The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-02

Of our citizens with the old cry of in
sutliciency of our levecs. We happen to
know that the steamer Ike IIammit has
been towing bargcs laden with rock to the
points on our Mississippi levecs where any
danger could possibly exist, and much
money has been expended in making every
thing secure. The watchiu eyes of the
Trustee. Of the Cairo City Property Com
pany are always open, and as they will be
the greatest individual sufferers from AN
inundation, We feel confident that their
duty ofkecping up the levees wi be faith
fully attended to.
The river is still rising rapidly here
the rise since last report amounting to
nearly three feet.
The Mississippi is rising steadily at St
Louis, but the rise in the upper Mississippi
and In tho Missouri is not So great, thus
far go, was apprehcndcd. Ia fact the
Missouri was falling at Omaha, although
i-ing above
The Ohio is falling at Pit,sburg with II
feet water in the channel, but another rise
was expected on account of the late rains
1t WI, falling nearly all the way down to
Cincinnati. 1t is rising at the rate of three
fourths Of an inch per hour ut Louisville,
with 20 feet over the falls.
The Cumberland was rising slowly with
Is feet water oE llarpeth Shoals.
Bushes. here revived somewhat in the
matter of shipments yesterday and the
Great Republic was abletc complete full
cargo-adding a. much here ~ would have
entirely loaded an ordinary steamer
The Quickstop brought out Gj bbls
whisky, 2llj ks corn, - coops poultry, -
pkgs .undrics for the South, and consid-
cradle quantity of assorted freight for our
Cairo merchants.
Tho Mollie Rogers discharged so tons
here for Cairo merchants and re.hipmcnt
South.
The PctrolA will probably continue to
run between this city and Paducah under
the command of Capt Mike McCawley.
The fine steamer City of Evansville /.
the regular packet for Evansville thi. cvcn-
ing.
The Great Republic leave. ,hi. evening,
positively, for New Orleans.
Chas. T. llindc is agent for the above
boats.
The New York correspondent Of the
T. -. -,
for di.pacing steam by electricity and saws
that latche. planning machines, and other
mechanical arrangements are driven by
thi. power. To run AN engine of 90 horse
power by thi. invention would require only
u space of three feet long, two feet wide
and two feet high. The cost per day would
be IS cents. On steamship no coal would
be- required, and the space now used for coal
aud machinery used for cargo. The stub
born resistance of electricity to mechanical
Use heretofore has. it i. believed. been over
come, \ coniinuou. battery has been SCI
cured. and other diiiicultic, removed, prin-
cipally through the coil of the magnet.
II the invention works II, well on the large
scale ~ it doe. on the machinery 10 which
II is now applied, steamships will soon ply
the ocean under the new pfopclling power
\ machine of great capacity is being con-
structcd, and will soon be- on exhibition in
New York. The whole thing. mighty
enough 10 carry "A Cunardcr 10 Liverpool,
can BE- secured In small trunk.
The ~. Loui, Democrat ha, the follow
ing notice Of Capt. VIM. e.. Kountz and
the immense stern wheeler he /, now build.
ing "a, Pit,,hurg.
Captain William j kountl il man Of
mark in the river and commercial circles.
Hi nuWcruu, enterprises. lr,, in Pitts-
burg and subsequently IN the South and
Wet have generally met with complete
success. Among these are som. very large
steamers. and some small, the latter adapt
eel 90 Arkuu - aud Rcd fivcr,, and tu the
~. Loui. and For, Benton. The ,lcaIneys
he has built form Il long liz, which need
not be written here. We wish 10 refer
only Ia the one he j. now constructing in
the vicinity of Pi,t.burg. n stcrn-wheelcr
of grand dimensions, and which will be-
tllrrc.drch"r Ia October next she will
be completed aud start ,outhward on her
first voyage The Katie L Kountz will
have IA 30 feet keel, 237 feet length Of deck
beam - feet aud hold ~ feet. Her en-.
ginc- will bee low pr".,urc-thc Ilartupce
Moderator. She will be- provided with
four boilers in two batteries The boilers
have not been contracted for. She |. 10
he exclusively a freight boat, and will
carry LOO tons, and is not 10 draw more
than 33 inches light. She j. being con-
struc,cd of heavy materials. and will be |
divided into thirteen water tight compart- |
mcnt', so ~ 10 be- perfectly secure il the 1
hull should be broken by ,nags or any /.
10. A. -
have no guards, and two chimneys, |
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