The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-15
R,vrR NEws-The river here has

fallen SO little during the past three
days as to be reckoned almost station
cry. The marks last evening indicated
five feet ten inches Of water in the chan
mel. At Pittsburgh the river is acting
very funnily, il we may credit the tele-
graphic reports. On Saturday three
feet nine inches and falling and yester-
day three feet eleven inches and fall
ing" were the reports. If it keeps on
falling, with an increase of eight inches
in three days, it won't be long till the
river will be bank full.
The Major Anderson arrived on time
yesterday, with big trip Of freight
and passengers. She leaves this after
noon at three o'clock for Cincinnati.
There is no packet that leaves our port
so popular with the travelling public as
the Anderson. And could it be other
wise with Charley Muhleman in COM
mand and Ed. Muhleman in the Office ?
If you want to 90 to Cincinnati i" style
take the Anderson.
The splendid Express is to-day $ Par
kersburg packet. Size leaves this
morning at II o'clock. If YOU want to
makethe tripto Parkersburg pleasantly
and speedily, 90 with Capt. Phil. An
shutz, on the Express.
The Hope will leave for Matamoras
at 10 o'clock this morning The Sci
ence being laid up for repairs, the Hope
has this trade all TO herself and Capt.
Williamson Is winning hosts Of friends
bv Iii. attention u the wants of ship
pers aud passengers. He is a clever
gentleman and We are glad to hear Of
MS success.
John Chinaman has taken possession
of he the shops East, the gold mines
West. the plantations South, is crowd
ing domestics out North, and latterly
gained footing on the river. A Chi
nese junk has appeared of Memphis,
much to the consideration Of the natives.
1t is an odd-looking cadune, covered
with Chinese hyeroyIyphics on the extc-
rior, and ornamcnted with strange de-
vices inside. One of the doors present
ed the fgure OF a heather Chinee, under
which was inserted "Prince-of Kung-E-
chang-Wang.' 1t is on its travels, and
who knows but these heathenish Chi
ness intentions may be to monopoize
the cheap freight business hereafter.
''For ways that are dark and
Tricks that are vain,
The heather Chinee is peculiar"
We clip the following items from the
Cincinnati Enquirer Of yesterday
One of the two keel boats stuck in
Four Mile, Saturday, loaded with brick,
succeed in getting of yesterday.
Two barges are reported stuck in the
head Of Charleston bar.
While the Steamer Mountain Belle
was lying at the wharfboat at Ironton,
last Saturday evening, an unknown
passenger who boarded the boat at
Greenupsburg walked off the guards
and was drowned before assistance
could reach him.
Near three months ago Captain
Smith, with his tow-boat Webster, left
! Steubenvi!le, Ohio. with five barges
loaded to six feet with coal in tow. At
Marietta Island the Captain sunk one
barge, which was raised with much
/ difficulty. but 10y this time the water
had got so low that he was compelled
to lay up in the mouth of the Little
Kauawha for another rise, which did
not occur Tor over two months. Last
week he started out with his tow Of five
barges, hoping to get here on the swell,
but in coming through Burlington Is
| land he had the misfortune to sink
another barge on the lower bar, and
grounded two more near the island.
The Webster, with her remaining two
barges are laying up below the foot Of
Burlington.