Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13

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ill-lalod steamer Silver Spray and
on watch when she exploded, says
that the only explanation be can
possibly suggest as the cause Of her
blowing up, was that the mud might
have clogged a connecting pipe be-
tween the boilers, and thus kept out
the supply for one boiler. Then,
when by some lurch, or other cause
the mud loosened, the water would
rush into the empty boiler and pro-
duce an explosion.
The Alaska passed up yesterday.
She had about $500 bars Of railroad
iron, with quite o large lot Of mar
bic and other freight.
Capt. Thad. Wirthlin, lost on the
Silver Spray, was a clerk and COM
mander on the river for nearly 30
years.
The Beardstown paper says the
Illinois river Is lower now than II
has been before In many years; Il
certainly touches low water mark.
Occasionally small sized craft ID
seen plOwing through the shoals
and bars.
A Louisville paper says that In
addition to the losses already re-
ported to the last coal run, the Coal
City sunk five Of her barges at
Manchester Island. All Of them
are supposed to be total loss.
The river is rising slowly at
Memphis. A rise is reported in
White river.
The Memphis Avalanche Of the
| 7th says:
"All efforts so far have failed TO
find the sunken Nettie Jones. ] ohm
Cassidy, the diver, yesterday went
down to the distance Of seventy
six feet in the diving bell. This is
q greater distance than ever before
achieved without an air pump.
Operations will be continued nearer
Shore"
The New York World, In an ed-
itOrial lntimates that the ill-iated
Silver Spray was racing when she
exploded her boilers. These New
York scribblers are not well posted
about steamboat matters out west
For the information Of the World
we will state that the Spray was
! racing with q barge she had alORg'
e side, and the barge was slightly
ahead at the time Of the fearful &C.
cident, A coal fiat left our levee o.
e. the same time with the Spray, bu
q we learn 1t was some distance be
. hind at the time Of the explosion
The st. Louis Republican says
The wharfage question, the dis
cussion of which was opened b!
4 the Republican some days ago, !
|, being pretty thoroughly canvassel
by river men and merchants. w
y predict that active steps will b
fl taken at an early day TO cease tn
o exaction of all wharfage dues froI
q steamboats, landing at this por
g Joseph Adams, q German VIII
= came q passenger on the City
u Vicksburg, died on Tuesday, on thi
I, boat. II is supposed he came froI
:! Crestline, Ohio.
y An exchange has the following
s, A novel craft, aptly named Il
)t Novelty, has been constructed
a run upon the North river. III
In length is 224 feet over all and p
:" feet keel. She is fitted with tW
locomotive engines and boilers o.
ls erected on the main deck. II
OF main cabin occupies nearly Il
~ whole length of the hurricane dec
he and Is furnished in the same ma
We ner as the ladies cabin. The vess
or on her trial trip attained an ave
age speed Of twenty miles an hou
~ We are again called upon
chronicle another killing whiC
~ took place on last Sunday abOI
nc nine miles Northwest Of this plaI
u in the county Of Pontotoc. II
is parties engaged In this difficult
were both white men aud brotherI
in-laW, named Harris and Mosell
1 AS we learn, the difficulty originl
/, ted about the crop, and that MOsel
. was tho attacking party, and mt
= his death at the hands Of Harris b
10 being shot through the body. A
IS ter being shot through the bod
d Mosely fired two shots at Harri
N one of the balls missing and Il
1t other passing through the rim ,
n his hat just above the forehead
70 Okolona news August 9th.
10 An exchange says that the bod
y of Mr.. DeWolf, mate of the Rave
10 which exploded at Cincinnati se'
y eral months ago, was found in Il
y river at the lower end Of Clncil
et natl, on Saturday.
le The Evansville Courier says Pea
n, son, the mate of the ill-fated DG
is Able, is another Jonah. He vi
Of on the Cumberland when she G.
"a ploded and was on the Phantom
a few days afterwards, when she e
ploded, and then was on the D.
Able when she burned, and we (
= not know how many others. /
still lives, but if he don't quit boa
- ing no will 90 up some day so'
"higher than q kite" Capt. Blu
~ of the W. r. Arthur, was anoth
Jonah. He was never swt
if lowed by q whale, but he has be-
ws sunk about a half Q dozen tint
n. Captain Hicks King, late Of Il
ne Cora s., is another unfortunai
c.s He was sunk great many times.
las We could mention number
led others who have been followed
nd disasters, while others who ha
id' grown old and gray on the westeI
re- rivers have never met with an aCI
oe' % dent.
,Cn sa Captain Ed. Worthline, Of the