Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-12
Arrivals.
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MIsCEELANEOUs.
Capt. Elem. Calvert, the popular
agent Of the Memphis and st. Lonis
packet company, arrived home on the
Belle st. Louis, and has assumed his old
position. Mr.. z. b ByingtOn, the we'll
known ticket agent of all the railways
in the country, also arrived in the city
on the Belle st. Louis.
The Starlight, Capt. Yerkes, will leave
the wharf this morning at 10 o'clock for
the Arkansas river.
The WauuRtia from Cincinnati for
New Orleans, passed down yesterday.
The Virginia, Capt. Thompson, will
leave the city wharf BOAT to-day at u m.
for New Orleans and way points.
The Sam. Gaty, Capt. Silver, will
leave the city wharf boat to-day at 4 pm.
for Vicksburg and the bends.
The Lady, Capt. Ward, is the regular
Friday Helena, Moon Lake and Mari
anna packet. She leaves at 8 Pm. Mr..
J.. G. Ward is her clever purser.
The Belle st. Louis discharged a large
lot of -four and produce yesterday, and
returned to st. Louis with a fair passen-
ger trip.
The Great Republic left New Orleans
last evening for st. Louis with a large
passenger trip. She will pass here on
Sunday noon.
The Marble City is the regular Satur-
day St. Louis packet.
The Dan. Able arrived from Vicksburg
last evening with a fair passenger trip.
She is the regular Saturday Vicksburg
and bends mail packet.
The Golden Eagle left Cincinnati for
this port with a cargo of Western pro-
duets. She viii arrive in port on Satur-
day, and leave for 3 return trip on Tues
day next.
The 2. W. StradeF and the Nick Long
worth are loading at st. Louis for New
Orleans.
Capt. Thomas ROdgers' new side wheel
steamer, building at Elizabeth, Penn,
was to have been launched yesterday.
The navigation of the lower Ohio is be-
coming somewhat precariOus, and boats
find it a difficult matter 10 find the chan
mel.
The late rise at Pittsburg has evidently
ruHa aground at the Glasshouse, or was
lost in the smoke of that dingy city, as
we hear of but very little more of il. In
the MonOngahela there are three and
a half feet water and four feet in the AL
legheny.
The common council Of New Orleans
are about to appropriate $1,000 to defray
the expenses Of q commission, consisting
of w. s. Parkham, w. J.. Minor and
Alexander Wallace, TO visit Washington
during the July session and urge upon
the government the necessity of FOSTER
ing the levee interests Of Louisiana.
The Atlantic line Of steamers, plying
the st. Louis and New Orleans trade,
are all up for sale. This is done, according
=, fha pUfnFgn Of rnann NOT 70 WinH nm
the affairs of the line, which is flourish
ing, bnt to /" wipe out" the small stock
holders.
The Mississippi at st. Louis is steadily
rising, the bulk of the swell being from
the waters of the upper Mississippi, at
st. Paul. The Missouri river is falling
as far down as Omaha, and the Illinois
is also falling fast.
The steamers Yellowstone and G.. w.
Graham, Missouri river packets, were
burned at the lower end of the isvee at
st. Louis Wednesday evening. The
Yellowstone was valued at S30,000, and
insured for $50, 600. The Graham was
valued at SIS, 600 insured for SIS, 900.
A Cincinnati exchange of Monday
says:
The pier bridge which is to be built
across the Ohio river at the falls, by act
of congress, was to have w draws, q
for ascending and n for descending
steamers, there being two channels over
the falls for boats bound up and down. It
appears the company intend to construct
the bridge without the desirable draws,
thus completely ~suspending navigation
for steamers over the falls, making
New Albany the head of navigation for
upward bound boats during high water.
The bridge is to be one hundred feet
above low water mark, which is less than
fifty feet above high-water mark. AS
the present canal is worn out and almost
worthless, and the falls rendered unnavi-
gable by the proposed bridge, the steam
boat interests of Louisville, Cincinnati
and all points above, must necessarily
be suspended so far as through shipment
IL concerned. Cincinnati will suffer ma
terially from this barrier to navigation,
while st. Louis, Cairo aud Evansville
will be- benefited. When we take into
consideration the asst Importance of the
commerce OF the Ohio river, this is no
unimportant subject, and It behOOves not
only the marine, bat the mercantile,
manufacturing and general shipping in
terests of Cincinnati to wake up, and
move forthwith in the matter-see thst
an Injunction is at once gotten up against
tue tuLEAl ulkAOA " q 0Aukb aClD66 the
Ohio at the falls. If the trade and travel
require a bridge, either build it high
enough for boats to pass under, or MAKE
the requisite number of draws to accom-
modate the free and unobstrueted COM
merce of the Ohio. The citizens OF Louis
vile hold a meeting relative to this nui-
sance Tomorrow.
The st. Louis Republican of the 10th.
says The Weather yesterday was mate
rally warmelt than the two days pre-
vious.
Notwithstanding the excessive dullness
of the times there was considerable activ-
ity displayed on the wharf. Immense
piles Of freight crowd the levee from
Market to Green streets, making it any
thing but a matter of ease 0r pleasure TO
pass from the sidewalk to q steamboat.
1t was 3 matter of question as to
whether the river at this point was rising
or not, some, including the city engi-
neer, said aye others nay. At ST. Paul
It Is falling rapidly.
The stern-wheel steamer Bridgeport
has been sold to Messrs. Brannan& Pick
ering for 5000; they will put her in the
most complete running order for the Ar
kansas river trade.
The Tyrone, a Cairo and Nashville
packet, is reported " high and dry in
the Cumberland.
The Louisville Courier of Wednesday
has the following The river continues
to recede, though slowly, with full four
feet wster in the canal last evening by
the mark. During the previous twenty
hours it aad fallen an inch at the
head OF the falls and some four inches st
Portland. The weather is clear but
cool, with 3 fine breeze stirring,
and the thermometer in the shade rang
!. - oiuhtv I'm tha falls last ayaufnO