Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-01

Elliott, leaves surely on Saturday fnl
White river. Capt. Matt Glass attend.
to her freight list. Levy & Miller. agIts
Passengers for st. Francis river should
not forget that the swift Natoma pet
away at 5 pm. this evening. Cant.
cummings commands. Billy Clark and
Aleck Cook are clerks.
Dur popular young commander. Ike
Whitaker, leaves tomorrow with lie
GuidOn for all points on Arkansas river,
Shippers viii remember her. John
Langlois IS ia the Office, and Andy Gram
ger carries he freight book. James r.
6ouLhe q 90. and Larry Harmstad &
The fine packet Kate Robinson. we'll
oficered, and Of which w. Jaw IobpsoD
IS agent, leaves for Cincinnati TO-DAY At
D pm. she wants cotton.
The brave Leonidas. Cant GraanIaa
departs for Pittsburgh promptly at 5 p.m.
go-day. she ~ a safe and fine packet.
Larry Harmstad & Co, agents.
SAILOR not accustomed 20 society. said
to his partner after a waltz, slet me take
you back to your s~upercargo."
The st. Louis Democrat. of the 2stb
says: IA number Of river men who
have given the subject deep eonsidera-
ton, are satisfied that the numerous az
pl0sions this season and others, on the
Mississippi, were caused BY sediment
from the water deposited in the bottom
OF the boiler. Actuated by a belief in
TINS hypothesis, Capt. JOS. Brown has
issued instructions requiring all the
steamers OF the Atlantic and Mississippi
steamship line plying between this port
ana New Orleans, to halt at Vicksburz
on their return trips, cool down, and
Y their boilers thoroughly cleansed
from all sediment and deleteriOus sub
stances. During floods, aud especially /
at this season OF the year, there is an i'm
mense quantity Of mud in suspension in
the river, and the water, somehow. is
unusually liable to q peculiar frothing.
o after 1t Is acted upon by the fur
naees. The same parties think that the
explosion Of the David White was due
70 the sediment in her boilers. Cart.
Brown Is satisfied the newly adopted
precautlOn OF cleaning the boilers every
trip viii Obvlate explosion
The Hannibal Republic Avs uTbe
first passengers down the river this
spring, passed this city on Saturday
mnTning-a white calf aud a black New
t0undland dOg-On a huge cake Of ice.
They 1oated down past the city appa-
rently a. eOntented and a. cool as any
thing on ice could be. The cake of
Ice upon which they had taken passage
was a very large one, and they had room
enough to exercise themselves freely.
which they appeared to be doing as thew
passed. II the slender craft upon which
they took passage doesn't get wrecked
before II reaches St. Louis, We suDpOse
we shall have an account Of their arri-
IN the papers Of that city.n
A st. Louis paper SAYS "There has
been some complaint this spring with
to the high rates OF freights.
Our boatmen all acknowledge they are
somewhat high, and would I've pleased If
they could afford % carry for less. but
the experience Of the past year has
them q bitter lesson, and thew
would be fools indeed if they did not
profit by such sad experience. The talk
about combinations and mOnopOlies is
all humbug. The steamboatmen have
more combinations than exists in the
Merchants Exchange or Board Of
Trades, and certainly no one viii pre-
tend to deny their right to manage their
business, as long a. il is done with
out any view 20 coercion or the exercise
Of exclusive privileges. The river is as
free as the air, and if any NJ thinks that
steambOating is q good thing. we can
assure them there are plenty Of owners
TO sell at very reduced prices.
The merchant establishes the price of
he wares he has for sale, and the pro-
market IS governed by the supply
and demand; and to be allowed the same
privilege, a to stand in the same posi-
ton, is all the bOatmen ask. Live and
let live is truly their motto"
The following we clip from the Louis
vile Courier. It is pertinent, and will
suit some boats in these waters:
SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORs-A
WaTn67g.-fhe late disastrous explosion
and loss Of the steamer David White,
prove q warning, not only the
generally, but to thOsein authority
)r position, whose duty it is to look to
protection Of the public welfare.
Jne Of the provisions of the steamboat
positively prohibits owners or mas
Of boats from changing the name Of
boats. By the simple process Of
Of a name all identity of the boat
; lost. Ar old boat, like an old party,
With a new name is still the same.
The United STATES Government. in
matters, rs well as politics
ust now, is above all Law or beyond fl.
sets it aside. Through its agents
hiring The late war a great many steam
iOats were purchased or appropriated for
government use, and while so used. their
names were obsolete and consequently
resoid to private individuals, new
were appropriated, some from one
motive, n ONE FROM another, though
generally because Of the O%pprobrium,
or supposed, that attached to all
'Oats that had been in government ser
rice. The David White had been in the
marine brigade, and no doubt had seen
service, but being IN old boat, it
vas more than probable thath er name was
hanged more on that account than any
ther. There are qujta \ number Of Old
oats Of the same sort now plying the
undeF 4 new name and a new coat
{ paint, all sailing under false eOlOrs.
In regard to the actual stage Of water
long the lower Ohio, the Evansville
O1frHaf, of Saturday, has the following:
THE RIVERA gentleman who has
1ng been a resident Of this city, gagged
be water yesterday, aud reports the
7ater within thirty inches Of the great
Ise of lS32, and fifteen inches Of 1917.
is barely possible that IL will reach the
.se Of rs, but hardly probable that that
r I'D will ba raagheF F..