Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-05

lions near Grand Tower, where
disasters have raa1nay occurred 70
the Lady Gay aud other steamers.
The Mia8issippi, after being ru-
paired nc Cairo, broke her engine
sgain a. Birds Point, and was tow
eli % st. Louis by the Olive
Branch.
Fuel is very scarce at ali points
along tho Mississippi aud its tribu-
taries. Steamers experiences con-
tinued difficulty in obtaining sup
plies. WOOdyards, 50 numerous a
few years ago, & now almost
abandoned, and vessels have to rely
on the coal depOts at New Orleans,
Baton Rouge, Natchez, Vicksburg,
mouth Of White river, Memphis
and Cairo. The little wood TO be
found at long distances is generally
green and barely fl for use, and sci.
dom sells for less than "a per cord.
The mouth of Red river, once . no
ted depot for supplies Of coal aud
pine wood, Is now bare. Enter
pFising Western wood choppers
would find a field of employment
aud profit at q hundred points be.
tween New Orleans and Cairo.
The NaicheZ passed the Pargoud
with all ease, VIC learn, this trip
Wonder il the N. o. Rullettin will
make q note Of this fact, and ii so,
will the Picayune copy the same?
A Cairo dispatch Of the 2Sth
says OF the steamer Richmond
The Richmond was attached by
sonic law process last night, at CO.
lumbus, KY, aud Is still detained
by q portion Of her Louisville own
ers, who wish to force a settlement
of claims. The telegraph has been
in requisitlOn all day, endeavOring
to effect a compromise, but with
out OBJECT. She Is full Of passen-
gers, who arc very indignant.
The Memphis Avalanche OF last
Saturday says;
The American which left here
last week for Little Rock, with the
Nineteenth United States infantry,
arrived at Little Rock, discharged
her cargo aud loaded there for
Fort Smith, aud when twenty-five
miles above Little Rock, she struck
q snag, Thursday night at 10 o'clock
aud sunk in fifteen feet Of water.
Four deck hands who were asleep
at the time Of the sinking, were
drowned. The American will
proves total loss. She was owned
by the Memphis and Arkansas
River Packet Company. She was
valued at $4,000 aud insured for
half that amount.
The Davenport Gazette states
TINT the Northern and Northwest
crn Packet Lines have about con-
summated an arrangement fora five
years partnership. Each company
agrees TO put up $4,000 forfeit, for
the carrying out of the compact.
The Louisville COurier-J ournal
says:
The NJ. j. Wicks attempted to
take the dummy engine on board,
at New Albany, which has been
awaiting shipment TO Port Hudson
for some time, but could not get it
aboard, although cighty.flve deck
hands did th.ir best, working the
greater portion Of the night.
The ST. Louis Democrat, Of the
10Th, says:
Capt. Henry Switzer was to leave
on a steamer last evening for the
obstruction below Grand Tower,
TO buoy it. The buoy is a cylinder
of boiler or sheet iron, six feet long
by two and One.half feet in dame
ter, and painted black, with an an-
Choir attached. II will be dropped
right on, or put above the obstruC-
lion, A number of the pilots say
this obstruction is q sycamore log,
with the root pointing up stream.
Capt. Switzer will ascertain what II
is.
An exchange says:
STEAMBOAT DISASTERS IN 1869.
BY Fire-Uf the boats connected
with the trade Of St. Louis, fifteen
were destroyed by fire In 1869
Ruth and StOnewall burnt in the
Mississippi river ;LexingtOn, burnt
at Algiers G. d. Allen, Henry
Adkins, Ben Johnson. Carrie V
Kountz, Jennie Lewis, Fannie
Scott, America, War Eagle and
Evening Star, burnt at 81 Louis
Antelope, Peter Balen aud Lady
Grace, burnt In the Missouri river
By Sinking-Sunset, Urilda, Ten.
nessee, Benton, Sully, Gem and
Cora. sunk In the Missouri river,
Only Chance in the Arkansas, aud
Peoria City, in the Mississippi.
Boats Sunk and Raised-Nicl
Wall In the Missouri river, and w
liz. Arthur aud Kate Robinson, il
the Mississippi.
Boats that met with Accidents
and Damaged Themselves and Car
gov. r. Arthur, Louisville, Lu
minary and Utah, on the Mississip,
pi river; Stonewall, Tom Stevens
IL. NJ. Shrieve and T. L. McGill; il
the Missouri.
Barges CONNECTED with the St
Louis Trade,) Sunk - Barge No
10 Of the Mississippi Valley Trans.
portation Company, at Lake Provi
dence, aud No. II at st. Louis
barge Warsaw at New Albany
The losses have been estimated
as follows:
BY n c, boats n cargo. ......."...s gyyV0
BY sinking, boat and cargo. ........ 5000
~ accidents, boats and cargo" 1900
~ bargcs, boats and eargo...s..... lOO,0
Total .....','... ''..'''''''''s T'!VVViV-
These figures may be over or un'
der the truth, but in either casethC
record is fearful and calls for re.
form. II We wish to sustain oul
river commerce, II ought to bc