Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-17
RIVER MATTERS.

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Arrivals.
Steamer City OF Cairo, st. Louis.
" Waunita, Cincinnati.
Des Arc, White river.
Nick LOngworth, New Orleans
Gov. Sharkey, ARK. river.
Ned. Tracey, New Orleans.
Laurel Hill, Louisville.
Olive Branch, st. Louis.
&" Clara DOlsen, st. Louis.
=" st. Charles, New Orleans.
Lizzie Gill, New Orleans.
Louisiana, New Orleans.
Departures.
Steamer Adam Jacobs, st. Louis.
City Of Cairo, New Orleans.
Waunita, New Orleans.
" GuidOn, Arkansas river.
" Darling, Cincinnati.
Lizzie Gill, st. Louis.
Louisiana, Louisville.
Boats IN Port.
Rose Hsmbleton, Nstoma, Florence
Traber, Des Arc.
miscellaneous.
The gay Belle Memphis, Capt. Mussel-
man, with Geo. Deane as clerk, leaves
for Cairo and st. Louis on Monday at 5
pm. Dill & Peterson, are her passenger
agents.
The elegant Natoma, Capt. Cummings.
leaves for New Orleans this day at noon.
Billy Clark is chief clerk. w. Jay John
son, agent.
The fine packet Clifton, Capt. Stein,
leaves for Cincinnati on Tuesday next.
Larry Harmstad & Co., agents.
The Memphis and Little Rock packet
Florence TTaber Will leave for the latter
port on Tuesday evening at 5 O'Clock.
Capt Rube Haynes commands. Larry
Harmstad & Co, agents.
The Phil. Sheridan leaves for Vieks-
burg this morning st 10 O'Clock. Capt.
Judd West, a careful officer, commands,
and Mr.. Blake will be found in the Office.
Larry Harmstad & Co, agents.
The " old reliable Commercial, Capt.
Levy, clerks Geo. Blish, Billy Jones and
Milt Harry, will leave for White river on
Tuesday. Levy & Miller and Jas. T.
Bourne 4 Co.. agents.
The Pauline Carroll leaves fox New
Orleans this day at . pm. Larry4dsrm-
stad & Co, agents. Peterson & Sayres,
passenger agents.
The swift Mississippi. Capt. Hurd, de-
parts at neon this day for Cairo and st.
Louis. Larry HaTmstad & Co. are her
agents
The Marble City, Capt. Tschudi, with
Charley Parsons in the Office, leaves FOR
New Orleans on Tuesday at 3 p m. Elem.
Calvert, superintendent. Dill & Peterson,
passenger agents.
A correspondent writing from Shaw
neetOwn to the Cincinsati Times thus
presents in a journalistic style his OBJ
servations during the present freshet in
the lower Ohio:
l left Hickman, KY, February 9th /:
West Hickman entirely submerged
country travel to and from Hickman BY
railroad and wagon had been suspended
by almost an entire overflow Of creeks
and small rivers, the Mississippi being 1
at from twenty to sixty miles !
wide in various places up to Cairo. No
ticed in some instances, groups of cattle,
horses and hogs, surrounded by water,
without any neal by which their own
ers could rescue them from the further
rise, since taken place. Arrived at Cairo,
Wednesday, 2Tth levee about p above
saw three mules, in different
parts Of the city, swamped in mud, be-
yond, to all appearances, possible extri-
Arrived at Mound City junction
by cars, thence TO Mound City by street
and bOst alternately (; leyees around
this city about as at Cairo mud quite as
deep boarded steamer Quiekstep on the
evening Of the 18th, in the midst OF a
dense fog hOated back to Cairo and laid
ill 8 am.
1st March, steamed up the Ohio, no.
.iciDg many farm houses entirely de-
serted, there being from one to two feet
water in most of them, and noted tvselve
different groups of cattle huddled to-
yether, without any fodder and out Of
each of owners. Landed at Metropolis
town partly under water on
irst bank, the large steam sawmi sud
steamboat yard of the Messrs. Kimble
surrounded by water, and doubt
ess much damaged. Here for miles
lbOve and below, many miles from either
bank could be gone over by skiffs and
good sized boats. stopped at Paducah.
