Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-06

change TO report. Point Pleasant con-
tiDues to be the eye sore Of southwark
bound boats which draw 0yer four and
e half feet.
Arrivals.
Steamer Columbian, Vicksburg.
J G. BlsekfOrd, st. Louis.
NJ, + Forsyth, New Orleans.
Paragon, st. Louis.
Departures.
Steamer Columbian, st. Louis.
&" J. G. BlackfOrd, New Orleans.
GuidoD, White river.
A" NatOma, st Francis river.
4" Des Arc, Vicksburg.
NJ. K Forsyth, st. Louis.
BOats In Port.
J. D. Perry and Paragon.
EHIsCELLANEOus.
Business on the landing to-day was
very good. The White river, VicksbHrg,
and st. Francis river packets had very
fair trips.
The receipts for wharfsgef from October
II, 1856, to October 26th, 1857, as reported
by Capt. Steve Wilkins, our wharf
master, amounted to $685. $40 80. 1t will
be remembered that the last three
months were the dullest ever known on
our landing. These returns are the
largest eve made since before the war.
at Evansville the river is fOrty-five
feet below high water mark.
The Cora S. is running from Louisville
10 Evansville.
The Sam ]. Hale was to have left Gin
cinnati for this port last night.
The C~oviHgton, LeOnidas, and J. W.
Garrett, leave Cincinnati tomorrow for
| New Orleans. The Tahlequah is receiv-
ing freight at that port for the Arkansas.
The J. d. Perry, with Capt. Morg.
BatemRn in command, viii leave to-day
for Vieksburg and New Orleans. The
Perry is a Memphis boat and should
receive all the patronage we have to
bestOw in preference to any outsider.
She leaves promptly at i've pm. Mr..
Ely is her clerk.
The Luminary, Capt. EaIer, passes
down to-day at noon.
The fine steamer Ozsrk, Capt. John J.
| Edison, with our friend Mcdonald in the
office, is the regular White river packet
for Thursday.
It is rumored that Capt. VIM. Postal,
formerly Of the st. Louis Packet Com
pany, has gone TO st. Louis to purchase
an Interest in the st. Patrick, and will
command her, while Capt. Huls will go
in the office.
Capt. John T. Shirley, Capt. Tapp and
| Capt. Dick Mason have returned from
Paducah.
The Paragon, Capt. Sam. MePheeters,
arrived last night about dark. She will
leave to-day at ten am. for Cairo and
ST. Louis, with all the cotton she wants.
Mr.. McCreight is chief clerk.
The Marble City will be in port toleave
for st. Louis tomorrow evening.
The Goldfnch was due yesterday from
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A dispatch from Vicksburg reports the
river FIVE feet and rising: Coal boat rise
expected and coal boatmen are making
ready for it.
The propeller Acme, belonging to the
Western Transportation Company,
~foundered and sunk twenty miles of
Duukirk, New York, Monday morning.
All hands saved.
A suit came of at Louisville on Satur-
day before the United States Court. In
Edarch last two negroes got on board the
steamer Wren bound for Golfers land
ing. The boat landed a short distance
above there, on the opposite side of the
river. The Captain told them it would
be an accommodation TO him and save
him the trouble and expense of landing
If they would get off where be had
landed. The negroes agreed, and they
got off. They brought suit against the
Wren, assessing damages at $1,000. for
not putting them off at Golfers. The
jury yesterday gave their verdict-one
cent and costs.
Messrs. F. J. Winburn and George H.
Lord, both well knawn steamboat agents,
have united their interests and energies,
and intend to conduct the steamboat
agency business at No. SO Grayier street,
New Orleans.
Capt. Dan. Stark, of Aurora, Indiana,
leaves Elizabeth, Kentucky, on the pres
ent rise, with two latbOats for Memphis,
containing two haudred tons OF hay,
and hve thousand bushels Of potatoes on
account OF Hill & Hurlbert, Of Cinein-
natl.
The NEW Orleans and Cincinnati
Express Line" was organized on Satur-
day. Capt. John A. Williamson was
appointed President and Superintendent.
The following steamers comprise the
line, and will leave in the order named,
and promptly on the days advertised I
Swallow, Capt. A. MOCRrty Westmore-
land, Capt. Ed. Evans; Alaska, Capt. F.
]. Oakes; Emerald, Capt. John N.
skunk; John II. GrOesbeek, Capt. d.
w. Marstta; Alice Dean, Frank Ma
rata Silver Spray, Capt. W. w. Fen
] NlLr dAlh ElmLAVhT OoBNs L hAIluAs
MI. C. NJ. Noble, who was pilot of the
Nymph No. 2 at the time Of the disaster
reported a few days since, furnishes the
following particulars: The boat had been
on a bar, five miles this side Of Browns
vile, for several hours, but had been
worked of, and was at anchor when the
explosion TOOK place. The captain told
the fireman, who had charge of the boil
ers while the engineer was repairing
something about the engine, not TO allow
the steam to get above fifty pouads.
The fireman says be looked at the guage
but e few moments before the explosion,
aud steam was not above fifty. The
probability is that the fireman was mis-
taken. The boat took fire several times
after the disaster, but was only slightly
damaged. The safe was hloW4 into the
river it has noe been recovered, and
probably never will be. 1t contained
about $4,000, and the boats papers.
Capt. Giles was slightly Injured. The
pilot received several severe, though not
dangerous wounds. He was saved by 3
pair of platform scales from being
crushed by a smokestack. A colOred
man had his leg broken and thigh dislo-
Gated. 1t is a little singn!ag thst out OF
thirty Uen, pOne were killed. The hull
OF the Boat was saved. II was the mid
die boiler that exploded. The Jar was
so great that 1t broke out window lights
= distance Of two miles.
Capt. Word, Of the Rose Franks, has
chartered q boat to act as consort or
lighter to that packet in FED river.
Capt. Reese Rritchard, Of the Celeste,
is ia town again. He has beer on q
short trip up the Ohio.
The towboat Gipsey, with two harges
Of coal sunk above CsiFor opposite Birdie
Point on Saturday. Boat and barges q
total loss.