Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-07
YICBSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1877.
RIVER NEWS.

One lonesome bale on the landing.
The SunAower Belle departed with
q good trip.
The Stanard put OF here $50 bundles
ties and g lot Of sundTies.
The Della brought twelve bales new.
cotton out Of DAvis's Bend for the Big
Injin.
The improvements IN the Coosa
river, COW actively in progress, will
give on uninterrupted navigation Of
100 miles 10 Mobile.
The w~hari.bcat that SINK at Red
river with tie Wizards freight, was
formerly the Lizzie Hopkins, once q
favori;e Red river packet.
Capt. Seaman, OF he E. D. S.anard,
gave V!cksburg o terrible overhauling
about the condition of orr harbor. lie
says Vicksba.g Is q hundred years be-
hind the age.
Passengers desiring speed, comfort
and safety land who does not p will
find them on the Anchor Line steam
er Colorado which leaves this morning
for 81. Louis, at II O'Clock.
Luke Bernard has resigned the
.econl.c.eTkstip Of the Belle Mem
pitts, 70 accep! Z position on the wharf
boat Ct Cairo. Mr. Harry Crane sue.
ceeds NJ, Bernard on he Belle Mem.
ph!s.
The whaTiboa. a. the mouth Of Red
river about 100 tons Of the Frank Will
liard's freight aboard, sunk Saturday
morning. The freight was all taken
out, some Of It in q damaged condition
and q protest was entered by Captain
Down. The wEartboat is badly
careened, but may be saved, Her
owners have gone 10 Old river 10 get
the Usage 10 come 10 the rescue.
Memphis Appeal, 4th The first bale
Of new cotton received from the river
country was brought here yesterday by
the steamer Coshoma, 1t having been
shipped by j. o UrsuTy, at o X land.
ing, Mississippi. Captain
Randall reports that on this trip up
PHO! Maumus found q new channel at
Moons /: that they came up to the right
Of the :ow.heal, and found mark.three
all the way up.
Y. 0. Democrat By river there was
received in tie last year, ending An
gus: 81, from Red river, l4l, 139 bales
cotton Black, Ouachita and lie tribu-
tarieF, II, ASP bales and the Atcbafa-
laya, lie tributaries and Bayou Teche,
3S,435 bales, making q total of 2jl,026
bales, agains. 343,9S2 bales for The year
previous. The difference in receipts
being divided as folluws: Red river,
26,067; Ouachiia, IS, j44 Atchafalaya,
S,345. While the fact is known that the
receipts Of cotton from oil quarters are
short Q! what they were for the pre-
vious year Of 1876, yet in the above
mentioned tributaries the decrease is
ont Of proportion. For instance the re-
ceipts By river last year from Vicks'
burg, the Bends and Yazoo amounted
to 33l,S7l bales, sgainst 300,9l0 bA!esi In
1S75.76, q difference OF j9,030 bales
while in the 0uachita the difference
with q much smaller total, was 1904
bales, the discrepancy being over 4;
per cent. We mention these details !oI
The purpose Of showing the evil that re
suited 10 the river interests by The 81
most entire suspension Of navigation /;
Old river during the months, or a par
Of October, November, December anC
January last, and the importance 0
keeping this part Of the river open
With cotton, Ike other products, whel
1t Is diverted from its Legitimate chan
nels Of transportation, 10 use a common
: expression, 'you can't always some
: times tell where Il will 20, and The con
clus.on, besides being 4 safe one, :ha
) much Ct !. sougL! other markets, is a.
; unanswersble sgglmeu! IN favor 0
! keeping open tie navigation 20 hes
i tributaries,