Ky, at I pm. This place is some four
% six feet above high water mark, and
presented the first and only place desira-
DE to the eve from the point of starting,
specially in a time of flood. Arrived at
Casyville, Ky, Tuesday, 9Th, at 4 an
Here the water seems to have reached
Is highest ambition, fully three-quartOrs
# the houses being q stOry-the same
proportion Of its inhabitants have fed to
he country for safety. Water at a
tand, six inches higher than in i32, at
which time it was higher than ever
within the remembrance Of the
,ldest inhabitant.
9th. s p m.-Just landed at Shawnee
wharfbOat.
First s~alutatiOn, "Best hotel in the
ity is the Shawnee house; fastest boat
q the line for the Shawnee house, The
opposition line crying out for its interest.
for the Shawnee, and one other only
n the opposition, started with q stout
.arkey for oarsman, brOadside for our
destination so exciting becsme the race
hat the passengers and all became en-
aged in the struggle, and Selling the
lessel as they rubbed sides in the con-
est, the Shawnee thrust back our oppo-
ent into the swift current, and with
bud cheering entered, vessel and all, the
all of the Shawnee; escorted 10 the
acOnd story, through kitchen and dining
Dom to my room, by u victorious oars
nan, who very baHdly said he would
lad to give me fire, but had no fuel.
Will takeyou to any part Of the city
on want for a quarter. Hope you want I
} make many visits, as this is the best
me l have ever had to make money !
oil night ~ and disappeared.
SaawneetOwn is as deep in water as
aseyville, having the advantage Of
Iany twO-story houses, thus saving the
ecessity Of moving TO the country. The
hawnee house has no paper, no ink, no
and thus 1 pencil.
1 omitted to say I entered the hotel at
aseyville over the second story win
Ow.
Capt. William Ashford and John Sul-
of the steamer Albert Pearce, =
rived in this city yesterday morning :
st. Louis. u
1t is rUmOred that the C~entralia sunk
the Arkansas river between Pine Bluff
I'D Little Rock. This steamer has been
recently. After being put .
complete order at Cincinnati she stove
hole in her hull in the Ohio river, lost
er wheel overheard in the Arkansas r
Id had 70 lay up until it was sent to 4
+ Louis and repaired, and on the same =
ip it Is now reported that she has ended
ar career. This is truly q chapter Of ac- P
dents.
Full particulars of the loss Of the steam v
Mercury, will be found on this page.
be loss Of life was, We are happy to say,
1t so great a first reported. 1t is
stone laid upon the monument
old steambOats-a pyramid which is =
airing its head to a fearful hight this =
asOn-and the foundation Of which r
resting upon the bones of hundreds of n
lwary travellers. If, as it is reported,
e night was dark and a snow storm v
as raging, was it not the duty Of the
icer Of this boat to lay her up until
orniDg and not run the risk Of loosing
e boat as well as sacrificing the lives .
those who had taken passage upon \
r. :
The steamer Des Arc, bound from
bite river TO this port, picked up a log r
Thursday morning, just o Mont y
'mery's point. The snag run through
II lsrbOard guard aft the ashpan, tore "
way about twenty outriggers and went
through the guard on the boiler deck.
0 injury was done to the hull. About
70 o'clock of the same day, in trying to =
nd at Friar's Point to take on some
ssengers, she got fast on a mud bar,
lich detained her twenty-fouF hours. ?
consequences of this delay she did not
rive on time, and was not ready TO
last evening as usual. She will b
7ait her regular day, Saturday next.
lie sensational report which was eircu- lie
ted in reference to this steamer by
ssengerson the LOngwOrth, was wholly
founded, a. the damagezdone by the
was by no means ora Serious nature \
"a did not delay her ten minutes. b
The driver Of q furniture belonging :