Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-22
morO Nsenraboat Property Sacrificed.

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KFOro Nienraboas Property Sacrificed.
| From the St. Louis Dsmoerst, 9th.l
Whatever Of doubt may have been entertained
by spy one in regard to the eftan OK pressed as
serlisa of a deliberate plaa to suppress the som-
Eneree Of he lever Mississippi by the villainoUs
work of the iaceadisTy, must eertsinly be dissi-
patod by tho latest Developments in that line
/ mon the river. The list ef sacrificed stsamers
| Is being engthered with fearful speed. Indeed,
/ enc steamer is rot built for every FIVE that are
DESTROYED, and if ths Werk of destruction is not
speedily arrested the result viii be an irrapara-
/ BE depletion Of eur river marine, which is e.
J ready and has been for some time unequal 10 the
demsad for tunnAge.
! Many lives have been already lost by these
/ incendiary e0nhagraioRs, snd the loss of prop
! erty amounts TO milisns, ia steamboat stock,
prodEes and manufactures. Tae Ruth was q
4 victim theR disappeared the Imperial, Pest
| Boy, HisWstba, Jesse K. Bell Champion, and
! Robt Campbell
Only LAST Thursday, as stated elsewhere in our
/ oolumas, an attempt was made to burn the
/ Chancellor, then on the ways or docks st Csron-
/ delet AID her loss was prevented by the simple
circumstance of the timely discovery of smoke
I issuing from ere of her rooms The villain
made sETe WsTk Of The Chancellor and the other
/ TIVE steamers yesterday; the boat named having
been tsWed on Saturday to the foot of Carr
street.
! At tive s'elsek yesterday afternoon, the Chan
| cellor Wss disesvsrsd to be On fire. which seemed
TO have originated at the rear part of the boat
| Ne fre had been on the boat all day till then
with the exception Of a email quantity IN the
blaeksmiih's shop. The fire bells and telegraph
| alarms quickly brought TO the scene Of the COZ
| hagration "a immense number Of people and the
| fIs ePgiHGs. IL tke meantime the flames spread
| rapidly on the CheReslisT
The Ferest Qgssa lay above ard cless slong-
/ side. Her lines were detached 6Rd she gWuag
| sroEnd, caught irem the burning steamer, and
/ beth were soen a mass of cracking, rushing
| flares. A ferryb0at made fast to the Forest
! Queen, and toWsd her iato mid stream, and cast
/ her losse skere The fsrryboat then returned to
/ the wharf, AID seeing that the CstahOuis was
/ loose and hsRted down sos1e disssnee-tO
/ place thst proved perfectly ssf1, hOwevsr-she
made fast to that steamer asd quickly toWed
her TO the opposite shore. Tie place where the
Cstahoua EOw lsy sTGved to ksr q fatal berth,
fer the Ferest Queea, burBisg in every pert,
froE b0w te stern, her ebiaseys toFPEpg, col
lsFsiag, snd erssking overheard, was imPeled
By q str0Hg northwest wind directly against the
Cs.sheHla, which iRmeaistelby became envel
oped in the flames, ard added sBether imaenss
yslume ts the esDfaErsjon wbieb was wit
messed By excited thousands on either shere.
Daring the tine tAat this was securing, the
steam fire engines or this side Of the river were
sPsutiEE 8H immense quantity Of wafer on the
bamiRg Chancellor, aad saceasaed in Sc re-
dssisg the IRE as to save tie hull and machinery
The Gre sngiRs UaieR No. ?, waited losg
tiEne Inactive On tbs ferry lsRdiug and Wss at
last taken On the opposite side BY the ferTybsat
Ameries, 10 aid in susduipg tss csnfagrsti0n At
tke opposite ssere, bat it Is understood that the
Cstshsala AID Forest QseeR are 3 total loss, in
clEding hulls and maokiRGry. Eyan misfortune
"night be worse" Immediately Abova the For
o5t Q7eeR lay the Planet, which escaped Uu-
scsthed. Below the berths where the bRrRed
boats had ltiR. there were the immeRse k2rgas
AoUitor and tws other bsrges, fully loaded with
railroad esTs ebout 30 be transported nth
There were probably sfsy Of these cars, aA, al
escaped dansgs.
BsIsw lay the ferry wkaTfhost, the iuE Dine,
ard below tkess the stesEers Gladiator. Cksa-
BisH No. 2, David Ts'Um, Diligent, Wenons,
Moderator Silver Wave, Iaisn, HaWkeye
State, etc.
TIE Chsueeller was being rssaired. She was
built IN Apnl, 1856, sRd ssst SIS 600, aEd valued
at $50 900. She carried 500 tuEs. She was
probably insured for $40, ,000
The Forrest Queen was also being repaired
aho was built in December, 1858. at cost of
S29 600, valued ct $27 ,000 aHd carried 700
iuns. She was oWRed BY her com naader, Capt
David COnwsg, T. q. J w. GsE, of Aurora,
Indiana aud etheTs, sEd was probably insured
for considerably less than her value.
The Catalonia had her repairs nearly CON
pletsd, and was valued at sb0ut $50, 600. She
was about four years old, we believe, and was
the EoTe valuable on account of her great light
ness Of drauFht. She was owned By Captsis
Williams aBd others, azd was about TO be
placed in the St Louis ana Lower Mississippi
trade.
Tie excitement of the crowd was intense
during the bHrnisg Of these steamers. Fierce
threats were uttered against the incendiaries
Whenever sEd wherever caught, and much
6Rszsment Wss expressed in regard to the i'm
pUzity with which they have been burning
steamers, and their escsPe in every instance
fren discovery sRd capture.
It was generally reported that several lives
were lost Several persons who rushed on board
the Fsrest Qseen to shove her of, had to jHap
int the river, and some are reported drowned.
Certainly enc colorsd man, If no other person,
was seen to drop fTem her decks into the river,
whea she was far from the shore.
A eelorsd nRR Icy in small room of the
Chanceller, en- the lower deck, sft of the en-
gines. Ho says be was aroused and startled by
the cracking of the FIRE ever head, and IN his
hurried esespe, had bis coat singed. He says
that the WatchmsB was at the faTeesstle of TIE
boat when he rushed forward, and there should
have been 10 person on the boat bat the watch
asan and himself bat oa reaching ths shore he
faw q msa jump into tho river from the after
part Of the boat and swim sshsra. d lost sight
ef him iR the crowd This eolored msh ssys The
FIRE must have commenced in the cabin, or i'm
Bsedistely henestb il.