Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-29

Obstinate aDd no l~nSl0uatlOHs ABOUT the
length, breadth and depth OF other
streams has any effect. We leave It,
therefore, with fifteen inches az Pltts-
burg, twenty-seven at L0uisYliie, ano
from twenty-four 70 twenty-slX lnches 70
renort seven 70 nine feet at HAT Island,
ana seven feet at Philiips', but Point
Pleasant Is now the stopping place. AT
that delectable spot five feet Is found
with the stick. The Arkansas has about
thirty inches to Pine Bluff, and from
there up no steamboat water to speak or
White river is Becoming very tronble-
some to our regular packets and he
channel ct Little Island, at last report,
gives no sign Improvement.
Arrivals.
Steamer Pauline Carroll, st. Louis.
/" Natoms, 81 Francis river.
" City Of CaHO, st. Louis.
Henry Ames, New Orleans.
4" Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
d" Mohawk, New Orleans.
" Louisiana, st. Louis.
" Des Arc, Vicksburg.
q" G~oldhnch, O5csOia.
" Rowena, White river. $500
Departures.
Steamer City Of Cairo, st. Louis.
/" Belle Memphis, St Louis.
Mohawk, st. Louis.
" Louisiana, St. Louis.
Pauline Carroll, New Orleans.
Boats In Port.
Des Arc, NstOms, Henry Ames, Pill
grim, GOldfnch, Rowena.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Capt. Elem Calvert, the popular, well
known and very efficient bead Of the st.
Louis Packet Company at this place,
arrived yesterday on the Belle Memphis
from St. Louis, where he has been on q
visit to his family and the great Fair.
He is in the best Of health and has deter
mined not to risk his reputation by
accepting a cabinet appointment.
The Norman will be found in port this
morning. She is as yet undecided as to
her future.
The Paragon, Capt. Isaac McPheeters,
with Mr.. hcCreight in the Office, leaves
for st. Louis.tO-day at 10 m.
The Marble City, Capt. Conway, will
be in port to leave for Cairo and St
Louis to-day at 5 pm. Charley Parsons
Is clerk.
The Columbian, Capt. Barnes, viii
leave to-day at Dol for NicksbuTg and
the bends. Mr.. Adams is chief clerk.
7 me EIAELNLA " ME AANEL HaChEL LNQM-
ena. commanded by John B. Davis, is
the regular packet to-day for Duvall's
Bluff and Augusta. At the Bluff she
connects with the train for Little Rock,
and at Augusta with the steamer Fairy
Queen for all points s6ove. Rtdder,
Harry and Sharp are clerks.
The dashing Des Arc, with John Elliott
on the roof, will back out at 5 pm. to-
day for Vicksburg and the bends. Mr..
VIM. Miller having recovered his health
will 90 out in the Office, and will be as
sisted by Cad. Hanks.
Capt. Tom Berry's Pilgrim mot Bun
vans will leave for Pine Bluff to-day.
She carries the United States mail snd is
a swift steamer.
The Henry Ames, Capt. Frank Hicks,
is the regular Memphis and New Orleans
packet leaving tomorrow at 5 pm.
Tom Crawford and Billy Page are hel
clerks.
The Natoma, with Capt. Cummings in
command, and Ed. Smith in the office
leaves to-day for st. Francis river.
The fine little steamer Myrtle will pos
itively get away tomorrow for Nieks
burg and sIl points on the YazoO. Capt
), Bill Hardwick has put her in elegant or
e der, and will command.
