Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-01

day.
Business, owing to the weather, was
more than usually dull, and our packets
went out light.
The river at this point is again rising
very slowly. The swell in the past "a
hours viii not exceed one inch. At st.
Louis It is falling. The Ohio is falling,
as are also the Arkansas, st. Francis and
WhiteTivers. We hope to chronicle a
declfEeat this point in the next As hours.
Arrivals.
Steamer Charmer, Evansville.
" II. NJ. Shreve, st. Louis.
4" Richmond, Louisville.
Princess, White river.
" City Of Alton, st. Louis.
/" Mary Erwin, Cincinnati.
" Gen. Quitman, Cairo.
Departures.
Steamer H. NJ. Shreve, Vieksburg.
/" Richmond, New Orleans.
" Princess, st. Louis.
{" Commercial, White river.
" Charmer, Evansville.
" NJ. Hambleton, st. Fr. river.
Boats tn Port.
Gen. Quitman, Silver Moon, Cleaner,
Celeste, Emperor, Mary Erwin, City Of
Alton.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Silver Moon, Capt. Merrilees, viii
leave for Cincinnati at 5 pm. this
day. Larry Harmstad & Co, agents.
The City of Alton leaves for St. Louis
at 3 pm. to-day, in charge Of Capt.
McPheeters. The Alton is one of the
swiftest and most comfortable packets on
the river. In fact, all the steamers of
the Memphis and st. Louis line are SUI
perior in their appointments, and in con-
junction with their officers rank high in
the estimation Of the public. Capt.
Elem. Calvert, is superintendent Of this
line.
The Cora s, Capt. Meekin, leaves for
Louisville at 5 pm. Friday. Larry
Harmstad * Co. and w. Jay Johnson,
agents.
Ihe Louisiana, Capt. Philips, Will go
out for Louisville ct 10 a.nl. this day.
Larry Harmstad & Co, agents.
The Norman, Capt. Marble, will leave
fJeS louisville ats pm. tomorrow. Larry
Harnstad & Co, agents.
The Emperor will leave at 5 pm. this
day for Louisville. Levy & Miller are
nsr agents.
The Cleaner, Capt. King, viii depart
for Arkansas river tomorrow at Z pm.
Jas. T. Bourne q Co. and Larry Harm
stad & Co., agents.
The Celeste, Capt. Reese Pritchard,
will positively leave for Arkansas river
ct 5 o'clock this evening. Jas. T. Bourne
u Co. and W. Jay johnson, agents.
The Victor, Capt. HOUSE, will 20 out
for Osceola this evening.
The splendid packet Gen. Quitmau
will be found in port this morning and
will leave at 5 pm. for Vicksburg,
Gatchez and New Orleans. She made
the ruH from here to Cairo in q hours,
On her up trip, i0oztGE time enough to
take from the bank sixty cords Ct wood.
Capt. White is one Of the oldest and
most careful officers aioat and is said to
be more popular on the coast than " any
man.V Messr3. Howard and Mos
are the clerKs and are competent
gentlemen. The stewardship is ably
sled by Mr.. Smith. What more does a
raveler want. Jas. T. Bourne, Levy &
Miller and w. Jay johnson, agents.
Capt. Sam. Shock, who went to Cairo
o see after some of his possessions in
saquatic village, returned yesterday
- rail. He will be at the /" social party b"
o-night with Jim Duff, John Sullivan,
i'm sayres, Mcdonald, Capt. Miller and
Ike Whitaker is loading the Contra
IA at st. Louis for Arkansas river.
The negroes who were ~empIoyed4n
the Mississippi transportation
ompaDy's barge, at Ficksburg, struck
Or higher wages a day or two ago. They
we're getting a dollar and a half a day,
demanded two dollars. The com
any, by the construction of a plank
Dad, managed to get drays Up to the
and dispensed with the services of
he negroes altogether, saving thereby
[ least fifty dollars a day.
The steamer Flirt broke her shaft near
'uscahOma on the Bigbee river, Ala, a
w days ago. d,
The Alton Democrat thinks that the
'ater at that point will be higher this /
Jason than it has been for a quarter of J
century. !
Red river is falling fast and the wheel
arrow fleet may soon be looked for about
hreveport. r
The highest water ever experienced in r
Teche country, La, was in Is2S. e
he present food is not as great as that 1
T 1865. p
They have had a flood at Venice, which f
as not far behind those this side the big ?
rink. High winds on the Adriatic In L
1dated the city to an extent which has I
been equalled within the memory d
any Of the inhabitants. The piazza Of a
an Mark was so flooded that boats and .
1ndolas passed over it, and the space t.
the appearance Of a vast lake. '
An anti-hymenial punster says that 5
ie determinations of married people re- 4
.mble thesouAds of the waves on the i
"A shOre-being the murmurs Of the Z
ed. Z
II is suggested by the Iberville South q
at the people Of the A~tchafalsya and b
eche countries Join in with the people
Crosse Tete, dam the Marangouin and z
hid aievee large enough to protect the :,
tire country west Of it. Of
The towboat Bee passed down with
7e barges heavily loaded. =
The city Of BS@ Rouge has RENTED
harfage ON the steamer Richmond for
e year. a
The local inspectors Of Pittsburg, who ei
we been investigating the explosion Of 81
e towboat Alexander Chambers. have Is
ade their report. The inspectors state di
at the collapse occurred from an ex.
pressure Of steam, and a scarcity =
water in the injured aue. The license n
the engineer, James, is revoked. so
The contract for the Improvement of W.
E Ohio river from Pittsburg to Cairo. nj
5 been awarded to Capt. John Rodgers re
the Greenback. lie has all the appli. th
ces ready for work, and will commence
eraticns about the 18th Of Nav. II ia q
ntemplated to remove all snaos 6y
rocks, aud other distractions in pa
2 channel Of the river, throughout is IA
lrse. ~
Dur river men win be interested in the II
t that there are two large rivers in ge
ssian Ameriea-our new purchase.
ey are the Kyikhpak and the Kus- Z
kvm, and are frozen over twelve ex
in the year, but could, no doubt. tn
made n~avigable for boats Of the Ar en-
nsas river class, by melting the ice or mn
removing it.
The low pressure steamer Richmond no
lived from Louisville loaded to the -
.rds, and after lying at our levee for a njf
rt time proceeded on her wav To tba of