The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-09
RIVER NEws.-The river commenced

swelling slightly last evening under the
continuous rains of yesterday, and the
the marks at dark indicated six feet five
inches in the channel At Pittsburgh
the river was rising on Saturday, with
four feet ten inches in the channel.
The famous steamer Major Anderson
will be at the wharf this morning. She
leaves for Cincinnati tomorrow after
noon, at 8 o'clock.
The Petrolia did not arrive from
Pittsburgh Yesterday. Our impression
is that she will occupy the days hereto
fore had by the Belle, and will leave
hereafter on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
The new steamer to take the place of
the Express, in the Parkersburgh and
Wheeling trade, has been dubbed Sir
Knight, out Of compliment to the
Knights Templars, we presume.
There is talk of the Hudson with
drawing from the Wheeling and Gin
cinnati trade, and running between
Parkersburg and Pittsburgh. Captain
Russell says that Wheeling merchants
prefer aiding boats owned in Pittsburgh
who are trying TO drive Wheeling pack
cts out of the trade, and he is willing
to be driven. We doubt this policy on
the part of our merchants. Just as
soon as the boats owned in Pittsburgh,
by taking freight at very low rates,
drive our packets to seek other trade,
why up goes the price Of freight and
then they will stop here only when they
have to. You generally find Pitts
burgh men patronizing their own boats.
Wheeling men might take lesson
from Pittsburgh in this
The Belle Vernon left St Louis,
Thursday, for Pittsburgh with $50 tons
of Pilot Knob iron ore for Ashland Ky.
Captain Z. A. Sheble, Superlntend-
ent of the ST. Louis and Peoria Packet
Company, has chartered the steamer
Beardstown to Captain Carter, of Lit
tie Rock, to run in the Memphis and
Arkansa, river trade.
Captain John Edison has chartered
the Gallant for three months to run be-
tween Memphis ,and Devall's Bluff, in
connection with the Little Rock rail
road of last week.
On Sunday the little excursion steam
er Oriole blew ont a cylinder-head at
mouth of Rock river a piece struck
the second engineer on the leg, inflict-
ing serious wound. Another man
was slightly scalded by the escaping
steam. The Oriole was disabled by the
accident, and was secured to the shore
and left The party made their way
to Davenport in skitf
Hattie IIorr is the name Of the new
steamer building on the Missouri oppO-
site Kansas City. The keel has been.
laid upon the ways, and the timber and
machinery is upon the ground. j.
McAlpinc, the builder Of this boat, is
confident of being able to launch the
first Kansas-huilt steamboat before the
lst Of May.
The new steamer Red Wing had an
excursion party Of two hundred from
Red Wing to St Paul and back, and
she was presented with one OF the most
beautiful flags that ever Haunted over
the waters of the Mississippi. The St
Paul Press SAYS: "Shc will have her
full share OF business on the Upper
Mississippi, without regard To the oppo-
stion she may encounter.
Boat YARDS ALL FCL"-During the
last few months number of Southern
and Western boamcn have visited
Pittsburgh to contract for boats, and
went away without doing so, from the
fact that the yards around Pittsburgh
are all full. We don't know OF a single
builder that has room for one boat until
some of those run on the stocks are
launched. When 4 boat is contracted
for, there is always a specified time to
have the job done, and our builders did
right in refusing to make a promise they
could not keep.-PMSJmyh Commercial.