Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-18

Olive Branch passed. This oo.
CURED on wednesday, the 18th.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the
18th, says that the river al that
place had ihlien,. the day be-
fore, is inches, with about three
and a half feet on the worst bars.
St Louis Democrat Of the l4th,
says:
The river ls swelling; has been
swelling steadily here for over two
days. The Illinois Il up and navi-
CATION uninterrupted from the
mouth to Lasalle. We have no
boats running higher than Naples.
The Missouri Is IN a fair condt-
ton
Some Of The East ST. Louis folks
predict a tremendous ireshet next
spring. In that event, they be-
lieve the river will switch over to
tie old channel Of 1851, between
Bloody Island and the Illinois
shore aud leave our present steam
boat landing high aud dry half a
mile to the west, in which event
the Illinois folks will try to keep
It there. That would be bad for
ST. Louis.
ExCiTEMgNN ON THE ONO ABOUT
FAST BOATs-The Cincinnati Com
mcrCial remarks as follows: The
New Albasy Commercial pitches
into the Cincinnati Gazette hot aud
heavy. Our New Albany cotCm-
pOrary will remember that the
Princess, Charmer, old Natchez,
Telegraph and Jacob Strader, built
at Cincinnati, aud the j NJ White,
built at Pittsburg, have frequently
"set the pegs" for oil fast boats, and
as yet their time has never been
equaled. So far as the "great
chief" is concerned, perhaps Capts.
Common and feathers are about on
q par, and either party, cor any 9TH
or man." will be likely to contract
where they can get the best boat
Tor the least money.
Here is the New Albany Com
mercial's article.
The Cincinnati Gazette is as
proud as u Bashaw with two tails,
over the new Natchez of Capt. Tom
feathers, just turned out In that
city, aud takes some pains to de-
preciate the Robert Z. Lee and slur
New Albany boat. builders. All
this probably comes Of the Guzette's
lack Of steamboat knowledge. We
can tell that paper what every steam
bOatman In the west knOWs,that the
fastest steamboats, ever built In the
West have been built at New AL.
bany. To-day the Robert e. Lee Il
the HeetCst boat running on the
Western or Southern waters, and
every one who knows anything
about steamboats,, aud who yester,
day critically examined the new
NatcheZ at her mOOring at Port
. land, knows that she is no moro Il
be compared with the Robert Z
! Lee than the cOmmonest Pittsbur;
} tub 10 to- be compared with TIL
Great Republic or the UnitedStates
She Is an ordinarily smart LOOKING
craft, to be sure, but she has tina
squat and tug.like appearance tina
. distinguishes most OF the Cincinnati
! built boats. The Gazette intimate
that the Robert L. Lee had to go I
s Portland from this city to have he
name painted upon the pilot-hons,
The name was painted on u boar
0 and struck up on the ~forecastle {
. tho Lee, three months before sh
:. left New Albany, and she Onl
k went TO Portland to receive
Q portion Of her furniture which WI
:. made at Louisville. The Gazett
d shows very bad taste in stigma
y izing Capt. John w. Cannon as Ii
"great rebel chief" Capt. CannO
has as good q right 10 enjoy his pr
9 litical opinion as the Gazette write
and all who know him will witne'
that he never allowed his politics
viewst to interfere witlrhis business
0 He IL the same courteous gentle
7 man now that he was before III
! war. II Capt. feathers thinks h
has O faster steamboat than the 1
L. Lee, all he has 10 do is to trC
. her out and throw down "a
! gauntlet to Capt. j. W. Cannon
and when this is done and trial G
speed is made, the Lee will wea
g the horns, aud the Nalchez will tax
that second or third rank with a
z the Cincinnati boats that come !
D competition with New Alban
s built boats.
c The Cincinnati Gazette need NO
n invite Captain Cannon to that cit
;. 10 build q boat. When he want
f another and Aeeter boat than tn
Lee he will come to New Alban
to build her. The new Natchez
along, squatty looking craft, wit
}. q beautifully painted wheelhOus,
Cincinnati boat builders make
II great show on wheel-hOuses, bU
y for fast boats take such New Alb
ny specimens as the Roberto. lie
= Shotwell, Eclipse, and all the Oth'
u steamers that have been famous f
s. speed and elegance.
Y, II. L. LEE-NATcHEz.-A boa
le man writes the Cincinnati Gazet.
&c thus /: l observe an article in YOU
river news, taken from the Ne
&c Albany Commercial, in relation
fast boats. | have nothing to 81
e as to the speed Of the new Natche