Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

The rise lhus far 1t this place amounts IA
about four feet. In i lew days we mag eX.
pect the river TO make a re;rogrLie move.
ment.
ST LOTS, April l4.-HeaTy rre,hst on
the Mississippi river. Opposite quincy
Illinois, the river Is Ell ut miles vile. Wet
Quincy Is entirely submerged, The waite
Is over the Hannibal and 81. Joseph road for
hye miles. should the river rise 100: more
the track between Quincy aud Palmyra will
DC submerged. The river is still rising.
PirTsBrEG, April l9.-The MonoREAhtla
Is stationary, VI h nine ieet TWO inches In
the chAbnsl; in the Allegheny, ten feat SIX
inches.
C~IScisSATi, April I2.-Thc river h.,
fallen 5 inches Il has nOw 10 ieet II
Inches In the channel.
L; UIsvILLE, April ~ RIVER falling, with
nine ieel Fix inches In the canal anu styea
ieet TX inches In the chute.
CAIRO, April l2.--Riyer Iell one inch.
ST. LOUIS, April y River s;il! rising.
NASHVILLE, April ~ The riser Is failing
rapidly, with twelve feet on HITpetn shoals.
MEMPHIS, April 1.-THE river rose 81
inches In the past twenty.fou hours Below
high water mark o. 1885,, 2 feet "a inch.
CHICAGO, April l9.-lhe Mississippi river
Is open 10 ST., Paul, two steamers having
passed through to Lake Pepln, !tstrrday.
The water in the upper Mississippi and
NinnesO'a nvers is higher than IL has been
for nineteen yeArs. out has no" tesan 10
fall q title. AnO. her break has occurred In
the 81. Anthony tunnel.
The St. Paul Dispatch, Of last thurs lay,
al he river at this point is alta very high
stage. the entire lower part Of q e ciiy beirR
under water almost iron b.uI 20 BUN.
West 81. Paul looks like a large lake, with
q few Islands dotted over It's s~urlact, aud d
large number OF il, lRhabltants have male
IT. cks lOr'dry digging. The rise from four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon ny % seven
O'Clock this morning was eighteen inches.
and since tAen It has been rising nearly one
inch per h iur. II this rate continue, AL the
warehouses along the lcYee will be under
wafer before morn ng
II. L0CIs, APRIL The river rose nearly
four inches daring the "a hours ending last
evening.
We are compelled TO confess uncertainty
as 70 the future Of he river. Or the ia'e that
Is 10 SO q IoF plantations along tue lower
Miss!.s Phi. There mas been more rain In
the North. Al ST. Paul the Mississippi
rises e~Iniinually. At Dubuque the swell
continued one loot per day' n Mis9olTl
a. NAAANA u VAAAAetAH 80 80. -
has risen s fee. in q hours. At sioux City
there las been 4 rise Of . feet, and the entire
5000 miles OF the Missouri Is supposed to be
raging with q rise from all the neadWaters
and the tributaries. O0k on; for Immense
quantities OF DRIFT soon 10 pass 81, Louis,
with Is feet in the Mississippi henee 70 Nee.
kuk. and high water through 70 II. Paul
an ocean OF water In the Illinois.
PiTTsRuRd. April 1.-The M"0nOngahela
Is rising with eight feet six inches Ia the
channel; the Allegheny is rising, with ten
feet In the channel:
with twentv.nine feet In tn channel, and
scyenty.three feet under the bridge.
L%OUi,yILLE. April 1.-THE river has 'al.
len fourteen inches In the last twenty.fOur
hours, IAN feet TEN inches In the canal, and
eight feet ten inches IN the ehue' Win
eighty feet under the bridge.
CAIRO. April n.-River rose one incn.
MEMPHIS, April 1.-THE river rose 4
lnche, In thep past y hours belo" hlsh wa
ter marx OF 1851, . leet . lneh
CINCINNATI, April ~ -hlYer ialllng stead'
lily with 30 feet 0 lnches in the hanne
LOUISVILLE. April n yer lalIlng rap
Idly at 9 P n there was ~ Ieet water In
canal and 10 in cnute over ialls
CAlRO, April iO-klVer STATIONARY; 40,
81 L0UIs, April 10 RIVER stu rising. All
upper ftrsams swelling,
MEMPHIS, April 10 II eIiVer atth's point
rose I inches In the past ~ honrs. IT'S nOW
2 feet . inches below high water marx o.
1851. The Arkansas y laliing WIN q
inches 20 Little Rock. White river IS un'
changed.