NJ T. ULODANE Hull I'LL ~ ia W nAN
a biographical sketch Of prominen'
steamboat men, and will be pleased K
receive from our readers such infOrma
ton relative to them as will be Of inter
est to the public and Of service 70 us
We commence to-day with a shOr
sketch Of the life of Capt. Sam Nc
Pbeeters Of the st. Louis Packet Com
psnv. He was born IN the island o
Trinidad, near Paddy's hen and chick
-, ems, and very early in life made q rail-
upon Paddy's poultry, but came nea
being captured by that vigilant Irish
man.. His early fondness for fowl ha
chung 10 him through life, and his pscke
rarely comes into port without a few 0
his favorites on board. When abOHt sew
T eateen he started to Australia in 3 dug
e out. but never got any further thai
S Vicksburg where he had the happines
t of saving the life Of s beautiful and sc
$ complished young lady who attempte'
to shuttle Off by jumping into tn
river. A few weeks Of bliss and moon
light followed, but she caught cold b.
her immersion and died with tn
measles. Our hero neverfully recOvere'
from the grief into which this even
threw him, aad to this Gay he wears
lock Of her hair next his heart, which 8
far has never fiekered from his lost love
He hiss studiOusly avoided the cOmpsD.
of " Natures best gift ever since, sn'
will no doubt descend to his grave o
blow 10 8 bachelor. His only cCusOls
ton is to be rocked upon the bosom o
Mrs, Sippi, an Anticipated female VIII
nursed hiBl from infancy, but whom b
has riled frequently, especially up Dea
old man Phillips. He az present com
mands the stssmer Paragon, but wi
shortly retire aud pay his attention to
paint mine which be owns on the uppe
waters OF the Arkansas and which nov
that the Camanches and Cheyennes ar
on the wal path will prove very yslua
BILE. p,
The Oairoites having raised their quar-
antine have made arrangements to 50
cure kilograms from this city n CC
lumbus, Ky, announcing the departuf
Of boats having cases OF yellow fever, G
apy other contagious or infectious diseas
1t on board. DR.. G.. w. Aunning vas en
Moved as examining physician, to boar
and inspect upward bound steamboat
and To- zee to it that the health ord
Dapess Of the city are duly enforced,
A war is raging about DBbuqUe bi
tween the Illinois Central Railroad an
the Northwestern Company, The DE-
buque Herald says:
The Richmond and Jackson elevator
In this city, mas not been purchased b
the Central COmpsny, IS has been II
Is Dorted. but is said to be much more likel
70 fall into the hands of the NOrthwesI
ern Company. We may add thst tn
men chiefly interested i'll the pseketline
m and down the river seem to be yer
Is much interested in the success Of ID
Northwestern movement, and will, it
said. lend all the influence Of their pow
erful corporations to secure It. These sr
significant facts, and go to show that ID
Illinois Central Company has aroused
lion, and must fight to a bitter end.
Owen Redmond, Of Rochester, write
d to the Scientific AmeriedB on the sui
ject Of pumping hot water, one Of niue
; Importance In regard TO the safe workin
OF steam engines, etc. 1t might be cor
sidered q matter of course, by many
that if 3 force pump Of given dimensioE
will inject a certain volume Of col
water into q boiler within 8 stated d
Rod and continue TODD so uniformly, tbs
the same pump will inject a like guar
titv OF hot water in the same length
time. Mr.. Redmond says If4 an
OpiniOn that somewhere about here lie
the kew to the solution OF so many mi:
hans in the bursting Of steam bOiler
. and that the explosions generally arts
from the want Of a sufficient supply {
water BY the force pump. Ny theory
that q force pump for wSter Of a hig
temperature ought to have twice tn
capacity of that usedtO pump cold waite
when the volumes to be pumped st
e alike, because it is 3 fact that althougl
v water does not boil in 81 open vessel an
der % degrees, it is quite otherwise in
vacuum OF 8 partial one. Hence it doe
anpear that in the case Of hot water, To
moment that the plunger forms th
vacuum, Just then, the hot water bein
r relieved from pressure, forms into stesI
more or less and partially fills the pun
, chamber and thus prevents the reguls
passage Of water through the valve.
therefore conclude that II the water {
be injected is Of q high and varying TEN
perstuTe its regular fow is not to De dc
pended upon unless the pump be mad
sufficiently large to contain both wate
and steam in quantity st the same time
owing to its sudden transition from watel
in the supply pipe, to steam, IN ID
vacuum chamber Of the pump