The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

RIVER zNEMs.zThe river il rising
slowly. v it'll niae feet eight inches in the
channel. At Pittsburgh there are SIX
feet, and rising; at Gil City foity-sizz
inches and rising, and at Bfownsyille
four fcetand stationery. 7 Z or. T9L
! The Major Anderson was loading last
evening for Cincinnati, She will leave
at 3 O'clock this afternoon, offering a
splendid opportunity for those who wish
to 60 to Cincinnati, to go in frtt7class
style, on o first-class boat and with f1st-
class officers, oW --Tlo-y 5.s "a 5FrI7 q
The w. F. Curtis is loading for New
Orleans. This may be the last opportu-
nifty for our shippers to get their freight
below the falls until spring, and they
will not be slow to avail themselves OF
it. The Cnrtis has fine passenger ac-
commodations. For freight or passage
apply on board or to T. iMong, Monroe
street, agent. 'goB 20 y" ~ .astl
The favorite packet Science will leave
this morning for Matamoras and inter
mediate points at 10 o'clock. With Capt.
Muhleman in command and Admiral
Huseman, long-legged, accommodating
and attentive in the Office, passengers
may be assured of comfort, speed and
safety. .
The fine steamer Hope will depart
this morning at ten o'clock for Mounds
vile, Ma'amogas and intermediate
points. The Hope is one of the safest
and most comfortable packets leaving
this port. Passengers and shippers will
find her officers able and attentive.
Tho old wharfboat of the Keokuk
Packet Company was sold at st. Louis
to Mr.. Scribner, aud will be lowed 10
Louisville and loaded with cement for
the st. Louis Bridge Company.
The new hoatsin process Of cosstruc'
ton by. the Northern Line Packet
Company will be finished and ready to
commence drumming by the time of the,
opening of navigation. Ono of them;
intended for the trade between Daven.
port and Fort Madison, will be 30 or
2l5 feet long, SO feet broad. and Will il
is thought, be named the Rock Island.
The other two are intended for the reg 2
ular line between st. Louis and st. Paul.
One will be 245 feet leDg, and SO feet in
breadth, and the other 234 feet long, and
81 feet broad. The aggregate cost of
the three boats will be nearly $500, 900.
TIE barge of wheat sunk on the 18th
of Novem Der, by the steamer Dubuque,
was partly raised on the 9th inst, and
loated into the slough The barge
when sunk contained $500 bushels of
wheat, about 5000 bushels Of which had
been scoaped ont of the hold and saved
in a damaged condition by the contact
ing parties, Mont, Woodstock & Co.,
who took the job from the insurance.
com apy fer three-fourtbs of the grain
obtaiued, a portion of which has been
sold for 25c. and Soc. per bushel. The
barge was hoated of between two flat
boats, and will be run ashore, where
operations can be coniisued more tatis-
lactorily. When the barge sunk it was
supposed to be total less.
The Nashville Union ofSatnrday says:
The Robert Moore departed yesterday
with a goodly number Of passengers,
but little freight. Lord Palmerston has
engaged for her, however, one hundred
tons of pig iron for Pittsburgh and fifty
tons blooms, with carte blanche for all
tho iron she can carry to Cincinnati.
Her first trip will gladden. thu hearts of
the "home Office"
The condition of the w. r. Arthur is
not so bad as at first reported. 1t is
thought she can be saved, and the Sub
marine No. IA has gone to her assistance
rom Cairo. The Arthur was insured
for S35, 000-S2,000 each in the Mer-
chants aud Manufacturers, and Cit
zens', of Pittsburg; $4,000 in the Com
mercisl, of Chicago, and the rest in
Eastern companies. Captain W. ]. Rusk
her commander, and Captain A. Byers,
of the Armadillo, owned one.half of the
boat.