The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-22

RIVER NEws.-There is some little
prospect, at,Iast, for q boatable river.
The marks here yesterday indicated
seven feet, large, in the channel and
rising slowly. From Pittsburgh we
have reports of three feet ten inches in
the Monongahela and river stationary.
The Allegheny marks, however, show
four feet seven and rising. The coal
men there have coal feet ready, and
everything looks favorable for them to
get it out. s
As we suspected the rain has been
general, and dispatches from all points
tell of rise in the river. A dispatch
from Rochester says there is four feet
fsur inches on Beaver shoals and rising.
At Cincinnati there is seven feet of
water and river rising slowly. The
river is rising at Louisville, too, with
three feet ten inches in the canal. The
same state of affairs is mentioned in our
dispatches from Parkersburg, Marietta
aud Portsmouth. We sincerely trust
that the hopes raised by this state of
affairs may be fulfilled. This will be
about the last chance for our boatmea
to get around to Iron Mountain this win
ter, and if our mills have to be supplied
by railroad it will interfere materially
with profits.
Capt. John Booth arrived in the city
yesterday. He informs US that the Lib
erty No. and barges will be here on
Tuesday and commence loading for New
Orleans without delay. He will get his
boat off on Friday. Shippers will bear
this in mind.
Capt Muhleman will leave to-day for
Cincinnati. He will leave that port
with the Major Anderson, on Friday.
The Anderson will leave here on Tues
day, the 30th.
The Venture arrived here from Pitts
burgh, last night, with barge Of iron.
We did not learn who it is for.
The Ssllie came down from Pitts
burgh last night with big trip.
The report that Captain Wash Kerr
has bought the Sallie is not correct. He
10 still looking for boat for the Pitts
burgh and Portsmouth trade, and viii
build if he cannot buy. 's.'
The R. C. Gray is having full-leugtn
hurricane put on at Cincinnati.
The Ohio River Salt Company re-
oeived 243,S12 bushels of salt from the
various companies composing the asso.
citation for the month of October. Also
15l,714 bushels from the Kanawha Salt
Company for the same month.
The work on the new boat for the
Northern Transportation Company, now
being built at Wilson, Dunlevy & Co.'s
boat yard, is being pushed rapidly for
ward. She gives promise of being one
of the handsomest craft on the river.
The r. r. Hudson got away Saturday
evening with all the freight she could
carry. She had to refuse several offers.
A subscription paper is in circulation
at st. Louis to raise money for the fam.
lily of the late Captain Scott, Of the
Stonewall.
Captain John Waddell has hired the
tug boat Monongahela, of Leavenworth,
to perform the operation of wrecking
the Sully. Captain Waddell thinks
nearly all the machinery will be saved,
but considers it very doubtful whether
they can recover any of the freight in
the hold.
1t is stated that the dredge- boat DC.
tavia and all the Government snag-
boats have been ordered into the lower
Mississippi.
Cumberland river men anticipate that
the present pluvious weather will re-
suit in substantial rise. We hope so,
and that there will be plenty of freights
when navigation opens.
The Dexter will be regularly inapgu.
rated in the Vicksburg and New Orleans
trade to-day.
A bill passed the Tennessee Legisla.
ture to incorporate the Memphis and
New Orleans Packet Company.
The river is now II feet 4 inches be-
low the highwater mark of 1862, and
stationary at New Orleans. So says the
Times of the 10th.
The following resolution was adopted
by the Memphis Council day before
yesterday: THAT from and after this
date the wharf receipts be set aside for
wharf purposes only"
About half-past eleven o'clock Friday
night, Mr.. johnson, a pilot on one of the
Red River boats, was run over by q car
on Canal street, New Orleans, between
st. Charles and Carondolet, and seri-
ously injured.
The city of Memphis has granted the
st. Louis Packet Company wharfage of
$50 feet. The city of Memphis is to
make such temporary improvements on
the portion of the landing named and
set apart as will enable said company
to transact their business, and is to
make permanent and durable improve
meHts so soon as it is found that the
nature of the ground will warrant the
expenditure of any considerable amount
of money. Said packet company is to
advance, as it may be needed, an amount
of money sufficient to do said work and
is to have the exclusive use of the
ground for purely legitimate transporta-
ton purposes, &c.
Y Twenty thousand dollars for
the Octoroon Girl, Zoe.