Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-06

Business was tOleFably good. From the
best information we can gather, the
river was rising faster yesterday than on
Tuesday, the swell for the twenty-four
hours ending at dark being four inches.
The Ohio is falling. The Mississippi at
st. Louis is rising very slowly.
Arrivals.
Steamer P. W. Strader, Cincinnati.
Legal Tender, Louisville.
Ruth, New Orleans.
Sam. Hale, Cincinnati.
Empire, Louisville.
Belle St Louis st. Louis.
J. d. Perry, Evansville.
Departures.
Steamer P. w. Strader, New OIleans.
Legal tender, New Orleans.
+" Ruth. st. Louis.
4" r. E. Lee, New Orleans.
Cleaner. Arkansas river.
" Silver Moon, Cincinnati.
ROats in Port.
Sam. Hale, TRADER, Empire, Belle st.
Louis, J. d. Perry.
HIsCEGLANEOUS.
The Typographical Union, having
chartered the Dan Able, its members
and guests expect to shake the 4" light
fantastic" tonight With 8 vim. A gay
and happy time may be looked for, and
those who are fortunate enough to be of
the party will return with the cOnvic-
ton that the "UnIon 4" don't do any.
thing by halves. Thompson and DurT
are going. Bates has promised to apply
ice to their heads as often as required.
The safe and comfortable packet Flor
enee Traber will leave 70 ARKANSAS river
on Friday next. Capt. Haines COM
mands and our friend Wells is in the
office.
The Sam. ]. Hale viii depart for Cairo
and Cincinnati Saturday at 5 pm, aud
will accommodate passengers and ship
pers by stopping at all way points. She
Is commanded by Capt. Walker, and w.
ii. Armstrong will be found in her
Office.
The Lee passed down yesterday. She
added here a considerable amount of
miscellaneous freight, and a fair list of
people. Among her passengers was Col.
T. b. Manlove, Of the Nicks5-IiWes,
and q bridal party.
The fine packet ]. d. Perry came in
with a very good trip from Evansville.
She returns again to-day in charge Of
that careful officer and popular gentle
man, Capt. Lee FinneY. Capt. F. IL, by
attention and courtesy, winning his way
rapidly into the good graces Of shippers
above, and deserves 70 prosper. Mr..
Miller is chief clerk.
The Dan Able, Capt. Lee, will leave
on Saturday for Vicksburg and the
bends.
The Empire, Capt. King, VIII get
away tomorrow for Cairo and Louis
vile.
The Belle st. Louis came in early yes
terday, and viii get away at 5 pm. for
Cairo and st. Louis. Capt. Ziegler is
chief officer and Billy Blenker clerk.
Capt. .JOhn.B. Davis, We learn by a
dispatch to Messrs. Levy & Miller, has
purchased the steamer ROwena for the
sum of sd 900. She will be refurnished
and fitted out elegantly, and be here to
leave for White river in about two
weeks.
Capt. George Mellersh, the well known
coal dealer, yesterday received the ele-
CANT regalia voted him at the late fair as
the most popular Odd Fellow in the city.
Capt. George returns his thanks in a
card in another column.
The ram Stonewall, originally built for
the ~Confederaey, has been sold to the
japanese, and will be sent eff as soon as
she can be put in first rate order. The
history of this craft will be somewhat
romantic, if it changes hands in the fU-
ture as often as it has in its short exist
ence thus far.
The bridges across the Mississippi at
Quincy and Burlington are expected to
be completed early in 1855. That at
Ouincy will cost 81, 250, 900. They are TO
be draw bridges. The great draw span
of the Quincy bridge will be 369 feet.
The draw spsn of the Burlington bridge
will also be $50 feet, giving channels of
$50 feet.
The Commodore, recently remodeled
into a government snsg bost and named
the Gen. G. G. Totten, is lying at Gin
cinnati and will leave next week.
She will probably remove the JEFF.
Thempson wreck first. Capt. E. c..
Pierce. assistant United States engineer,
will command the Gen. Totten.
Three men who left Fort Union in q
Msekinaw boat May 5th, report meeting
the Miner on the 18th, about fifty miles
Fort Rice. This settles the canard
about her being captured by Indians.
The Northwestern Union packet COM
pany will introduce the Key City and
City of st. Paul, as well as the Sheridan,
into the st. Louis and Dubuque trade,
The Captains association of st. Louis
Monday passed resolutions doing
away with the fixed rates of freight, and
leaving It optional with each captain or
owner to make his own rates, but q gen
eral consultation among the captains re-
suited in sn unofficial agreement to keep
the rates the same as they We're fast
week. -f1-a III boz t
The railroad line of st. Louis and New
Orleans steamers has not been broken
up.
I'D to May 18th t%hirty-nine steamers,
bound for the upper Missouri, had passed
Yancton. Dacotah freight has been car
RED to Yaneton from st. Louis, at 81 25
Ger hundred, or about half the price Of
asst season.
M ST. Louis Times Of Tuesday says:
business on the levee continues to be ex-
dull. The river ct this point
TO swell. The Missouri is at a
high stage, but falling. The upper Mis- /
,issippi Is about stationary. I
The race between the Phil Sheridan !
and Sucker State, in the upper Missis- !
,iupi, has caused some bad feeling among !
raspective captains. w. 2. Hight, =
nasfer Of the Sucker State, ia q letter to
he editor Of the ST. Louis Times, says r
Sir. In your Sunday issue saw an ex-
raet from the Burlington Argus, in re
yard to the race between the Phi. Sheri-
ian and the Sucker State, which merits
notice. HCapt. Hutchinson emphati-
ally denies that the Sucker State beat L
he Phil. Sheridan to this place Burning
en.yn she says his boat beat the n
State an hour to this place" Bur
ington,) all Of which is nothing more
Tor less than 8 wiIful lie, As the Sucker
state arrived in Burlington fifteen min
ties ahead, eVen after the captain Of the =
sheridan stole our wood boat at Skunk
liver. rg e
Cant. Hutchinson states "thst the
sheridan subsequently "pdssed her rial
inder full heGdUdy,'i all of which is
alse from beginning TO end, and Capt. y
hutchinson knew il ct the time. Know.
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