The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-21
RIVER NEWS,


the "a hours ending at 10 A. NJ, with
II feet l inch in the channel.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, Pa, Nov. 21-S:45 A. NJ
River feet inches and rising slowly.
Weather cool, with drizzling rain. Their
mometer A. Wind north.
BROWNSVILLE, PA. Nov. 21-9:23 AN {.
River 6 ieet aud rising slowly.
Weather cloudy. Thermometer AZ.
PITTsBURG. Nov. 21-12:22 A. M
River 6 feet inches and rising. Ther.
mometer 46. Wind west. Weather
cloudy.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, ,Nov.21-10 :30A. M.
-KanaWha r yer 4S inches and rising
slowly. Thermometer 50. Weather
cloudy. Wind southeast.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The large side-wheel steamer Andy
Baum is the Memphis packet, leaving
tomorrow. Capt. Ii. Vinton commands,
and Mr.. M. NJ. Deem has charge of her
office. -. The Bostona arrived this MORN
ing and will return to Huntington this
afternoon. ... The United States arrived
from Louisville this morning, and
will return this evening The
Bonanza arrived this morning, and re.
turned to Portsmouth at noon. -. The
Exchange arrived this morning, and
will return this evening to Pomeroy
Capt. Shunk's Mary Miller is receiving
at the wharf for st. Louis -. The Ben.
Franklin, from Madison, arrived
this morning, and will return this
afternoon. 49,. The City of Portsmouth
will leave for Chilo this afternoon.
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Cincinnati, passed Vicksburg last even
ing. New Orleans Picayune, Sunday:
"The steamer A. G. Donnally, for Gin
cinnati, had about 500 tons miscellan.
eous freight, part of her cargo being
sugar ana molasses Tor Cincinnati"
The Hudson arrived last night and will
return to Wheeling this morning The
b. II. Cooke arrived last night from EY.
ansville. She will return tomorrow
.... The Exchange reshipped 1,060 kegs
nails on the United States TO Louisville
this morning. . The Bonanza brought &c
head of cattle and 800 hogs down this
morning. She had one of the largest
trips OF the season.
TOwBOAT MOVEMENTS.
U. s. Local Inspectors Fisher and De.
Yenny yesterday inspected and tested
the Alex. Swift, and she will leave foI
Steubenville to-day with thirteen empty
barges. Pilots, James Prather and VIM
| Gosney. Her boilers were submitted tC
| a hydr0static pressure Of 244 pounds
and she is permitted to carry 1853 pounds
steam. =. The boilers of the harb0r tow
boat Kate Waters were also tested. Hy.
drostatic pressure, 225 pounds; steam,
$50 pounds The Whale arrived at II
O'Clock last night and proceeded to
Pittsburg this morning. She discharged
large amount Of freight at the loot OF
Main street. The Ed. Hobbs was ia
leave st. Louis for Wheeling this morn
ing with three barges drawing AZ feet,
loaded with red ore. The Robert Pee.
bles arrived this morning from Pomeroy
with a miscellaneous tow. The Robin
will leave for Louisville this evening
with tow of empty barges.
BOAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
When the Cons. Millar left Memphis
she had fair list OF people, 400 bales OF
cotton, 100 brls cotton seed oil, 13 brls
iron, and good lot Of way freight
Cotton is shipped from Shreveport and
New Orleans by rail to Galveston, and
thence by steamship across the Gulf al
$4 per bale. u. S. Local Inspectors
Fisher and DeVenny yesterday in
spected the little passenger steamer
Mile hoperbs, giving her q hydrOstatl(
pressure of 1877 lbs, and allowing hel
to carry 1875 lbs. steam. The
Mile Roberts is a diminutive stern
| wheeler, just completed at Newport
KY, measuring but 4 SO 100 tons. She is
designated for harbor packet, and, il
not successful, may go South to seek her
fortune. She presents rather neat ap.
pearance. Her dimensions are, length
AZ feet, beam feet inches, depth 2 fee t.
She has one fre-box boiler, s feet I
containing twenty flues, each inches in
diameter, two engines, cylinders each
inches in diameter and 20 inches stroke,
| She runs and handles we'll. Her draught
of water is but inches. =. Joseph Alex
ander and James Hambleton were the
Whales pilots from here, and James
Prather and VIM. Gosney are the Alex
Switps pilots.