Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-07
I. S. COLLINS,
Sergeant Signal Service, U $. A.


All quiet on the levee last night, no
boats being due.
The SuBhower Belle departed with
good freight trip.
The YazOo is lying at the wharf re.
ceiving an o%verhauling,
The Yazoo Valley has been sent to
the bank below the Elevator.
The 6ne Anchor Line steamar Col.
oradO leaves for St. Louis to-day at IL
am. All who desire a pleasant trip
North should ~palronize bis steamer.
The Fair Play arrived from Sun
flower last night at ~ o'clock with a
very light trip Of freight, among
which was q sacks seed for ST. Louis.
The pride Of the Anchor Line, the
City of V~icksburg, Is due to-day, AID
will take The members o! the Press AS.
ISOLATION en- a grand excursion to-
might
The RDbt. Z. Lee aud Illinois will
drop into port this evening, aud re-
eeiTs freight and passengers for their
respective destinations, 10 leave TO.
morrow.
The ferry. boat t'oE the Press Asso-
citation on an excursion to the National
Cemetery yesterday evening, and then
around the Island to the new landing at
Dslts. Col. Keary received the thanks
of the members for bis kindness.
Wednesday 10 generally q dull day,
lint Yesterday was an execution TO the
rule, the steamers Thomas Sherlock
aud r bert Mitchell arriving at III
wharf, and with the aid Of the local
packets in port helped TO make things
lively. The Sherlock had a good up
stream Trip, and the Mitchell put Of SO
barrels salt. 705 packages furniture,
and quite a miscellaneous amount o.
freight.
Captain E,ts is nili IN Washington ;
he has received d pressing invitation
10 address the Prt,burg Chamber Of
Commerce on the 4th OF jail, hut he
is 90 worn down by iucesssnt labor
aud the late fatigue attending his sp.
plioatlon TO Washington, that he fears
be must d, cline. The brilliant sue.
cess Of bis lsvees, so far, has won him
respeclful attention among the mem.
bdfa 81 Congress, aud the notifications
he asks in his contract appear likely to
be granted. j.,
Nalchez Democrat: We are pleased
10 learn that we are not all alone In the
held lighting the porters and advoca-
ting the adoption Of tho free baggage
syStem on steamboats,. Since we start
cd the fight some two weeks sgJ, the
Louisville Courier-JourDa has taken
sides with us, aud says: "Porters on
steamboats, ought 10 be paid a regular
monthly salary to attend to the baggage
OF their passengers. We have heard
repeated complaints made recently con
oarning the manner in which porters
on boats treat passengers, simply be.
Oalse they forgot 10 slip a "quarter"
into the porter's hands for handling
baggage. Passengers on railroad trains
meet with no such annoyances, and We
don't think that steamboats, add any
thing to their popularity by permitting
poFlers 10 demand of or dun passen'
gers for checking their baggage,
There are scores of travelling people
who voluntarily pay the porter. There
are those who don't think of 1t also.
those who are not able, and If they
we're, might do so if not reminded oil
Il by the porters in g gruf manner
We say pay your porters, aud If they
don't treat passengers politely aud tend
to heir business attentivGly, pay then
or and hire those who will. II may
be the %porters' loss, but 1t will certainly
be The boats gain"