Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
Above low Changes.
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Shreveport. J o..
81. Louis .,."". 3 ; T.. ..
e. Paul....."'. :? =;
Nicksburg go. II
DEPARTURES.
Home laZoO
Rcbt. e. Lee.".".......,..,.NeW orleans
Pail A!lin Memphis
Della NO 3.....un."....,,',,.'DaNls nehu
BOAT DUE TO-DAY.
Frank PargOud. ,..,.. n. o. to Arkopolls
Della No. .......... Davis Bend 10 v'burg
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Fer Eaqle Lake The stAunch and re.
liable regular packet Della No. 3, VIM.
Crawford, Master; Z. L. Shaw, Clerk, Will
leave for kagle Lake at 10 O'Clock to-day.
Shippers, send down your freight.
Fer Greenrille aud ArkopoiiS.-The IA
vorite and superb packet Pargoud, j. N.
White, Master; W. N. Gaines, Clerk, will
leave for Greenville, Arkop0lis, and way
landings, at 1880 am, on arrival OF the
Vicks6urg and Meridian Railroad train.
Fer Memphis, Cairo and 81. Louis.-The
elegant and popular steamer j., u. Maude,
Captain WIN. II. Blake, G. W. Goebel,
Clerk, will leave the Elevator to-day
at IL am , for the Bends, Memphis, Cairo
and st. Louis, carrying the U. 3. malls
and transacting all way business. For state
rooms and information, apply to Captain
Frank Merigold, on the Elevator.
OUR RIVER IErERAsT.
Ofthe many interests which combine
tc make V~icksburg materially prosper
Gus. there lie no single n that should
be more jealousy guarded and liber-
ally fostered than that which pertains t
commerce and trade by river. Vlcks
burg is the center ola section which
produces the best cotton In the world
(the Sea Island being of course, excep
tional,) and is SUSCEPTIBLE Of producing
everything absolutely necessary for the
~sustenance Of man. 1t Is q cOuntr!
that teens with agricultural riches, ant
our city is the natural emporium OF tn
trasic and commerce which grows on
OF the exchange Of these for the pro
ducts OF other countries. We say sh
ia the natural emporium, because sh'
has ready made by the hand Of natur
great highways for this traffic, In tn
Mississippi river and the numerou
tributaries that drain the beautiful
and fertile valleys on every eide
Here are means for the transaction Of
limitless amount Of trade only avail
ing development BY the energy an
enterprise Of mar to prove . source Q
boundless wealth and prosperity. An
We are pleased to say that howeve
sluggish and unenergetic Vicksbur
may seem In other matters, she is BY n
means Indifferent 10 her river Interest,"
having produced river men, who
sAgacily, perseverance, and bushes
ability are the equals Of their proteI
sionai brethren anywhere, and built u
river enterprises which, in the amour
of capital involved and business tran
acted, have no parallel In other branch'
of local trade. First Of these In 10
pOrtance to ne, because closely col
nected with our local interests, is Il
celebrated
PARIsoT LINE,
which was incorporated under Il
name Of 1.-THE Mississippi and YazC
River Packet Company" but to Whit
the familiar golden "P' between Il
chimneys of the boats, has given Il
name Of the up" Line. The otieers a
S. b. Parisot, President E. c. Caro-
. superintendent; John Bell, PnrchS
ing Agent, and D. B. Rumble, Boo
keeper. The Company now has,
will have ready for the Fall trade, 6
fne steamers, viz: Yazoo VallC
Home, David Sinton, YaZoo, Sunfo
er Belle, aud q new boat now buildir
A number of these boats, sufficient
transact ell business offered, regular
ply in the YazoO, T~allahatchie .
SunAower rivers, in all seasons, hi
or low water, business or no busine
carrying the United States mails
schedule time, bringing to this pt
immense quantities Of cotton, colt
seed, hides, live stock and country p
duce, and In return distributing owe
large area Of country, plantation 81
plies and miscellaneous freightp. :
capital invested is $4,000 and this
\ been used lavishly In rendering
Line o convenience aud necessity
the people. The Company has I
brick warehouses at Yazoo City, bl
at q cost Of S25,000 also warehouses
Tchula, Greenwood aud various OF
points to. protect freights and fac
tate the transaction of busint
But to enumerate all the prof.
carried out by this liberal and
sighted corporation for the devel
ment Of the Yazoo country and
benefit Of our city, would require m
space than we can appropriate at
time. They are familiar TO the PEG
But in conclusion we must say,
since the P Line has always stood
the people, showing itself worthy