Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

The John I. Toile, with q full load
passed down without stopping.
Capt. Bob Riley and Clerk Chris
sharpe have gone TO New York on q
trip Of recreation.
Capt. Nat. Williams has purchased
the hull of the Julia No , tor wharf
boat purposes at Madison.
Capt Eadss new dredge.boat will
be launched at Pittsburg next Satur-
day. 1t will cost, when inished, Sl0C,.
40.
The Phil A.lln leaves Memphis .or
Arkansas CITY on Monday evenings.
carrying the mails and doing way bus
iaess, and returning, makes her regular
trip TO Vich,burg, leaving for the latter
place every Wednesday evening. She
evidently means business.
Y Capt. II. L, Lee announces in our
steamboat column that he will, on or
about the lst Of October next, place
two steamers IN the New Orleans,
Nicksburg. Yazoo and Tallahatchie
trade, and that be has also made ar
rengements .ov Suuaower river con-
nection.
The Sherlock ie;t Cincinnati last Sat-
urday with g. cabin passengers, IL
deckerf. and co tons freight, and had
large engagements below, including
loo sheep, IL beeves, 500 barrels meat.
A 20 hhs. tobacco, IS barrels whisky, j0U
barrels lime, and L. casks bacon.
Pilots, Wes Conner and Isaac b.
Gaugh.
To those contemplating a visit TO Hot
Springs we particularly recommend the
superbly appointed passenger packet,
Phil Allin, on which special rates may
be obtained. With Capt. Mark Check
on the roof, Rees Reese, Jo SPeers and
Wash Floyd in the clerical department,
travellers can wish for no better care
and attention than will he given them
on this splendid steamer.
New Orleans City Item: The season
upon which we are rapidly approach
( ing promises to be the best-for steam.
boat men since the close OF the war
From every quarter the most encourag'
ing accounts are received Of the grow.
ing crops. aud our steamboat men are
not idle, for whilst the tilers of the
soil in the country are busy chtiyating
the crops they are preparing to give
the planter proper facilities to trans
rort the product OF his labor 10 market
\ AL Algiers a small army OF artisans
are busy in placing our home fleet IN
Al order the docS.yards are all busil!
engaged, hundreds oil men find cou
slant employment there, and daily the
busy note OF preparation is heard on
every hand In 4 few weeks ouI
levee will wear an antc-bc!um aspect.
The Golden City arrived at Cincir
natl at 4 40 pm, last Saturday, / hour
ard IS minutes ahead Of the Colder
Z Hule. She left New Orleans at IL u;
aim. lst. Her time from port to pOr
was ,even day'. seventeen hours, anC
fifteen minutes, aud her running tint
was seven days and Que hour. As sh'
steamed up TO the wharf boat ske wa
literally covered with flags aud otLer
decorations, and In few moments ;
number OF Captain Hegler'
friends were on board to congrat
ulate him on having made the quickest
3 time ever made by q stern-wheel boa
from New Orleans 10 Cincinnati
Sterling Mcintyre, her clerk, kept
record Of her time from point to point
from which we were permitted Il
make some extracts New Orleans I,
Memphis, three days, thirleei
hours Memphis TO Cairo, twenty
eight hours Cairo TO Evansville, TWEEN
f ty hours; Evansville 10 Louisville
twenty.one hours; Louisville TO Gin
cinnati, fifteen hours. Her running
time from New Orleans to Cairo wa
four days and seventeen hours; l.
Evansville, five days and thrtecI
hours to Louisville, six days and tel
hours; to Cincinnati. seven days ant
one hour. She made the last fort
miles from Louisville up In three and
half hours, when she struck 4 iog AM
was detained three and half hours
She also lost fifteen minutes waitin
for the tow boat, My Choice to pass he
barges between the piers OF the South
ern Railroad bridge. On the entire u
trip, she made twentY-eight andins
Snd registered G3 passengers.