Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
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Sergeant Signal Service, U. S. A.
M-IscELLANEoUs.

Auo AnuuOub OOlucu Aulo poauSH uP
for Cincinnati to-day. She 10 first
class In every respect, and Capt. Shin
kle Is . princely host.
The swift and beautiful Grand Tower
IL the Anchor Line steamer for st.
Louis, this evening, Her fare and &C.
commodations are sumptuous and Of.
1Osrs polite and attentive.
The New Mary Houston did not get
here until breakfast time, and lay al
the whari-bOat some two hours putting
of freight. She was loaded fat and
crowded with excursionists, many of
whom took an extended stroll over the
city. ,"
Capt. Tobin's new steamboat will be
q tremendous sifAir, II we are 10 judge
by the following item, telegraphed
from Louisville: captain TObin's
imperial palace, now building by the
famous Howsrds, will have $500 horse.
power-equal to that Of more than
one.halG the ships that sail the ocean,"
A letter from Capt. Fitzgerald, who IL
on the steamer Vicksburg, In Deer
Creek, says, under date OF the 7th, that
the boat can come out Of the Creek
whenever she wants 10. On the day
mentioned, she arrived at Rolling FoI K
loaded fiat (from the "ColOny') aud
had turned her wheel every foot If the
way. We are glad to hear that the boat
10 doing well.
N. o. Picayune: II transpires that
about 800 bales Of cotton we're lost
from the steamboat Shannon by lie
collision with the CanOuicus Sunday
morning. About 300 are now In the
hold, and these will be brought to the
surface when the wrecking boat gets 10
work. Yesterday the steamers Eve
aud Isabel picked up 260 bales, m lost OF
which we're discovered along the coast,
They will resume to-day, aud possibly
rescue all.
Memphis Appeal, Tuesday The Sat
urdsy night storm drove everything
aflOat to bank, but no damage happen
ed 10 any but the Illinois, which wa
driven against q fallen tree near Boil
var landing, breaking her wheelhousC
considerably. She got into port, how
ever, and will leave again this evening
= A dispatch from New Odeant
yesterday says that Saturdays storm
damsged the levees TO q considerable
extent. Crevasses are reported a
Jesuit's bend. eighteen miles below tht
city, and al DR.. Wilkinson's, thirty.6vt
miles below the city, both On tho RICH
bank. No estimate Of the damage cal
be made.
The tOw-boat Jos. B. Williams nov
en- route 10 New Orleans has q Tow o
80 boats, containing 60l,445 bushels o
coal, without her own fuel-the larges
tow ever taken from Louisville to New
Orleans, or any place 10 the world
making 22,S55 tone. Her freight bill q
3 cents per bushel amounts to sl8,043,
IS, equal 10 81 cents per ton. Il wOul'
take 1907 cars, Of 1888 bushels to tn
car, to transport this amount Of Goa
Also per ton, or 500 per car, th
freight bill by rail would amount {
$lS07O0, or $l62,656 f5 more by raj
than by river. The tow can be take
from Pi.tsburg to New Orleans In !
or Is days. II would require over 10
trains Of Is cara 10 The train to tranI
port this 6Ol ,445 bushels of coal, and
It makes the usual speed Of fast freigt
lines Il would take all n Summer I
put It through by rail. This statemeT
shows the wonderful superiority Of h
river over rail facilities.
st. Louis Globe. Democrat : On Apr
let the New Orleans pooling Arrange
ment expires by Limitation. ALERT ID,
date II is predicted that 3 new Arrange
ment will he c~Onsummated. Man
ideas are held 10 readiness 10 be spruu
ct the proper moment. One Arrange
ment is 10 have 8 line composed
hrst-class tide-Wheel loais. Such
pool would be fruit for the shippe
but would be hard on the boat owner
as Commodore Kounlz, with h
Greightere, might come in and NAL
rates 90 low that 10 run a steamboat
New Orleans at a !, would be ruiuou
Another scheme is TO take In a lot
boats aud compel their owners to pt
$1,000 forfeit in case they should relu
to have their boat leave on the day q
BY the pool. This seems 10 meet wi
general appreciation among shipper
Their ideas seem TO concentrate
having boats get away as per adVC
tlsement. 1t makes little difference
business men how their stuff gets TO
destination so long as 1t gets the
quickly.
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