Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-14

Few Of our com mercial community
know the importsnee o. tie trade be-
tween this city and the ridge which
strikes the river at Mound City. Mari
ans ridge, which comprises some CT the
best lands in Arkansas, and above over
flow, is almost in sight Of our y. II is
not, as the name would Indicate, a
ridge" but Il is a portion Of the allu-
vial bottom sufficiently high to be 0s-
yond all possible danger Of being injured
By the high waters. This rich country
which could supply cur home market
with all that We import from above, is
now almost cut off by the narrow policy
and monopoly Of the s0-ealled Memphis
and Mound City ferry company. II
costs more to ship a sack Of corn nom
this point TO Mouud City by the ferry
boat Peosta thap it does to get said eern
brought FROM st. Louis. We wiz in 4
day or two, give our merchants an idea
Of the way this ferry hes been, and is
operated.
The accounts from almost every sec
Llg4 % -AlAl AAtAA anu II N1aAAA "a
the prospect Of large crop Of wheat.
I A Louisville paper says not only in
Ohio and Kentucky, but in Tennessee
also, the wheat crop is more extensive
than is usually seen, and promises an
abundant yield. The Illinois State Jour
f,dt learns that the sRheat in Saugamon
and adjoining counties locks finely, bet
ter than during the corresponding season
for several years past. Wheat ana other
ceral crops ia Texas. Of waich an unusu-
I ally large breadth has been planted, are
/ looking sp.endidly, and the Lone Star
Z planters anticipate the biggest harvest
I they ever had.
[ The North Carolina papers say thEt
I the what crop in that stale is promising,
I but that the indications are unfayO:able
for a good fruit crop, owing the prevail
I ing cold and ungenial weather.
The McMiuville Enterprise says: We
have recently Travelled throUgbp0r
I the counties of Warren. PutnaE1, smith
/ and DeKalb, aud find the wheat crop TO
I be very promising in sVpearancs. TEe
stand is uniformly good, with no evi-
/ dences Of any Injurious Effects from
/ either the winter or the fly. The breadth
sown appears 10 be large, and the iRdie2-
! tiOns are that with a favorable season
/ we shall have one OF the finest wheat
J crops We have had fer q number Of years.
/ The prospect of s. good wheat crop Is
+ very encouraging 20 the farmers. No
section produces q better quality Of
! wheat than Middle Tennessee, and none
commands higher price in the markets.
Should the yield be such as We some
times have, the surplus raised, at present
I prices, will bring money 70 our section.
The Turks Island Standard, Of March
18th, says Of salt: The demand for our
stapie continues TO be very limited I;
only three small oaFgoes have been
shipped since last report, which VIII
coon be replaced if the present fine
weather continues. From Salt Cay and
COckburn Harbor, we learn that the
pans are making, and many Of those for
this Cay which were cleaned early, are
in a forward condition. Price Il 70 l3lc.
The Louisville DsuocTdt says: Our
] stock men who have been justly alarmed
at the prospect Of the wholesale intro
duetion of the Texas or Spanish fever
amongst the herds Of this state, viii
breathe more easily when assured that q
law has been enacted entitled " An act
to prevent the importation of Texas cat
tie into the state
In some respects this may be consid-
cred oppressive and unjust legislation,
but we are satisfied from what We know
of the ravsges Of the disease e9ptraeted
from these cattle, ip Eauaas, Mi-souri,
Illinois and Iowa, THAT just protection TO
enc Of the leading interests O the state
demanded such a measure lie inter
ests Of q few dealers and spectators in
beef and beef cattle, and EOibiug 3- ne
the interests Of the beef producers Q the
west.