Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-27

AVID RIyERs.

peafeu and lDulchJl 8 were once more
favorable for clear weather, though it
was some colder than usual. The Ohio
is still falling. There is but little change
to report to ST. Louis. The channel
depth varies from five to six feet, or At
least there is that much variation in the
reported depth.
Arrivals.
Steamer Rubicon, St. Louis.
A." Peerless, Cincinnati.
" Paragon. st. Lonis.
" Gen. Q1itman, New Orleans.
" Sam Hale. Cincinnati.
A" Countess, Cairo.
departures.
Steamer Rubicon, Vicksburg.
" Paragon, st. Louis.
" Darling, Cincinnati.
" Cora S., Louisville.
Tennessee, Cairo.
Boats in Port
QuitmaD, Centralia, Sam Hale, Coun-
tess, Cleaner, Celeste, Peerless, Bertha.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Sam J. HsIs leaves to-day at 5
pm. for Cairo and Cincinnati. She Is
one Of the best boats in the Dean line.
The Liberty, Cept. Cable, is the regular
.. S. mail packet for White river and
wav points, leaving on Saturday next.
The Natoma, Capt. Billy Fields, leaves
tomorrow evening for the st. Francis
river.
The Countess, Capt. Sebree, leaves to-
day for Cairo and all way points. She
connects with Northern bound trains at
that point. w. II. Ely, Esq, is her
competent chief purser.
The Belle Lee, Capt. McGiD, viii be in
-~rN - T-o,r0 N~-1au for NAW nrt1nna OF
) pm. She is q new and splendid
steamer. AdOIph Martin is clerk.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Musselman,
will be in port To leave to-day for Cairo
and st. Louis. She is ia perfect order,
and will make railroad time on her way
up.
T. J. Ridley Of Natchitoches, is build
ing a steamer at that port for the navi-'
CATION Of Cane and Little Rivers. She
is about ready to receive her machinery.
This Liiiiputiaa steamer is well modelled,
is sixty-hve feet in length, thirteen and
q half feet beam, will carry about one
hundred bales of cotton with other
freight. and il. We believe, the first boat
ever built at Natchitcches.
The magnificent Gen. Quitman, Capt.
J. NJ. White, leaves tC-dSy ct ) pm. for
New Orleans. she is regular as q Jules
Jurgeson, and having regal passenger
accommodations no better chance could
offer to travellers. MIR. J. T. Howard is
chief clerk, and our clever friend Mossop
is again ut his old post. Frank Smith is
also 0u the alert to please. This gentle
man has opened IN elegant readingrOom
IA connection with his saloon Ia New
Orleans, and the "HOie in the Wall is
nov one cf the principal attractions in
the Crescent City. All the Memphis pa
pers can be found there on file.
The Darling left Isst night for Cinciu-
natl with about 1000 bales Of cotton. The
Cora S., for Louisville, had nearly 1900
bales and about seventy tons of old car
wheels.
Our neighbors, Messrs. Levy & Miller,
have Just received their railroad tickets,
snd are now prepared to put travellers
through both by rail and river to any
point desired. Their various connections
give them many advantages. Passen-
gers wishing to visit the North, South,
East or West, can find the " pastebOard "
at No. 5 Jefferson, which will take them
through as directly and as promptly Is
if they were shipped by the White river
line. Travellers should call Oh them.
The Starlight goes into the Red River
trade. The steamer E!nOra sunk 3 few
DAYS e in Red RIVER. The Iron City
sunk also IN Red River below Alexan-
dria, on the I'D inst, The steamer
Caddo sunk 10 the same stream q few
days ago. The Iron City will prove a
total loss.
The merchants Of ST. Louis, who are
celebrated for their liberaIity, have do
mated largely to the poor of that city and
all donations are now sold at auction
during Change hours. Mr.. Sam. a.
Hatch oficiated as a~uctioneeT, and told
the following story at the expense Of g
brand of whisky well known in this
market, where Capt. Able is also no
stranger:
After firing of several volleys OF char
acteristic pl~eRssntries as the sale pre-
crossed, the ]auctiOneeT arrived at s point
on the list where was a barrel Of Dicta-
tor" donated by Capt. Dan. Able.
"Now, gentlemen" said the auction
eer, his face cleaning with the spirit ofs
coming Joke, There is a little story con-
nected with this same brand of Dictator
which pve half . mind to tell you. Fact,
l believe 1 will. You see I am one of the
original propTietOrs of that whisky. I
was senior partner several years ago in
the house of Hatch s Maurice, witch
soon became Hatch, Able & Co. In those
days we were running a brand We called
Maple Leaf. We had n Of the sturdiest
pOrters 10 the city, and about three days
after we commenced on Maple Leaf, |
went down 10 the-stoTe one day, aud says
the first clerk
"BIr. Hatch, the p~orter's dead ~
"The deuce he is! Why, what in the
world was the matter ,"
"Well, sir, it must be Maple Leaf"
Why you DON'T say What makes
yoU think 500"
: "He's been drinking 1t steady for three
days"
Well, gentlemen, We made up our
minds that Il eUds Maple Leaf, and we
concluded that would Rsver do. We
must get Up brand q little mite slower.
So we got up 3 new one and called it
Plantation. This was for the Southern
trade, and we recEop9d If anybody died
away oil down there we'd never hear Of
IL anyhow, Laughter. Well, sir, our
head clerk had faith in that brand. He
tasted it and liked it. Laughter. He
commenced taking to it regular and died
IN Just t1CO UeekS! EGreat laughter.
THIS scared Charley Ellesrd, and he sold
out screams of laughter, and Maurice,
after thinking of the matter over and
over, said he'd be dOgoned if he could
stand il either greet laushterl, sad So
he sold out More laughter and cheers
DWELL there was only Dan and / left, "
and says I, "Dan, this won't do, old boy
we must get up something slower than
P autatiOn." So we got up a new mix
and named it Dictator" and pretty
soon afterwards | sold out. IScreams of
Iaugbter.7 The surUiUdng partner, gen
+Ior,au Tspt Dan A hla TohHarg for I bt6
and laughter sends us THIS barrel snd
leeiares that he has not heard Of a death
from using it liz the last thirty days.
[Great laughter. Now, that's what 1
call st0lU whisky! [ShOuts and cheers.l