Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-17

in charge. NInson " Donahue are her
The Cleaner, Capt. King, leaves for
Little Rock on Friday at 3 pm. Jas. r.
Bourne & Co., agents.
The Victor No. ., Capt. House, goes
out for Oseeola this evening at her usual
hour.
The superb steamer Gen. Quitman viii
turn her PROV southwark at ) o'clock
this evening, promptly. This packet
offers inducements to travellers bound
for the Crescent City, not met with every
day, and we are glad to see that our
shippers are avaiIing themselves Of this
splendid line Of packets to send their
cotton te New Orleans-its proper ship
ping point. We trust that the merchants
of New Orleans will be instructed to
send return freight by the same line.
Capt. White is in command, and
Messrs. Howard and Mossop preside in
the office. Levy & Miller, J. T. Bourne
& Co. and w. Jay Johnson, agents, and
Sam. Shock, passenger agent.
The Commercial went out with a very
Sair trip. The Hambleton also had a
good freight and passenger trip.
The Darling came in from Cincinnati
yesterday morning before daylight. She
had a good trip, though our friend Capt.
Powers, the popular clerk of this fine
packet, reports freights getting scarce
along the Ohio.
The United States engineers depart
ment has bought the Madison packet
Commodore for $4,000, delivered at Gin
cinuati.
A few nights ago the Chattanooga sunk
at Cottonwood bar, but reached the Ken
lucky shore, where she now lies, with
the water up to her boiler deck, on the
starboard side, but not over the main
deck on the larboard. She had a mod
crate trip. No lives lost. The Chatta-
nooga ran between Evansville and Ten
nessee river. She can be easily raised,
as she lies fore and aft with her head
down stream. The cause OF the accident
was a mistake in regard to the bells, by
which the boat was backed against the
bank with such violence that her wheel
was torn off, and a large hole broken in
her stern. The engineer says the pilot
did not ring the bell for the engines to
stop backing, while rounding to, to land
at Smithland, but the pilot AYERS that he
did.
The upper Mississippi, from Lake
Pepin, north, is still firmly iee-bound.
The Great Eastern had a negro min
strel troupe on board, coming out. Two
papers were published an board. 1t is.
pleasant to learn thastapt. Anderson,
commander of the Leviathan, is +" sandy
w~hiskered and fiorid- eomplexioned, but
full of good humor and politeness." The
attractions Of the ship must be simply
irresistible, for we are told that "the
grand dining-saloon will hold 500, and
there are nine pianos on board besides
the billiard -tables." The query natu-
rally arises, how how many pianos are
there OF board, including the billiard
tables but unfortunately we have no
data for its solution. We are 0formed
by the journal to which we are indebted
for all these pleasing bits Of information,
that the ship hopes to take back with
her to France 5000 passengers" The
" ship" is evidently a very sanguine
party, and we fear her hopes" may
be disappointed-whieh would be very
dreadful.
Mr.. =. p. Stewart, of Bolivar county,
Miss, is confined at the Dry Tortugas
for life. The offeuse was, that he, in
company with several gallant Confeder-
ates, in 1858, made an attack upon the
steamer Ruth, between this city and
Randolph, captured and burnt the boat,
and destroying about $4,000, 600
in ~greenbacks.
Our esteemed friend Jacob FrOlieh, ir.,
Of the White county Record, was a pas-
on the Commercial last night.
Being mixed up in politics, the general
could not be absent longer, as a eOnven-
ton is about to meet at which be has TO
be present. He went to see Mrs. Bow
ars while in this city, and purchased a
Canary bird from a Main street dealer.
He is an ardent lover of the stage, as
we'll as music and intends to hang the
bird mot the dealer over his reporterial
lesk. Frolich, we hope to see you
elected governor Of Arkansas, when it
becomes a state.
The sternwheel towboats Dolphin and
Dick Fulton No. 8 were destroyed by fire
1t the Pittsburg wharf on Thursday
light. The fire originated on the Dol
lhin, and in a short time the whole boat
vas a mass of flames. The fire then
communicated to the large coal packet
Dick Fulton No. 3, which was lying next
he Dolphin on the east side. This boat
.lso was soon encircled in the flames,
md all efforts Of the iremen to save it
we're ~unavailing. The fire here spent its
orce, aud by half-past twelve o'clock
he flames had been almost entirely sub
lued. The Dolphin was totally de-
not a vestige of it remaining
With the exception of the hull. The
Dick Fulton was also totally destroyed,
he chimneys and hull only remaining.
The Dick Fulton was quite a large coal
Jacket, and was commanded by Capt.
The Dolphin was scarcely over
Ialf the size Of the Dick Fulton, and was
commanded by Capt. Samuel Patterson.
he boats were both packed with coal,
nd were to leave the port next Monday.
he loss of the Dick Fulton will amount
nearly $4,000, and that of the Dolphin
D over $4,000. Both boats were two
birds insured in Pittsburg insurance
Ompanies. +
The Louisville Courier of Monday j
avs:
The river was rising slowly Saturday
forming, with eight feet eight inches
rater in the canal By the mark. In the :
it was falling, and up to last o
vening had fallen nve inches, with d
Ight feet three inches water 10 the canal !,
{ the head of the falls it had fallen ff- 9
zen inches from the highest point, aud il
as steadily receding. The weather has II
cen warm, clear Saturday but cloudy C.
esterday, the Thermometer ranging at il
3D.,
The St. Louis Times of the same day 2
sys;
St. Louis packets find good water
verywhere. River rising pretty fast
ere has risen five feet during the past r.
w days. Rates of freight unchanged. 3
fountain boats getting lower rates than
anticipated and deaired, aud some Of
lem have reduced wages to correspond. I
Weather showery. Receipts Of produce 8
ON the upper rivers continue 20 IN .
Shipments to the south expected !,
be large this week, but q similar ex
last week was not realized. q
-owever, the shipments on our four I,
mes of packets 70 the lower Mississippi, v
70 to New Orleans, besides one barge q
Be, n to Vieksburg aud n to Mem -
lis, cannot but be immense in the
,gregate. We presume the actual BUSH
sss Of the barge line is equal to one
Of . thousand tons per day.