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

steamer Albert Pierce in the trade be,
tween this city aud Beulah or Napoleon,
making two trips per week. She viii
leave on her first trip on Friday week
This will be an accommodation 70 mer
chants and planters, which has beer
greatly needed, aud viii help to retain
the travel which the present Vieksburl
and Memphis packet line is trying t
drive away.
The p. w. strader, Capt. John G
Benson, will leave the City wharfboaI
to-day at 10 am for Louisville. Larry
Harmstad & Co, agents.
The Florence Traber will leave fol-
Little Rock on Tuesday. Capt. Rubt
Haines commands and Mr.. Wells Il
clerk. Larry Harmstad & Co, agents
The fine packet Welcome, Capt. John.
son, will be in port TO leave for Nicksburl
and the bends on Monday evening. Oul
merchants must not forget that thi:
packet pays especial attention to way
business. Larry Harmstad & Co.
agents.
The elegant low pressure packet Great
Republic, Capt. Donaldson, clerks Bari
and bravo, leaves for st. Louis on Mon
day at 10 am. Larry Harmstad & Co.
agents.
The Mary Swan, Capt. Hukill, leaves
for Cairo and Evansville to-day at IL
am. Majors and Pennington, clerks.
Larry Harmstad q Co, agents.
The Robert E Lee passed up yesterday.
| She will proceed as far as Cairo, and be
in port on Tuesday night, leaving fol
New Orleans at her usual hour on
Wednesday evening. Jas. i. Bourne d
Co., Levy & Miller and W. Jay johnson,
agents. Capt. Sam. Shock, passenger
agent.
The Sallie List, the fastest boat in the
Alabama river that wears a wheel be-
hindu and which made the run from
Montgomery to Mobile in about thirty
six hours, was sold on Tuesday last, by
| Sheriff GFinnell, for some $1,000, Cap,
Shilito being the purchaser.
The I'D. Swain, q side-wheel packet,
which has been in the New Orleans
through trade for some time, also went
m the spoutu at the same saie-was
knocked off for some $4,000 to a MI. Cas-
sidy, a resident of New Orleans. These
boats were very low, in consequence o.
there being claims upon them in othel
states, necessitating their use entirely
within the state of Alabama.
1t is said that Capt. Dowty is fitting W
a small boat for Cane river navigation.
The st. Louis Times of Friday says:
The river is falling slightly. Weather
fine. Business good, and tonnage abun'
dant. Freight Is in fair supply for the
Ohio, the Missouri and the Memphis
packets. About 1000 tons per day are
shipped for New Orleans by the barge
line and the two packet lines. Capt. 5
S. Matson, of the KeOkuk packet com
pany, after a long and painful illness
died in this city on the LIST inst. de wa
fifty-two years of age, and had been en-
gagged in the steamboat business, in vari
Gus capacities, for more than twenty
years. He was one Of natures noble
men, and was highly respected by al
who knew him.
The Mobile Times, in its answer K
correspondents, says:
SUerp-wheel boats are comparatively
a late thing on our bay and its tributa
ries. We do not recollect any on tbs
Alabama river previous to i54, and it Il
only within the last five years that they
have been running "a the Little Bigbet
and Warrior. The war In this, as wei
as in many other things, made many
changes. We ~reeollect Gen. Forrest or
dered a stern-Wheeler up to Columbus
Miss, to which the captain replied tina.
he had no Bigbee pilot. Gen. Forres
repeated the order, mentioning the houl
4 Oh bb&A GAN
The Shreveport Sotthggester does up il
river news thusly
Capt. John Whites Living" Oal
came in to-day from the Dallas stree
camp, with one gross of cotton and a fail
list of passengers. We learn from tbs
captain that the natives are again very
savage, and Just before he left they
stormed his boat, and would haYe cap
tured il, had it not been that they all go
drunk and were hardly able to take car
of themselves, much less the boat. TIT
party was led by the JimptecUte man
who fell early in the action a utterly
demOralized the balance. They sent IA
a couple of bottles of champagne as on
share of the spOils. Much obliged, gen
tIemen, we drink to your health.
The Roots family packet Il. u. Htne
John II. Roots, husband, Sam. Lawson
duartermaster, arrived to-day IRON Dal
las street camp, with $50 bales OF cotton
and q smart sprinkling of the natives
Among the latter we noticed the hide
man and the contemporaries. They
appeared shy at first, but by dosingthem
freely with fre-water, they recovered
their equilibrium and mixed freely with
our people. The contemporaries had his
"kitn with him, which consisted OF a
cOrkscrew, a tenpenny nail, hammeI
and a pair of blacksmith's tOngs. He Is
said to be very expert in extracting teeth
with his instruments. The Hine only
staid with US long enough to liquor and
take on q few hides.