Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-14
MNcELLANEous.


The river has begun lie downward
career.
The Ashland passed down Yesterday
forenoon, heavily loaded with cotton.
The Colorado arrived with 1000
packages and a goodly list of passen.
gers.
The popular City OF Vicksburg Is
he next Anchor Liner, leaving Stature
day at ii am, for st. Louis.
The I. +. Eckert came up and landed
at the island, yesterday evening. None
Of her people came over TO town, but
we presume she has finished work at
the wreck Of the Tolle.
The Della reshipped 200 bales on the
Natchez, and brought 936 sacks seed to
this port for reshipment. This, with
the YSzoo's cotton aud seed, now on
the landing, will make q nice pickup
FOR some passing boat.
The industrious packet SUnhower
Belle, made . quick trip TO Campbells-
vile, aud returned with Al bales, $3.50
sacks seed for New Orleans, aud l52
bales for town. She brought 1876 bales
for one city firm, and SO for smother.
St. Louis Republican, Monday The
Shreveport found the Yaeger still
aground aloef Of Liberty island, at 2
p. m. Saturday. She was hard and all
quiet on board, The Belle came up
about 100 yards to the right Of her, and
between her and the Illinois shore.
The Mollie Moore has probably got her
out of her predicament by this morn.
ing.
ST. Louis, Dec. l0.-The towboal
Bee, belonging 10 the Mississippi Val.
icy Transportation Company, struck q
'ock at MoccaSon Springs, fifteen miles
above Cape Glrardeau, ct 10 o'clock
last night, aud sunk in thirteen feet of
water. Her tow Of four well.l&den
barges for New Orleans was cut loose
and saved. The boat, which probably
will be q total loss, Is valued at $4,000,
and not insured.
The steamer Il. c. jackson, which
the merchants OF Chattanooga agreed
to pay S60 per week 10 run regularly to
Decatur, Ala, dilut return on her sec.
ond trip, having been bought by the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
Company. Says the Chattanooga Com.
mercial: 'One thing is certain, the
boat was bought aud has the mail to
carry, while our business mon are sold,
and now have no boat line and no mail
contract 10 assist the establishment Of
one"
Memphis Avalanche, Tuesday Bush
q Dalrymple, Of Rising Sun, were over
on the bar in front of the city yesterday
and 90 on South to-day. Jake Lashell
pushes out for below to-day, alter hav-
ing been here a week or 90. Ed. Rabb
and Loudon left here for q coasting
trip South yesterday. Humphreys
brick boat, from Rising Sun, aud a
brick boat from the upper Ohio, passed
down yesterday, not finding a suitable
selling market here. 10 Cruger, from
Rising Sun, and Plcken's coaster, from
Racine, upper Ohio, passed down yes
terday also Anderson's coaster, from
Guyandotte, Va. Capt. S. Scott, with
the tug Come and See NJ towing q
barge Of Syracuse, upper Ohio, coal,
aud a coast trader, passed Town yes
terdsy q month out from he Musk
ingum, all well, W, c. Farrell, from
Elizabethtown, also W. Plessants, from
the same place, with cargocs of pola-
toes, passed here going South on Sun
day,
Courier.Journal We regret 10 an.
nounce that Capt. Sam Roberto, the
well.known coal.dealer of this city,
was seized with paralysis while asleep
in his room Tuesday morning before
day. He retired early, feeling as well
as usual, but was seized with the stroke
at 3 o'clock next morning, while in
bed, His right arm, side and Ieg-in
fact the entire right side of his body
IL affected. = ' The blockade
continues IN the canal, aud towboats
are dragging their slow lengths
along" "Onc by one they are passing
away" down through the canal, bound
southwark. Now and then a steam.
boat "runs the blockade" through the
canal among the coalboats. There are
yet six towboats with their tows 10 go
through The canal, then the rush will
be over. The work Of putting these
immense tows through the canal has
been slow but steady work during the
week, and so far not a single accident
has happened to them.