The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-19
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the heavy rains Of the past two days tn
river is swelling rapidly, and has risel
seven feet since Friday evening. TIL
marks last evening showed fifteen fee
and rising.
There was but little business doine
on the levee Saturday, and no arrivals
except the regular packets.
Parties in Portsmouth have purchased
of Capt. Pink Varhle the little tug Bril-.
liant tor $1,000.
The towboat Charleston has been re.
paired since she foundered on the rocks
1 in the Kanawha, and is again on the
track.
The Kanawha Republican states that
two dredge boats are busily engaged
widening and improving the Elk chute,
just below Charleston.
The Ohio No. 4, on her last trip, made
the run from Gallipolis to Cincinnati
and return, a distance of four hundred
miles, in forty three hours.
A new hui, l172 feet long, 35 feet beam,
5 feet inch hold, built by Captain
Murray, at point on the Cumberland
river, together with machinery, except
boilers, is offered for sale. The hull is
lying at New Albany. G.
1t was reported in Memphis, Tuesday
that William Haines, pilot of the ".
A. Caldwell, had shot and killed the
mate of the same boat, in a difficulty
on board, below Little Rock. The re-
port was discredited.
"Barranquilla" is the name selected
for the new boat now being built by
Captain j. s. Stockdale, at Pittsburgh,
for some parties in South America. The
hull will be launched next week.
The report that the Captain of the
Colossal had been stabbed in the abdo-
men by negro, is incorrect. 1t was
Captain Jim Lockhart, of the Bertha,
who was cut, while on his steamer at
Sioux City. 1t seems that he had some
trouble with his crew, and was COM
PEELED to discharge and order them from
the boat, when one of the "roustabouts"
turned on him with knife, and gave
him serious cut as reported. We are
not informed whether the wound is IA
tai, but we suppose Captain Jim's con-
stitution will bring him safely through.
A new experiment is about being
made on the Mississippi with direct
reference to further cheapening the
transportation of grain. A company of
steam boatmen are now in Pittsburgh,
contracting for an iron propeller, two
hundred and eighty-four feet long,
drawing two feet forward and four aft,
when light, and six feet on an even
keel when loaded. The first boat is in
tended as experimental in competing
with the barge system. Should it prove
success several others will be immedl-
ately contracted for.
The following from the Louisville
Courier Journal of Friday, is of especial
interest to pilots:
The Louisville Pilots Association
have decided to make some improve
n.ent, which will greatly decrease the
dangers of navigation between that
city and New Orleans. Among other
things, they will cause to be erected
two or three lighthouses on the Grand
Chain in the Ohio above Cairo, one of
the most dangerous and uncertain chan
nels in either river. These lights are to
be distributed at proper intervals, and
be kept burning all times at night for
the purpose of Illuminating the river
that boats may know how to steer.
The pilots have also determined %
have boxes posted at Cairo, Memphis
and Vicksburg, to which all the pilots
of the association will have keys, and
they are to be the receptacles of COM
munications between them concerning
the stage of the river, change of the
channels, &c. They have deemed it
advantageous to themselves and to the
parties aforementioned, to have these
matters arranged in the manner indi-
Gated, and will sustain the expense
themselves, for which all proper think
ing men will heartily commend them.