Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-02
RIVER INTEbLEGaEcE.


rlNiuW N0HAN - DE- AANA NAa A#h al .
Lauisville, with tan fees sfx iuehein tha
and uss SIX feet IN theWrt0inus "a
honrt a. Cincinnati, with . ieet 3 inehas IA
he ohanRel, and q teet 8 tnche4 Of space
rndae ne blidaa.
Bills were Introduced In Congress aH
days $50 20 provide leo inzpgot1H 81
.teameoae g fadueahs k1 sRtlontlng
liens made on the Mississippi river aad
20 a. % obtain iaioEmafi1h f8F
The protection Of alIuFial lands from ever.
dow, AID % improving navigation.
a st. Louis exehange 81 the 2iih aaysi
IN river i sueiliag steadily. There lsA
good stage OF water from o. RaulGoufhwaEd
10 the outlets. Dubuque may be termed
the head Of Mississippi navigation. F0F
that point the Northern Line Packet Dubu-
que. will leave tG-day--uist1nca nom 81.
Louis "a miles. The Illinois j. Booming.
It sWellS steadily one i0ol per dag. Upper
Missouri, above Kansas City, in good navl-
gable condition as far as the ice belt. and the
rise e down neAriy to the mouth. The
swell 1T AMI above 81, Joseph, however, Is
rapidiy being dissipated. beng only tsmpa-
rary. There Is n good prospect o. 3 boa
reaching the foot OF Lake Pcpln within q
week from to-day.
that on and after Monday, shipments ofoorn
70 any point South, By STEAMERS, or barses,
will be char. cd BY weight In lace Orby the
sack-so much per 100 pounds, the same
manner as bacon, oats, etc. The price Will
also be the same-Sje per 100 pounds,
Captain John A. Ketser has been selected
10 oil the vacancy o. PRESIDENT Of the Aem-
phis and ST, Louis Packet Company, which
was occasiOned By the death OF Captain
Smith.
The S. Louis Democrat, in referring to
the river at that place and above on the 10Th,
says
The river cUn, lnues rise steadily at the
rate Of nearly one loot per day. Nine or ten
rc,t OF water to Cairo nOs, and the. upper
rivers have efficiency Of water for heavily
loaded steamers. The entire upper Mlssis-
sippi Is sW clling from 81. Paul 70 the head
waters. The prospect 10 now Tor q swell Of
iOur or i've feet more.
Tho same paper OF the 18th, says:
The river Il stlll rising; II ne. er co to
rise now, but will probably stop short Of a
Ireshet. Navigation 10 practicable n Du-
buque, with a high stage Of water. the total
rise at Burlington being six feet. Al SO.
Paul the ice is very rJtten and may u any
moment break up.
HkLKNA, MONTANA, March 1--we haze
accounts from every direction, which repre-.
sent that there Is at pTeent . greater depth
Of snow than has been known Since the Win
ter Of 1866. lY
MEMPaIs. March % The river fell w
inches IN the last twenty four hOun D BE.
low high.water marx OF 1861, thirteen lest
three and 4 half inches. " iiThfh vItita
,t AEsH TI,,i. E RSsF. has but tTslve in'aF'
White river, stationary. III. 4adIi,.
NLsHvmLE March ss.-River rising; u
feston HaFpsIh Shoals. H.. 100 sFNR
Gala, March @.-The river rose one Inca
6ince our last Hr QH 1907 ft qua
sT. 10 rs, MaFcha % River "a Il feet above
low Water maFk, viii Q feet IN TIE channel
~ Cairo. There has been Q rise Of OK feat
since saturday and stiii rising. The upper
rivers are all swelling rapidly, tel t.ll.r
LOUISVILLE. MHrch @.-The river has
risen * feet within she last = lheurE, there
: now iaIE feet In the cana. and l0k feet In
the chute. IT. NgfHlH
CINCINNATI, March 28-RiVer rising.
There Il now IS feet 2 inches IN the river, aud
rose | loot Q ibchas In the last "a h0urs.
Hates 10 PittsbuTg, sOc; 10 St. Louis, 30; b
New orleans. 40c and 60o.
Working In the air chamber under the
pier % the st. Louis bFidgu Is said toproducs
muscylar paralysis, congestion n othe
~derankements OF the system. There arc
now about any men In the hospital suffering
!rcgn the 9 causes.
The wheeling, ParkersbuTg and Cincin-
matt Transportation Company have bought
the wreck Of the RebeccA Of the under
writers I r N.5lO, and VIII build for her
machinery.
