Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08
RIVER NEWS.

RIVER NEWS.
The Louisville COurier-JOnrRal
Of the 18th says:
The new steamer Big Sunhowcr,
Capt. John Mitchell, raised steam
yesterday for the fret time and
made her trial trip. She performed
admirably, and gave entire sStisfac.
ton 10 both builder aud owners.
She returned TO the city wharf, aud
was formally turned ever By her
builders 10 her owners; oil parties
being we'll pleased. She commenced
receiving freight Immediately after
landing, and will receive up TO 4
O'clock to-day, at which time she
will haul in her gangways and de.
part for New Orleans without fail.
The latest information from the
Swallow il that the river il up 10
her texas, but all is yet fast, aud Il
the decline IN the river continues
she will be raised soon by the new
w~rccking boat I. i. EcEert.
Tho Memphis Avalanche Of the
10th, says:
\ SERIES OF Accidents IN THE
OZLRK.-Ihc Ozark came IN from
Arkansas river yesterday with $50
bale- OF cotton and L large number
OF people. On the Why arounl Il
Mr. Henry c. Baker, OF Van Buren,,
Arkansas, died very suddenly IN
his stAte.rOom. Iii, remains were
sent back on the Guidon to his
friends. Two colorrd deck hands
when wrestling ON the guards fell
into the river aud were both
drowned. Everything possible was
done by the officers Of the boat TO
rescue the poor fellows from their
doom, but all 10 no avail. A col
Ored deck hand in handling u box
Vt tO%rpedUc5 let II fall, when the
torprdocs exploded aud mingled
him in i horrible manner. lie was
placed in the hospital ut Little
Rock, and when the Ozark LEFT he
was in 4 %precariOus condition.
An exchange says:
Judge Daily, OF the New York
court., decided on Tuesday that
steamboat companies, AZ common
carriers, are Liable tor the baggage
OF passengers lett in the statero0lns,
now ith.tlnding notice may have
been put up that baggage will uol
be allowed in cabins or staterooms,
aud when placed there il must be at
the risk ct the owners.
a I;cd river bOalmrn writes
1900 bales OF cotton have bren re.
ccivrd at Shreveport; onu.fOur,h
OF the cotton remains in the fields:
$1,000 bales will he shipped from
shreveport. The beet pacLery il
barrciing 900 hcltl OF cattle Der
day ; CO,OO barrels OF beet will be
shipped from there, with large
amounts from smaller packeries.
Shreveport is now the "~heefOpolis
OF the south" During the last
three month, iineen hundred emf.
grants have passed through
Shreveport, mostly for 1cxas;
number are purchasing lands in the
parishes around Shreveport. Fair
uplands, with moderate IMPROVE.
mcnt-, are selling ut FROM tlfteen to
twenty dollars per acre. Red river
lands command double these prices
One plqntatiou below shreveport,
on Red river, with common I'm.
provcmtnis, rents Tor ten dollars
per acre.
a New Orleans exchange SAYS:
BURNING % TIM STEAMER TEM.
PEST, ON TIE OUACHITA RIVER
From Capt. d. II. Silver, the Cant.
Of the steamer Tempest, who ar
rived here yesterday on the steamer
Mayhowcr, we learn that the Tenn
post left Camden with 94O bales
cotton, aud on her way down took
on some seventy bales more, max
lug about $40 bales in all. On Sum
day night, between the hours of 70
and l o'clock, an alarm of fire was
given, when the boat was headed
to The shore, and q line and her
pianhs were Immediately put out
Every cXcrtion on the part Of her
crew and officers was done to save
the boat, but the fire being in the
old, they were ualbl0 to Glen CHI
It. The Tempest was insured in
Eastern aud Western Offices for
SlU,UOO. The boats drafts, which
Capt. Silver had taken at Camden
on New Orleans, amounting to
S6,OW, were burned. The clerk,
MI. Sims, lost $1,000 of his own
money: The accident occurred at
Patton's Landing, twelve miles
above the mouth OF the OuaChita.
inc Tempest was q good stern
wheel boat, aud was, VIC believe, a
new boat. The bar Of the boat, we
was insured at ST. Louis for
SJ2O0, and was owned by Messrs.
WolH u Hynes. Capt. Silver LEFT
for st. Louis last night by Inc
steamer Henry Ames. We couId
not learn to whom the cotton was
sOnsigned here, as ali tho bills ofI
AIDING were lost Captain eiIver