Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-08
River and Steamboat sa.inf.s,

tLe nTrr remains 5taianarv Tbsn
st doing on The landing v4.t-risy q
int, '"I "sa'a7
was beam 0rter 81 Ih=s - ragt. ,
Inc h'er Tel. 'e river usn " escaped o. ryn
"a Interview" VITA O. = taioEing particulars FL
MemPbi, BE publishes d. d. reader will gu. -
t"at paper %. Anui 80: az con. ~uy
grand h.,n as coufas from the en-, NsAs.-
The oay is owned principally By 3Ir
capt Geo W. Cable purchased ouenaf %. ',tsl~.a
bol-en, Including Siewsrt's COT J;ueanuatJ Or
George ,~psruhdwk, e well known ST Louis and New =
lean, phoS commands tue Dois-u She has been ru o.
employ Of the Cogi-ierst-s six weeks a. th- rate If S4u q,
per day according TO rho statement Of Captain Gable (
"Lo says That 'EoTs rnnieuL owes her S2L0a We
arr particular in Stating the above far's. a. Ills Clara
Dol-~n was hdIt and partially owned in tiu.in ei /
bills. " ''"' u ''' ''''i's
The FerI Kennel; has been runRipc steadily sinrs the
commencement Of he rebellion. Capt Bitterly says -ha
Luther I. woods Is in tomnrsuJ Of Bodnesrs packet
VIM N. Morrison. 81. made cue round i-p, clearing
The Fails City, Capt svitzer has laid up.
Capt John ID. Adams Rees Prichard ana J. p Wat
are tho principal F~rogU5tors Of tho Memphis ana Arsau
sHa river Confederate Irai pscNcts Our Informant a
well known st LoUis merchant snd steamboat owner
states mat hE. Watt exhibited tle balance sheet o., the
Chester Ashley, showing where she had cleared $3.50
one trip and 5000 another rp-Confeferaie money Of /
courss This line If packets has had a big -sde an the
season conveying supplies and troops up ana down 'Ee
Capt Charley Cole, Of the White river Trade. holds a
lucrative government appOintmeut up the Arkauss fIveg.
Captain " Wiuly Marshal is In the vicinity of Mem |
Phis, afflicted with q srvers attack Of paralysis Il il
high time al rebe.dOm "a7 shaking Capt Marsh Miller.
late OF the rebel Cuuboat GrsmPus. scuttled ana sunk RI
Island No 10, was Ia Memphis GA Ihursday last looking
Riter another LuubOat j. J. Butler. Of the N5cksburv /
Whartboat an old Clpc.lnatian. who learned bsaeEslaIJ-
ING VIII lava GrAuey, and who sfo oULt tie Pr.C-
ana Cnarm IN Cincinnati, IS figuring extensively m Jhs
OnarisFma-ters department in Memphis. Hsis reported
70 nave acquired coLsul rabie means, having FIRST tlsp0
80 o Ills DOati 70 the r-utt government Al 4 Handsome
profit Having ceased dying hs WILTSHIRE, Baaar now
ports = huge grey beard.
Capt Bdckell formerly OF Newport. is Sill in the
steamboat agency business in New Orleans Capt
Alex Norton, formerly OF Stenbenvllls and Pltt-burg.
Il also IN view Orleans figuring extensively in the gov
STuA7h' CONTRACTS 7uPpi.mS eeet Tor tIGTe5ei army.
ae owns he steamer Grand Duke. snd is reported - 30 c
interested in the De Solo recently eaptagsd az I-l42I &
No. 10 Alex. is also reported to have been very sue. q
C5ssfri, pecunisr!y. "a
The Prince Of Wales and Il. b Msars are Iy.Dg ~ he
mouth OF White river. laden with wood fer the Coof-d n
crate Transports. All ,saIuefs engaged in the rebel q
government service have done very vii. ghla those d
that have been navigating on th-ir own hook have II
The enemy have just Completed some very sue gun. s.
boats Al Memphis and New Orleans. NJ Shirley Nss 4
Ihe egu.FI,for for Use boat al Aemphh-he practice. u
superintendent beng H" less d persOange than Prime 81
vu~ Of Arcny Go0dsonsHold Cincinnati ap q
prrut,ers Murray, d N-ihknown boarbp.ts-. former
ly ~ PaIuCau, -IpeTinirItel the construction " tie
gunbOst Louisiana, at New Orleans. f.
T. MONTGOMERY hgeJ IS heretofore stated. 1yazsts OF
fourteen guuboats, the old Texas line steamers altered "a
With Armament etc They are 81 stIoug, fast vesssLA D.
i've OF this feet ara urp,rted At Fort Pillow uuaru4d p
Jim Townsend. CI St Louis fsriiariv known all d
7luCs tie Hn- u our " waters. j. associated with Captain q
Ia. Montgomery iu tbs steamboat speculation. Sout
2'nery was reported experimenting shairs at the BaHze n
81 la7l accounts.
He lad almost ~rnrgott-a 10 state thu; Montgomery
Jy-is are not irun-ylaJed, DuI supplied with rams. Ertp O.
ping hooks. aud are well protected viii compressed cot
rOG and hrBvy 1iMDer The wheelhouses and -t-ru4 4
however. AR vulnerable. O
Perry Copeland, who las been boating in the capscitv :
ot mate on the White and Arkansas rivers, more recent y
y on the St Francis No. 3, yesterday made b. appear .
alongside OF the naval supply steamer J. II Dick-y. =
having come out Of the overlooked woods lust bsio. "a
Hsis's Point al q yRwl filed with Oh c6sus, which he
-oignHd 20 sci 20 the crew rCr - per dozen. Hr was
DIckey lie was sent % Cairo. Wh5Fu he val OF Coars- ..
-smsln for the present H as q Keen witt5d rebel. bat -
l"t sharp enough to succeed 30 The chicken sell" y
a Judge Sharpl-5s you viii remember, was among the =.
prisoners captured et LAND 10. a lew days since The
JGdge IS an Old steamboat sirrA, well known IN Gin d,
,Iunsti aud to-day has an interesting family residing in K
Newport We have known the Judge Tor some wears :
several years since, he Wa considered one Of the crack -
Jerks ia the New Orleans trade, and, being a sharp ~
F'tsd, cOnyivisl creature, had Of course hosts If friends
Elijah Fearc=. who formerly resided uesr Nswport-s e.
}Iacinnau and New OdeaGa piiot-wss plotting on the
louisville at last accounts She left New Madrid the
lay previous to The evacuation. running the blockade. "A
Dis brother. Charley Pearce. WIS plctrE Vu the Weeks
Jurg at last accounts. nm
Jack HukiI. Captain CHARLEY CtursLs old steward.
he chief ~c0umis5aEy Of Ed Moutg9nery's feet OF gun
'cats. HUkal was formerly ina the hotel business %
Jackson, Alss but more recently kept the Spring. near b,
NASHVILLE lena. Dave Hukil. formerly Of Cincinnati b.
post -utlrr 20 Fort Pillow Miles +. Carpenter. Of PI
titsbuIg "Ss IN the New Orleans Home Guards when
he Judge list heard from him. Wa P5sryy, fo.
ledy u Cincinnati, and 81 one time second clerk Of the
BrairF. l. il she tith Louisiana infautry