The Liit c ConhOr arrived Lost evening
from ohio river with . tow OF 5000 barrels
salt. h discharged q number OF Arrels at
this place. We learned that Captain ID. j..
Hancock wa, in the city Yesterday with q
view TO establish an agency for the sale Of
the salt.
CINCINNATI, March f9.-The river has ris.
en- hye fevtsx inches In the I % twenty
four hours, ,wl'h Iorty-tw0 lect six inches 10
the channel.
I~OrisvILLE, Mar,h 9a.-The river is ris-
Ing, with tOurte n feet In the canal, ana
twelve feet over the rOoks.
PORTSMOUTH, o., March S9.-The river is
rising last.
ST. LOUIS, March 29.-Tho river il rain z
with con iderab Q rapidity here, andaii the
upper alToA. 5 are swelling. The Illinois Is
out Of the banks 10 ONE places. The Upper
Mississippi Is rising from 81. Paul down,
AID will so0n be clear VI Toe. The Missouri
|, swelling q, far rs heard from. The pros.
peets are Tor something Of q fresheL, al
though no oyei Cow Is A~ppiehended for the
present. NavlgA ion ia Iesumed 70 Dubu.
que, and In = lew days the warm weather
VIII loosen the ioo banks to the head waters
OF the Mississippi and Missouri,
IAIR0. MarTn 29-River rose three inches.
NASHVILLE, March 20 The river Is RS.
ing, with fourteen feet on uafpelh Shoals.
MEMPHIS, March Solver has com.
menced 70 rise.
The st Louis Democrat Of the 2sth says;
AhVaNEAE w n q
1.-THE river has risen At0nt three ieeg dur
Ing the last Tty.eight hours, and there IS
70 afro an ample depth OF water Tor our
largest New Orleans packets, and the rise
has not arrived y It's maximum height by
any MEANS for, with u steady and fass
ilsing stream and remoFseless crashing OF
ice gorges from 81 Paul and beyond, and In
tue Upper Mbsisslppps numerous tFibuta.
ries, the Illinois. alaFge stream, is gun
ming over It's banks and still rising. and the
Missouri n tributaries arc "bOOmlnR.H Al
IT. Charles the latter stream sWcllGd two
feet on sunday night, and continued 10 risa
asst vest rday morning. The turbulent DO.
som OF the Mississippi here yesterday bore %
the experienced eye ample proofs OF plO.
found uprising Of the walen The next few
weeks Of high wafer will be OF value 10
the com merce OF the valley. Those who live
along the r,vcr beiOw here should prepare
Tor = ireshet, by removing what Is exposed
anu Gan 2 moved g = place ofsalcty. Mat
tiers viii probably become more threatening
along the Mississippi below Cairo, Tor not
Only - the Ohio alread' AZ a E0od stage. and
tislng fast, but there have ieen, as lkle a.
iast sunday. heavy ard general rains along
he sources OF the M0nong shela, Allegheny,
ktnaWhe, Tennessee and Cumberland. The
VIII Q and Arkansas are iON, but q heayv
swell Is looked Tor Ia these every day. OF
cou - tue c may be amor all, less cause for
alarm man we Imagine After carefully
STUDYING the prospect we come to the con.
clusi0n mat there Is good reason for 81.
prehen ing q freshet along the lower MS.
slssippl within q short time. The "leTees"
should be looked 10,
RAtes TO Nieksb burg and New Orleans
dropped on Change yesterday morning
aud they now Iule: whisky aud coal oil 81
per Dbl; pork, 81; Hour, S eef Is. hay, %
cents per 100 corn, 20 cents per lO0s oats, 30
cents yer 100; bacon, IS cents; mules, pc r
hoBd. ~. horses. Is.
The LouisyilleCOurier-Journa Of the s3ta
says
The river has risen two ieet since last 70
port, and was rising yesterday o. ening at
the rate OF one Inch per hour. All accounts
from above lay tina the river Is Using rap.
Idly. eiver men all sHy that we will in the
course OF a few days havs at least i've feet
more OF water.
A Little Rock Exchange, OF the 2ad, says:
ARKANSAS RlvER-MOUKTAIN eKOWB-
GREAT FREsHBT ExPECrED-our river was
declining rapidly yesterday, nHd gu h0peOf
. swell before the annual June rise ls fast
disappearing. should ne warm weather
set In q few weeks earlier snan common, the
water from the mountains nay induce
the river TO swell heiYean banks before tho
general rush OF waters come down. From
an we can gAthor concerning the fall OF snow
near where the Afknnsas and her tFibuta.
10 head va aneof the belief thaf we ahau