Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-09
RIVER NEWS.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


The Della brought 10 bales cotton
and sundries from Davis Bend.
The Capitol City had 1850 packages
sundries and a fair passenger list for
tnis place.
The favorite Anchor Line boat, John
b. Maud is the next steamer for 81.
Louis after the Capitol City, leaving at
IL o'clock Saturday morning.
The Golden City passed down heavl.
Is freighted about two hours before
day, yesterday morning, after putting
OF here a good deal of freight.
The elegant Phil Allin resume her
place in the Vicksburg trade, after 4
Short absence, and will arrive tonight,
to leave tomorrow at / pm. She af-
fords very superior accommodations
for passengers.
ST. Louis river tonnage has been re-
duced by fire and sinking 5000 tons
during the past six weeks. This in
cludes the Atlantic, Glencoe, Caronde-
let, Bismarck and Grand Republic.
A long trading boat called the Ex-
change, from Lake Pepin, is on her
way down the Mississippi with a barge
in tow. She Is rather an odd looking
craft. Her hold is about ten feet Ia
depth, and along her sides are port
holes covered with thick glass. She is
built after the lake steamers, and has
but one smoke stack.
The Government snagboat, q. e..
Wagner, now at Yazoo City, has been
ordered 10 Memphis 10 be laid up, her
work ceasing until Congress %appropri-
ates more funds to put her In opera.
ton again. The funds at present In
the hands Of Major Benyard have been
much reduced land Is not more than
will be needed to take care of the
Government property until the sum Is
~replenished by Congress.
Avalanche, Tuesday: According 10
dispatches received yesterday after
noon, no rise Of Importance is TO come
down the upper Ohio. The water had
come 10 a stand al Pllsburg after
swelling to 6 feet. This is not enough
for coal to come ouI except In light
bsrges. A rise Of ~ Ieet occurred In
the Cumberland at Nashville yes'er-
day, and plenty Of water may soon be
expected in the lower Ohio. There Is
plenty OF water in sill Southern tribu.
;aries, and also plenty above st. Louis.
The Courier Journal rcsurrects the
following from the Lexington (Ky.)
Monitor, June, 1919: Arrived at Ship.
pingsport, Ky, the steamboat james
Ross, Captain Palfrey, in the short pas
sage of sixteen [days, we suppose
Riy. ED. GIL aud fourteen hours
from New Orleans. Extract from her
log.book May 7, 1919: "At l pm. got
under way from New Orleans at 4 :25
met the Hecla, having been up the coast
to take sugar. 0th-Passed mouth Of
Thompson creek. Met Kentucky,
Passed the Hornet, for ST. Louis. She
left New Orleans thirty hours before
us. 10th-The Pdrgoud, bound down,
passed US while wooding five miles
above Fort Adams. llth-Met Eagle
about twenty miles above Natchez.
Passed the St. Louis, bound for ST.
Louis, wooding at the head of Island
100. She left New Orleans forty.seven
hours before ua. Passed Rileman, for
Nashville, above Palmyra, waiting for
shaft. Sent our boat on board and re-
ceived 81, 200 in specie for the Chris
tiau Bank. l2th-Met Tamerlsine at
Island 90. l3lh-Saw steamboat bound
down, opposite side, about forty miles
below ST. Francis; supposed her to be
the Madison. l7th-Met Maid of Or
leans, from ST. Louis, six miles above
Canadian Reach. 20th-Met Shelby in
the Ohio, thirty miles from the mouth.
Arrived at Sm~ilhland, found Car Of
Commerce discharging. 22d Met
Ohio opposite French island. oath
At 5b. som. am, arrived at Shipping
port, KY"