Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-26
. MISCELLANEOUS

BOsts IN Port. ~ @
C~entralia, Celeste.
.I MISCELLANEOUS.
The st. Charles goes out for New Or
Jeans at 9 pm.
The Mollie Hambleton, Capt. Bow
man, leaves for st. Francis river Tues
day at 5 pm.
The Clifton, Capt. Frank Stein, viii
depart for Cincinnati Tuesday evening
at 3 O'Clock.
The Centralia, for Arkansas river will
go out tomorrow evening at the usual
hour.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Musselman,
st 5 oiulock.
The Commercial, Capt. Davis, leaves
for White river on Tuesday evening at
O'Clock.
Capt, Elliott has, we learn, succeeded
in gaining possession of the Natoma, and
will put her in the Des Arcs place on
Saturday neRt.
The steamer Pioneer was purchased by
Capt. II. J. Brihker at New Orleans .
few days ago, especially for the Camden
and Afkadelphia trade, for $1,000.
There is a good opening in China fol
some of our idle packets. Ample for
tunes have been realized there by the
owners Of small steamers introduced
J nom England or the United States fol
1 smpiovlneat n the domestic trade. The
| natiE iunks l6stik good snGFs CT THEN
business under the competition. At last
| the Americans seem in some way q
have gained q special advantage, The
supzsme court and consular Gazette says
1 tbat = merican boats should be excIu-
/ siyeIy employed for the trafde Of tpe
| Canton river is q contingency Which can
! he readily comprehended, but we cannot
| appreciate the move of the employment
| of British Jurisdiction and British capital,
To The exclusion of British interests.
| Moreover, we are very sure that side
wheel boats cannot compete with screw
boats in the carriage Of heavy merchan-
disc, simply on the point of immersion,
| AS the tratie on tine Yangtze consists OF
| Heavy merehapdise, it follows that screw
| boats are better adapted TO the trade
| than the large American sidewheel boats
which nov monopolize it. Further, as
screw bogts can DC built in England at
1 about half the cost that sideWheet beats
can be built in the United States there
is no reason why things should net ind
their proper level, and British Interests
be properly represented,
The loyal subject Of her majesty who
penned the above article had evidently
never travelled. Wouldn't is eyes hopen
to see q few iundred led of 'eaYy 'orses
and lOike stuff on q Mississippi palace
like the Lee, Richmond or Republic.
Mark Twain has been to see the
BLACK Crook,p and is not pleased with
it. Says: ~ warn you that when they
put beautiful clipper-built girls on the
stage in this new fashion, with only
barely clothes enough on to be tantsl-
iZiug, it IS a shTewd invention Of the
devil. It lays a heavier siege to public
morals than all the legitimate model
artist shows you can bring into action
The contract for transporting United
States supplies between st. Louis and
New Orleans has been awarded to Capt.
LLjoySTT. Belt Of the Lady Gay, backed
by the Atlantic and Mississippi steam
ship company. The contract goes into
operation on the LIST of June.
Charles Fette, mate of the towboat
Friendship, was drowned OFF thss
steamer on Thursday, near the foot of
Mulberry street, st. Louis.
The Gen. Quitman and Great Repub-
lie passed up iastevening, with fair tripO
The Quitman will return to leave for
New Orleans on Wednesday next.
The st. Louis DelaOQTdt of the Gath
says:
The rise of the Mississippi at this place
was steady yesterday, and more rapid
than anticipated. SundTy lots Of mer-
chandise along the warf was threatened
with 8 soaking. There is fifteen feet of
water to Cairo; an abundance on the
shoals, bars and rapids OF all the upper
rivers as far as steamers have yet gone
this season. 1t has teen, so far, aseason
remarkably favorable to steamboat nav
igation, and consequently to the trans
portatiOH Of freight and people.