Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-02
RIVER MATTERS.


IND III tEhbs
The weather has not varied since yes
terday. The days are moderately cool
and the nights are accompanied with
frost. A few more such and yellow Jack
will have fed, we hope, forever. White
/ river has been swelling very slightly
from recent rains, and some six inches
has been added to the channel depth.
The Ida Rees reports three and a half
feet al Little Island and three feet TO
J~aeksonport. There is more trouble be-
tween here and Cairo, and pilots differ
as to the depth found. The Marble City
reports five feet two inches at Point
Pleasant, and the Mepham but four
feet ak with the stick. The Ohio was
falling, but our midnight dispatches may
tell OF aslight swell.
Arrivals.
Steamer Marble City, st. Louis.
~ J.. 3. McCuue, Cairo.
" NatOma, st. Francis river.
4" NJ. s. Mepham, st. Louis.
4" Commercial, White river.
" Goldinch, Haile's Point.
BepaFsur~s.
Steamer J. 8. McCune, New Orleans.
I" Marble City, st. Louis.
" NJ. s. Mepham, New Orleans.
" Natoma, st. Francis river.
Boats in Port.
Norman, Myrtle, Goosa, ]. D. Perry,
Commercial, Goldhnch.
MIsOELLANEOUs.
There. was considerable animation on
the landing yesterday, especially around
the Packet COmpany's wharf boat. King
cotton reigns there, and it would not be
too much to say that each o a of the
line now goes out with 1000 bales Of the
staple.
I'he Old Reliable, the safest, truest and
best packet in the White river trade,
came in last evening with an excellent
trim. She carries the mail, connects
with the train for Little Rock at Devalps
Bluff. with the Fairy Queen at Augusta
for upper White river, and leaves to-day
at 5 pm, sharp. Capt. Ashford is her
master, and in her office will be found
Messrs. Morton, Smithers and Robinson.
The Louisville and White river packet
Ida Rees, will no doubt make a clean
sweep of the balance yet on land of the
SIS, 900 guaranteed by Louisville mer-
chants to her line Of packets. The d
struck a log near DevalIs Bun, q We
learn she broke thirty-fOur timbers. This
AAUlH OkA-NN lELlAu hAl4Ch thO NCAhASA -
turn not many months ago, and at vari-
Gus times has been the cause OF disaster
to steamers.
The Adam Jacobs did not arrive to
leave last evening. She will get away
at 10 a m. to-day for Cairo and st. Louis
and will go through on time. Capt.
Hemmingway is master and MIR. Mason
is chief clerk.
The fine light draft packet Ned Ira
cpy, will be in and leave to-day
at 5 pm. for st. Louis. Our popular
Young friend Billy Blenker is chief CLERK
of the Tracey. NOcleverer officer can be
found.
The newly painted, furnished and very
elegant steamer Myrtle, of which Capt.
| VIM. Hardwick is master, will leave to-
dav at 5 pm. for Vicksburg u all
/ points on the YazoO. She will take the
Vicksburg mail and freights for way
points to that city. Billy Fields n
Stack Lee are her clerks.
The Cleaner, with John Fenwlck IN
command, will leave for Pine Blu on
Tuesday. .
The Il. NJ. Shreve will leave to-day at
! 10 am. for Vicksburg. Capt. Carter is
master.
The Lizzie GIL, belonging to John
! Bofinger and commanded by Capt.
O'Neil, will leave On Sunday Tor New
Orleans.
cant Sohn Davis is still in our city
| awaiting the arrival of Capt. J. B. Ar
cher. agent Of the underwriters, who no
doubt arrived last night. They will
proceed to the wreck of the ROwens,
I and the question as to whether she can
be raised will soon be settled.
Can't. John T. Shirley was expected
home from Paducah last evening.
The ]. @. Blackboard is On her way up
/ from New Orleans. She eschews barges.
The fine steamer GOldfineh, Of which
/ Cant. Carr is master, came in last night
! from Haile's Point with a good trip. She
returns to-day at 8 pm. and makes all
way landings.
The Quitman arrived in New Orleans
on Monday last with 2l49 bales OF cot
ton.
The barge recently sunk by the Lizzie
! Gill contained a lot Of iron which had
been fished out of the wreck Of the City
of Memphis. The Memphis belonged to
the A. & NJ. s. line, and was very aged
and dehilitated when she died. The
/ company has not yet, and perhaps never
will, get Over the OblOquy covering them
for sending out this steamer, which, II Is
said, was condemned for many months,
If not wears, before she made her nnal
trip and hurled into eternity several oil
her passengers. Travellers have no con-
fdence in the line since that event, and
their boats generally travel with light
passenger trips.
The Norman, Capt. Scott, leaves for
White river to-day at 5 pm. Mr..
Thomas, q clever officer, presides at the
desk.
The Coosa, with a fair freight list al
ready engaged, will get away to-day Tor
New Orleans. Capt. Kinney Is MASTER
and Billy Jones is clerk.
The following boats st Pittsburg are
ready to come out Glendale, Kate Rob
inson, Lorena, Maggie Hayes, Armenia
and Selma.
From twelve to fifteen thousand bar
rels Of winter apples are to be shipped
from Louisiana, Mo-, this season.
The Local Inspectors of st. Louis have
revoked the license of Thomas Msddoeks,
first engineer, for ~obstructing the locked
safety valve.
A Wisconsin paper says the amount OF
lumber put into the rivers OF that reglon
this season is only about one-tnlrd the
usual average, or in round numbers nity
million feet.
We understand that the B. L.. Hodge,
now laid up at S~hippingpOrt, will leave
for New Orleans as soon as there Is SUI
/ fcient water for her. The same may be
said of the Richmond and Indiana.
A few DAYS ago the following steamers
were aground at Four Mile oar at the
same time Argosy, Peerless, Camelia,
Leonora, TahleqUab, and the towoOats
zebra and Rochester, with three model
no ruas and four iron heats.
The case Of w. ]. Rusk against the
Buckeye State Insurance Company, oil
Cincinnati, was on hearing in the Su-
p9rior Court of that city before Judge
Fox and a inry on Wednesday. Capt.
Rusk u e the Buckeye State Insurance
Company for the amount Insured by him
10 that Company on the steamer 81.
ClOud. which was lost in January last by
striking a snag near Plum Point. The
amount sued for is $1,000. The payment
has been refused, on the ground that the
officers OF the boat did not use proper
diligence to prevent the loss. The testi-
mony OF experts will be introduced "a
ascertain whether the accident might
have been avoided.
A Dubuque paper, commenting on tue
grain embargo at that place and the
trouble with the Illinois Central railroad
says: .,
In connection with this matter we will
mention as a rumor that Capt. Bufordi
Superintendent Of the Northern Line.
Packets, was in town yesterday, called
here by the officers of the Central Com
pany, but it is understood that he weni
down the river last night without haV'
ing committed his line to q cooperation
with that company.
The Northern Line Packet Company
notify shippers that after the 5th Of No
vember, next Tuesday,, they will moi
receipt for freight to st. Paul and points
above the lake without the privilege o.
storing.
Navigation has not been so difficult on