The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-30

The marks At the landlng lh5L eVeh-
ing showed 8 feet inches and station
airy.
The wharfage receipts at Cincinnati
last week, were $3.50.
The Exchange from Pittsburgh for
Cincip natl, is due here tonight.
The Carrie Brooks is due here tonight
en route for Marietta she will 60 to
GAINESVILLE if the Muskingum is open.
The Courier arrived from Cincinnati
Yesterday She returns to-day.
The Express departed for Par kerburg
yesterday morning.
The Market Boy, O'Neal and Teie-
graph are making regular trips.
The Mallie Rsgon is tO-dsy's Psker5'
burg packet.
The J. n. Camden with tow passed
down yesterday. ..
The Harrison passed down Yesterday
with two barges or cosl
Business about the landing continues
brisk, and considerable freight is piled
up along the leyee.
The Nail City passed down Yesterday,
| for the mouth OF the hanswha, where
she will try TO raise suuken barge.
A tow passing up Saturday night ran
into the sunken barge above the bridge,
but it was too late to ascertain what
damage was done.
Steamboat owners, and especially the
coal men, are very indignant at the pro-
posed attempt of the government to COL
let an enrolling tax on what few boats
| they have been able TO save from destruc-
ton By ice and flood, and threaten to re.
sist it.
The steamer U. p. Schenck
from New Orleans has freight
for this end Of the river as
follows: Wheeling-Ten hogsheads OF
sugar. Steubenville-Five hogsheads OF
sugar. Observation-Disclosures barrels
of molasses.
The divers have been at work exsmIn-
ing the Andes. IT was found that the
starboard side for about forty feet is
pretty badly stove in. The cabin Is a
complete wreck, and but little of it can
be saved II has not yet been definitely
settled whether she will be raised or not.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
by Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, January 29.-Rwer !
feet inches and falling. Weather clear
and mild.
EVANSVILLE, January z9.-Wcathol
cloudy; mercury 80 10 So. River 81
and $40 feet spd falling fast. Down
Robert Mitchell and Idlewiid. Up
Maggie Smith, Grey Eagle, Bowling
Green. Business moderate.
LOUISVILLE, January 29- Weather
warm and clear. Down-Cherokee, New
Orleans. River falling with 10 feet
inches IN the canal.
VIcKsBURG, January 29.-River rose
80 inches since Saturday. Weather
mild. No boats up or ten
NEW ORLEANS, January 29-Arrived
Golddusi, Ohio river. Departed-Bee
st. Louis. Weather clear and cold.
CAIRO, January 29.-Arrived-Andy
Baum, Cincinnati. Departed-Oil Val
ley, South; Evansville, Nashville; Alice
Brown, New Orleans; Andy Baum, Gin
cinnsti. River SO feet inches and fall.
ing. Weather cloudy; mercury 81 deg
CISCINxATI, January 29.-River %
feet 4 inches and falling. Weather mild
Arriyed-Emma Graham, Pittsburgh;
A. &. Donuelly, New Orleansi Hudson,
Wheeling. Departed-Emma Graham,
Pittsburgh.
MEMPHIS, January 29.-River rose
S inches and now stands at 90 feet
Weather cloudy; mercury go. Arrived
Maumele Arkansas river; Shinkle,
Cincinnati; Illinois, Vicksburg. De-
parted-Ruth, white river; Golden Rule,
and Tale, New Orleans. The latter last
night IN attempting TO land at the mouth
OF Wolf river, run into the st. Bernard {
Goa! fleet, sinking four bsrges and Cal
houn's produce boat from the OHIO river,
which is total loss.