Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-30

o. eur leFeea, the macklno VIII prove
worthy Of inspection. The invent
or claims that it win answer tbs
purpose e lees cost than eny other,
aud thai, alter performing the Wofk
ct any given point it can Be re-
moved e analhar.
An exchange aays that Captain
DIV Greenfield died q few days
since at Keokuk He wasla clerk
with Bart Ables in 1866, On tha Mis-
souri, river, and run On Inc new
Lucy and Cataract He afterwards
commanded the Mcdonald, piansl,
M0llie Able, Albert Pearce end Yel-
low Stone. He leaves q wife and
daughter, and Q life insuranes Of
$4,000. At the time Of his death
he was about forty years Of age.
The new steamer City Of Vieks.
burg telegraphs Carroll Green b
Co. that she will arrive this morn
ing from ST. Louis with q tremen-
dous trip. This crack boat Of the
line win return at 3 o'clock We'd
nesday evening. Parties. going
North would do well TO make .
note Of this fact.
The Natchez passed down yesteF-
day. She laid here several hours
coaling and receiving freight. She
was well freighted, having about
800 tons. Some half q dozen luna
tics were shipped on board Of her at
this point.
Captain Ledbetter, Of the Big
Sunhower, represents the Talla-
hatchie river as exceedingly low.
His steamer could only 20 90 far
up as Ocean Point, this side Of.
Sharkey, where the water was only.
eighteen inches in the channel. The
officers Of the Calumet informed ne
that YazOO river has become tr0u-
blesome, and only affords about
two and a half feet.
The Nick LOngworth has q new
calliope.
MOUND CITY.-The Journal says :
The champion, Robert Z. Lee, has
been hauled out at Hambleton, Col
lier b Co.'s ways, and the necessa-
ry repairs are being put on her with
great vigOF. The entire feet Of
snagboats for the Missouri, the
Lower Mississippi and tributaries,
is still lying here, but will leave In
a very few days. They have been
repaired and repainted throughout,
The Dexter Is still lying here, and
will come out as soon az the Lee is
off the ways. The mammoth barge
Hambleton, Collier& Co. are build
ing Is rapidly approaching compile
ton.
An exchange says that q meeting
was held at the Cincinnati Board Of
Trade Friday to devise means to
facilitate the transfer Of southern
bound river freights during the
closing Of the Louisville canal. II
is proposed to ley q railroad track
around the falls on the Indiana
side. The Cincinnati mail b0ats
promise to take all freights as cheap
as they were ever carried.
!, A Low WATER CRY -Galena 10
experiencing the difficulties Of low
water navigation, and at present is
virtually al inland town, cut Of
from water communication. The
! Gazette walls over its disadvantages
as follows, in It's issue Of the 18th;
3 "Last Saturday evening dAs
D steamer Victory came, In aud tool
Q on q load of freight, but in attempt
. ing to turn around, on Sunday
I morning, she stuck in the mud, and
r was more than three hours in en-.
deavoring to face about. She will
r not come here again under such
circumstances.
BLACK RIVER PACKET COMPANY.
Efforts are being made to have
incorporated q navigation company
for the purpose of putting on a line
Of boats between this place and
Memphis. The stock Of the COM
!, pany is to be held by merchants,
business men and others living on
Black river exclusively, so that the
interest of the business men on this
river cannot be interfered with by
outside parties. We hope this en-
terprise will be successful, as the
want of something Of this kind las
long been felt by our people. Mr..
b. d. Raney aud Captain A. w.
smith will visit the various points
along the river to receive subscrip-
tons 10 the stock OF The company.
Black river penetrates nOrthward
into Missouri a long distance
PocahOntas (Ark.) paper.
CLEARING THE TEoHE.-Mr. BEN
nett writes TO the Planters Banner
as follows: Captain Broad is at
work with the peerless at the
bend of the Teche, In front Of Mr.,
Roses plantation. lie has made
great havoc among the snags, old
logs, projecting live oaks, and OBJ
structions TO navigation generally,
In places, he has lined the banks OF
the bayou with these steamboat
smashers that have threatened
steamers ever since the bayou was
navigated by steam. He has done
a good work in this bend, and in
the bend just above Trainer u Ham
sons shipyard, and also between
franklin and the mouth of the bay
on. He has q heavy work to per-
form In Indian Bend, aud In manv
other places above. Captain For
gey, on the T. d. Hine is doing good
work between New Iberia and st.
MartinsvIlle. He has cleared out
the bayou about thirteen miles,
nearly half the distance. He and
Captain Broad will put the bayou in
much better navigable condition
than II has ever been before, by the
time the next crop is ready for
market.