Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-18
IswpsI, and louisville Railroad Line.
RIVER MATTERS.
wEArssER AkD REEEES-

1A1A4 GO - = -AN
day. The river at this point has declined
. inches in the past 2 hours, and is nearly
clear Of ice. The Ohio at Cairo fell 4
inches in the same time. Thence to st.
Louis there is tut 81 feet and falling.
The worst point is 1T Hat Island. The
Arkansas is falling with 81 feet TO Little
Rock. White river is falling. The
latest news from above will be found in
our Geographic columns.
Arrivals.
Steamer Alice lean, Cineinn2ti.
" Richmond, Louisville.
&" Henry Amss, New Orleans.
+" Linton, ST. Francis river.
Departures.
Steamer Norman, Evansville.
=" Alice Dsan, New Orleans.
" Richmond,
" Ozark, Arkansas river.
" Bermuda, Pine Bluff.
Henry Ames, Sam J Hale, Linton, r..
2. Converse.
ExgCEALAEEOUs.
There was SONS life exhibited upon the
leYee yesterday, and 3 gocdly number Of
steamers were ia port.
Capt. J. 3. Davis, Superintendent Of
the White River Packet Company, re-
turned home lsst night. During his alb
sence be visited Nashville Snd secured q
charter FOR his line.
= special dispatch from Augusta will
be found in another cOlumn. They are
having lively times over there, Several
large lots OF freight for that point are
held here TO await the result OF the war
now going on.
A towboas with 2 large lot OF coal
passed down yesterday.
The Norman left last night for Cincin-
natl with 500 bales of cotton. She laid
over one day on account OF the ice.
The Linton came in from st. Francis
river with SO bales Of cotton.
The ArgOsy, Capt. Vsndergrift, leaves
to day for Cairo and Evansville, making
al say landings. She is a regular pack
ct. VIM. a. L0wth il her chief clerk.
The Henry Amss, Capt. G. w. Boyd,
came IN yesterday, and leaves tomorrow
for Nicks5urg and New Orleans. Jake
Sedan occupies the Office.
The NatOms, Capt. Jim Lee, backs out
tO-dsy for Friar's Point and al way
landings. The "Natomyn is regular as
q clocE, and is q splendid packet. Billy
Fields and Sterling Whitehead are her
clerks.
The Ozark and Bermuda LEFT last night
for the Arkansas with good trips.
The Richmond passed down yesterday.
She had splendid trip. Chickens, horses
and mules prep0nderated.
The WestmOrelsnd is due from below.
The Peoris City passed Cairo last night
bound down.
The Peoria City for New Orleans, the
Gem for Arkansas river, the Silver Lake
No. 4 for Red river, and the Silver Cloud
for Memphis-sll left st. Louis on Tues
day. The Olive Branch for New Orleans,
II. NJ. Shreve for Vicks5urg, Mountain
Ger and Henry Adkins for this port, were
10 have left on Wednesday.
The Tennessee will be ia port to-mor-
row morning and leave at 5 Pm tQE
permanently. Sam Archer commands.
The new steamer Thomas H. Allen
leaves on Monday for Little Rock and
way points on the Arkansas.
The old reliable Commercial, Capt.
Ashford, leaves TO morrow for White
She connects with the Little
Rock train 81 Dsvali's Bluff and carries
the United States mail.
Charley Decker went to Vicksburg on
the Richmond.
Ths Ranty Dodler, a local ~wreckiug
boat, was tOved TO the upper landing
yesterday.
Fiat boats are accumulating at the
mouth 81 Wolf.
The Lizzie Tate threw her shaft over
board ia Black river, Louisiana "a few
days ago.
So far, the highest reliable estimate Of
the number Of persons who lost their
Iuges by the burning Of the steamers
United States aud America is as follows:
Passengers, %; iremen, 6; cabin OIL
GERS and crew, %; deck crew, Ii. Total,
So.
There weFe thirty-nine libsls against
the Great Republic, just released, fer
MARINER wages, supplies, etc. o. this
number, tWsnty-nine were dismissed by
the owners paying the clsims. For the
balance Of the claims, Henry q. Wager
ard ThOmss Morrison became securities.
The amount Of claims for which pro-
ceedings were instituted was $4,000
The original cost of the Great Republic
was $3.50. 600, aud she has sunk an
amount nearly equal to this.
1t has often been observed that boiler
explosions occur in rapid succession at
certain seRsons Of the year, and are COM
pRraiiveIy rare at Others. AT 4 recent
meeting of the Massachusetts, Institute
d Technology, it was stated by q lecturer
hat D very large proportion OF boiler ex
.plosions-all, indeed, but the few which
burgt in the weakest plaee-0ceur in this
country Between the LIST of September
and the Let Of the following January, in
lhe Interval between summer and the
lime when the engineer supplies feed
heated by waste steam. II is dur
ing that Interval that the introduction of
eold water produces the unequal eXDGn-
sion Of the metai. Explosions, under
such CIRCUMSTANCES, occur most frequent
y 10 the boilers 81 locomotives. 10 pre-
vent this, a device has been invented by
which water is conveyed from the bot
.Om Of the boiler to the TOP by means OF
automatic apparatus. In this way
he feed-water supplied to the boiler is
Of the same temperature as the
steam.