The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-25
RIVER NEWS.

The river was falling last evening with
8 feet | | inches in the channel.
The Courier left for Parkersburg at
the usual hour yesterday morning.
The Exchange, from Pittsburgh for
Cincinnati, passed down yesterday.
The K. X. Hudson, from Cincinnati,
is due this afternoon.
The Express is the Parkersburg boat
this morning at 10! o'clock.
The Hudson will leave for Cincinnati
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The Carrie Brooks will leave for Pitts
burgh Sunday morning.
THE NEW STEAMBOAT LAW.
Captain e W. Gould, who is in Wash
ington City, writes from that place t"
the st. Louis Republican relative to the
new steamboat law as follows:
sin answer to your question or request,
| NAV say, in kind of general way, the
object OF the committee has been to pro-
vide law that would insure reasonable
security to life and property without
so taxing or embarrassing the
owners of steamboats, that their
properly would be worse than useless
thus driving all capitalists out OF the
business. Also, to prevent every man
who might have worthless patent from
going to Congress or to the Supervising
Inspectors, and getting law passed
making it necessary for all steam vessels
to buy them at cost. Also, to provide by
law some things now left to be- determin-
ed by the Same Supervising Inspectors.
Also, to make the certificate of inspection
Drin,a fa,ia evidence in court that the
vessel i, equipped as set forth in her GER
tifcate. And if there is any one more
important feature to the West thsn
another. it is extending the operation of
the law of 1851 to inland waters,
that now only applies to oceans and
lakes. That law, Is YOU know
limits the liability OF all carriers
on the ocean and lakes, and has been the
law of England for more than fifty years.
And there can be no reason why its pro-
visions should not be extended to West
crn rivers,
1t is on account Of this section that
Mr.. Conkling has arrayed himself against
the bill. | might notice another import
ant change proposed By the bill, in de-
tcrmning the amount vi steam that shall
be carried on all boilers built after It's
passage. The quality Of iron dotcrmin-
cd by its tensile strength is to fix the
maximum pressure Of steam, thus en-
couraging the making of good iron and
the use of it by owners, even though 1t
cost higher price.
BY Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, December 24.-Riucr :
feet and falling slowly. Weather clear
and cool.
LOUISVILLE, December 24.-River :
feet , inches in canal and feet inches
in the Indian chute. Arrivcd-Shippcr
Own and Tom Sherlock, Cincinnati; }.
D. Parker, Memphis; Lioness and tow,
Cairo. Departcd-Shippers Own, Evans
vile; Sherlock, New Orleans; Parker,
Cincinnati. Weather clear and cold.
CIYC1NxATI, December 24-River IS
8 inches and rising. Weather clear and
cold. Arrived-Andes, Wheeling; Nash
vile, Tennessee river. Departed-H. :,
Turner, Memphis, Juniata, Pittsburgh.
EVANSVILLE, December 24.-Weathcr
clear; mercury 30 to 80; river Iisen 9
inches, with 9 4-le feet on the guagc.
Down-Etna, Dick johnson, Little Cam
dor and barges, Bowling Green, Morn
ing Star. Up Idle Wild. George Rob
crt>, Cherokee. Business fair The
Cherokee had over 600 tons and dis
charged largely here.
= CAIRO, December 24-Arrived-A. j
Baker, St. Louis. Dcpartcd-Genevivu
st. Louis; Lady Lee, Nicks hurgh. River
5 feet IL inches and rising. Weather
clear and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, December 2i.-Arrived-
Jasper, Cairo; Capital City, Nicksburg;
Tom Means, Ohio river. Departed
Nellie Peck, NickShurg; 81. Joseph,
Memphis; Wild Duck, Cairo; Hobbs,
Wheeling; Swift, Cincinnati. River
stationary; weather clear and pleasant.
FEREELs is the place for cheap dry
goods and carpets now.