this season, bound for Fort Benton
with every imaginable article Of traffice. On
these boats it is estimated that at least g.
600 tons Of goods. 20 quartz mills, and :.
900 passengers have passed up thus far this
season. To the opening Of this trade, amid
the greatest dangers. discouragements, and
hardships, the country IL largely indebted
to Capt. John G. Copelin, Of the steamer
Aarcells. lie is one Of the largest steam.
boat owner in the West, and it is his desigr
to start regular line Of packets from st
LOUIS to Fort Benton, during the boating
s@son. -s4.
Packet for down the river to morrow, tn,
popular and swift little steamer Keithsbutl
Capt. James Campbell-clerk, Walton.
For down the river this evening, the con
venient and elegant light draught Higf
lamGef. "a ..ltt
For up the river in the norning, tn
swift running Charley Cheever.
i n. 4 n. H. Rive understand tha
isoa has bssn laid on the road for the dis
lance of about eight miles west Of Grinnell
The late raiAs have had . very damaging
effect upon the new road bed for the pas
tss WsekS, causing The hanks IN de deeI
cuts to slide down upon the track. Abou
one hundred men have been at work durinl
the late rainy season doing nothing else bu
shovel out these slides. The work Of layin
rails has nov been resumed once more AM
m few weeks the road will be complete,
to Kellogg. the station about IL or lS mile
test Of Gfinnsll, after which the trains vii
ron 10 that point.
The public are anxiously sweiting I
know what disposition will be made of thi
line Of road By ths parties in vhess hand
ito desGinies now rest.
There i hope yet that it will become d
independent organization but It is not de
finitely known ~ yet whether it wiu TAX
that course or fall into the hands Of the c
e r. !. 4. r Company. The result
waited for with the greatest anxiety here
because upon that peius will turn the calcu
lations Of many Of our business men.