Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

Inc Cotton ' alley Will leave CinCln-
natl for New Orleans next SATURDAY..
J. w. Carleton is still in command.
In the twcnty.four hours ending at )
pm. yesterday, the river rose ~ inch.
es, and stood 10 feet & inches by the
gauge.
The bar on the new Mary Houston
will be owned by Billy Bry ant, who
ran the bar SO successfully on the Old
boat.
The Lee carried into New Orleans,
Monday, the largest trip Of the season,
5,lG7 bales cotton, 4.4i0 sacksseed, and
l6l barrels oil.
The Colorado arrived with $500
packages and a good passenger list.
The favorite City Of Vicksburg Is the
next Anchor Liner.
That regular little time.piece, and
boat Of steady habits, the industrious
SunGower Belle, got off with a trip
yesterday that was pleasant TO look at.
The Fannie Tatum is TO be sold at
auction In st. Louis, on the Slh Of No
vember. The Tatum was built in 1874
and is something extra in the way Of a
good steamboat.
The Cincinnati, Louisville and New
Orleans Pilots Association numbers
twenty-seven members. They have es.
tablished their wages at $l7j per
month or trip, commencing Novem.
Der l.
Commodore E. W. Gould has con.
cluded to place the Gold Dust in the
Cairo and New Orleans trade, where
che will run during the balance Of the
season, making fifteen.day trips, leav-
ing New Orleans one week and Cairo
the other.
The Commonwealth, coming up to
our landing, struck oil the mud.bar,
opposite Ryan's mill, last night about
II o'clock, and she was still there after
l O'Clock. She Is heavily loaded, and
was coming with good speed, and no
doubt will have some trouble in get
ting of, though W. hope to see her at
the wharf this morning.
The Eckert was looked tor 10 arrive
at the wreck Of the Glencoe during
last night. She will be able to raise
the Glencoe in a few hours, and a little
repairing will make the sunken steam.
or as good as ever.
The new Red river packet, Lotus No,
3, passed down yesterday evening, tow
ing the old Lotus No. 3, which /, 10 be
used az a " hart boat somewhere up the
Red. She was well loaded, and put of
here about 200 packages, chiefly furni.
ture and wagons.
The wharf boat Is again safely moor
ed at her old landing, and last night al
three OF the stages were out. Capts
Green and Wilkinson, Messrs. Crump
Miller aud Rsiney, look we'll and
hearty after their trip to the country
and seem 10 be glad to get back to towr
again. Now, let's keep her here.
The labor question is bothering thu
New Orleans steamboatmen. The pa
pers of that city advise the employment
Of white men as the best solution o.
the difficulty, and q correspondent Of
the Democrat says "If our Captain
would see to II that their Mates CAV
white men a show, there would Away
be plenty of labor here, Which would
be q great advantage to tho boats ant
to planters as WELL"
Yesterday an alarming rumor pre-
vailed that the Della had bursted he
boiler down in Davis's Bend, and tna
all her crew were killed except Capt
Crawford and the chambermaid. TIL
report originated from the fact that sh
had burnt her boiler and sent up her
for q boiler maker 10 60 down to re
pair It. After diligent inquiry, we fee
authorized in saying that this is al
there is in II, and nobody Is hurt.
Memphis Avalanche, Both: Their
was rain all round yesterday, and NOR
water is promised In the tributarie
Arkansas will be rising again, an
White has already had q swell of 81
feet. The rivers above st. Louis are |
good order, and the swell here hI
been full four feet. The lower Obi
continues low, but there were SYM
toms of q rise Of Pittsburg yesterday,
little swell being reported at FreepOI
and Brownsville.
Frank Espy's trading boat, 10
Rising Sun, Ind, last Monday for Il
South, his bride accompanying hin
His cabins are fitted up in fine styl
and their wedding tour will double
be o pleasant one. The boat has
cargo 600 barrels Of potatoes, Is tons
hay, 125 barrels Of onions, lao kits
mackerel, % dozen chairs, and "a
cans of trawberries. The pilot Is
Spencer Thompson, and the crew are
B. Parker, Jim Bennett, Isaac Robin
N. A. VanosdOl, aud Ed. Merrill, COO
The A. G. Donnally left Clncinns
last Monday morning, drawing 4
feet, with Al cabin passengers, /
deckers, 40 Of them gypsles), and a
tons freight. Her freight consistl
principally Of the following items:
moving wagons, g. horses, 1900 pix
furniture, 200 brls. whisky, 800 pr
pork, 1,400 pkgs. butter, l50 bxs. tobs
co, $50 cases I've, 5000 bxs. sOap, 20
bxs. starch, 200 brls. apples, 500 b.
glassware, 700 empty oil barrels, 20
plows, 100 brls. -four, 100 kegs piI
feet, 200 bxs. cheese. Pilots, Wheel
Collier and Frank Carroll,