Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-22
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+ leave for Cairo and Evansville this day
sc 5 pm. Larry Harmstad & Go. ars
her agents.
The Great Republic left Pittsburg ans
day iE advance Of her advertised time
owing 20 the rapid faIl Of the river.
Capt. Garter, of st. Louis aud ate M
the W. r. Arthur, bought FOR SfOOOC
Fitzgerald's one-eighth interest IN the
Virgins, and assumed the command.
A dispatch from Washington TO the
Cincinnati Commercial says:
"Shield is removed from the Office OF
supervising inspector in your district and
Devenny, Of S~teubenville, Ohio, re-
appointed. The alleged reason is disc
bedienee TO orders of the secretary Of the
treasury. Deveany is union republican.
his capacity Is unquestiOnable, and he
will be confirmed"
Some parties at Louisville are ~neeotia-
ting for b construction of another
mammoth packet. The bu1 is to be 800
feet In length, with 50 feet beam and s
feet depth Of hold. The engines are 10
be 34-inch cylinders, with 10 feet stroke.
q the water wheels to have a bucket
10 feet in length. The new craft Is in
tended to be a clipper. We would sug-
gest n necessity Of applying lOw-pres-
sure machinery.
Capt. w. r.. H0llcraft and others In
mat city are also about to close contracts
Tor chpper passenger packet, with low
pressure machinery, for the Louisville
and New Orleans trade. She IL M vic
with the iow-pressure Riehmend- nav
nearly ready to start south on her first
trip.
Capt. John Smoker has not yet closed
his contract for a new boat for the Red
river trade.
The Louisville Courier Of Tuesday
says: The river was falling fast yester-
day the average decline being about an
inch and q half per hour. SinOei Il COM
meneed falling il has reeeded about Al
feet at the head Of the falls up to noon
yesterday. Although falling pretty fast,
y still continues cut Of its natural boun-
diaries at all points below the falls. We
expect it to be falling quite fast today.
unless checked by theinciement weather.
which is the worst Of winter, with a snow
storm prevailing all day. The month Of
March, thus far, has been the most per-
verse and untoward We have ever expe-
rienced,
What was It? The boatmep at orr
levee and q few others whose business I
compelled thom to be on Front ssraat
about midnight last night, were aston. !
ished At the appearance Of a dark looking
object which shot down about midway
the river and vanished around the point |
below, in seemingly bat a moment OF
time. It had somewhat the appearance
OF monitor, but was darker and less
formidable looking. No little treUjda- /
ton was felt by the superstitioas part of
u river men, and the laying dutch
man with lis fierce captain, was thought
70 ave lost its reckoning, and mistaksa
our swollen river for a part Of is legiti-
mate cruising ground. Capt. sam. Shock,
however, who IS posed in such matters, |
disnellad AL uneasiness by assuring them
that the strange apparaitiOn was that of
the Great Republic, which had got a
good start after passing the Cincinnati
bridge and was not able to check her
Roadway at this port.
The Mollie Hamblston came in from
st. Francis river with $50 bales of cotton.
She returns on her regular day, Tuesday
next.
The circifriosts boat Helena disap-
peared inglOriOusly from our landing
night before last. The trans OF the st.
Louis circus, which ware on board. were
attached by the owners OF the boat for
%N4 due as charter money. We could
not learn how the matter was arranged;
we only know that the company don't
play here, and left for above on another
yesterday. The business mana
ger Of this office has an interest, we
think, IN the whereabouts OF that circus.
We have no s~ign-painter in our city
at least, we are led to think 50 from the
fact that the Tennessee mutual fire in
suranee company imported a new sign
rom st. Louis, per steamer Belle 81. !
Louis, on her last trip. We wonder il
this company viii solicit policies in this
city, or Will only insure in Missouri.
They aEs evidently IN favor Of patroniz-
ing home institutions.