The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17

Main street.
RIVER News The Emma came down
from Pittsburgh on Saturday with fair
"Trip. She reports but four feet of water
in the channel. there, and falling. The
regular packets all had good trips out.
The Express is the regular Parkersburg
packet this morning She leaves at II
o'clock.
The marks here show six feet five
inches of water and falling.
Captain Amos Davis, of the Golden
Eagle, was detained at his home in
Wheeling by severe attack of erysipe-
las in the head last trip, Chris. Young is
in charge in his absence.
The st. Marye, twenty-four hours be-
hind time, arrived from Pittsburgh
about 2 P. NJ. yesterday, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer of Saturday, having a
good freight trip. Captain Sweeney
avowed his intention to return again
last night, in order to gain the boats
regular time, and she doubtless got
away during the night.
The men engaged in removing dam
aged freight from the wreck of the
Cheyenne at Cincinnati, on Friday,
found the body Of colored man in the
hold, just aft the hatch. From the pc.
sition of the body, it is supposed he was
making his way out when caught by the
smoke and suffocated. The body was
but little burned, ard was recognized as
that of a roustabout named Wright,
who had been employed on the boat.
He doubtless went into the hold to
sleep.
The Hesper has entered the Usage
river trade.
The new cabin of the Thompson Dean
will be completed before her return to
St Lonis.
The Milbrey brought the largest trip
for ten years back out Of the Cumber-
land river recently. She had Do hogs
heads and 10000 pounds of tobacco.
The short-line packets between Du-
buque and st. Paul are reducing ex-
penses. The Hawkeye cut down the
wages of her cabin crew from $50 to $40
per month, whereupon the indignant
crew departed to hunt more lucrative
employment.
The low pressure steamer Galatea has
concluded to try another trade. She
will have some necessary alterations
made in her machinery, and will then
leave for New Orleans to enter the coast
trace. 81. Hemingway will retain
command. ..
The ST. Nicholas, sunk in view of
Natchitoches, Louisiana, since Christ
mas last, aud lying placidly straight
and even, has had TO succumb to the
food: On last Saturday evening her
whole upper works, pilot-hOHse and
texas gave way with the heavy current
and drift and floated off past the town.
Nothing now remains in sight of the st.
Nicholas.
Colonel Merrill, United States Army,
has reported to the Mayor of st. Louis
against the dyke at Grand Chain, six
miles above the city, as calculated to OBJ.
struct instead of improving that harbor.
The city has expended million and a
half on this work.
The st. Louis Democrat of Thursday
says:
Our advices represent the river rapid
ly falling sill at St. Paul and slower
below, with freights at low figure, on
account of competition. Heavy rains
fell on all the upper rivers. Missouri
falling at and below Sioux City, and ris.
ing at Benton, Muscle Shoals, &C., and
all the mountain steamers heard from,
are hurrying along in "apple-pie ORDER"
as he saying is. Here we have matters
pretty active, but business at st. Louis
and with the Mississippi and tributaries
is in its infancy yet.
II will be seen by the following that
pilots are required to have both q State
and United States license.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March q.
J. S. briggs, Special Deputy Collector Of
Customs, JdcksoRriIlf, Florida:
SIR am in receipt of ysur letter
of the 18th of January last, stating that
the recent Legislature of Your State
having passed an act for the regulation
of pilots and pilotage, whereby the
Governor is authorized to appoint a
Board of Commissioners of Pilotage,
whose duty it shall be 70 examine pilots
and grant licenses, for which service
they are allowed to charge So" and
iDquiring whether their United States
license do not protect them from this
eIamiDation. FL
I reply that the act Of Congress ap-
proved February Is, 1867, chap. eight
three, gives full authority to any State
70 enforce its laws on the subject of pi-
lotage Of vessels entering or leaving a
port within such State. Such State,
however, can not relieve a pilot from bis
obligation TO procure license from the
United States Inspector in accordance
with the act Of Congress approved Au.
gust 30, 1852. When State Jaws on this
IN beet exist, neither q license by ID.
limited States Inspectors nor By the
state authorities of itself will qualify q
pilot to ply his avocafiOn on steam yes
sells; either license is intellectual with
out the other.
Very respectfully,
JF HARTLEY,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
+ The Armsdillo, from ST. Paul, is on
her wal up. She has 267 pigs Of lead
for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Theirs are three tOTbOafs aud twenty
-, ,ba Iron Pile. I.aloyy ST Louis I