Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-14

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The rain which set in on Tuesday
night continued all day yesterday anC
bids fair to hold on for several days t.
come.
Business, notwithstanding, was very
good upon the levee.
All the lower rivers are rising. A
this point the rise continues at the rat;
of ? feet in "a hours. The news from the
rivers above will be found in our tele.
graph column.
Arrivals.
Steamer Nick Longwcrth, Cincinnati.
Paragon, ViclSsburg.
Welcome, st. Louis.
4" Louisiana, Louisville.
A." Deer Lodge, St. Louis.
w. r. Arthur, New Orleans.
Rob Roy, Cincinnati.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
" Huntsville, Cincinnati.
Departures.
Steamer Champion, Cincinnati.
4" Cleaner, Arkansas river.
4" Paragon, st. Louis.
Henry Ames, New Orleans.
" Nick Longworth, New Orleans.
Kate Kinney, st. Louis.
4" Welcome, Vreksburg.
" Louisiana, New Orleans.
i" G.. w. Graham, st. Louis.
Rob Roy, Red river.
" Huntsville, Vicksburg.
Boats IN Port.
Deer Lodge, Wauuita, Anna, J. p.
Webb, Champion.
miscellaneous.
The ice was so heavy at Cairo when
the w. j. Lewis passed that she could
not make a landing.
The elegant w. r. Arthur passed up
last night. Our handsome friend Mon
roe Cunningham Is in the office.
The Rose HambletoR came in from
Pine Bluff with a good load Of cotton and
full 0 fpeople.
The Huntsville, loaded to the guards,
passed down last night.
The Louisiana, with q bigload for New
Orleans, passed here early yesterday
morning.
The Graham and Deer Lodge, both
with large cargOes, arrived yesterday
from st. Louis.
We learn that the Caroline, recently
sunk in Red river, will probably be
raised. She belonged TO George Wolff
and VIM. Metcalf, Of Cincinnati, and
was valued at S24, 600.
The Sam Parker ard barges, loaded
with mules and goo sacks corn, is on
her way south from Shawneetswn.
Capt. Frank Donsochet has bought
the ]. P. Webb and will put her in the
Wabash trade.
The -towboatSam Brown vas not sunk,
it seems, after all. We wonder if she
was really carried away blythe ice at all ?
Those upper Ohio papers are very unre-
liable.
The new Mayflower will be ready for
business by the last of this week.
The mate of the steamer Cumberland,
VIM. Clark, struck a deck hand with a
piece of coal, for which he was yesterday
fined So and costs.
The Arkansas river packet company's
wharfhOat. which has been lying above
the Star wharfbOat fol' some months, will
be removed to the lower end of the wharf
to-day. 1t is for sale, EzzSs
We had a heavy blew before daylight
yesterday morning. lt was general on
the river above and below. The w. r.
Arthur had to lay by, nearly two hours,
on account oft, near Helena, while the
Rob Roy had one other chimneys blown
down about twelve miles above this
place.
A boiler manufactured at st. Louis, of
Bessemer steel was recently tested in
that city. The boiler stood a very heavy
pressure Dub tht experiment having
been gotten up with q view to test its
full capacity, and to see what amount of
pressure it could stand, the force pumps
were not removed until it ruptured at q
point indicated by the guage at 222
pounds. The usual pressure applied to a
common charcoal iron boiler OF that size
(one-fOurth inch thiclI is 40 pounds ;
but the Bessemer stood IL without the
least strain uD to 200. It was, however.
claimed that the boiler could stand at
least $50 pounds, and some even claimed
as high as 800. The maker of the boiler
was highly eomplimented, for not q rivet
or seam showed the least signs of weak
ness through the whole operation. The
rupture occurred directly in the two
sheets near the supply pipe, and the great
difference OF the temperature between