The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-05
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RIVER NEws.-The river has faller
very rapidly, and there was but six feet
eleven inches in the channel yesterday
At Pittsburgh they have but four feet
and falling. The water is getting very
thin again.
The w. +. Curtis is doing a fine busl'
ness between this point and Pittsburgh.
She leaves tomorrow morning AT :
o'clock.
The Julia No. lost deck hand
overheard near Wellsburg on Welnes-
day night about lo o'clock. \ search
was instituted tor him after he fell over
hul his body was not found.
The steamer Michigan which has
been lying at the wharf, opposite the
Lqtrohe House, Mounlsville, for few
week, pasr, with a decayed and leaky
hull. sunk on Monday last The river
rising left her standing with the water
up over her boilers She is owned hy
Lockwood u Co.
The last coal fleet down from Pitts
hrgh got through with more than
ordinary good luck. Yet all did not
escape The towboat Hornet grounded
and sunk five barges at Bakers Island
The Lioness also sunk one barge AZ
Patton Island
The President and Director, OF the
Board OF Trade of Cincinnati intend
calling meeting in October next. in-
riting representatives OF the Chambers
Of Commerce in Pittsburgh and Wheel
ing, and all steamboatmen on the upper
Ohio and merchants interested in traffic
below the falls TO take decisive steps for
the abolishment of tolls for the passage
of the Louisville canal, which is now
- cents per ton, an outrageous tax on
the industry of the Ohio valley, and
especially upon the steamboat interests
oi the West
The great event OF the week will be
he arrival Of Captain Fink's new
packet Potomac, which will probably
reach our wharf to-day Her trip up
this time is sort OF an excursion, and
as many of our readers may not see her
We append the following description,
prepared for lis by friend, to whom
We return our hearty thanks:
She was built at Cincinnati-her
hull at the Marine Ways-is 2j7 feet
long, 81 foot beam, 81 foot hold Her
machinery was built bv c. +. Dumont,
comprising battery of five double
i'ucd boilers with concave heads) 81!
inches diameter, % feet long; her en-
zines are "a inches, y foot stroke, run
ming pair of water wheels 2S feet
diameter, l3 foot buckets by 2S inches
deep. Cabin by Thomas Glasscock, of,
Wheeling, containing all the latest and
modern improvements; 1t Is hand
SOmely furnished and has splendid ac.
commodations Another new feature
j. her "Freedmens Bureau, in the
rear end of her texas, which has been
lifted up in good style for her colorei
passengers. This is the first packet
above Cincinnati with such an institu-
lion. The cabin and upper work are
built Of clear White Pine and every stick
of the hull is selected timber. Her
Iaiutingby Riggs, carpets 10y Ringwalt;
bright ware bv Nandusen; furniture by
Bailey Il Co, and ropes and tackle by
L. i Berry h Co. Her wheel houses
are cmhellished with a beautiful paint
ing Of "Pocahontas saving the life Of
,aw. smith Her capacity is about
SIM tons, and she trims on 81 inches
water No means or expense has been
pared 10 make her the finest and best
racket ever built for this trade. She
cost about $4,000, and is owned 10y
Capt. J Fink, Louisville Mail Line, K.
i. Berry Il Co, Eli Bell, VIM. Robson,
Thos. Duff. VIM. Morrison, W. Wat
kin~. y. +. Scott, c. T. Dumont and
las. Ruuer. Her commander is an old
Goatman, having built the first Poto-
mae Louisville, &c. Capt. Amos
Davis. her pilot, is also an old veteran,
having commanded the Ohio Valley,
Wm. Butler, Golden Eagle and other
boats. Major Rice, formerly Captain
Of the 81. James, has charge of the
office. and Morrison and Eccles of her
engines. She will run in the Mail Line
10 Louisville until the fall trade COM
mence~. this being only an excursion
trip.
The Potomac will be welcomed TO
our wharf bv crowd OF citizens. She
leaves tomorrow at ; o'clock on her
return "trip. Parties going down the
river will of course avail themselves Of
this opportunity to do 50 magnificently.
The steamers Natoma and Ozark are
ior sale.
The steamer Natchez has laid mp at
New Orleans
The Utah broke shaft on her way
r.p the Mississippi TO st, Louis
The amount OF wharfage collected at
st. Louis for the month Of July was
:. .jGl 10.
The New Albany Glass Works lost
$1,000 worth of soda ash by the Silver
Spray disaster. 1t was fully insured.
The wharfage receipts for three
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