The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-19
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The Rover, from Pittsburgh, with
barges In tow containing 1900 tons of
railroad iron, descended the falls bound
for st. Louis, and the famous towboat
T. u. Homer, with barges laden with
produce, also descended the falls.
Among the towboats eburdening the
canal and lower wharves yesterday,
were the Alps. Stella, Eagle Resolute,
Bengal Tiger, Boaz and Ajax. They
all had upward of one million bushels
OF coal In tow. The Bengal Tiger takes
100, 900 bushels of coal f0rthe Tenues-
see Rolling Mill. The Eagle was bound
for Pittsburgh with. n tow of empty
barges, and after going some thirty
miles up the river, broke some portion
OF herr machinery and turned back
here to repair damages. The new
kateamer DubnqueT Gray, master, came
in from Pittsburgh yesterday, bound
for st. Louis and further North. She
is fine boat, and Capt. Pink Varble
steered her over the;falIs: s-E1suE
The ST. Louis Republican, after pub
lishing the facts inSeonnection with the
steamer Louisiana, gratuitously assist
ing the Indiana-which latter boat was
aground at Plumb Point during the
reign of the ice season-says: rrHlfl. &.
The above a"reminds" us of a. story
told last winter by an old and popular
steam boat captain OF this city, who
said that quite number of years since
] he was coming up the river with his
boat, and when near Plaquemine found
one ofathe coast packets tout on the
bank" he was hailed for assistance,
which was duly rendered, and a bill for
$500 was presented and duly paid. Some
mouths after, he was again coming up
with his boat, and when at almost the
identical spot ran aground. After some
hours the very same coast packet hove
| in sight and was hailed for assistance,
which was also furnished with the same
successful result. Our captain then
called upon the coast man for his bill
and received in reply, In this part of
the country we don't charge gentlemen
for such trivial service, and turning to
his pilot gave the prderto t'back of. +"
Four captain says thatfFom that dayito
this he has made 1t a point never to pass
boat in distress without offering as
sistance, and never to charge for, his
services except under the most extra
ordinary circumstances. ,al,..-l.a u IS
The Memphis bulletin, noticing the
arrival Of the Richmond at that place,
SAYS: Considerable sensation was
caused on the wharf yesterday by the
arrival of the new low pressure steam-
er Richmond. She has come and gone;
we have seen her, and are free to give
an opinion. She is a great steamer
ftruly, but like almost everything OF
| the kind "trotted out" by Louisville,
has been greatly overrated. Her model
is fine, and undoubtedly she is. fast,
but inwardly she will hardly compare
| with the Great Republic or the RHth,
except as regards size and equipment
of statefooms. - % - ClL ?
We also extract the following items
| from the same paper: A lady named
Mrs. Murphy, from the other side oi
| the Atlantic, came down on the City oi
I Cairo, and while asleep, night before
last, was robbed Of jewelEy to the
amount of one hundred dollars, by
some one who entered her state-room.
She was not aware, she said, that this
was among the customs of the country,
and further remarked to Harry Harm.
stad, to whom she related her adven-
lures, that she did not care SO much
that man entered her room while she
was asleep and she not knowing it.
"What else might he not have dOne?f
she concluded. Mrs. Murphy appeared
to be intelligent, and will soon learr
we are fast people in America. "a
A man calling himself Darling, pro
Tossing to be one of the editors of the
Cleveland PldfndeGleT, and CORES
Epondent OF the Cincinnati Commercial
went down on the Richmond. He has
been knocking about town seveIa
days, and during that time borrowed
money EEtiu 4 to-morrpw," but lefl
without paying his creditors. Thil
darling Is commended to our brethen o
the press further South. Letthem lool
out for him. BE visited these part
during the war, and then Travelled un
der the name. and style of "Sinclair, o
the New York Tribune" five mistake
not, he Is perfect dead beat.
The New Orleans Crescent, of the 10th
makes the following. announcement
EHWe published yesterday the following
\ important Intelligence to steamboat
men, taken from the st, Louis Repr6ti
can: l55.'',,-s @ - s.ril6. -ti5s
). .:Ar. BENZ Crawford, special agen
I ffor the Treasury Department, has de
/. cided any 'locked, valve may be placei
on the boilers OF d eaInboat, provide,
/ It comes up to the requirements of tn
law; he also decided that but one tlock
ed valveis required, mo matter. hoy
many boilers may be in a batteryh
And now we have a full confirmation
of the fact in telegram to Captain
John W. Cannon, received yesterday
who favors us with a'perusal. Thedia
patchis dated st. Louis; April 9th, ant
freads thus: ''One good operating lock
ed valve fol. the battery"
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