Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-31

Celeste, river
Boats in Port
Natoma, Cleaner, MinUeola, Anna
White, Anna. Dan Able, City Of Cairo.
MIsCELLANEOUS.
The Minneola, Capt. Miller, viii go
out for Cincinnati this evening at the
usual hour.
The Cleaner, Capt. King, goes out for
Arkansas river tomorrow evening at .
The City of Cairo will leave in charge
Of Capt Riley for Cairo and st. Louis at
SPIN. this day.
The Anna, Capt Shinkle, will get off
for Cincinnati this day at > pm.
The Richmond, Capt. Slut. Neal, goes
out for New Orleans at ; O'Clock pm.
this day.
The Louisiana, Phillips master, leaves
at 10 O'Clock this morning for Louisville
and way points.
q The Great Republic, Capt. Donaldson,
goes out for New Orleans at . pm. to-
morrow.
DurfT, Thompson & Co, declared a
dividend last evening. We don't know
\hat the amount was, but each member
oSthe firm hsd s lot Of old papers under
his arm seeking some grocery where
rappe were wanted. It reminded Us
OF q canal company who never declared
but one dividend, and that was when
they moved the tow.path and divided
the hay.
Thompson, of the RuHetin, lost fish
on Sunday last. Yesterday he received
a dried herring neatly put up IN a box.
The NatOma was brought to the land
ing on Wednesday to leave for White
- - $4,000 IH4N rraan IN v-naFiuQrlnn
it was ascertsined that nearly all her
furniture, bedding, pantry ware, etc,
had nYysteriously disappeared since the
boat laid up, and in consequence Capt.
Elliott viii not be able to get her out.
Besides the loss OF fixtures, there is still
some ~squabbIing among her owners,
which puts a stop to any effort towards
making her useful, and she viii now
have to remain iuglOriOusly idle until the
United States marshal dispJses Of her.
While on this subject We might as well
state that the Rose HambletOn has been
stripped Of all her valuables since she
has been at the boneyard. The South
erner was, we learn, treated likewise.
The Rose, it is said, had two watchmen
on board, but the Beast was doubtless
there also, as not even a spoon IS left IN
her pantry.
Tie safe low pressure packet Rich
mond will be in port to-day and leave
for the Crescent city al 5 pm. Capt.
Neal is making railroad time with his
fine steamer Messrs. Voolfolk and
Lodge are clerks.
The Underwater and st. Patrick still
lie on the opposite side Of the river, and
Will afford refuge to the denizens of
Hopefield during the next food.
Memphis is dali, very dull. No q
killed in the past two days. What are
we coming to?
river with a very fair trip Of people
and some freight.
The Anna White came in from st.
Louis yesterday. She leaves to-&y at 5
pm. for all points on the st. Francis
river. Capt. Taylor will be found a
prompt and carefulioffieer.
A man, whose nam we could not
learn, while passing in a skif between
the Belle st. Louis and the wharf boat,
lust as the Belle was backing ont yester-
day evening, came near becoming food
for fish. The wheel Of the steamer
struck the skiff and turned it over, but
the man elung to it bravely. He aOsted
to the Dan Able and passing under hull,
CAME I'D aZdll anu Hoe1oCA AuhCA AAlC III
Of the Anna White, when he was res
cued still with the boat in his embrace.
There was so much excitement during
the time that we thought a freedman
had fallen overheard, but were much
relieved to find it was only a white man.
Why could not the upper works OF
that ugly looking wreck, the Madison, be
removed before the high water inter
venes to PREVENT AGttle energy would
do il, and sbste q greater nuisance than
snack stands.
Mr.. John Sullivan, the popular clerk
of the Des Arc, Commercial, and more
recently Of the ill-starred Albert Pesrce,
is again back at his old stamping ground,
looking well and hearty.
1t il stated that Mason, who was tried
in Toronto and taken to Washington to
give evidence in Surratt's case, can also
throw light on other matters. He pro-
fesses to know facts shout the burning of
steamers on the Mississippi between
Cairo and Memphis in 1864, whereby the
government lost two million dollars pay
masters fund. Says he was in the plot
for the destruction thereof, but was never
paid according to agreement. He is
another ConoveT, and will bring up, like
Conover, in the penitentiary, if some
greater rascal like Ashley, does not in
tervene.
Capt. julius Kinehloe, OF the United
States coast survey, and five men were
drowned May 10th by the capsizing Of a
boat while making a final survey of Kill
amook bay, Oregon.
In the old flush times a passenger on a
river boat accosted a little negro boy with
an inquiry usual at that day:
who do you belong %"
"Don't know, sill" answered the boy.
"Why donityou know?'
"When 1 come aboard / blongs to
Massa Saa~Nhite, but last night he
went me S1iwo little par, an De clerk
OBJ de boat he win me. Den Kunnel
Sniff he beat the clerk on a bluff, an be
had me last; 50 / dunno, maSsa, who l
b'lougs to till de game closet