Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-11


The NatOma, Capt. Cummings, will
leave for st. Francis river Friday even
ing next. Mr.. n. D. Elliott, an old
steamboatman and well known on the
river, goes in the office.
The Memphis & st. Louis packet com
psny will, as usual, carry passengers to
the st. LOuis fair at half price. A large
number OF our people are going.
The st. Patrick departed with a large
trip for the Bends, while the CONNER
cial hsd a good trip for White river.
The large store of Mart. Walt & Co.,
on Front street, is now replete with one
Of the largest stocks Of bar and boat
stOresin the west.
The t0wbost Hyatt with two barges of
stone is hard aground at Phillips. The
officers of the Olive Branch report the
boat and barges in a bad p%redicament.
We learn by q dispatch from Wash
ingtOn that the Elliott Bros, of this city,
have been awarded the Memphis and
Vicksburg semi-weekly mail contract, at
$4,000 a year.
The swift and elegant City of Alton.
Capt. Sam McPheeters, did not arrive in
time to get away last evening, but will
Louis.
II will be seen that a quarantine will
be Immediately established below the
city. ice-Presidents island will no
doubt be the location.
a bulkhead is being built under the
Turner, sunk in the Missouri, and the
Underwater is on her way to the sunken
boat, which will be easily raised. There
Is four feet water amidships, but falling.
The John Kilgour, Capt. Callahan,
leaves for New Orleans to-day at 5 pm.
The A. and NJ. S. steamer Mississippi
will pass up for st. Louis to-day at 10
an. Capt. VIM. Thompson, whose
death by yellow fever was so generally
circulated throughout cur city, is on the
roof in the best of health. The line to
which he is attached could i'll afford to
lose such an officer, and his friends will
rejoice to know that Sc far from being in
the happy hunting grounds" he has
not been i'll. Mr.. Eekley is chief clerk,
and is assisted by MI. Brown.
The new boat building at CarOndelet for
the st. Louis and New Orleans trade is
favOrabiy progressing.
The Gen. Quitman leaves Cairo to-
morrow for New Orleans.
A deck hand and two passengers died
on the up trip Of the Emma No. 8 from
New Orleans.
1.-THE last rOws Of summer" the final
regatta Of the season.
The Cleaner was unable to go through
to Little Rock, and stored her freight at
Pine Bluff. She is on her way back to
this city, and will be in port tonight.
The fine steamer Burlington, of the
Northern line, struck q snag near Wa
bssha, just below Lake Pepiu, and sunk.
The Burlington was one of the best boats
On the Upper Mississippi, and, like all
the others OF that line, was very Justly a
popular packet. She will prove a total
loss. No lives lost.
The Enterprise was unlUcky, we learn,
on her trip TO Little Rock. She got
aground above Pine Bluff, and the use
Of the old ferrycoat at that place was Sc
cured to tighten her of. The engineers
Of the Enterprise worked a day or two
getting the ferryboat machinery in
working order. After being loaded she
returned to the Bluff for the purpose, we
suppose, Of storing the freight, but sunk
at the landing in deep water. The boat
and cargo are reported a total loss. The
Enterprise will also, no doubt, return to
Pine Bluff and store the balance of her
freight as soon as she gets off the bar.
The Guidon leaves st. Louis for the
Arkansas tomorrow. The papers of that
city say she is destined for White river,
which is doubtless a mistake.
The swift Belle st. Louis, Capt. Eel
gIer, will leave on Thursday for Cairo
and St. Louis. Billy Blenker is big
ingun Of the office.
The NO Crescent notices a new break
water for stopping crevasses, which will
be Of interest to u readers along the
river:
1t consists of four portable hatboats,
which may be taken apart and carried
from place to place as required. When
nut together, they will each have on one
side planks sliding in grooves, which, |
when the boats are anchored out, par
allel to one another, at the place where
the levee is to be built, will be dropped
to the bottom, and will prevent the cur
rent of water from passing under the
boats.
The same paper of Sunday says: Yes
was decidedly the dullest Satur-
we have noticed this ummer; really
there was next to nothing doing, and
Of the boats had to lay over till
Monday, in order TO complete lots of
that could not be discharged from
fine ships, as the weather was so shOwery.
The Democrat Of Monday, says of the
the burlington She was bound from
this mort to st. Paul with q fair freight
and passenger trip. A dispatch received
from Capt. Green, by President Rhodes,
avs. the Notwithstanding a snag-oc-
cnrred two miles above Wabashaw, and
Che must now be lying opposite Reeds
The bow of the boat lies In
three feet of water and stern in ten feet.
The first dispatch announced the Bur-
linoton a total loss. She is badly hogged.
None of the northern line steamers are
M n.-Is--s,- Z, = - I'LL
wss built al Wheeling, and cost
$4,000. Capt. 4. B. Rhodes left
bv rail last evening for the scene of the
dfsaster. aud will arrive there Tuesday
morning. Although the northern line
cannot at this time well spare any of
their boats, the ~Burlington's place will
be refllsd.