The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-19
River News.

The m arks at the landing last evening
| showed 4 feet inches and falling.
The Science departed on time for
Parkersburg.
The Ragon resumes her place to-day
in the Parkersburg trade.
The Express passed down yesterday
with tair trip, having on board party
of excursionists for East Liverpool.
The Hudson arrived, yesterday from
Cincir natl. She returns to-day.
The Geo. Roberts passed up yesterday
afternoon, with the steamer Gypsy and
two barges in tow. The wheel of the
Gypsy WAS torn oil
A suit of interest to all steambOatmen
and, in some measure, to all commercial
men in the great valleys of the Ohio,
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, has just
been commenced in the United Ststes
Circuit Court for the District OF Ken
lucky, at Covington, wherein the Gin
cinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandy and
Pomeroy Packet Company have insti-
tuted suit in chancery against the
Board of trustees OF Catlettsburg, KY,
Tor So 092 of wharfage fees, collected by
the officers OF the Board from the COM
psnys boats since January ], 1870. such
ices have been collected under town
ordinance passed in accordance with the
following provision in the charter of the
town OF CatIettsburg, which authorizes
the Bogrd of Trustees ITO erect, make
and repair whsrves and docks, and to
regulate and tx the rate of wharfage
thereat; to regulate the ststioning or an
choring Of vessels or boats or RATS within
the town limits, and the depositIng of
freight or lumber on the public wharves'
The company takes the broad ground
that under the Constitution of the Uni.
ted States Congress alone has the power
To regulate commerce. That the States are
specially prohibited, unless by the Con-
sent of Cong from imposing any duty
on tonnage, and that this so-called wharf.
age Is clearly tonnage tax. That the
Ohio river is one of the great highways
of commerce in the United States, and
the boats, for whose landing this duty
was imposed and collected, were and still
are engaged in the transportation of srtl-
Giles OF commerce between the States
bordering upon this great river And
that TO acknowledge the validity of such
an ordinance would be TO render the
mighty commerce of the Ohio river an
easy prey TO every rspscious little city
or town council along lis bsnks-to put
the regulation of commerce and the levy.
ing of tonnage duties in the hands of
every riverside village constable and JUS
tlce of the peace. The result of the case
is awaited with some considerable anx-
iety.
by Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, May lS.-River 3 feet
4 inches and stationary. Weather cloudy
and warm.
CAIRO, May 18.-Jos. Walton, St.
Louis; Ksnswhs and Anderson, n ash
vile. Depsrted-Ksnswhs, ST.. LOUIS.
Weather clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, May ls.-River falling
with feet Inches in the canal. Weather
warm. Depsrted-Lsurs Davis, st.
Louis; Dean, Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, MsyI l9.-River II feet
5 inches and falling. Weather warm
and clear. Arrived-M ollIs Moore, St.
Louis. Depsrted-Courier, Wheeling.
ST. LOUIS, May S.-Arrived-War
Eagle, Keokuk; Future City and barges,
New Orleans. Departed-Clinton, St.
Paul; War Eagle, Keokuk. River has
rises inches. Weather clear and hot.
EVANSVILLE, May ls.-Weather
clear; mercury &c to IS degrees; wind
from the south and east. River l6 10
feet on the gauge and falling. Port List
.Up-Alice Brown and tow, Maggie
Smith. Down-Tsrsscon, James Gil. |
more and tow, Charles Morgan, Cons
Millar. Business dull. |