Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25
River News.

Nuulutf oil NDgS tnat frequent tue
levcc, destroying grain within their
reach. Let freight be protected by
all means from the attacks OF the
little mischief makers.
The Plain City is being wrecked.
Her chimneys and a portion OF the
machinery have been removed,
The Dexter is advertised as o
Saturday packet from View Orleans
to V~icksburg, to leave with the
Natcnez and Pargoud.
In the year 1868 will be recorded
the latest date on record Of the
close OF navigation at this point.
On the 9th OF December, was the
latest date a boat left this place un-
I'll this year. Last evening the Ad-
die johnson came up from La
Crosse with a respectable amount
Of freight and returned Today. The
river opposite this place has been
rising for the past three days. 1t
Is almost entirely free from floating
Ice, and navigation is uDobstructed
to the foot Of Lake Pepin.-lW WI.
mona MINI Republican, 18th.
A st. Louis exchange says: az
Shippers are inclined TO hold
back for even lower rates, but w
can on good authority answer them
that an advance will likely take
place on Monday. The rate at
present is low, even though there
is a good stage Of water to Cairo.
The river continues 10 rise. though
q cold spell would drive It down,
and demoralize. the channel quickly.
Rates TO New Orleans hold firm at
zoe on -four to- New Orleans and
other freights in proportion. The
upper rivers are reported declining
rapidly.
FRESH FORECAST OF THE WEATH-
BR IN EUROPE the weather
prOphets-says a London journal
Of November Is who announce
the approach Of an exceptionally
severe winter Is the writer Of the
agricultural article In the Paris
Patrie, NJ. Hewze, who brings for
ward a long array Of statistics in
support of his representations.
According to his theory peculiarly
cold winters recur with almost I'M
varying regularity every ten years,
and, ii his data are correct, the facts
certainly seem to afford fair
grounds for his assertion. Fhns,
in lGGg, the frost was SO sever0Ihat
in many parts of France vino was
frozen In the cellars ; in 1893 there
were forty-nine days Of unbroken
frost; 1909 the Seine, the Loire,
and many other rivers were com
pletely covered with ice; the win.
ters Of 1919 aud 1929 were unpreee.
dentGd in severity and in the misery
they entailed upon the poor classes ;
while, In more recent days the win
ter OF 1910 (the only case in which
his calculation proves wrong by
one year, will long be remember
ed for It's flfty-nine days of frost Of
which twenty-seven were consecu-
tive, the coolest day being hat on
which the second funeral Of Napo-
leon took place. Again, in 1859,
the thermometer fell to twenty dc.
grees ceStigrade below freezing
point, equivalent to four degrees
Fahrenheit below zero.
On this principle of decenial re-
\ currence the anthOr warns us TO
prepare for a season Of extreme
rigor.
The weather was cold yesterday,
with o heavy frost in the morning.
White frost is said to be a prccur-
sor Of early rain and from appear
ances Of yesterday, we would not
be surprised IL the saying were ver-
fled IN this instance ; Il so, look
out for 8 bad Christmas. The lev
ee' was a scene of hustle aud confu.
sion all day, piles of freight lying
accumulated on the wharf. Well
il Is that clear weather prevails, or
Ia deplorable state of affairs would
exist there. The Forsyth was dis
charging ashore all the forenoon,
no room for freight being admitted
on the wharfbOats. The Rubicon
has a large cargo, which has 10 seek
the shore at once, upon her arrival,
The levee and the streets, generally,
In many places, were almost impas-
sable from the tough, sticky, frozen
condition Of the mud. Late We'd
nesday evening, draymen were Of
fered seventy-five cents per bale TO
haul cotton, or Two dollars per
load, aud but few cared to dray,
upon those terms. The river con-
i, tinues TO swell.
A darkey wishing to lay in
Christmas supplies, visited the
Merchants Wharfboat, Wednesday,
and having examined some nice
side meat, concluded he would sup
ply his wants and started of with
II, happy, doubtless, with the salts
faction that "cold penury' would
not hold his larder in allegiance, II
such really were his thoughts, he
was only to be allowed a short in
diligence IN them, for scarcely had
he reached the outer guards OF the
boat than he was observed by the
Waterman, who advanced rather
h~urricdly, as Tito assist him with
his "wclghty cherge." Such kind
ness was too much for the "man
aid brother for he was 50 much
overcome that he actually lost his
equilibrium, anil ,lraightway iutA.
river he and the bacon went. n.
he has HOT made his appearance, ID
Is supposed that he il looking for
1.-THE bacon at the bottom Of twenty
feet Of water.
The Shrcyc, fTom St. Louis, add
ed 80 passengers, 10 head Of stock
aud number OF wagons.
The Calumet did not get OIL till
yesterday evening. lGr guards