Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-09

Steamer Rubicon, st. Louis.
Luminary, st. Louis.
Boats In Port.
Cleaner, Den Able, ROwena and Belle
st. Louis.
MESCELLANEOUs.
AS il is more than probable that there
will be a large business done upon our
levee this season, and the space for stow
ing freight will be found inadequate for
the demand upon it, we would suggest
that the paving between Court and Union
street be prosecuted without loss Of time.
There is another feature on our levee
which should be attended to by our
wharfmaster, a nuisance which should be
nipped in the bud, as it is growing daily.
We allude TO the piles of corn, hay and
oats which are kept there for sale. There
is now ne less than a dozen different lots
in front of the st. Louis wharfboat,
which have been on the landing for the
past three days awaiting a buyer. This
is all wrong. We have a city ordinance
which strictly limits the time such freight
shall occupy the public landing, and it is
the duty of the wharfmaster to enforce
that ordinance. Making a stOrehOuse of
our levee does injustice to our merchants
who pay rents, and we trust that it will
no longer be tolerated.
The Tom Jasper, a very @Aunch clip
DER packet, built at Madison, IndiaSa, the
hull on the marine ways by Vance i
Armstrong, for Capt. Burnett, for the
st. Louis and Quincy trade, has departed
for st. Louis from Louisville. She is
represented to be fast and is required to
be so, for the Keokuk packet company
will place q clipper alongside, and lively
times may be looked for.
The Legal Tender, Capt. Yves. Conner,
will leave for Louisville tomorrow morn
ing at ten o'clock.
The fine steamer Belle st. Louis has
been Overhauled and put in order for the
fall trade. She will be found in port this
morning, and will depart for Cairo and
st. Louis at five pm. Capt. Ziegler
walks the upper deck, while Billy
Rlenker Ofieiates in the Office. All who
travel on the Belle may be ISSUED that
every comfort is provided by her officers
to make a trip desirable.
The Dan Able, with Capt. Jim Lee in
charge, came up at her usual hour from
Vicksburg, and will return to that port
tomorrow evening. Billy Fields is her
clerk.
There is no st. Louis and Vicksburg
packet to-day, as the Shreve has laid up.
Now that we have a semi-weekly line In
the bends trade, they may as well
all lay up.
The gay Rowena will leave for White
river on Saturday neXt at five O'Clock
pm. Commander Davis has no superior
as a competent officer, and he is assisted
by that very clever young gentleman,
Milt. Harry. Secure your staterooms
and send your freight aboard early, as
the ROwena leaves on time.
Capt. King, with his light draft packet
Cleaner, will back out tomorrow for the
Arkansas river. John Fenwick is
pursur.
Capt. John and VIM. T. Gillian
have purchased of Messrs. NJ. S.
Mepham Il Bro. the neat little steamer
City, for the Red river trade. We
understand the price paid was So, 600.
The board of underwriters of this city
have Investigated the project of Capt.
DeHsven, and their verdict will be found
recorded in another column.
A man fell or jumped OFF the st. Louis I
wharfboat yesterday, and was drowned.
The low water in the Ohio is already
iiverting freight from that stream.
Yesterday, Larry Harmstad & Co. re-
eeived a consignment of flour from
GAINESVILLE, for reshipment at this port
to New Orleans. It is one of many
more shipments which are t. follow.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
writes al have already mem
TONED the great rivalry that exists be-
the two opposing lines that ply
between New York and Albany, along
the Hudson. Just before leaving Albany
[ went to the steamboat wharves to see
The boats leave. The rival boats on that
occasion were the Dean Richmond and
he Connecticut, and as the b-oatraces are
about the only excitement Albany has,
nearly all the town was on. the wharves :
70 see the start. The Dean Richmond /
ay In the most accessible place for pas
but the Connecticut being about :
)ne hundred yards further down stream /
had the better position for a start. The !
Connecticut is the fastest boat of the two, =
lut the Dean Richmond is by far the
argest and finest. The tricks resOrted
by both parties are amusing. The |
Dean Richmond offered to take pas
from Albany TO New York for
me dollar; while the Connecticut, to ,
)utwit the other, charged but fifty cents. 4
Each boat had multitudes of runners,
hat captured passengers away up in the
own, and carried them almost by main =
orce to the respective landings. They il
also, to have the pOrters and {
baggage men of the hotels in paw, for '
passengers by the one boat generally
ound their luggage accidentally
conveyed to the other, and without rails
ng q general row, most amusing to the q
of spectators, very rarely got it q
Jack. Some of the runners TO attract a
obstinate passengers, have offered to con. !
rev them to New York for twenty-five
,ents, and in some cases even for ten
ents-the object being to get them on
,oard and then make up the loss by ex- 2
lorbitant charges for meals and state d
The st. Louis Democrat of Wednesday
avs There is little demand for steam
oat stock, but some inquiry is antiei-
ated for light draft tonnage as the e
recede. Latest transfers are tow
oat Fisher, by Madison coal company
f Illinois, to Illinois and st. Louis rail-
coal company, July 9th, for S13, 900; =.
one-fOurth, by John Fl. Burk to
oseph Shields, July 9th, for $500;
Var Eagle, July 9th, E. F. Dix, one
for $1,000, to Thos. j. Labarge,
frs. Elizabeth Labarge's trustee. Our -
nterprising young friend John A. Ia Il
nm, some time since became swner of ia
be Big Horn for 10000, by purchase
'Om Charles A. Farris, trustee for other