Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08
RIVER NEWS.

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George A. Williams, tue courteous
and oh,ig.lg clerk Of the Frank
PafgOud, la- severed his cOunec-
liOus with that steamer. lie goes
into the w.arfboat business at 81.
Joseph, Ia. He las our beat wish
e. IN bis new enterprise. Mr..
Green, u very clever gentleman.
succeeds Mr.. Williams, rs clerk Of
the Pargoud.
The worthy and gstimablc Presi-
dent OF the Vicksburg ana Me-
ridian Railroad. DR.. N. Emanuel,
has kindly presented Us with n
yearly pass over tie road. We
thank tue Doctor for his "bcst
wishes and may he and his road
receive the reward so justly merit
ed, tue utmost success.
The following circular has been
issued from the Treasury Depart
ment, and Is of interest TO river
men:
"WAsHIEGToY, Nov. ., 1869.
"The following rules aud rcgula-
lions will hereafter govern the
furnishing ofrelief to sick and dis
abled seamen:
"lst. A seaman, TO he entitled TO
relief from the Marine Hospital
Fund, must have served on n regis
tered or licensed vessel OF the
United States, for at least three
months just previous TO his appIlca-
ton for aid, and must have paid
hospital dues for that period Of
time.
I'D. When the Collector shall
be satisfied that a seaman Is enti-
tied to relief, lie will send him 10
hospital with 4 letter OF inquiry,
(Form L.. aud upon the receipt OF
the ply certificate on said
form, he shall, ifthc case be a prop.
or one, issue a permit. (Form -
I'D. In cases OF slight disease, in
which the physician doe, not con-
slider rest in the hospital a. essen
tial to cure, no permit will be given,
but payment may be made for one
prescription :or the man, not to cX-
coed one dollar for each case.
9th. When the physician shall
certify that the disease is probably
incurab!e (uot fatal, or that the
patient cannot he cured within four
months, or flat when cured he will
not be able to resume his duties as
a seaman, q permit may be given
for q period not to exceed two
months, and q copy Of said permit
together with a copy Of tie piysi.
ciau's certificate, and the Collcc.
tors recommendation in the case,
will be forwarded at once 10 Til,
Department.
9th. Permits for hosHita, relief
will not be given Tor cases VI simple
gornorlhoca.
18th. No pcrmi, shoI, ia any case
be issued for q period 70 exceed
-four months.
9th. SO much Of existing rcgu-
lations OF Tie Treasury Depart
mcnt as conflict, with provisions Of
til, circular is hereby rcciudcd.'
GLo. ;. BoUTw Ill.
The tuw-hoat Mary Ann. from
Pitt.burg. arrived here Monday
evening, with 23O.000 bushels Of
coal. Til, j, a tremendous Tow for
a boat Of her ,izr, and reflects great
credit upon her efficient officers,
Captain Robert BOlcs and pilots
David Robinson and WIN Guilds.
She returned TO Pilt.burg yestrr-
day, with q tow Of six empty coal
boats.
The John Kilgour went into
New Orleans, last trip, with SIS
bales cotton and 1853 sacks seed 4;
the Rohl. T.. Lee had 30jl bales
1913 sacks seed and 30 barrels mo
lasscs.
The ell. boats have succeeded in
raising tie Kate Robinson. The
cabin was not much injured by the
ice, which did not cut II OIL, as re-
ported.
We see from our ST. Louis that
the Luminary has gone 10 Mound
City TO go on the marine ways, to
repair damages caused by striking
some hidden obstruction near
Helena OH her down trip.
The Louisville Courier. journal
says that the Tennessee river pack
cts from Paducah have agreed not
to carry any freight, after the LIST
of January. 1870, the bills of la
ding OF which have purchase bills
attached az charges. This is not to
prohibit any of the boats from pur-
chasing any heavy articles of COM
merce, such as salt, lumber, coal,
ETC., for the purpose oil selling to
make freight.
The Couricr-Journal of last Sat
urday says:
Yesterday afternoon, as the tow
boat Mary Alice was descending
the falls with a tow of nine boats,
she became manageable, from
the parting of the tillCr rope, and
collided with pier No. 20 OF the
bridge and sunk six OF the nine
boats in her tow. They contained
10000 bushels each and will prove
a total loss. The tugboat Neville
went to the assistance of the Mary
Alice and succeed in landing safely
the other three boats. The coal was
owned By w ii Brown ofPiitsburg
and vas uninsured. The total loss
Of coal aid bCai> viii amount 10
$4,000 or $1,000. Captain Tom
Gray was At the wheel.
A, the steamer Comet was bass
Ing through the draw OF the rail
road bridge at Tcrre Hautc, q barge
attached TO the side of the boat
struck one Of the piers and sunk. 1t
was loaded with pork and lard be.
longing to Keith e Russell The
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