Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-05
RIVER MATTERS.


Weather clear and pleasant. The river
Is gradually declining, with rect 70
Cairo. The Ohio is falling at Louisville,
with 3 feet 5 inches in the canal and four
feet on the bars in the lower Ohio. White
river is receding steadily with A feet in
the channel. Little Rock dispatches re-
port 80 inches scant in the Arkansas.
Arrivals.
Steamer Pauline Carroll, New Orleans.
Departures.
steamer Sam J. Hale, Cincinnati,
" Pauline Carroll, st. Louis.
Boats IN Port.
steamer j. S. McCune.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Business on the levee yesterday was
exceedingly dull, with . arrival and
but two departures. The Fam j.. Hale
cleared for Cincinnati with $50 bales or
cotton. The R0wena, Capt, Davis, Is the
regular Saturday White river mail
uacket. The j. Is. McCune, Capt. Dufier,
Il advertised to leave for White river to-
dav at 5 p.m. The wharf master has
been authorized to allow merchants to
leave freight on the levee for forty-eight
hours.
Can't. Chas. Stone, a noted commander
of P~ittsburg, Cincinnati and New Orleans
steamers, died at Beaver on Monday.
He once commanded the MOnOngahela
I and Keystone State.
The Belle st. Louis il the regular
Thursday Cairo and 80. Louis packet
Capt. Zeigler commdnds.
The Memphis and st. Louis packet
Adam Jacobs has resumed her regular
| trips, leaving here on Friday next. The
Peter Balen will ply in the New Orleans
and Little Rock trade this season.
The Lady Gay and Henry Adkins left
| st. Louis on Saturday for New Orleans.
/ Thew are probably butting the sand-bars
| at Phillips or Plum Point.
Col. John K. Boyd, general agent OF
| the Memphis and Louisville road, who
is now in this city, has perfected arrange
ments by which passengers VIII be uek-
eted through upon the Richmond, In
diana, Henry Ames, Il. Il. Let and CEN
eral Quitman. This is a very important
matter to travellers, and will insure them
making connections with a daily line OF
packets not equalled on the river Tor
speed, comfort and safety. Col. Boyd
deserves the gratitude OF al passengers
for his energy and enterprise.
The CITY OF Cairo, which left here on
Saturday night last, grounded the first
night out. On Sunday evening she met
with the Continental aground at Phil
Inns bar. aud worked at her all night
bEt could do no good. The Continental
has a large freight and passenger trip.
She paid the City Of Cairo one thousand
dollars for her services. The Henry
Ames and Continental were still aground
Yesterday, and will have to tighten over
Phillips and Bulletin bars, as they are
trawinp more water than there is ia the
channel.
cant. Davis, Of the Memphis anc
White river paeketline has been running
his boats this summer, at q loss, for the
accommodation Of the people of White
river and the merchants of Memphis,
and it is the duty of every merehanl
that solicits trade from White river, e
SUPPORT Capt. Davis, and Capt. John
Elliott. of the Des Arc. Their interests
are identified with the shipping public
of the Memphis and White river rade
Our merchants should stick TO these
packet lines, ifthey desire to retain TIT
trade Of White river.
We omitted, yesterday, to mention thu
relurn Of Capt. James Peterson, he wei
known passenger agent. Capt. Jim hal
passed through many scenes since leav
ing Memphis, but none have impressed
him SO faverably as his Old stamping
ground.
Messrs. n. & J. HofFheimer, at No
27G Front street, have received an IN
voice Of "oId Bourbon which woult
make a barkeeper immortal. The large
and we'll selected stock always Kept OS
this house should be examined by thost
Interested. Fine old brandies, WHISTLES
/ etc, are always on hand, and the Terms
iii -. E.v-.-E p, urrff tho flmgg
Cant. Il, w. Smith, president or tn
Memphis and st. Louis packet Line, ant
Mr.. E. B. Byington, the general railroad
and steamboat passenger agent, we're II
the city yesterday.
It was rumOred on hestreets yesterday
that a few Of the Front row merchants
shipping freight to White river, ma
shipped the same on an outside packe
which sends her business to Louisville
and St. Louis. Boats that forward
their orders to st. Louis and Louisville
are working directly against the inter
ests Of Memphis, and our merchants d'
themselves injustice to support them Il
any way.
The St. Louis Democrat OF Tuesday
saws the Boatman's Association of tina
city took action yesterday in regard t
the Cincinnati bill of lading imbroglio
so far as to appoint a committee TO draf
resolutions sustaining the boatman, o
something to that effect.
The Mary Forsyth came off the Caron
dalet marine railway On Saturday. Sh'
will receive magnificent new guards.
The waterfalls have got to be " water
rises they used to "fall" from tn
back OF the head, but now they rise
from the top Of the Uranium.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of Tuesday
has the following
Through Monday is usually the dulles
day of the week, business seemed TO b
more lively on the wharf yesterua.
afternoon than it has been for some time
The shipments for Memphis and New
Orleans were quite heavy. Not OeIni
packet day there was little doing at IN
Dacket landing. The first bale of neV
cotton that has arrived here this seasOi
was sold Yesterday on change. IL wa
brought from Nashville, and sold to MI
s. Katzenberger, cotton merchant, 70
fifty cents per pound
The wreck of the BostOna No. 3 wa
sold Yesterday, at auction, by James :
Laws q Co. at the foot of Butler street
1t consisted simply Of her machinery
Her four boilers brought S475 each, an
2 the rest was sold by pieces, the whol
bringing about $1,000.
Some Of our merchants show a dispC
sition to fight the new bill Of lading {
& The bitter end. A paper was being eli
cnlated on change yesterday, 20 ootaI
the signatures of merchants, pledgin
them not TO patTOniZe insurance cOmps
MES who have agreed to insure on th
, new bill of lading. Some merchant
avowed they would order all such con
panies to cancel what policies they Ina
Of theirs. Meanwhile, there seems to .
no diminution in the shipments on BOA
r at the wharf that have adopted this mes
bill Of lading.
z Sixty wears ago there was hardly
3 craft larger than an Indian II on IN
! great Western lakes. InlS4l, the lak
? trade amounted to $50, 0OO, 600, in lsi
to $500, 600, coo, in 1861 to S550,OO Wy
{ and il bids fair, in ISL, TO reach u
enormous SUM of 81 COG, $50, 600.
, Remarkably rapid steamer PASSAGE
r have recently been made. The Perch
. ran from New York to Havre IN elgt
1 DAVIS and seventeen hours. This ls sal
7 to be the shortest passage on record, Ol
this statement must be received wit
3 caution. One thing IS certain, the Gun
{ arders can no longer claim to be wlthol
s sharp rivals in speed. The Nevada "a
r from Greyt0wn TO New York, 2l01O mile
, in five days and twenty-five hours. In
G is an average speed Of fifteen miles u
{ hour. which is fast ocean going.