Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-16

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MISCELLANEOUS. a
Mr.. Thomas E. Richardson has beel
appointed general Southern passenge
agent of the Atlantic and Great Western
railway, IN place of Col. Ike Paist, de
ceased, Mr.. r. will be in this city in
few days.
The Silver Cloud arrived YESTERDAY
from New Orleans, with 400 tons of rail
road iron bound for Cincinnati. Shr
blew out a cylinder head below thi
city, and laid over until, to-day repair
ing. = -G-
The Rubicon will pass down to-day foi
Yicksburg. Capt. Bill Blake commands
The Lady Gay, Capt. Lloyd Belt, viii
be in port to-day and leave for New Or
leans at 5 pm. Mr.. Lehman is clerk
The Gay wants one hundred tons O
freight.
The fine and swift Rowena will be in
port this morning. She leaves again to.
morrow evening for White river, con.
Meeting as usual with the train at DevalPs
Bluff for Little Rock. The ROwena has
no superior as a passenger packet, and
her officers are A Mol. Capt. Davis is
chief, and his clerks are Messrs. KiddeH
and Harry.
The Celeste, Capt. Ferd Hamilton, will
get away on Saturday for all landings on
the Arkansas as high as Little Rock.
Jimmy Thompson and Sam. Wood are
pursurs.
The spanking City of Cairo will light
out for the city which she hOnors by bear
ing her name, and st. Louis, tomorrow
evening. Bob. Riley is master.
The Wrecking boat SalvOr No. 9 has
gone to Tennessee river to wreck the
Mazepps, Skylark and other available
boats. Afterward she will wreck the
Black Hawk, near Cairo.
A woman at Cairo attempted suicide
all for love of a gay steward on the
river.
The Totten has made a complete re-
moval of the wreck of the J.R. Gilmore,
blowing up the greater portion of it with
nine tOrpedoes, and dragging the cylin-
der timbers and such other portions as
remained TO the shore and out of the
way Of steamers. Search was made for
the wreck of the Courier, but it could not
be found, and is supposed { o be entirely
covered with sand, causing no obstruc-
ton. The hull of the old MoGht Vernon,
sunk in the same locality t~wentS-two
years ago, was found in thirty-six feet of
water, and Is consequently no obstrue-.
ton. The Peerless was removed when
the SslvOr wrecked her, and the only
obstruction remaining Is the wreck Of
the Black Hawk, which Ia under con-
tract TO be removed by the Salyor, and
consequently the Totten did not touch it.
We want the Totten to come to Memphis
and make another effort at the wreck of
the Jeff. Thompson.
q. Capt. Odds died at Baily Springs q few
dsys ago. he was for many years M
Of the most popular steamboat captains
that ever Travelled the Alabama river.
The party under Capt. Roberts engaged
n making a survey of the Ohio river,
under the direction of the war depart
ment, are rapidly completing the work
the upper Ohio, and are expected at
New Albany this month. Their boat
mas nearly reached Cincinnati.
An old gentleman ninety six years Of
lge, by the nameof ROnle, a Frenchman,
who was a passenger on the Rose Hite,
vas drowned recently at the mouth Of
overheard accidentally.
Stewart & Barnum, of Jacksonville,
ire busy at work on new steamers. Two
tesmboats and three barges are on the
al their yard, and orders have
,een received for more.
Capt. w. H. Austin, Of ST. Louis, has
oue-half of the steamer David
Watts, at the rate of Sl8, OG0.s She will
1e placed in the upper Mississippi trade
With the old and well known Northern
inc pilot, Wash Hight, in command.
The j. H. johnson is completed at St.
IOuis. She is in trim condition, braced
p and thoroughly prepared to enter the
with the terrible Tom. Jasper.
heap freights and low rates of fare will
haracterize the contest. /
The Muscatine journal says that Gen.
is now engaged in preparing
p~ecifications for the work on the i'm
rovements of the lower rapids Of the
Mississippi. The plan is that recon-
nended by Gen. Wilson in his report to
he secretary Of war, the construction of
canal along the river bank, in some
lsees to be taken for short distances on
be shore,