Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-24

ARRYvALs

RIVER ITEMS.
ARRIVALS
PaiL SHRRrpAx, Hutchinson Dubuque
SrcKER Stare, Capt. Hight. 81. Paul.
NEw BosroS, Capt. 0rinnel', Fl. Aadisoo.
IMPsRIAL, Capt Hatcher, St Louis.
DAvsnSsas, Csps Heaspobs, 81. Paul.
PsiL SalnDAx, Hutshiosoa, 50. Louis.
SscEss SfxSK, Capt Hight, .. Louis.
NV BossoH Ospt. Gsinasil, n Nsdiesa.
Bsx CAnrsslE. Capt. Pissss. Clissss.
InPEnIAL, Capt Hatcher Prairie du Cbisa.
The Dubuque goes up as about 9 e'eleck
tais evening.
No boAts except the regular paekst
KsIthsbuss yin depart from this point -.
morrow.
The river 10 still rising very rapidly, and
the leves is getting "amsllsr BY degrees.
and beautifully less. Cellass near at hsnd. are
pretty full and expressions Of disgust from
the owners thereof ere both loud and deep.
During the last forsy-eight hours there has
been = raise Of over fost.
Over 500 field carriages, battery wagons
and accoutsements sufficient ies A. army OF
100, 900 men have bess received = thc
Rock Island arsenal shb ssasan. They have
been shippsa frsa the Baasn Rssee arssn>
al.
A serious secidens happsasd v The Ban
mock Guy n SaissAay. sSGhils lying st
. landing fsw miles below LsOresse she
WAS run iots b. tAs.l@ethsss Belle. The
latter boat struck hss aoidships. smashing
in the cabin and cutting the hull to the ~
ters edge. The Bannoek u nov On the
ways st L. Claire whore she viii b thor
oughly repaired Vais -es-
The following coumanication ~ besa
handed in. II gives aa acceuat Of ths only
lot Of wheat ever sent to st. Louis end -.
shipped from there to the place il was eng
nally sent from
The heaviest tonnage Of . ~ arrived
here this mosning that ever came ~ the
river. fron st. Louis. The cissunstaaee ID
sn interesting ono for several reasons
The steamer Imperial. |. B. Hatcher.
Master: William Q. Hall. Of Daveapert, ant
Paseiek Gaases, .ef Dubuqas, Pilot, asfised
this here morning with four bsrgss
In tow. A Il 10 . sAos that NAY
interest many steamboat men, merchantl
and others. We give some particulafs = r.
The steamer Imperial built ss Pittsburg
Pa, 10 lao feet keel and - feet beam
She has three boilers, thirty eight inches il
diameter and twenty eight leet long, With
two flues in each. She has towed these fous
| bargss, ,coosaniug thirty I've thousand bush
els Of wheat. The basese ass oe che follow
ing size: Two Of them ere each 100 feet on
deck and 25 feet beam the other two ars
each 10 feet on deck and % isse beam
| The Imperial made The trip from 81. Louii
to this point 10 four and One>half days, in
Guiding delay on the way Of about fifssse
hours BY defect in joint OF the steom pipt
that required some hours TO repair and BY
being blown 70 shore BY the stegm Of SUM-
day night.
The steamer Imperial towed those four
ba4ges with their heavy careoeo over the
iOWOb boRsoU III ia tsVob5 tUtoSObVO bWCivs
milss) losing in the mean time - heue il
consequence Of some dsea0gsms0t In the
wheel rope rigging.
This case is interesting ~ IL 10 some.
thing like "carryiDg coal to New Castle.
Tn wheat Was raised in Minnesota and
shipped in those::barsss from point on shs
Minnesota river one hundred and City milsl
from the Mississippi river. The price o.
freight from the point up the Minnesota
river to st. Louis, Was 26 cents per bushsl,
This grain was stored in an elevator some
thisty y>6vs days and then shippsd % ths
esne baYges from st. Louis 10 Prairie d.
Chen. to be shipped from there 70 Mil>
waukee. The price Of wheat at ST. Louil
when il landed was 1225 per bushel; q th>
date Of the shipment, Ave days siees, q 81.
Louis, il was 31.40 The price q fsslgh'
from St. Lsuis TO Pnirie du Chien is sieh.
teen cents per barrel.
N. B.-Since writing the shDvs the
Imperial has made trial TO pass the dan
gsr0us obstruction called the Rail Road
Bridge. with only two barges in TOW. bu,
could not succssd. She 10 now stsuegling
and may succeed in getting through with
one barge. n.