Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-09

The steambeat ConaagraIIon as New
Orleans.
The evening edition Of The Bee of Saturday,
the 23ih ult-, contains the following account Of
this occurrence
The eonAaerstion, which yesterday destroyed
I eight OF our steamboats, o. the river. is a es-
lsmisy 70 our city, and the parishes Of the coast
I snd OF Bayou Lstourebe, ss the loss Of these
stesmeTs will interrupt, Ia a great measure, the
| Commercial relations between those sections
| and our poEs There noF romans barely oDe
| or tR8 boats % do ths service Of ten, and com
niuniessiou viii necessarily hs much restricted.
/ A number Of the hosiB destroyed had Just
bsel fTeighted by ths GovarRmenT, and this has
given riss to the supposiiion that the ere was a
work Of design; but no known circumstance
goes to confirm this supposiiion.
The IRE appears to have originated in the Ia
dies cabin OF the Black Hawk A kitchen hand
who wss engaged in washing dishes ia the pan
try, having peTesived an Odor Of smoke, went
out by door opening toward the stern, and
discovered that sll that part of the Black Hawk
was already in flames. This is ali tbRt is yet
known Of tins origin Of this fire. Tie following
are soI1e particulars respecting the bosis de-
stroyed.
The Black Hawk had Government cargo
snd was 10 leaVs to-day. Sac belonged to Capt.
Fulton, was osDmanied By Capt. BTieknell,
and was worth $35 600
The Empire Parish had tolsrably- large
cargo, and wonld have left to-day She be-
logged to W. J Reid 81 Co, and was com
msadsd by Cspt. BoucheroAu. YAlusd a.
$45 0o0
Ths MeisoT which had not bsen running for
aoms time, was worth S35,000. Her last C0m-
mAndeE was Capt. Johnson.
The Fawn, which hsd arrived that day from
Phibodaux, was disehaTgiHg when aha took IRE.
She WAS owned and commanded by Captain W.
z. Greathouse, and valued at IS. 900. No insu-
rance
The Time and Tide was discharging freight
of military stores. Shs belonged to her com
mander, Captain Russell, and w.s worth sbont
SIS 000
The Belle Les, lately arrived fiom Cincinnati,
whsTe VIC suppose she was owned, had No freight
on board. Value $50 600.
The New Oflesns, owned b. Captain and Mr..
c. R, May, and commanded by Captain Aness
was worth S35. 600. She had some freight on
board
The Belle Creole had no cargo. She belonged
70 Captain Webster Long, wss eommsRded By
Capt. Smith, and WAS worth $1,000.
The two schoonsrs burned may have been
worth $1,000 to $1,000.
The lace Of the Cathedral clock was shatieTed
| by the explosion on board the Time and Tide.
There is no doubt that much glass was broken
in those houses on the lsvee which bad their
windows closed.
A remarkable feature Of tbs explosion on one
OF the burning steamers last night, was ths
| great difference between the ahoek suffered By
those in .hs vicinity who stood on the grouAd Of
the leYee, or on the stone psvements, and that
experiencaa'by psTE0nS standing over the water
on the plank flooring Of the wharf. While tie
latter felt bus slighf jar, the former were vio-
lantly shaken, in some instances mOmeaiarily
! stunned, and in othefs completely OvsTtdrown
Science can no doubt 6nd resdy explanation
of these differing phenOmena. Ths superior
elasticity Of wood and water 20 stone and earth
is, perhaps, the chief, If nos only cause Of the
difference in question. Meantime ths fact IS
worth remembering for future use.
| The French war steamer Amphion, C8ptain
DsVareBne, lying at sHehoF zoos Of Canal street.,
! promptly sent to the soo0e Of the disaster Der
| long5oat, with detachment Of ssilors, provided
/ vita axes and hand pump. This party did
all in their power to arrest the destruction, and
succeeded in extricating several sehooneEs and
removing them to plaes Of safety