The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-30

I RIVER NEWS.-buslness WAS VOL.
quiet on the wharf yesterday. There
| is but little doing, nor will there be IN
til after the holidays. This river wal
rising slowly yesterday, with sixteen
feet eight inches in the channel. The
river is falling at Pittsburgh, with
about ten feet by the Monsngahei'
marks.
The Allegheny Belle, Capt. Asa Booth
is up for New Orleans to day, as will be
seen by her advertisement. She is pro
vided with elegant barges, and u anx'
ious to fill up as rapidly as possibie'
Shippers will fiud this an excellent OPP
portunity to get their freight taken
down the Mississippi at cheap rates.
The r. R. Hudson, from Pittsburgh,
took on considerable Cincinnati freight
here, and got away last evening.
The Julia No. 2, for GAINESVILLE, passed
down about daylight yesterday morn
ing.
The James Rees was chartered yester'
day to take funeral to Wellsburg. She
got off for Sunfish about 6 O'Clock last
evening.
The Lenora No. 2 was sunk on Mon
day night, at the Louisville wharf, by
the Mary Huston. Her bow was all
stove in. She was owned by the Louis
will Mail Line Company, was valued at
$4,000, and insured for $4,000 against fire,
but not against loss by sinking.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of yesterday
says:
The st. Charles left for Pittsburgh
with o good passenger and freight trip.
The Petrol and barges are due to-day
from St. Louis en- route for Pittsburgh.
She has in tow three barge, of pig iron
and three empty barges.
The Camelia passed up from Nashville
for Pittsburgh without putting off or
receiving anything here.
The J. w. Garrett and bsrges depart
ed for New Orleans with about 100 tons
and engagements for about 400 tons to
take on between here and Louisville.
VIM. Autenheimer and Joe Mcbride are
her pilots.
Captain Phil. Crooks has chartered
the Enterprise at New Orleans for the
Bayou Macon trade, for four months at
the rate CT $1,000 per month.
The employees Of the st. Louis and
Peoria Packet Company on Friday even
ing presented Captain E. A. Sheble with
a magnificent solid silver coffee urn,
sugar bowl and cream pitcher.
Captain Lew Bradley, of the ferry
boat st. Louis, met with a severe and
painful accident on Thursday last at
Columbus, Kentucky, which rendered
him a cripple for life. AS he started
ashore plank gave way, precipitating
him on the timbers of the track of the
inclined plane beneath. His leg was
crushed above the ankle joint, severing
the arteries and cutting the foot almost
entirely off, which rendered amputation
essential.
Navigation closed at Winona on Fri
day, December II, having continued
later by eight days than for thirteen
years. The Republican says that the
first arrival from above was on the 30th
of March, and from below April 6, max
ing the entire season 255 days. Owing
80 the opening Of the river being later
than the previous year the season was
eight days shorter at that port than in
1863.
The Northwestern Transportation
Company have perfected arrangements
with the Chicago and Nor and
the Union Pacific railroads and their
connections, to run a fast freight line
from Chicago, st. Louis and all points
east to Montana Territory. The line is
to be operated in conjunction with
their steamboat line from Sioux City,
thus giving shippers their choice of
either railway or river route to Fort
Benton, Helena, Virginia City, and all
other points in the Territory. Law
renee and Woolworth were the getters
mp and ara the controlling parties in
this enterprise.