The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-21
SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT.
ABOVE
Low WATEII
JAMES NJ. WATSON,

Tho JnO. y. Maud, passed to ST. Louis
with light trip.
The Schenck took one item OF 800
packages furniture.
The Laura Days is running between
Cincinnati and Pomeroy.
The Arch +. Green was aground quite
a while at PryOr's Island.
Charles Owen and Bob smith are to De
the Thompson Deans pilots.
Capt. A. j. Schenck left for home by
the Cairo and VinccHnes railrord ycstcr-
day.
There was frost at Louisville last
Tuesday morning, and tobacco growers
are uneasy.
The City OF Helena detained by low
water arrived Yesterday morning with
very good TIP for Nick.burg.
The Capitol City for Vicksburg, the
Dora Cabler tor Evansville, and the Jim
Fisk tor Paducah are the packets to-day,
Captain James Il. Eads contempates
building another dredgc boat like the
Bayley, lately completed, but much
lighter.
The Archn =. Gree put OLA lot Of fur
niture and sundrlcs ana has a GOOD trip
Tor the south. She is to run in the upper
White river and is commanded by her
owner Captain Woodbury..
The tow boat \. j. Bakel, was let
into the river from the Paducah marine
ways Oh Monday last alter having re-
ceived a new hull and having been
otherwise thoroughly repaired.
The L. =. Schenck got away for New
Orleans at 6 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The tug Sam Groendykc arrived from
the Ohio at a. IN. with the barge the
Schenck was waiting for, and returned
to the Ohio.
The elegant steamer Grand Republic,
the largest and finest river steamboat in
the world, was burned to the waters
edge at St. Louis Wednesday night at
Il o'clock. The steamer Carondcltt,
which lay alongside the Republic, was
also burned.
Gen. Dumont, United States Superyis.
ing inspector Of steamboats, at Washing
ton, recommends the reduction of fees
now charged upon licensed officers of
steamboats,. The present charge Oh
these officers is S2j. 1t is believed that
the surplus Of the past year, which
would Justify a reduction Of about q
per cent, is Sj3 900.
The stcrn>whceler COrnie Brandon,
built at New Albany for the Red river
trade, to connect with the Cairo and
Fulton railroad, is 100 feet long, Is feet
beam and 3 feet hold. She has eight
staterooms, bar and Office, and will com.
fortably carry 500 bales Of cotton. She
will be commanded by Capt. VIM. Ba-
ker, the owner. She is due here now
from Louisville,
The new Red river packet Alexandria,
which passed here night before last, is
said to be one OF the best light.draft
steamers turned ont this season. She is
lG2 feet long, IS feet beam, 1 feet hold;
carrying capacity, 1000 bales cotton.
She IS owned by the New Orleans and
Red River Transportation company, and
is to run during low water between New
Orleans and Shreveport.
The machinery Of the Golden Rule was
sold at auction at Cincinnati on We'd
nesday. Captains Nint and o. =.
Shinkle purchased the engines, boilers,
doctor, anchors and chains for $1,000.
The engines are Is inches in diameter,
feet stroke, and the boilers are &c feet
long, and / inches in diameter. Capt.
Henry A. Jones purchased the yawl for
SO, and Mr.. Arthur G.. Moor got the
donkey engine for SO.
PIrTsRuRG, Pa. September l9.-Thc
Monongahcla has risen q few inches
| since last report, the marks tonight
| registering ) feet in the channel. The
rise Is principally from the Youghio-
gheny. The first craft to leave the
lower landing was the towboat Relief.
for Wheeling. On the tall opening OF
navigation there WILDE n daily packet
line to Wheeling. The coalboat wreck
Just above Market street has been re-
moved, and the landing is now clear.
Freight and passenger steamers intend
ing to come to Pittsburg for business
should begin to move along, as we
must have plenty Of water In week or
two. There is plenty of freight ready
for shipment.
The &. W. Anderson brought out 2l0
sacks bran, $50 dry barrels, GO bales hay
ard a large lot of furniture and sundrics.
Captain Burch, OF the L. S. snag boat
S. II. Long,is a passenger on the Danube
south to look at the river, and proposes
to accept n position in his old occupation
as pilot. The lack OF appropriations to
carry on the snag boat work drives him
to seek other employment In the mean
time the bends are filling with obstruc-
tons, navigation suffers, and the snag,
boats are wasting their sweetness IN the
Mound City harbor. 1t Is to be hoped
that the next session OF congress will do
something for this arm of the service as
| It Is OF the greatest importance to navi.
CATION.
The news of the burning OF the Grand
Republic and Carondelet night before
last at st, Louis created profound sur
prise and regret. 1t is probable there
will never be another Grand Republic.
The mngnihcence OF her cabin