Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-01
Steamer Adam jacobs, st. Louis.
Departures.
Steamer Argonaut, Louisville.
Victor, Etailes Point.
Roasa su port

Steamer Adam jacobs, st. Louis.
Departures.
Steamer Argonaut, Louisville.
" Victor, Elailes Point.
Boats in Port.
ROwena, Celeste and Adam Jacobs.
MIsCEI.LANEOUs.
We learn that MIR. John Sullivan goes
out as second CLERK of the SC. Patrick, in
the place Of Jimmy Thompson, who
takes charge Of the office of the Celeste.
The wild IrishmRu looks very grand in
her new harness, and will be at our land
ing on Saturday ID load for Vicksburg,
for which place she leaves on Tuesday
next.
On Tuesday morning the tug "We
| Come TO Stay" while landing a raft at
the lower levee, caused the Rose Ham
bletOn to break her lines and 20 adrift.
She, as well as the tug Nettie Jones,
caught the Rose and towed her back to
the landing. Yesterday the owners Of
the Nettie, Brown & Jones, madea claim
for salvage. It will be q good days work
If they recover, but il is a species Of
sharp practice which will not win in this
part of the world.
The Louisiana has gone to Padueah,
where she will go upon the ways and
reft for the fall trade.
The ROwena leaves for White river on
Saturday at 5 pm, and will ply regu-
larly in the trade, leaving this port every
Saturday. We now have a line Of
packets leaving this port twice q week.
They are not surpassed anywhere, and
as they are identified with our city we
hope that they will be appreciated. Capt.
| John b. Davis commands, and in the
office will be found Mr.. Sharp and Milt
Harry, both clever and competent
clerks.
The Silver Cloud will leave for New
Orleans this day at pm. Capt. Charles
Mathews is master.
The Minneola will be in port tonight
She will leave for Cincinnati on Friday
evening. Capt. Miller commands.
The Yawcobs will leave the packet
company's wharf boat to-day at 5 pm.
for Cairo and st. Louis. The Jacobs has
been very handsomely fixed since her
last visit to Memphis. Capt. Crane is in
command and Frank Banksmith is in
the office.
The citizens along the lower part of the
Arkansas river are under obligations to
Capt, Reese Pritchgrd, Of the Celeste, for
his attention to their interests. We learn
that the captain has been carrying the
mail along this river for months, and the
ouly remuneration received is the thanks
of the people. The citizens of Pine Bluff
had not received a Memphis mail in two
| weeks before the last trip Of the Celeste.
Acts Of generosity like the above will
not be forgotten, and Capt. Pritchard
will soon reap a liberal reward from his
friends along the R~ackensack.
This is election day, and order will no
doubt be enforced. We see that Jim
Bunce is q volunteer and on the staff of
Beaumont. Few men will face death
more promptly than Jim, and we hope
that he will be placed where be desires
to be, at the post of danger.
Mr.. Aleck Waddell, formerly of Ae
Dan. Able, returned home yesterday
from a short visit to Chicago, Quincy
and NauvOo. He was disgusted with
Chicago, and reports that moral city as
Ontstripping Sodom or that other place
where they had no steam fire engines.
The hotels OF Minnesota are said to be
full of southerners. They find that a
visit to the beautiful prairies, romantic
falls and clear trout brooks of that cOun-
try is far more enjoyable than the bLdSe
enjoyments of Saratoga or the sO-called
pleasures of Newport. Many Memphians
are among the visitors, and all of them
speak in terms of highest praise of the
Northern line of packets from st. Louis
to st. Paul. One of those steamers is
commanded by Memphis men. We al
lude to the Hawk Eye State, 3 packet
not surpassed for speed or elegance and
comfort Of staterOOms by any Of our
southern palaces. Can't. Jones WOrden,
who commanded the Platte Valley when
she belonged to the st. Louis packet
company is master Of the Hawk Eye, |
and that fact alone will commend her as
highly TO our people as anything we
could say of her. Mr.. Aliek Havelin, for
8 long time clerk of the Darling, is the
chief officer of the Hawk Eyes Office.
All our merchants remember Aleck and
his pleasant greeting. We do not doubt
but that all the boats in the line are fine,
but we would commend the Hawk Eye
and her officers especially to Memphians,
as they will meet cid friends who will
take delight in pointing out all objects of
along the river.
The sidewheel steamers Quickstep,
Armada and Mayfiower, now composing
the Evansville and Cairo packet line,
will lay up next week, aud their places
by the sternwheel steamers
CEarmer, Sam Orr and Nashville. This
will continue during the low
season.
The steamer Dean Richmond, plying
on the North river, came near being de-
strOyed on Saturday last. a fireman put
a quantity Of pine wood under the boilers
to dry. When the steamer reached port
near POughkeepsie a most threatening
fire broke out, which, however, was sub
dued by strenuous exertions with the
engine,
The Louisville Democrat a The
was boarded at Cincinnati by a
lot of /" Paul Prys," and condemned as 8
freighter. She will go on the docks here
and undergo a thorough Oyerhauling.
There wa nothing the matter with the
Norman, more than she is owned in
louisville. 4
There was nothing the matter with the
J. ID. Perry when she was scratched at
Louisville, only that she was owned in
this city.
The La Crosse Democrat Satur-
on the up trip of the Key City, of
he white COLLAR monopoly line, Mr..
Rhodes, secretary and treasurer Of the
inc, en- route to st. Paul, was robbed
sleeping Of a very long, large, val
liable gold watch chain, valued at several /
hundred dollars. No one knows who !
ItOle il, but Davidson, president of the
inc, was on the boat at the time.
The above is not very complimentary
o Davidson. The same paper says fur {
her of him {
He is to ordinary steamboat men what
thieves are to burglars, and there
s not enough OF him to run ever the [
.Jhippewa river successfully. Spread {
lin between st. Paul and New Orleans, J
md the aforesaid spread will be thinner {
han the buzz of a mosquito after the /
Of Gods worlds had rolled over I
t once. His boats are lousy-we can ;
rove it by testimony Of ladies aud gen. /.
Of this city. His tables are scant-
ly set-we can prove it by the public.
lis charges are exhorbitant-we prove
{ from his tariffs. He pays no taxes I
prove by the returns. He or :
lis employees steal wheat in ~transitu by
lis boats-we prove it by shippers. He
) 3 lisr-we prove it by his words and .
romises broken. He is a swindler-we
sn prove it by gentleman of this city
With whom he has bad business. His
oats are unssfe-we prove it by the ex-
thereon aud the judgments OBJ ,
against him by those who have i
zen manned thereby.