Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-21

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MIsCELLASEOUs.
Business on the ievee yesterday was
very good, but not ss active as usual on
Friday, owing to the detention Of up
river packets.
The Southerner and Continental, we
learn, have sueceeeed in getting over
Phillips bar, bound up. OF the other
boats upward bOund-the City Of Alton,
| Lady Gay and Henry Ames-were below
the bar, and unable to cross when the
Jacobs passed down. The Belle st.
| Louis had succeeded in getting over, and
was taking ON her freight. She viii, no
| doubt, be here tonight. The S~tonewall
had also got over the bar, but the Vir-
| GINA was still above, and hard aground.
The Champion is reported there together
with the Hero and COosa. They get
from 500 to $50 per hour for Tightening.
We learn, also, that Capt. Bowman will
remain there with the Mollie Hamble-
ton for q few days TO see if he can't get
some Of the chicken pie.
Capt. Dave Hukill returned yesterday
from St Louis.
Capt. J. J. Waman has been i'll for q
few days, but is again about.
Capt. King, of the Cleaner, was out
Yesterday for the first time since his re-
cent illness.
The J. d. Perry is undergoing a course
Of paint, etc, preparatory to entering
the White river aud New Orleans trade.
The Mary Swan was sold yesterday at
chaucery sale to w. H. Kellogg, who
bought her in for Low Bros. at $3.50
| five per cent cash and the balance on
! two, four and six months.
The H. NJ. Shreve, Capt. Carter, will
leave for Vioksburg to-day at 5 pm.
She is 3 swift and safe packet.
The Rubicon will be up this evening.
1 She goes to Cairo and st. Louis. Capt.
Blake is master, and All. Grissom is
clerk.
The Natoma left for Mariana yesterday
evening. She is not making a fortune
out Of either passengers or freight.
The fine packet Rowena leaves to-day
for all points IN White river. Capt. Da-
Wis commands, ana Messrs. Kidder,
Harry and Sharp are clerks.
The Des Arc leaves to-day at 3 pm.
for Vicksburg. Capt. John D. Elliott is
in command, and VIM. H. Miller and
Cad. Hanks are secretaries.
The Ozark, with Jimmey Thompson
and Sam Wood in the office, is adver-
tised for the Arkansas river to-day.
The Cleaner, with Capt. John Fen
wick in command, will leave to-day for
Pine Bluff and way points. No better
boat fiostg in the Arkansas than the
Cleaner, and Capt. John is one of the
safest officers we know of. Her Office is
controlled by perfect gentlemen, and all
who travel on her will endorse our senti-
ments. Try the Cleaner.
There Is no little interest felt in tie re-
gatta which m off to-day. COmmo-
dore Stiles, formerly Of the Confederate
navy lsO.cslled(, has been putting his
crew through 8 regular course OF train
ing. For several weeks the gentlemen
composing the clubs Of this city nave
eaten nothing but lean mutton and beef,
careful always to avoid fist; had no pep
per, spices or any condiments in their
food, and only q little salt sbjured vine
gar aud all other acids, as well as tobacco
in every form drank little water at
their meals or at any other time, and no
stronger liquors, except occasionally q
little Scotch ale or c~laret; took exercise
systematically, with an especial refer
ence 10 increasing their muscular power
and improving their wind ;" q after
every exercise were peTsistently rubbed
down" This discipline has attained such
complete results that they are able to
row several miles against the swift cur
rent in our river without the q~uickening
Of a pnlse. We look for a grand time
TO day.
Alick Robinson, a negro porter of the
Gayoso House, vas drowned yesterday
in attempting to jump aboard The Adam
Jacobs. He was well known, and at one
time possessed the esteem and conf
deuce Of many of our old citizens. Re-
Gently he has followed after strange Gods,
and was a leading spirit in the radical
councils of this city. He left some
property, which will be scrambled after,
no doubt, by his white and black breth-
rem. Five hundred dollars reward is
offered for the recovery Of the body, by
his afflicted wife.
The towboRt Dexter, recently built at
/ Dubuque by Ben. Campbell, has been
sold with her two barges to Charley
Merry, Of Dunleith, Ill.
Capt. D. H. Silver closed a trade at st.
| Louis on Wednesday, with Capt. Han
cock, Of the Illinois river packet COM
pany, by which the steamer Sam Gsty
| and $4,000 are given for the steamer PeO-
ria CITY. Capt. Silver will probably
place the Peoria City in the Vicksburg
trade ia connection with the Mary Nc
Donald. The Sam Gsty will continue in
the Omaha trade.
Travelling on the river, says the st.
/ Louis Republican, is one Of the uncer-
tainties Of tails uncertain world. With
rapids on either side, boats from st.
Louis to st. Paul find it difficult TO make
good time. Chase d Co.'s boats and
barges on Duck creek chain are found to
add greatly TO the difficulty in crossing
the upper rapids, and the erection in the
channel of a Golfer dam makes naviga-
ton rather dangerous, as boats will be
forced entirely out Of channel.
The Ohio at Louisville has not been az
fected hy the Canawha rise. Ithas, says
the Democrat, now fallen to a lower
stage than for thirteen or fourteen years,
and navigation along the lower Ohio is
almost suspended. At the bar at the
foot of the falls, out from Portland the
ferry boat pilots report but barely twenty
six inches, and hard work to rub over.
The bar ct the foot Of the falls is now
one of the most serious impediments to
navigation, aud New Albany or West
! Louisville must be considered the head
of navigation.
The Empire has laid up at Louisville,
her owners not Deing able to take out
any freight on the present stage of
water. Her freight engagements were
turned over to the 4, C.. Gray.
Among the last orders received at Gen.
! Grants headquarters nom Gen. Griffin
is one abolishing sll distinction, on &C
/ count of race or color. with passengers
on railroads and steamboats,.
If it is in contemplation to spend
several days at a time in the hotels in
cities or small towns, OF to be q good
/ deal on steamboats, to do so with the
largest amount of comfort and eOmplai-
sance, in consequence of having the best
things in the best places, the first and
best and pFomptest attention from land
lords clerks and servants, travel with a
hOndsome oma There is nothing
like it. No fairy wand will SO " trans
mogrifyU things. Beuty "rules the
roast - everywhere. II commsBds every
| body; YOU NAV have a u nose, q red
I head, you may be a perfect " duck u of a
man-so short and fat you can't make
even a respectable wsdIle; your face
NAV be pock marked, your back may be
! bumped, your shank q perfect spindle,
/ and your leg a bOw-Only have a mag
nifcent woman along, and for her sake
YOU wiI-be treated "all the journey
throuRhU as menials treat master, as
! courtiers treat their king. We have
tried it, reader, in earlier years snd later,
and know its delights.
The st. Louis and Illinois bridge com
pany are pushing the work on their
bridge as rapidly as possible. A Golfer
! dam. 10 which the western abutment
Is TO be built, is approaching completion,
and it is expected the pier will be fin
| ished in December. $500
THE TENNESSEE RvER--During the
| last session of congress an appropriation
| of ten thousand dollars was made for the
purpose Of providing for a thorough and
reliable survey Of the Tennessee river
from Chattanooga TO its mouth. A pre-
| Iiminary survey was made last Tuesday,
bv several gentleman, under the charge
of Maj.-Gen. Weitzsl. The principal
distractions near Chattanooga were the
Ross towhead, Burris' bar, opposite the
center OF Williams island, and about
fifteen miles from Chattanooga by river,
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