Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19

Ave hundred miles Dc owe willy
through e deep valley. Aheatafn-
ing sharply eastward it runs lao9
mllm across the great eqaatpfiai
plain. Twd thousand mllaa auoge
10 mouth lts width g g miie aud 3
half Increasing 70 more than ten
miles Il the head of the Deltas
where II divides, and after run
ming four hundred niles presents
a front Of one hundred and any
miles upon the ocean. For Q great
distance Il is bordered by side
channels OF "bayous," as they are
called upon the Mississippi, named
by the Indians : igarapes,' or "ca-
noe.palhs.S From Santarem, the
principal town above Pare, one
may paddle q thousand miles
parallel to the river without once
entering the stream. For twenty
five degrees Of latitude every river
that nOws down the eastern slope
of the Andes Is an attiuent OF the
Amazon. It Is as though oil the
rivers from Mexico TO Oregon uni
ted their waters in the Mlsslssip.
pi, A half score Of these tribuIa'
rics are larger-the Danube except.
ed-thau any European river out Of
Russia. The volume Of It's waters
is greater even than the breadth Of
the river would indicate, AT Nam
u, two thousand two hundred
miles from its mouth, the depth is
forty feet, Increasing rapidly as 1t
approaches the ocean. The largest
ocean steamer could doubtless
steam two thousand miles up the
Amazon.
They tell a fair story on ono Of
our best river pilots. During a
dense fog the steamer took a land
ing. A traveller, anxious TO get
ahead, came up TO the unperturbed
manager Of the wheel, and asked
why the boat was stopped. "ToC
much fog, can't see the river" an
swerel him of the helm. "Bu
YOU can sec stars overhead" cam
back from him who had paid hl
fare. Eyes" replied the urban
}, pilot, "but till the biler busts w
amt going that way Passcnge
went to bed satisfied.
/. Freight from 81. Louis TO NeS
! Orleans, rule as follows:
: Flour perbbl, y
= Whisky per bb!... .......... Y
Pork per bbl................. l !
torn per sack 7
= Heavy freight per 100 lbs. 49,. I
: The steamer Ida from chattano'
"a, bound Southwark struck . sna
+, q few days ago and sunk.
= The steamers Tyrone and SaI
Orr have been indicted Mt Paduca
- for blowing their whistle at Il
:, wharf.
} The Memphis Avalanche 81.
y that the Legal Tender, en .rou
=, from Evansville for New Ofeau
Ia aground below Ashport-a qua
ter Of u milo out OF the chann'
=" she Is loaded with produce 81
grain and lies in q bad posiiic
~ with her fore and aft hOg-chN
broken. She il away out of I
~ channel aud will not be able TO 4
" eff before another rise. a tow-bc
VI is alongside of her transferring i
" freight aud working 10 get her
to IN exchange says:
" The following rule was subs
~ tuted By the Board Of Supervise
W. Inspectors. at their late meetiI
instead Of one Of similar char
~, ter adopted previously "Rulc
w When an engineer gives up
charge Of engineers department
~. d steamer, by resignation or 9th
~ wise, he shall certify in writing
to the condition OF The same, Q
-. shall deposit such certificate, sil
cd by him, with the local Board
es' inspectors at the port where
~ vessel may be at the time OF 10
ing her. Ii there are no Inspect
w, stationed ut such port, then
" shall mail such certificate OF con
ton 10 the Inspectors Of the =
where such vessel was last inspt
ID and when an engineer assuI
y! the charge OF the engineer dep
w ment of any steamer, he shall>
anime the certificate Of condit
,n. given by the last engineer as 81
IA thereafter rs possible, aud II
ivu shall iud that the facts have b
'.a misstaied, he shall Immediately
port that fact TO the lnspO'
-, aforesaid, pointing Out IN his
i" port in what the alleged misst
"a mcnts consists; falling which
''' will be held that the cOndiuO.
~, the dedartment was found as
"a, resented.
ON A Miss LucY LEE advertises
rom Mississippi paper that sire
has GOOD birth and education, an,
IN willingto marry M CHLORIDE
pre- Ing herself able 10 support OF
ehceI Exchange.
.syS' The only chance we know o
Doth Miss Lucy i Spears, OF the VI
lille burg llERALn. though he is
ASH en- incorriblc old bachelor il b
our. our conscience to recommend
Ival lie IS iny-Gvc, grizzly as a r,
IMAM Mountain bear, and never pull
Will a shirt ill he Gears il oHt.-
'oa'' lumbu' Index.
~ Look here, young mau, ever
avon fact that you are a married man