Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

IA &c IA E1AH E1AAF bO-AADLLOW WBInAlE
and will leave for New Orleans at noon.
The Richmond made 3 lightning run on
her first trip and viii improve on it this
time. Capt. Neal may well be proud Of
his fine packet and the ovations she has
received atevery point on the river. She
will make all way landings. Capt.
Voolfolk is her competent clerk. Larry
Harmstad & Co, agents. Mr.. Jas. Sayres
is passenger agent.
The old reliable will be in port to leave
as usual on Tuesday next. Capt. Davis
has a special train which connects with
his packet for Little Rock. Capt. Ed.
Moreton, a well known and popular Of
6cer, presides at the desk and is assisted
by Charley Smithers and Milt. Harry.
Levy & Miller, agents.
The Olive Branch, Of the A. & NJ. s. S.
line, will 60 out for New Orleans a. 10
an. tomorrow. Capt. Jones commands.
Larry Harmstad 81 Co., agents.
The Silver Moon, Capt. Merrilees, will
leave for Cincinnati at 3 pm Wednes-
day. Larry Harmstad & Co., agents.
The Celeste, swift and comfortable, in
charge of the gallant and generous Capt.
Reese Pritehard, will certainly leave for
Arkansas river on Tuesday evening at 5
o'clock. Jas. T. Bourne & Co., Larry
Harmstad q Co. and w. Jay johnson,
agents.
The H Y. Shreve will leave for Vicks-
bureson Monday at 5 pm. Capt. Carter
eg hands, and w. Jay johnson is her
$-at.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Musselman,
goes out for st. Louis tomorrow evening
at 5 O'Clock. Capt. Elem. Calvert, su-
perintendent.
The magnificent Gen. Quitman will 90
out On Wednesday evening at S O'Clock
for Vicksburg, Natchez and New Or
leans. Capt. White commands, and the
gentlemen in the office are polite aud
attentive. Jas. T. Bourne & Co. and
Levy & Miller, agents.
The MinneoIa departed for Cincinnati
with 1000 bales of cott0n-tA largest
shipment made for the past two weeks
in that direction.
Want Of courtesy and attention to
those by whom we live, is surely the
worst policy that a business man can
pursue, without reference to that spirit
which should govern every man in his
dealings with his fellow. In no calling,
perhaps, can the result Of a narrow policy
be seen as quickly as in that Of a steam
boatman. We are lead to this conelu.
sion daily, and in no one particular in
stance has it been better illustrated than
by the line Of packets running between
this city and Vieksburg. When their
services we're most needed by their pa
irons in the bends below, the boats Of
this line were laid up, and the end has
been that they now leave port with little
freight and few people. Planters prefer
to ship on through boats knowing that
should a time come when in their dire
necessity and distress they may need
the services Of a steamer that those
outside boats viii render all the
assistance in their power. Those who
throw their patronage in favor of any
line Of packets in the time Of their pros-
perity, should certainly not be deserted
when the time of trial comes. If thew
are so deserted, then it cannot be ex.
pected that a kindly feeling will exist
and those who are thus left to suffer will.
when their time comes, give the cold
shoulder to those who were their friends
only when they could " put money in
purse"
The propeller D. w. Hewitt, after
making a trading voyage up the Yazoo. ,
Ouachita and other streams,
returned to our landing last evening.
The Hewitt has been absent about six
months, and we suppose Capts. NoeIand F.,
Swivel have made a profitable trip.
The Des Arc had ten passengers for ,
Little Rock and some freight, but was !
compelled to turn all over to the CaId- :
we'll, because the railroad company
wanted not only ali the fare collected
rom the passengers, but the whole
on the goods and an interest in 7
steamboat besides. Capt. Elliott was ]
to carry the passengers to the
buff gratis, but didn't want to give the
)oat away.
A fair will be held this week. bv the ]
aides Of the First Baptist church, at
which a beautiful set of colors will be
Ioted TO the most popular steamboat. If Z
he Lee does not unfurl those eoiors to (
he breeze from her flagstaff then we
will give away our hat. :
We make the following extract from a L
aper read by Nj. George Barber, sur
'eyOr to the board Of trade, London.
the institution Of engineers in (
eotland: 6
"Tbe opinions Of practical men re- CT
the use of steel are very much Al
{ variance, and the results of the exper-
nents which have hitherto been &
Onducted have been so widely diff r.
rent frem each other as to prevent O.
lem being solely relied upon in~practice. =
ONE boilers made Of steel have, after n
certain period Of service, been pro- 2
ounced in better condition than similar
pliers, made at the same time. of eoual
Of iron, and worked under
milar circumstances and il has been
ated that steel boilers, in addition to =,
sing in a much better condition. have. ~
lring the working, been more free
ON scale, and have generated
ore steam, eyaporated more water. M
ID consumed less fuel in -,
ven space Of time than similar boilers n
ade of iron. Against these statements j.
e have others Of a less favorable nature.
ID we have the fact that steel boilers
ade by one OF the most eminent
in the county had to
taken out Of a mail vessel a. W.
lse~rviceable, from defects in the ma Joi
after a service Of only one year. A.
len, as to eranks and shafts, while N.
me and perhaps the majority of en- B..
speak highly of steel shafts, 9TH J. T
;, and also some managers of steam
at companies, say that, from the re-
It's of their own experience, they can
{ place such reliance upon shafts made Ca
steel as upon those made Of iron. I'll
~ be that those who have expressed
} latter opinion have not been for
tate in their selection of steel,
q that the defects which have Exl
siudiced them Against it might
occurred in iron but, with
sisoprOvements which are daily taking re-
in its manufacture, defects such as =
We been discovered will soon be re-
and It is certain that as the adj
ntages of the use of steel become VE]
,nifest, it will be more largely en- Men
we'd in the construction of sbips and due
lchinery, though perhaps a longer 40
le may elapse before it is CONSIDERED = ka1
table material to be generally adouted to n
marine boilers" An