Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-31
Hambleto2i NOrman, ID,
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learn that these gentlemen are recover
ing rapidly from their recent illness.
There being no arrivals since our last
we are without any further particulars
Of the loss Of the Rowena.
The Lizzie Gill sunk a barge at "a on
her up trip.
The Merchants Association of Vieks-
burg want a wharf boat.
The Golden Era burst a steam pipe in
the Ohio a few days ago. No one hurt.
The steamer Little Rock on her up trip
picked up q snag between here aud st.
Louis, which did some damage to her
main deck.
Capt. Dan. Able and Silas Haight
bought the side wheel steamer Countess
ct st. Louis q few days ago. She will
come here and go into the Haile's Point
trade.
Mr.. Isaac Brackin, it will be seen, has
placed a wharfbost at Haile's Point for
the accommodation Of the planters of
that vicinity.
st. Clair Thomssson comes out IS
ladies' man on the Great Republic.
The MeCune, and AbeOlns are, we sup
pose, still aground above, as they had
not arrived when we left the river last
night.
The Norman, Capt. Scott, was detained
by her engagements last evening. She
will depart to day at 5 pm. for White
river. Nj. TWoomey is clerk.
The elegant Marble City, Capt. Con-
way, is the regular packet for Cairo and
st. Louis to-day, at 5 pm. Charley Par
sons is "big IDjun" in the office.
The Ida Rees will be in port to leave
for Evansville and Louisville this day
at 5 pm.
The handsome Myrtle, Capt. Hard
wiek's pet, will leave on Saturday for
Vicksburg and YaZoO river. Billie Fields
is receiving her freight at all hours on
tine levee, foot of Court street.
The Rose Hambleton was unable 10 get
away last night, but she will leave to-
day at 5 pm, for all points on White
river. Capt. Tom Newell is master,
Sweet and Granger are clerks.
The NJ. s. Mepham, Capt. Mcdonald,
will be ia port to-day. She leaves st 5 p.
m. for New Orleans and way points.
Capt. Mac is q favorite in our waters.
The Ozark had not arrived last night
when we left the levee, but will no doubt
be found there this morning. She has
nearly a full cargo awaiting her on the
bank, and will back out promptly at 5 p.
m. She connects with the train at De-
Wallis Bluff for Little Rock. Capt John
Edison is a popular and careful officer,
while Mcdonald, her handsome clerk, is
every inch 8 gentleman-Lone Hallibur-
ton is second clerk.
10. Vance Smith, an old Nashville and
New Orleans clerk, died in Nashville a
few days since. He served in the Mexi.
can war, and was formerly one of the
proprietors of the Nashville Gazette.
The Illinois Central RsilrOad Company
continues to overwhelm the folks at Du-
buque and Dunleith with its astonishing
energy, wealth and enterprise. Dan.
! Hewett launched for the Company a
barge which will transfer the cara Ovsr
the river. There has arrived at Dun
leitb, says an exchange, from Chicago,
the timber and other pieces of two COM
plete car bsrges, and with them hfty-twO
ship carpenters to put them together.
These barges will be $50 feet by twenty
four beam, aud will each carry five
freight cars. Besides these, two barges
have been purchased at Mound City for
the same purpose. The 10. Gales has
been hauled of, and trucks are to be laid
through her center for freight ears, and
she will be used for towing freight car
boats exclusively, while the GregOrie
will do the ordinary ferrying. The COM
pany intended to have facilities for the
transferring, both ways, of two hundred
and twenty freight cars per day, II neces-
sary, and thus, during the season of nav
igstiOu, ship freight through without IN
loading at Dnnleith.
We learn that the Central have ordered
the building Of q new ferry steamer at
/ Pittsburg, the same TO be delivered st the
| opening of navigation next spring.
From the st. Joseph Union we take
the following interesting account of the
| operations OF the wrecking and snag
boat Underwater No. l, commanded by
Capt. Reese Dugan:
The boat commenced operations, after
raising the II. S. Turner, at Copeland's
woodward, where ten teTrOrs to naviga-
ten were raised from their sandy bed,
cut into sections, trimmed of their roots,
| and set shoat upon the turbid current.
The next four days, UP to September
18th, were occupied in cleaning out the
left hand bed above Nebraska City. No
less than thirty dangerous snags were
raised, cut to pieces and sent adrift in
this vicinity. Several large dHft piles
we're also broken up here. One Of the
stranded trees was en- immense syca-
more, so large that four men could stand
abreast on its base and cut off the wide
branching roots. In Wyoming bend
twenty-four snags were jerked out.
Thence the Underwater steamed down
to Kansas bend, one of the worst places
in the entire river, where twenty wicked
snags were jerked out of position and
started toward the Gulf. Three i'm
mense drift piles were also broken up
here. The next scene Of operations was
at Brownsville, where quite q number Of
snags and trees, lying opposite the city,
were removed. At Nemaha, where the
bank is fast caving in, and again st st.
Stephens, many distractions were re-
moved. At Rulo Landing, four regular
old settlers were torn out, and shared
the same fate as those above. In the vi
cinity Of White Cloud, several days
were put in to good advantage, and in
the bend, four miles below, twenty were
snatcheG bald headed. At Iowa Point
some twelve or fifteen ugly specimens
were ierked, but at last q huge D
proved too much for the machinery, and
3 coupling gave way. After repairing
damages, the Underwater steamed to
the wreck Of the Lacey, took on board
her machinery, caoin furniture, etc,
and spent two days destroying her
wheel, which ~protruded into the channel
so much as to ObstTuct navigation. This
task accomplished, she started down
stream, attacking some twenty snags,
which were speedily spoiled, and arrived
at this city Wednesday evening. Here
she laid Dp 81 day yesterday, taking on
wood, coal and supplies for her larder,
and unloading the strippingsof the Lacey.
Early this morning she got up steam and
started below. The first snag that looks
auywise wicked she will so for. Four or
five DAYS viii be spent in clearing the
channel between this point and Lesven-
worth. From that place she will work
Oh down the river, leaving only in time
to escape being frozen in. Two weeks
ago the river was at an excellent stage
for suagging, but sl8ce that time it has
fallen fully q foot, rendering operations
higher up next to impossible. A boat is
now building in Cincinnati, larger and
stronger than the Underwriters, expressly
for this river. She will Zoe entirely IN
der the control of the government, and
will work for u or two seasons Riding
the channel of dangerous snsgs which
threaten destruction to boats navigating
this river. Capt. Richardson Is OF the
opinion that two years. ~snagging will
clear ont the channel 80 that the alb
senea Of snsgs will be noticeable By old
steamboatmep, but in campaign only
the worst can be attacked. He says
that TWO weeks steady work would
be hardly sufficient to make a respect
shle channel hetWeen this point and