Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-15

Fenny Bfandles. He will use her for 3
short time in raising the Sam. Kirkman,
sunk in Tennessee river during the war,
and then drop her in as a Padpcah and
tennessee river packet, where he pro-
poses to wear her out.
We are indebted to Billy Fields, clerk
OF the Dam Able, for q list If tax sales 10
come off in Vicksburg. We COINED over
the names very carefully, and as or
property was not advertised for sale, we
feel assured that the law has been satis-
fed.
Prentice says: We should hate TO have
to bail the radical editors who abuse Hor-
ace Greeley for baiiing Jefferson Davis.
1t would take a good deal Of hard bailing
to bail the dishwater out Of Them.
A decision Of much Importance to
owners Of vessels and all engaged in re-
pairing thesame, furnishing stores, etc,
mas just been rendered by the supreme
court Of New Work, Judge Barnard pre-
siding, IN the matter Of the lien Of the
steamboat Josephine. Accordingto this
decision, the right to enforce liens by at
tachment under the state statute of 1852.
against vessels, is in contravention Of the
constitution of the United States and the
acts of congress, and hereafter parties
must proceed to enforce their claims ac-
cording TO the rules Of admiralty.
The sooner this question is tried in our
own courts the better. We do not think
IL a inst law which enables a man who
may or may not hold a claim against a
vessel to tie her up, thereby causing
heavy loss, and frequently receiving the
amount claimed, no matter how iniQui-
tous it may be, rather than submit to the
expense of contesting it. We believe
that the rules Of admiralty should alone
govern this matter, azu local laws have
nothing 20 do with it.
The papers say that the citizens of
Evansville, q few days since, shipped a
boat load of pauper negroes from that
city TO Columbus KY, and the cargo was !
returned without breaking bulk.
We learn from the Evansville Journal
that Capt. Elisha Wood, Of the Mephala. !
proposes to build a first-class steamer
one Of unequaled beauty and capacity
He asks the people Of Evansville 10 take |
$50, goo Of stock In it, and he will furnish
the balance.
Mention has been made Of q steel boat
building In England, for the use of the
expedltion lifting out to search for the
AFRICAN explorer, DR.. Livingstone, Bv
ms Time she IS completed. The vessel
IS built throughout of steel and charcoal 4
iron plates. The latter are ZIG of an
inch IN thickness, in short half sections.
about two feet in length, the heaviest
Weighing no more than forty pounds. in
order that they may be carried overland
to the lakes and rivers to be explored NV
the negroes, and there put together with !
screws, bolts, etc.
a sad accident, resulting fatally. oc-
on the steamer Northern Belle ]
Sunday morning at Dubuque. The (
crew OF the steamer were engaged in
hosting a skiH on bOa-d for shipment m
the river Tor some raftsmen who had
taken passage. The second mate was
oeloN experimenting the operation. He
himself attended TO the adjustment Of
fasteuingS but they were not Drop-
cry secured, and when the boat had
deen hOisted TO sOne hight thew gave
way and it fell, striking Thomas Poynor.
second mate, on the head, almost
instantly killing him.
A new wood boat, owned by a Ger
man, arrived at Galena last Fridav
loaded with wood, and on Sunday was
in the river opposite the custom
During Sunday night a villain
BY some means placed a torpedo under
boat with the evident intention of
destroying her and killing her owner.
who was sleeping on board alone. An
explosion took place at two O'Clock Mon
morning, blowing tue bottom out of
he boat and throwing her partly out Of
he water. The owner escaped unin-
ured. Why the perpetratOr was led to
he commission of such a crime, or who
ie is, is shTouGed in mystery.
The St. Louis Times Of Thursday
avs:
The weather yesterday was clear and
extremely warm. Business for all points
vas better than it had been at any other
lime for the past ten days. But we pre-
ume that the improvement in business
only temporary, and we do not look
any permanent improvement for
everal weeks yet. The river at this
'sint continues TO Tecede; but the upper
dississippi and the Missouri are rising
and we expect that the river
iere will be rising to-day. The June
Use is now coming down the Missouri. 4
nd a heavy rise down the Mississippi,
nd we look for a high river here soon.
The same paper delivers the following
bituary on the st. CrOix, a boat which
) probably remembered by every river
lan
The old tOwbOat st. Croix has been
ondelnned and sold to Nh. David Camp
ell, of this city, who will wreck her.
he st. CroiX was built in 1874, and is :
Wenty-thTse years old. She was built :
y Capt. Hiram BUrgee, and in her day
-as n OF the fastest boats on the upper
.vers. Among her first crew was Jas.
Yard, now captain of the Dubuque, as
lTpenter. George c. Wolf, now Of the
rm OF a. Jones & Co, was a cabin boy I
q the st. Croix during the first year Of =
sT existence. She was Auilt at st.
ouis by Capt. Burgee, and building
her hull was superintended by Capt. 6
lard. S6s ia sdone an immense amount
0thOse long tWeDty-three
ears, " Nv,~ingle accident or loss 4
life, 40 LoHandiven employment to 4
lousandbaperty oWaOatmen, who now,
early recOlectiOns cluster around her \
timbers, give a sigh that she is =
on to be numbered " among the things
ist were.' Old as she is the sum OF
500 was paid for her, and her hull will
, turned into q barge.