Daily globe., 1878-04-13
RIVER MATTERS.

Commodore KOuntz to Send . Boat - st
Faul-.1naueuratlon OF All Water Ship
ment OF Grain from DavenpOrt--Laid
Down In Liverpool Tor the Same Figure as
by Rail In New York,
The recent rains promise to be productive
OF fine stage of water, the gauge showing
rise OF three inches in the last twenty-four
hours, total Of five inches since the swell
commenced. and still rising.
Nothing definite was known last evening
as to the arrival of the x. N. packet Clinton,
but she was expected in this morning The
slow time of the Clinton is supposed to be
due to the very high wind of Tuesday and
Wednesday, which at times approached a
tirst-class hurricane, compelling boats to tie
up for safety.
The next packet after the Clinton will be
the Belle of Lacrosse, which left st. Louis
Tuesday afternoon. Following the Belle
will be the Dubuque, with Capt. John b.
Davis, an old time upper Mississippi captain,
but for several year9past in command Of the
government dredge boat Montana. Travel
ers by river will be glad to see Capt. John B.
on his ''natiye heath once again.
The Arkansas went into st. Louis Tues
day from this port, with 125 passengers, 100
bbls OF flour, 3,140 sacks of grain, IA head
of cattle, and large quantity of other
freight.
| The Katy 2. Kountz, ore of Commodore
Kountz' numerous boats, is to make her first
trip to st. Paul soon, probably arriving
week after next. She is to bring large
freight trip, which left Pittsburg Tuesday by
the steamer Gen. Rucker. The event
moves the ''wet end of the st. Louis Tlmts
to moralize as follows: .sThe Gar of Russia
might as well make peace with Turkey at
once, If the Katie P. Kountz concludes to
enter the trade of the upper Mississippi, the
eyes of the world will have enough to &c
watching King Davidson and Emperor
Kountz. In the event the little cray eyeG
man of destiny could sail his anchors through
to the Gulf undisturbed.''
We see by the St. Louis Times of Wed
nesday that the all water shipment Of grai1
from the Upper Mississippi Valley to Liver
pool has been inaugurated. That pape,
says that sale of 10000 bushels of grail
was made at Davenport the other day fo
direct shipment to Liverpool. 1t goes dowl
the Mississippi in barges, but will be trans
ferred to ship at New Orleans. The rat
from Davenport to Liverpool, by water, is til,
SeAA.o as AIou DdVelt1OIC " NEW 1OIh Oy Idl
viz, 4Oc. per cwt. Weare authorized by Capt
Reaney TO say that the same terms will b,
given from st. Paul, to any one wishing t
make Liverpool shipment of grain. Now
where is the buyer who will be the first t.
open up the through grain route from 81
Paul via the Father of Waters, to the Gull
and thence by old ocean to Liverpool.
The Aunt Betsey, with two barges in tow
left last evening for Diamond Bluff, for
cargo of wood.
This new thing in navigation we find il
the Washington Star: "a Baltimoreal
named Caldwell has discovered new pre-
pelling power for vessels, WI bich may possibl
play an important part in navigation. H
gave trial trip down the Chesapeake in
little boat 43 feet long and 10 feet wide, an
reports state that the experiment was sue
cess. He uses neither wheels nor screw, bu
, propels the boat by means of streams c
water forced by steam pump through pipe
which lead from the pumps to the sterr
their ends being about feet under wate
On the trial trip the pumps made $50 stroke
to the minute. each stroke driving strear
into the water at the stern of the boat. Th
, vessel made 10 knots an hour, and was easil
, managed.