Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-03

" Westmoreland, New Orleans.
" Rubicon, Vicksburg.
" Swallow, Cincinnati.
I" Dan. Able, Vicksburg.
" Commonwealth, st. Louis.
" City of Cairo, st. Louis.
F" Des Arc, White river.
4" StOnewall, New Orleans.
4" st. Charles, New Orleans.
4" Continental, st. Louis.
Departures.
Steamer Rubieon, st. Louis.
(" Swallow, New Orleans.
WestmOreland, Cincinnati.
" Belle St. Louis, st. Louis.
+" Commonwealth, ST. louis.
L" Norman, Louisville.
f" StoneWall, Louisville.
" st. Charles, Louisville.
" Continental, New Orleans.
Boats I'm Port.
Cleaner, Sam. Hale, Cora s., Eatoma,
Dan. Able, Des Arc, City of Cairo.
mIsCELLANEOUs..
The Des Are is now in port and will
leave promptly on time tomorrow even
ing fol- all points on White river and
taking all way freight between here and
the mouth. Capt. Elliot commands and
MessS Thompson and Glass are clerks,
assisteHby Mr.. Levy. Levy & Miller
and Larry Harmstad & Co., agents.
The gay Natoma, Capt. Cummings,
leaves for st. Francis river to-day at 5
pm. Our friends Billy Clark and Aleek
Cook are the ink spillers.
Maj. Mart Walt returned from a BUSH
meas trip to Cincinnati and nthsF uoFth-
ern villages yesterday morning. He can
be found as usual at his house on Front
street.
The Westmorelaud passed up with a
mixed freight consisting in part of 1900
sacks of coffee, 200 hhds sugar, 100 tons
scrap iron, one alligator Ten feet long,
ten rattle snakes forty six feet long, two
turtles weighing $50 pounds each, be-
sides her usual complement Of officers
and crew.
Capt. W. Jay Johnson, Of the Star
wharfboat, after making q tour OF the
cities bordering IN the Ohio and upper
Mississippi, returned home yesterday
looking in good health, and strange to
say with the same hat with which he
left.
The Cleaner, Capt. King, viii depart
for Arkansas river this day at 5 pm.
Jas. T. Bourne 4 Co. and Larry Harm
stad & Co., agents.
The Cora s., Capt. Meekin, leaves for
Louisville at 3 pm. this day. Larry
ai8gsrgstad & Co. and w. Jay Johnson,
agepte.
The Sam. J. Hale, Of the Dean line,
will leave for Cincinnati this day at
s o'clock pm. Capt. Walker Ia in CONG
mand. James T. Bourne Il Co. are her
agents.
A man named Harden, living nese
Omaha on the Missouri river, claims to
have made q high water mark during
the food of 1874. 1t has sIaee been
called "Harden's lie,n on account Of the
i~mprobability that the water yer
reached 80 high; but it is said that the
late flood was two inches above that
mark.
At Wenona, Mimi, 8 eolored deekhand
on board the steamer Keokuk, named
John Williams, belonging In Cincinnati,
assaulted Capt. Newton with a razor,
cutting him badly, then jumped over
board and was drowned. Several shots
were fred at him in the water, and it is
supposed that he was hit by at least one
Of them.
The machinery Of the ]. c. Swon hav-
ing been taken out, the remains Of the
old steamer were taken the other day to
Grafton, Ill.,, to be used as q hotel and
wharfbOat.
The Robert Burns has laid up at Gin
cinnati until business improves.
The line of steamers between Decatur
and Chattanooga has been discontinued,
owing to the opening Of the Nashville
and Chattanooga railroad bridge across
the Tennessee al Bridgeport.
An exchange asks:
Why is love like a Mississippi steam
boat?
Because it is an internal transport.
A little mule named Jenny Longstreet,
died the other day in Houston, Texas,
which followed the fortunes Of the old
Texas brigade from Black Water to the
/ Appomattox Courthouse. This interest
ing q~usdruped had participated in all
the chequered scenes Of the army Of the
| Potomac, had forded the Rapidan, the
Rappahannock, the Potomac and the
Shenandoah had grazed in Pennsylva-
mia. and in remembrance Of his faithful
services the surviving heroes of the
Texas brigade had, after the smash-up,
taken him withGhem across the Missis-
sippi and given him a comfortable home
for his old age.
Much has been said of Capt DeHaven's
new steamboat project. We publish q
full description of the proposed steamer
in our local columns. 1t will be seen
that for luxury and safety, as well as
tonnage, she will be one of the wonders
Of the world.
The fine packet City OF Cairo, Capt.
Beb. Riley, leaves for Cairo and st.
Louis this day at 5 pm. Elem Calvert,
superintendent; Dill & Peterson, pas
senger agents.
There is no little excitement in steam
boat circles concerning the very elegant
and useful set of colors which are being
voted for at the Strawberry festival, now
being held in this city. There are SO
many very fine packets now on the
great river, and they have each so many
friends, that It is hard 10 even make q
guess at which will be the lucky steamer.
Did it never occur to our citizens that
we have had two very elegant steamers,
an honor to any city, named after Mem
phis, for which our people should be
grateful, but which have never yet re-
eeived the slightest memento 10 show
we appreciated the honor? Local pack
cts they ~were-built to run exclusively
for our port to st. Louis and 80 other.
So far, however, as will he seen BY ref.
erence 10 our local columns, not one
vote has been east for the beautiful Belle
Memphis, q packet in which we should
all take ~esneniat urida. IL will he saan