The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-30

RIVER NEws.-The marks yesterda!
indicated six feet large in the channe
and the river about stationary.
The r. r. Hudson will leave thil
evening at 8 o'clock for Cinclnna.'
Capt. Russell always runs his fine pacA
ct on time, fact shippers and passen
gers shoulp bear in mind.
The card of the Pittsburgh and Far
kersburg passenger packet Belle L. u
Mong, agent, can be found IN ano'no'
column, The Belle is boat OF yer,
light draught, and can run as long q
there is water enough to float q emp
She will leave Wheeling for Parkers
burg every Wednesday and Saturday
nights, and for Pittsburgh every tues
day and Friday mornings.
The Science, having had her boilers
overhauled, will leave at 10 o'clock thu
morning for Matamoras and intermedi
ate points.
The favorite packet Hope will leave
at 10 o'clock for Matamoras and inter
mediate points. Shippers and passen
gers will find her "the old reliable"
The New State is the Pittsburg packet
to-day.
The steamer Linton, from Memphis t
Fort Smith, Arkansas, with full cargo
of groceries, struck snag on Monday
near the cutoff in Arkansas river, and
sunk. Boat and cargo a total loss. She
was valued at $4,000, and owned by Cap
tain Haywood, of Shawneetown, Ill.
A great many boats are reported
aground at the different bars along the
Lower Ohio. ..|
Jonathan Morgan, lawyer, linguist
and mecaniciap, who constructed the
first steamboat ever seen on New Eng
land river, is now living in Portland
Maine, having attained the ripe age OF
ninety one years. He is very eccentric,
and has for many years lived alone in
small attic room, which served as office,
bedroom and kitchen.
We hear q great deal of complaint
about the old Cumberland boilers now
living Just above Shawneetown. There
IS little enough water there in good
boating seasons, but these old boilers
have formed bar of such dimensions
that the channel is almost no channel
at all. We hope, for the sake of con-
venience at least, that the snag-boat
will be sent down to the rescue.
The Memphis appeal says: The Dan
Able goes to Cairo this morning, where
she will be turned over to her owners.
Captain Lee got So, 900 and the General
Anderson for his fine packet. She ar.
rived from below yesterday with 24O
bales of cotton and 1914 sacks cotton
seed. She will hereafter run between
Cairo and Columbus, in charge of Cap.
tain w. A. Sandusky.
Captain 10. G. Mccullough, of New
Orleans, is soon to take upon himself
the responsibilities of husband. Cap
tain 10. gentleman, and will make
any man good son-in-law. ~"
The Memphis Araldnche of Tuesday
says:
The Dan Able came in from Frisr's
Point with 240 bales of cotton and
1910 sacks Of cotton seed. She leaves
this morning for Cairo to be turned
over to her new owner. Captain James
Lee will have a suitable boat to take
her place in few days. He will get
the side-wheel steamer Armada, if he
and her owners can come to terms. She
is we'll adapted for the trade.
The Arkansas river was stationary at
Little Rock yesterday, with thirteen
inches in the channel, from Little Rock
out, and fifteen inches above there.
White river continues at low tide.
The Liberty No. 2, in command of
Captain Pat Wheat, will take her place
in the White river trade on Tuesday
next, carrying the limited States mail.