Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-05

: of the Atlantic and Mississippi steam
ship line, is, we regret TO hear, confne,
10 his room at the GayOsO house witt
7 rheumatism.
I We learn that on Sunday a man Il
attempting 10 step from the guard Of til,
steamer Mercury, at our landing, into
skitf, missed his footing and fell into ths
river and was drowned. We could no.
learn his name.
The musical packet Robert Burns
Capt. Eugene Bowers, will Leave for Gin.
cinnati at 5 pm. Larry Harmstad &
Co., agents.
The me packet Mollie HambletOn,
leaves to-day at 5 p. m. for all points 70
Wittsburg. Capt. Tom Bowman COM
mands. Tom Day and Mr.. Shell are
clerks. Larry Harmstad d Co, agents.
The "Old reliable" Commercial. CAPT.
Leryt gets away promptly at 5 .. IL. for
White river. She is puHetuality itself.
George Rlish, Billy Jones and MiIt
Harry are clerks. Levy & Miller and
James T.. Bourne q Co, agents.
The swift 81. Patrick, Capt. Tom Berry,
with Mr.. Rowland in the Office, viii
leave for Vicksburg this evening at pm.
w. Jay johnson, agent.
The Nora departed FOR Arkansas river
with a good trip last evening.
The goddess Liberty " leaves for Lou
isville to-day at 5 pm. Capt. Archer
commands and Mr.. Pennington is in the
Office. Larry Harmstad q Co, agents.
The fine packet Atlantic, Capt. Nc
Kee, will be in part to-day, and having
a full lead OF cotton engaged, viii return
tomorrow evening at ) o'clock for New
Orleans. She is a safe packet and well Off
cered. Larry HaTmstad d Co, agents.
/ Tho unIarHrI Cfk--e Al 80 uT
Pheeters, leaves for cairo and st. Louis
to-day at 0 pm. Dill Il Peterson, pas
senger agents,
The A. and NJ. steamer Mississippi.
Cspt. Jesse Hurd, will be in port to leave
for New Orleans at 5 pm. to-day. Larry
Harmstad d Co, agents Peterson &
Dill, passenger agents.
The Kate Kinney will be at the Star
Wharfboat, and leave tomorrow morn
ing at 10 Am. fOf st. Louis. W. jay
Johnson, agent.
The Dean Zine packet Sam. J.. Hale,
Capt. Walker, will leave for Cincinnati
on Thursday at 8 pm. Jas. /. Bourne
& Co, agents,
The river at Little Rock was On q
stand on Saturday, with six feet TO the
mouth and three feet to Fort Smith.
The Peter Balen left Little Rock on
Saturday for Fort Smith. She will leave
the latter place for st, Louis. and, it is
reported, will continue IN the trade be-
tween these two points; but we surmise
she will make a trip to the mountains
and our friends on the Arkansas need
not make any arrangements for her to
fulfil for th5 next six months az least.
We regret to learn that Mr.. George A.
Shirley, a well known citizen Of this city
and brother of Capt. Shirley, is dead.
Mr.. Shirley was well and favoTably
known among river men, and was at one
time proprietor OF Bailey Springs, a FASH
ienabie summer resort in this state. Dir.
Shirley has been in i'll health for some
months, and started for New Orleans on
the last trip of the Atlantic to see
whether a milder climate would not be
beneficial. The same uCat which carried
him sOuth conveys his remains to this
city, where they will arrive this after
noon. Mr.. :. was a worthy member Of
the Masonic fraternity, and no doubt the
brethren Of the mystic tie will paw
due attention to the remains on arrival.
The teamer Lawrence picked up a
family a few miles above UuiontOwn, |
KY, AMI conveyed them with their
plGndeF to puiout0wn, a distance Of five
miles, for which the officers Of the boat
charged the poor people 800. They
were compelled to pay it down. It was
a dastardly act, and we hope the names
of the officers of that boat will be
"~swinging around the circle " very soon,
so that We can give them a puff.
About 500 cords of wood were carried
of by high water nom Helena island
the other day.
Capt. DeHaven is getting a stock COM
pany in New Orleans to build a steamer
on the plan suggested by him some weeks
ago, and which we published at the time, Z
The dimensions Of this stsaGeF will be as
follows Length ' g all. 500 feet length
of keel, $50 feet; breadth over all, 100
feet breadth Of beam, 90 feet; fiat fioor.
SO feOti wheel, IS feet diamter bucket,
20 feet depth of hold, Is feet cylinder,
y feet stroke, Il inches diameter eight
boilers, SO feet long, - inches diameter.
Built in compartments or bulkheads, the
steamer might have a hole broken in her
side without damaging moro than a
small portion Of her huli, and ifshe were
10 break in two in the middle, the two
parts would u0at as before. And in case
of fire every appliance is at hand. Each
of the sixteen Compartments is supplied
with the new steam PUMP. of
capacity to fill the bulkhead in
which the fire occurred in less than Eve
minutes. The whole of this system Of
pumps and valves can be worked in the
pilot house hy an arrangement some
what Ike the keys of q piano or a cal
All Of these things would
reduce the rate of insurance,
besides guaranteeing safety to travellers.
In his boat there is no long saloon for a
table d'hOte, but on either side are ele-
CANT suites of rooms, with proper berths
and compartments, the whole being so
arranged that they can be thrown into a
room during the day. In each of
these rooms a table is placed, and fami-
or parties can take their meals lpon
the European plan. The bill Of fare lies
upon each table, and passengers can or
der from 10 as at a restaurant. There is
no doubt of the success Of the enter
prise.
The New Albany Ledger with truth
We have been informed by those who
ought TO know, that if all engineers were
to run a steamboat according to law,
he would be discharged at the end of the
trip. The fast engineers are re-
garded by those interested in the fiRan-
cial success Of steamboats, as the best
engineers. Speed isthe great desideratum
in s-teambOating. The slowest tub and
the lightning packet, must make time at
ali hazards. And the engineer that does
not keep his boat up to time, will soon
receive his walking papers. We heard
one engineer who took charge of a
in the lower trade. The first trip
he carried the legal amount of steam,
and the boat failed to make the same
she had made on former trips. The
captain intimated to the engineer that
this would not DO. His packets reputa-
ton for.speed must be attained or a rival
packet would take her business. The
engineer took the hint, he saw he would
lose his situation unless hemade time, so
after that there was no complaint against
him. He was fast but the law was vio-
lated, and the lives Of passengers jespar-
DICED. But was the engineer wholly
70 blame? He had a family to support
and the question presented to him was
bread or no bread. This instance Illus
trates the point we wish to make, which
is that the whole responsibility Of nine
out Of ten Of the " blow-ups" rests, at
least indirectly, upon steamboat owners,
and not upon their employees. The law
affects the engineers ia regard to
carrying steam will never be fully in
forced until there is a stringent enact