Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-15

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a. Omaha, Ras totally destroyed I
Aseak M last Monday Loss
about $l210G The lQsgis covered
BY insurance to the amount OF
S450Q,,ip 81, Louis Offices, booW
A,L0uisFiIh exchange saYas fiat
Tie bell boats Faibed The Kate Rob.
inaon on Eridays bpt The apparatus.
broke and she sHnk again, 4. On
Saturday, they sapeeededi ia gettlng.
hsE atoat and shs y new believed
fEe 81 Louis Democrat, Or tie
akh .1eQa a-9ts1s1 9l'oi Elatl
Winter rSiguSd almost sdpteme
upon the river. Steamboating 81
doled ont homeopathic doses. fhel
channeh iaeQsehallOw " Cairo that
boats i0t Memphis, Vicksohrg and
New Orleans, take here eargOes Of
very restricted weightLWAat they
eah carry on 5K or at most feet
81 water. All have, however, a very
sure thing Of filing out at Cairo
and other points, with 500, 1000,
or 1000 tons, whatever amount Of.
freight is necessary. Rates 10 New
Orleans by steamer ruled yester-
d%ay-nour 80 cents per barrel
pork 81 % pound freight 80 cents.
The river is stationary and full of
Ice which i@asi weakening very
much last evening.
LAsr o. THE LUMINAgY.-This
steamer was built about the time
when the'WaE began, at Cincinnati,
for BellzheoveF aud other enter
prising Ohio river men. She made
chem fich, and became subsequent
~ The properly Of the famous A.
g N. IS. s. 90, which made no.
body rich. The Memphis Packet
70. bought her, ran her In the
NickSbnrg trade, aud have decided
70 run her no more, She is lying
ct Mound City, where she was to be
repaired, bat Captain Conway and
q crew OF boatmen left last evening
for Mound City and will take her
70 AEonisville, where she will be
torn up and her dismenbered re-
mains will be put TO the best use
that can be found for them. This
Iuminary will shine no more. Her
light is 0bscnred. %
Ah exchange has the following
By order Of tie department all
Iioenses Issued TO engineers and
nilots after January LIST, 1870, must
10 placed In the cabin 0fthe steam
er on which they are employed
under penalty Of revocation. A
usw form OF handsome design.
printed On bank note paper, haG
been issued for the purpose, and
may be procured Of the local In
sneeiors
steambeaimen ind their fue.
hills exiiorbilAht on the Low Of
MissiasipOl in consequence Of Tue
scarcity ofsWpod. 0lher John II
Groesbeck, on her last trip, ran 2O(
miIes Without finding a wpod-pils
Coal sold aE Memphis st 20 cent
ueF box, and az points below shC
raid e0cents per box, and had &C
do Il ont Of the boats, rhis Is from
81 % 40 cents per bushel. q
On Sunday night, daring thu
wind storm, az Pittsburg, tlIC
steamers along the wharf had 1
narrow escape from destruction b.
fire. The force of the wind,Srtsh'
edsfnfthb cabin Of the old Grey Ea.
gle, andthe timber fell on the stove,
overturning 1t. The debris caught
fire, and lie Waterman, by almost
snperhuman efforts, succeeded IN
exiinguishing the flames. Had III
fire obtained, any headway all
steamers between Ferry street and
Smithf0ld street bridge would have
been destroyed. u
The ice was increasing at st
Louis on the Sth inst, and was ex.
pecsea to freeze up the river that
night. The Democrat says:
Could the ice be stemmed by
gorge and held above the bridge
the packet lines 10 Memphis, Vicks.
burg, New Orleans and the South
ern tributaries would be In Fegulal
operation, and millions would b
saved and made for 81. Louis.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
Capt. M0aIanus, President Of tn
ST. Louis and Memphis TranspOt
tatlon Company, who is superin
tending the construction Of the tWl
monster sEern-wheelers for Chi
company at Louisville, was in tn
CITY yesterday to procure q part {
fhe outfit of one Of these boat
now nearly completed. These WI
be The largest slern-wheelers eve
build IN the West. Their capacit
viii Be about I,S00 tons each. The
VIII Be exclusively freight boat
and will be supplied with isteai
elevators forward and aft TO hoii
freight from the hold TO the bOili
del. Capt McMLanus was accom-
panied BY Capt. VIM. Ashford, lal
ofIh8 Msmphls and Arkansaa riYe
nteis. who will have comman
offhe frst Of these boats, the J. Y
Wicke. The Same company ropos
IA contract this spring for thgl
passenger packets Cor tneAempnI
and Ncksburg trade.