West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-08-04
RIVER NEws.-The Mississippi at this


RIVER NEWS. The Mississippi at this
point continues to fall very rapidly. We
notice that the cave at tho foot of Prin-
cipal st., Bayou Sara, has received, dur
the Late high water, n very large depos-
it which seems to be of such character
as will probably prevent any further in
road on the part of the river for at least
some time to come. The old wharfboat,
C. T. Dumont, sank directly in the upper
part of the cave, and the wreck has been
the means conformity with the eddy oc-
casioned by tho new wharf-boat lying
Immediately above, of accumulating the
sediment This is fortunate oircum-
stance, for the river seriously threatened
to cut off communication with Principal
street, by way of Levce, and also endan-
gered property in that vicinity.
Tho repairs to the Gov. Allen having
place in the Bayou Sare trade and will
be here this evening on her first trip.
She has boon placed i'll "tip top order
and is "every bit aud grain as good as
when she came from the hands of her
builders.
The great Natchez has recently gone
into dock and will most probably be
ready to resume her trips i'll the N. O. &
Vicksburg trade about the LIST ofSeptem-
Der.
The s.Dandy Frank Pargoud" will be
out about the same time looking as "pret-
ty as pink"
From appearances at the present writ
ing, we arc led to believe that things are
going to be 'Iively' in the Southern
trades during the coming season. Capt.
John w. Cannon is building u splendid
steamer. for our local trade, and it is
stated that Capt. J. ;. Brown in addition
to his Gov. Allen, will place another fine
packet to run in cojunction with her.
Messrs. Brown &, Jones, q strong, monied
firm, of New Orleans and Memphis, have
already purchased tho na1aii.nl Thomp-
son Dcafh which they will run as'1lns
the present line of New Orleans g. Vicks
burg packets, and it is stated on trust
worthy authority tlat the magnificent
Crane, Republic will be introduced h
the same firm in q combination with the
large carrying capacity, among them the
immense james Howard, will ply in the
Memphis trade, so that there will evil
IDENTIFY beno lack of tonnage.
If this competition serves to lower the
prevailing exorbitant rates of fare and
tariff on freight, one of the greatest IN
terests of the people will thereby DC sub
served. 1t would be q suicidal policy to
attempt to disguise the fact that the
lines of steamers, on the route extending
from N. o. to Vicksburg, constitute q
monopoly, so far as their business extends,
scarcely secondary to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co., or tho Western Union
Telegraph combination.
Without the figures before ua, we feel
safe in venturing the opinion, that any
given commodity may be transported
from New York to New Orleans, by sea,
at rate of charge far less than it would
cost to bring the same article from New
Orleans to Bayou Sara, by one of our local
packets. Certain it is, however, that
freights on bread-stuils and provisions,
and indeed anything else, are fully from
90 to IS per cont less, from st, Louis,
Louisville or Cincinnati to New Orleans,
by river, than they are from the latter city
to this point.
Will our people awake to a realization
of the enormity of the injury wrought
them individually and as business
community, and literally sustain such
enterprises as tend to destroy tho obnoX-
ious system? We shall sec.