Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-27

The SOutherner will pass up for Louis
vile on Saturday.
The Anna, Capt. Shinkls, leaves for
Cincinnati on Saturday.
The Sally Monroe Cunningham, new
bOst, is on her way to this port from st.
Louis.
Capt. w. C. Postal is in st. Louis and
has command Of the Laura, which he is
loading for New Orleans.
The steamer Evansville was struck by
ice and SUNK at the Wheeling wharf on
the 2Ith.
The American, Capt. Dumsy, leaves
on Saturday for the Arkansas river.
Our popular friend Sitting Whitehead,
is second clerk of the NatOma. This
boat has labOTed under many disadvsn-
tages in the way OF clerks, and we are
glad to see that Capt. Cummings has Sc
cured the services OF MIR. Whitehead,
who is beth competent and Obliging.
The Continental took the JUlia's barges
to New Orleans, and the Louisiana got
her passengers. The latter boat lost
t~wenty-four hOursagrOund above Helena,
and the Mepham about the same time at
Friar's Point.
The Belle Memphis and Luminary
have laid up at Cairo.
The Lilly leaves for the Arkansas to.
] uAE a. L. VI S@RLs AAA1fIE lAdN as
The Tempest, Capt. ShultZ, leaves to-
day at 5 pm. for White river.
The Countess, Capt. House, is the regu-
lar packsB for New Madrid and way
points tomorrow. Billy Dean will re.
ceive freight for her IN the landing to-
day.
The Nstoma brought in nearly 800 ne
groes out of employment. They are
coming to tine city daily from every. d.
rectiou, and we viii soon be overrunWith
them. Their future is very dark aud
hopeless, and viii be 50 until they drop
their new gods.
The Great Republic goes up the Ohio
next trip. She will, we fear, not get a
paying trip from that quarter. She will
90 farther and fare worse than in Mem
phis.
The Vieksburg, Capt. Brooks, with
Messrs. Work ana Campbell in the Office,
lerves to-day for the Crescent City. She
has a full cargo engaged.
The fine steamer Des Arc, Capt. John
Elliott, leaves tomorrow for all points
on the Arkansas. Messrs. Miller, Hanks
and Glass are clerks.
The Webster and barges, loaded for
this port in the Ohio, has arrived, and
now lies at the upper landing.
The Julia has been raised and is now
on her way 10 Cairo for repairs. She
was due here last night.
The b. l.. Hodge, Capt. Montgomery,
will be in port 70 leave on Saturday for
New Orleans.
The popular steamer st. Patrick, Capt.
Huls, leaves to-day for Cairo and Evans
Vile. J. Lee Finnsy is clerk.
The Celeste, Capt. Pritchard, leaves to-
day for the Arkansas river. Messrs.
Savior and Wood are clerks.
The Lawrence, Capt Hart, backs out
to-day for Cincinnati al D pm.
The Nightingale, Capt. Frazier, is the
regular ST. Louis packet for this evening.
She gets away at dark.
The splendid passenger packet Liberty,
the pride of the White river line, leaves
tomorrow for DeValps Bluff and Au-
gusta. She connects at the former place
with the cars for Little Rock, and at
Augusta with the Fairy Queen for all
points above. Capt. John Davis COM
mands, and Capt. Morton presides a. the
desk.
The Natoma, Capt. Cummings, leaves
TO. day for ST. Francis river.
The popular packet, MOllie Hamble-
ton, Capt. Bowman master, backs out at
) pm. to-day for all points on the st.
Francis river. Messrs. Paine, Clark and
Shell are clerks,
Steamer have a hard time in New
Orleans. Ifthey escape the marshal the
sheriff is apt to be interested In them.
The latter officer advertises the following
boats for sale Alexandra, MinnOw,
Cuba No. ? and Champion. The mar
shal has the Arizona, 81. M. Childs and
bellboat SOUtberneF to dispose OF.
The following coal boats left PittsDurg
on Monday with coal tows; Hornet,
y - VNTLaT- UFau1a VannarH Danfhar ]
Coal CITY, Antelope, Niagara, Tom Far
row, Resolute, Fearless, Lioness, Coal
Hill, o. H. Ormsby, with one hundred
and thirty eight harges, containing one
million three hundred and ninety thou
sand bushels OF coal.
For Louisville, thirteen towbOats, with
one hundred aad ave bargest containing
one million and seventy-thTee thousand
bushels Of coal for Cairo, two hundred
thousand bushels; for Memphis, one
hundred and ninety thousand bushels
for Natehez, ninety thousand bushels
for New New Orleans, lightweight thou
sand bushels; for Madison, one hundred
and Twenty thousand Bushels. Total eX-
ports, three million one hundred and
hfty-one thousand bushels of coal.
It is said that the Gen. Lytle viii go
into the New Orleans and Louisville
trade.
Charles Rahnels,a steamboat engineer,
who was Knocked on the head with a
poker, by q woman in st Louis, died on
Saturday.
We learn rom the Quincy Herald that
a great ice gorge formed there on the
18Th, and at last accounts the steamers
Huron, Rosa Taylor and Quincy were
frozen ia hard and fast.
The Engineer Departmenthas received
information that the channel at the
Southwest Pass Of the Mississippi has
been excavsted to q depth Of eighteen
feet by q dredging machine. A Ger (
man steamer which drew eighteen feet
passed out to sea without touching bot
tenn.
AT the last meeting Of the Louisville
Captains Association charges were pre-
ferred against the Captains Of the steam
ers Norman, st. Charles and Indiana, for
taking freights at less than the estab-
lished rates.
The Ohio River Salt Company adver-
tise in the Commercial for proposals for
towing sails to all points on the Ohio n
Mississippi and tributaries.
The following boats are laid up in the
Ohio at PendietOn and EnltOn: Kate
Walters, Carrie Williams, Golden Eagle,
Alice Dean, Belle, John H. Groesbeck,
Fire King, shamrock, Emerald, Rob
Roy, st. James, Robert Moore, Amazon,
II. r.. Hudson and Wsstmorelsnd.
The ice cut down and sunk the tow
boat Dexter, and q barge load of coal,
belonging to the toWbOat Hyena, at
Manchester, IN Tuesday. The Dexter
was owned BY parties up the Mononga-
hela, and was engaged 10 towing In that
stream. She cost $4,000 and was IN her