Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-23


the name hy che
boat enterprise tae hcfa
rated under ihe oIa Com
tie slais OfLliInols. Tie
tors afa the Mesara.
bins and their HssoclalGa.
having built oa BE Ohio e
er Clara Balm, feF tie So ea
New Orleans Trade, xz
stock Of the company II M ~
AZ 500, 900, divided Into ~
500 each. B. B. pogFam S n
dent George Peafan, NIe1
dent and John Jones, 5aeF
A Louisville exchange
the key yt0na end barges hAVe
sold at auction q Captain He1
Taylor icr elss0o0
We are pleased 70 zee that The
Gov. Allen en- old ihvoFiia n tAa
New Orleans and VickHbuEs packs
line, viii Fe-enteF the tfaas she
will take the place Of the PaEg1n
Captain John Smoker ana
John sHall, 90 well aud faEpK6
known win ofllclate Oh her.
a difficulty occurred aE RAdneta
between Capt. John w. IEo4eI. oI
the steamer Baker, and Capt klAa
Worthington, Of Che sleAaeR n Il
bry, during which Worihingio
stuck on the head, and his skuIl y
broken by . brickbai. He 8
ported dead. Tho boats aFa
packets between Cairo and Ratn
cab, and the ARRAY seems % daF
been The elimination of bitterness
engendered By > struggle fel TIE
monopoly Of the trade. Capt AE9
YER wac released on $500 hall
The n. J. Wicks aud The 9.
Church are offered for sale. dIs
appears to be 8 very sudden oQl
lapse for an institution whlnhu 8t@
public was assured, was built Qnra
q firm foundation, with The prone
lee Of the universal support of laz
merchants OF Memphis as opposed
to the aexhorbItant charges
imposed upon them, aa theT la
BY the ,old established company
The boats are valuable, h0Wevei
as freight carriers In low stages qs
water.
The Golden Era bas been sold 8
New Orleans BY the y, B. Marshal.
for eleven hundred dollars.
A Louisville exchange oflhe q
says;
The new boat City ofVickshurR
Just completed at this port made
her trial trip yesterday, aud q said
to have given entire antialn1tion 90
both builders and owners. She u
g very handsome boat, aud Ii AonH
respects is perhaps 8 Superior 11as
10 her predecessor, tha Grind
Tower.
Nearly Too 1fdes of Boais. THE
Mississippi Valley Trausportatioa
Company, has grown n favor with
the public from the very hrai. hoAl
after boat, and barge after bqr9l
have been added until the heet q
immense. Yesterday Captain A4a
measured the extent ofhls imnens.
fieet. The united length ot al|
boats and baraes Was aaeeFt1Elas
to be only 60 feet less than twf
miles. This speaks well for thl
Mississippi Valley IEanspoita
Company.
. An exchange has tho following
The yacht Fannie Brown, Whiel
lefE the coast Of Maine, about
year ago, IN command 81 Ctui
Carpenter, formerly q Unltea State
naval officer, arrived at 81 F.oni|
from New Orleans, IN TOW of lhI
!. tug Mary Alice. The Fannie Brow
has travelled about 1900 nflr
since starting, and visited and anr
veyed the coast, inlots and hafhor
Of various countries. Size WI
leave here IN q day or two. for ~
head waters Of The Mlsslssrn
river, cross 70 Lake Superior by l6|
: Grand Portage, and thence 10 81
! the lakes 70 the st. LaWrsnco ripr
, to the original starting ntIa|
Capt. Carpenter is making ~ Iqa'
survey, with q view 70 pnhIiahin|
2 q book. His yacht is only slx ton'
burden, aud be has but one man s
companion and assistant
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