Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-01-18
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Florence TRADER, Natoina, TahIequah.
Miscellaneous.
The Louisville came in from above.
She had 1900 sacks of corn on board,
besides other truck for New Orleans. She
added here 1000 sacks of corn, 500 bales
OfcOttOn and Shead of horses and mules.
The Lady is lighting the Pauline Car
roll and Clara DOlseu over Plumb point
bar.
The steamer Sunny South was de-
strOyed by FIRE on the 18th inst, near
Selma, on the Alabama river. She had
lately entered the New Orleans and
Montgomery trade and was owned by
Capt. Geo. H. Kirk and W. G. Mitchell.
About 100 bales of cotton were consumed
with the boat, 500 of which were con-
signed to NRw Orleans merchants. One
passenger i reported lost. This heads
the list ~of40kambost disasters on south
ern wataUU% the present year. May it
be the st.
The Champion is loading at Cincin-
natl for this port, The Emerald, Arma-
dillo aud Emma No. 8 were all to leave
there for New Orleans On Tuesday last.
The Silver Moon for this place was to
leave the same day at neon and the OAR
ling in the evening.
All the boats laid up mt the mouth Of
Green river, some seventeen in number,
are again under way.
There was q meeting If steambOatmen
at Pittsburg on the 18th for the purpose
Of entering into q kind OF joint stock COM
pany, and forming lines 20 various points,
so as TO secuFe a more speedy and regular
transportation of freight, and to regulate
prices for the same, which of late have
been very Irregular,
1t rained all day Ol the l4th at Par
kersbarg and the river commenced to
rise slowly.
AT Evansville the ice is thick and
hard.
The Ohio was reported gorged at Ma
rietta on the 18th.
There is 10 feet Of q rise reported in
the Licking river, carrying ice and all
before it.
Ben. IOhnson's new boat now receiving
the finishing touches at St. Louis, Ry-
land says, will be called the 80. D."
We would suggest another letter and
make it C. o. D."
Two river reporters OF St. Louis are
running for the office of whsrfmRster.
Both Of 'em should be elected, by all
means that is, if Ryland amt one of the
number. He would have his friend
d" Bingamann as deputy, and would not
charge the Sharkey for making a land
ing. He is sectional OF color aud par
tial to his brothers,
The steamer United States left Louis
vile for Cincinnati on Tuesday, as also
did the mail line boat Gen. Lyle.
The Alice Dean passed Louisville bound
to Porkopolis on Wednesday.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the nth
The weather yesterday consisted
Of various changes IN the morning a
anow storm, which lasted until 10 O'clock.
This was succeeded at IiOon by thawing,
and q general disposition Of atmosphere
and clouds to give q shower OF rain. At
8 o'clock the rain began falling, the streets
and sidewalks were decidedly sIushy. At
8 O'Clock last evening the Indications
We're for more rain, but as the wind was
from the north it is probable snow may
fall before this morning.
Business yesterday was lively, and sew /
eral boats were receiving throughout the
day.
The Louisville Courier of the 18th says:
The river was rising very slowly yester-
day, with 5 feet 8 inches wster in the
canal in the evening by the mark. Dur /
ing the previous a hours it had risen s
at the head of the fails and9inches
at Portland. The weather was at the
point all day, though clear, and
freely thawing under the influence Of the
sun. The thermometer ranged at 80 at
On the falls last evening there were 81
feet water in the pass and slowly rising.
The ice in the river had very materially
decreased, and there was less running
yesterday than the day before, and quite
a fleet of boats started to Cincinnati, in
the Rebecca and Minneola, that
had been laid up since the LIST of January,
That is an ice embarg) of half q month.
The st. Louis Republican of the 18th
says; Yesterday was u beautifully bright
and clear day, and a general thaw was
the result, rendering the streets and side
walks very unpleasant for pedestrians.
Considerable activity was displayed on
the wharf yesterday. Several steamers
from below, and the w. b. Dance
and Mary Il. Forsyth, for New Orleans,
departed with full calgoes.
The ice is still very heavy and plays
general "smash" with the wheels of a
steamboat. The river continues to re-
cede steadily.
ANOTHER DIsASTER-EEARFUL Loss
OF LIFE.-We are psined to record still
horrifying steamboat disaster, in
the loss OF the Platte Valley, which asnk
four miles below this city, between the
hours of 6 and Z O'Clock last night, hav-
U full against the wreck of the
zUnboat Jeff Thompson, on the Arkan-
sas shore. We get the following facts
rom Mr.. O'COnnor, a passenger on the
Inflated steamer, ami who returned from
the wreck at a lave hour last night
Leaving this port at s O'Clock the Platte
Valley had proceeded just beyond the
bend below, and was running very eau
tiously, having sent out one Of her pilots
with a lug to find the channel, when sud-
denly she struck with 81 awful crash,
lpsetting the stove and commenced to
fast, in fact, 50 rapidly that many
passengers were unilole 20 effect an es-
cape nom the cahia. The more fortu-
nate made their way TO the hurricane
roof, from whence they were rescued by
the steamtug above mentioned. Supper
was being served al, the time of the aeci.
dent and many ladies and children were
st table, but few Of whom were saved.
is impossible as ret to give any accu-l