Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-09
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

XIV Ell INIELLAGENCE
The river at this place Tor the past week
ba, risen about " feet.
MEsPHls, April 5-The river rose IL
lnahes IN the past twenty.iour houTs. he.
low high water mark OF 1861, 5 feet 5 In, hes
TRE RIvER.-ICe here on the river looks
very Blask, and Is being separated rom the
shores BY the rising water. A break up
must come sOOn " the mild weather con-
tinues News from pOin , below the lake
indicate that the Ice will won he out OF the
way. AZ Minneapolis the river is rising
o II, and the Ice lie being cut away IRON
b. low the bridge 70 as 70 guari No much ~
possible the 6OOms, piers, &c.-St. Pau
Press list.
1he St. Louis De noerat OF tie 5:h says;
The river here has risen sam; The swell
during the past &c hour Is 10 iucnes a poi.
ton OF the upper rivers are sui rising, the
balance being either stationary or dtclin-
The Memphis Packet Company have made
further reduction in the rates TO Memphis,
and probably vlcksburg, quoting flour 90,
pork zoe, v hisky u 50. heavy pound freight
$50 per 100, corn 70e per 100.
AMemphis exchange ofthe 6th says;
Tn boilers, engine. ETC., OF the Van Buren,
5unk in the ATkaPSSs, have been recovered
by q bell boat. The latter Is now tryingt
save some Of the Amt rlCan. recently sunk
above Little Rock.
a Louisville exchange Of the 5th. says;
The tow boat T,gTess passed down yesteF-
dA, with = full tow OF coal Tor J sharp Nc
Donald, Vi%ektburg. Tn Lea er and DlA.
mOud passed down wish full tOwt OF coal for
points brlOw. Ibs Ton Reese lett with n
tow Of coal for HOrneT, Wood 4 Co, Viekt.
burg.
An exchange has the following;
TIE Fleetwood made a narrow escape Of
destruction By lEe, on the upper Ohio, on
Saturday last.
The city Of Jefferson. Texas. has made an
appropriation TO dig u canal 80 ~ 70 cut on
Potato Bend, thereby keeping navigation
Opea TO Shreveport.
PITrGBuRG, ApTil 5.-The depth Of chan
NIL In the Monographs u this point Is ihir-
teen feet and 4 haIL.
CiYcISNLri, April THE river has fallen
eighteen iuches within the lasts hOurk.
There Is now lOrty.nve feet in the channel.
and lGy-sevcn ieei space under the bridge.
Rates are now cX remedy low to New or.
leans.
Louisville, Apr 5-The river is falling
with . lee IN the chute and - feet la the
cana.
An HMESsE TERN " HEELER-TnE KA-
TIE + KOCSlZ.-Captain WI.llamJ kOuntZ
~ constructing in the viclnit OF P~ittaburg,
a st. rn.whe' Ter OF grand dlmensI rs, and
which viii be 4 thTee.deckef, In October
next she will be cOu pleled and start south.
ward on her first voyage. The Katie r.
kOuniE will have a 30 f. / keel, 23I feet
length of deck, beam 50 ieet, and mold 81
feet Her 1gines will be lOW-presspre-the
Hartupee Moderator. she will he provided
with four boilers In two bat cries. The boil.
eTs have not been CON racted Tor. che Is 10
b. exclusively u freight boat, amt will carry
800 TINS. and Is not TO draw more than 50
inches light. She IS being constructed OF
heavy material, and will b. d,videi into
thirteen Water tight compartment, 80 A. 70
be perfectly secure even " the hull should
be broken BY snagsor any other obstruction.
The Katie knuniE VIII have no guards, aud
two chimneys. although only one was orig
MEMPHis, April 3.-Tne river 70 G 10
inches In the D ,ttWenty.l0u hour. Below
high water mark ofl651, 8 feet IL inches.
Immense rain ret Grad a.ong the head
question Of time. White river Is stationary.
CtiRo. ApFl4.-RiveT rising.
ST. LOUIS, April A-kiver continues 70
rise.
Louisville, April L-RivsF falling, Is feet
In the canal Is feet In the chute, with 81 rect
under bridge for passing steamers.
C~IKCIaNkIl, April THE river has fallen
two feet ave inches in the past "a hours, and
there Is now iOTty.six feet and Il halfin the
Oh .nnel, and hity'hve feet six inches under
the bulge.
FITTssURo April 4-The Monong .hela Is
falling with Is ieet . inches In the channel!
The Allegheny has IS ieet In the chgnnel
ana Is falling. Al On City the Allegheny
river has elee 4 inches 10 he canal, and 10
failing.
Steamboat OF Valley, Jack on Brothers
owners, struck the pier 1t EmlentOwn on
the Allegheny river, 10 day, sinking In a few
minutes. Henry Glbson, cOloTed e0ok and
son were drowned. The balance OF the
crew we're savel. Loss fl5,0O, no intur.
ance.
The river at Louisville had risen l6 ieet
IN al, up TO Friday night.
The Big Miami river is reYorted over It's
banks and threatening great damage along
Its course.
capt w. j. Kountz, mas purchased at st
Louis One-six;h OF tue Andrew AcLley, for
.2,Jl, and two hiths OF the PeninIh, for
Sj,tUO.
lllGH PRESSURE AID ! Ow Alta meeting
OF the Polytechnic branch Of the AmeTic IN
Institute, ore Alr. Montgomery said the
time bad CONT when a decision must BE-
made practically between high and low
pressure steam bAlers. lie had been on
STEAMBOATS, on the Mississippi where, on the
high pressure they carried a. much as four
nundrtd and nlty pounds. Boilers, II they
were properly constructed, would stand
any reasonable pressure. On the Alabama
river the captain on the high pressure sys-
TEN carried i've hundred pounds. The re-
suit was that hts boat was blown 10 atoms
and siX,y lives were Loot. still 1t was said
by some that the higher the pressure the
less the danger, il the DO. Ter Is properly con.
structel with sound materials. Another
gentle nan, air. Eme~y, undertook TO de-
monstrate the waste there Is In operating On
the high pressure sy.tem. by means OF
mathematical calculations on the black.
10 ri, h. showed that In any event there
was only seven per cent. dineren % between
high and luw pressure, anu that this seven
the strain on the boiler. The true mean, he
saId, Of pressure might be tascn AZ eighty
pounds a. the minimum and one hun.
dTed pounds as the maximum. Nothing
could be gained by carrying the pressure
beyond one hundred pounds,