Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-13

falline." with I'VE feet on the rocks at Louis
Vile.
& The Loaisvnie .Deuioezna ofthes fh says;
I'VE river was about on q stand last evening,
feet g In the chute on The talls Al boafs ~
cending the falls came through the indian
business on the wharf was dun.
The weather Vyns beautiful, spTlng-tlke, clear
and pleasant, with a clear sky overhead ana q
mild sun lending It's oaimy rays throughout the
rus Cincinnati C0mfaefeial Of Friday Hays;
The weather was cold and clear, with Oeca-
aional March winds Yesterday.
6 Pittsburg the river was falling last night
with 5z feet ia the channel. Here, the river
has receded 3 inches during tho p hours ending
last night There i q feet hence % Loqisyiue'
70 feet IN thecHuHl and 20 feet on the shoalest
bars along the Lower ohio.
land.
G~Ieanings From our Exchanges
ST. LoUIs-We understand that Capt. uozler's
new steamboat, the Maggie ferg0-0nf was IN
such q hurry TO get Into the water mat Sue
could not walt for the word, but on Thursday
made tracks" on Der own account frep3ra-
Htious had heens madesto launch ca Thursday
aftFrt0On, but soHne little delay occurring. II
was conefuded hest to wait until morning
About 8 pm, however, the underpiuniug gave
way and the boat let into the water. 10 WAS a
most successful launch. The Maggie Ferguson
win be ready for business IN q few WeaAe
We understand that Mr.-Charles f. Thorn
dixie, the popular clerk has retifea IioLA ne -
Nee on the steamer Muflla DONltfs TO aH'aept INT
same position on Capt o ShaWh ne"
steamer. the Stonewall.
q co8vsntfon was recently held az Loekport,
Illinois. for the purpose OF facilitating the IN
provement Of Rock river so as 10 cohllset t.e
Mississippi river through Lake Winnebago win
the Northern lakes. II IS thought that grange
menfsa are being made BY which this desirable
end will be Immediately conSumfnated.
The following item wal be OF Interest 70 m7ny
Of our readers:
Nr. Egglestou hssiutrodueed a ON, provldlng
that II any engineeror pilot HeeaSed' IN puf5r
ance oflayv, by any Inspector or Board OF ln-
suectors, shall refuse to serve as suc1, on any
steamer on which this license Wuuid eutitie hlm
Il, ~ for ne reason that the rules OF any as4o-
citation with which he il connecied interfere
with his so doing, or for the reason thas persons
are placed on board q steamer for the purpose
ofleirufuE 20 become engineers or pilots, VINO
are not members Of such association, or that
ON the steamer VINO arc nor hlelh'eis pA 7ucs'
association. or shsll fail 70 give a good andsuf-
ncieut reason Cor refusing 10 serve, ASIDE rom
his connection with such association or cnm9i-
nations. or shall combine with Others Ior the
purpose al compelling eXhorbitant wages MS
license shall be immedlateiy reToAed-HepUo-
CrNoINsAr1-Niessrs Temple and Robinson,
Of the Madison Marine Ways, have purchases
The wreck OF the Mamie Byers, and are endeaV-
oriug 10 turn the null over, preparatory 10 nav
ing it taken ont Tor repairs.
At the regular annual meeting inc Mem
phis and Cincinnati Packet Company, held on
Tuesday last. the following gentlemen were
elected directors: TheO. Cock, y. W Can, IhoS.
sherlock. James Bugher. W y. Gibson, I'm.
Davidson, H.. Groteukenper, II. A. Jones and
John @. isham.
No chauge was made in the officers OF the
company. They are: Theo. Cook, Presidenti
george ID. Huople, superintendent. and j. VIII
son johnson, SecretaTy-En7Udrer, 9th.
uAS IL THE EINEIL-Ihe
.Tcrrapin Neck" is ~ last broken This impor-
tant event. long expected. occurred yesterday
morning about day-breaK. The officers Of the
Henry Ames. which boat passed the neck yes
terdav. report the breach az that time ABOUT
sixty feet IN width, and being wtdened rapidly
by the tremendous velocity oftue water rush
ing through
This cutoff shaFtens the river quite hfteen
mills, and while 10 Is heDencial 10 the planters
above. &c is disastrous TO those Immediately be-
low. This event mas been slowly but surely APP
proaehing for many years. In 1850 the neck
measured $50 feet. In ls63 Commodore Porter
had a ditch ding across, but the river falling pre-
vented the cutting through a that Tine and
the ditch was filed up. In september 100,
scarce six months since, the neck measured az
feet. On the 2lst OF last month u had narrowed
to about 50 feet. and ia fifteen days it wa COM
pletely broken. Should the river maintain ls
present height for several weeks- this VIII 1e
made the main channel. and Eagle Benz will
In a Few years. be q beautiful lake of Il miles IN
Vcks5uTg Herald.