Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-07
RTvER Matters.


J Sunday war q gloomy, wet day. YeI
Z terday was also vet. A very heavy rsi
! fell about room, which had a good eli.
f on cur streets Hnd lsvee, nearly clesfio
them 81 mud. The bar ia front OF Mem
his is MOI yet out Of sight but viii b
to-day. The swell continues az ;hi
poiut at the usual pace Of the last fey
days. White river Is falling with a fai
stage to Iaeksonport. Toe Arkansas
unchanged. The st. Francis - rising =
the mouth FROM back-water, 80 that tn
packets expect 70 reach Wittsburg TIT
trip, but a dispatch received yesterdal
\ Ouiy announced a rise of uuf Inch a
that place. The Mississippi to Sc LOuii
lis In good 0rler, with six 10 seven feet Oh
#Ihs shoaiest bars a Cairo. THE On,
Is rising at Louisville, and our night dis
d Dstchcs will, we think, report ? rise al
u Pittsburg. The Cumberland is still
I swelling, with eight feet on the shoals.
Arrivals.
I Steamer Great ReEuJl C, New Orleans.
II. n. Sursve. st. Louis.
NRtoma st. Francis river.
Mollie HamsletCn, St. F. river.
81. P4trlcs, Evansville.
+" Sherman, Cincinnati.
" Richmond No. 2, st. Louis.
" Indisra, New Orleans.
Gen Quitm9n, New Orleans.
(" Columbian, VieSsburg.
" Commercial. Wine River.
4" Eau Claire, st. Francis river.
Dsaa-sures-
Steamer Great Republic Louisville.
" 81 NJ. Shreve, Vicksturg.
" sherman, New Orleans.
Z" Z edmond, 81. Louis.
" Iudiaua, Louisville.
+" Columbian, 81 Louis.
" M1llie Ab e, New Orleans.
8e.ss in PoTs.
Gen. Qlitman, NatOma, Centralis,
Florence TRADER, Mollie Hsmblet0D,
Commercial, 81. Patrick, Eau Claire.
MEHCELLAEsOCS.
The old reliable Comm roIaI leaves to-
day for sIl points on White river. Pas
senRsrs by tie Commercial reach Little
RDolt Ia less than forty eight hours FINN
Msmphis. She has ample pass Dgar &C.
ommodstiUns, sud hsF master, Capt.
WiIlixm Ashford, will be found al sRr4e-
able officer, sc will also his Secrt ~tsTies,
Msssrs. KiddeF Snithers and Sharp
The Florence TTsher, esp. Ruhs
Haynes, leaves to day for Lilsle Rock.
Nc els II Clfi < OF the LfH'eT.
The United States mai stsamer Cen
tralia backs out SC o. m TO day for tine
Arkansas, making oil Wsy landings. She
Il q comfortable passenger steamer, a1d
will make a quick trip. jimmy Fhomp-
son will be found 81 tue desk.
There Is M littls cOmllaint about the
malta betwssa this city and Vlcksturg.
We have 10 regular packets IN the line,
81 s-H--H-vg fr five hartHa hEI1Hr ura tn
nendeut ia q measure 90 tho h5UrHlify OF
"a side OData. The contractor gets about
5000 Der week FOR the service, and or the
last trip OF tia Columbian, W learn ,ouly
offered that boat city dollars for doing
that for which lie receives one hundred
dcliars, The Captain Of the Columbian
reflsed 10 take it at the price, but anx
Inus 20 serve he psopis, dusiiy took it
for nothing sOouer luau ALLOW his patrons
Iu tas bends 10 60 without their mail
The palLry sum offered was DO TSmUnrF-
alton for the service. Il is little enough
to pay the full amount allowed by the
Government when no expense 10 incurred
by the contractor. Troubles enough are
henped upon the hesd OF the pieutcr
without putting them 20 useless aud often
very expensive delay iu he wsy OF malt,
Vba MOllie Ham 7%ietJH, Capt. Tom
Bow man, lie the St Francis river packet
leaving tins evening. She goes 70 Wits
burg direct. M,s,Ts. Payne, Clark and
5 Ell are clerks.
Tns EatoG2 leaves on Friday Tor the
81. Francis.
The sHfgt and spacious STEAMER So.
Patrick DID not get away !sst night, a.
her cotton could not De g1C aboard owing
to tbs AN. AhA leGe yes tB-dsy at 10 2 N.
IN order 10 maze her time. Capt ] Lee
Fiuhey commands, aud ia her uhn-
wiil be found Mr.. Billy Fields, a well
known Ohio and Mississippi river clers
The st. Patrick las l000 bales Of cotton
engaged.
The Expire, Capt. wbitlow, leaves
on Thursday for Cairo and Louisville.
The Legal Tender. Cent. Roberts,
passes up Today fOg Louisville. She
vents eojJou.
The great Mississippi, Capt. WIN
Thompson, will be in port to-day on her
wsy to New Orleans. She leaves the
City WhRTfbO8t at 5 pm, and will be
found a pleasant passenger packet.
The TsuDe5ses, Capt DsVenny. leaves
to day at SHUTDOWN For Cairo in Egypt.
She is a regular packet, aud connects
with the cars at that point.
A ZEN days ago, rs Rev. Father Glib.
bon, Of P~snsacOis, and Mr. d @. Brent,
local editor Of the Mobile Times, were
crossing the bay ia a saiiOOat from
Stark's Landing on the eastern shore to
Mobile, tneir little craft was run down
aud cut in twain by q boat OF the Great
Northern Railroad mail lire. Ths un-
fortunate vOyagers we're picked Vp ip q
sadly disabled Condition, Inc pFisst with
a broken ieg and Mr. Brent with his
back nearly erekea. Mr. Brent IL con
Gued to biz bed. &c oal console him
self, however, with the material thus Ob
tanned for e first rsts item when BE- gets
about again,
During The trial Of the case Of Nor
wich aud New York Transportation Cum
pany against the insursuce companies
Tor the am0uUtof damage to the steamer
City Of Norwich by FIRE, the defendants /
undertook to prove that the loss was
Occasi8Eed by the steamers sinking, aud
not by buruiug, making it a Usgibe loss,
against which ne Insurance companies
did not insure. Mr.. Tracy, the pilot OF
the boat, being Un the witness sjGDd,
was INTERCEPTED by SCudder, Of New
York, counsel for defendants, as 10 his
views. L having appeared from the
ENAAEUGE ktlfAL GAzlE vas AauEInk UA 70 ]
the Tudder Just bsiOre the steamer went
down, Sir. Scudder inquired of hiD as
follows t'hr. Tracy, what 40 you think
the coat WIS worth at the tune You were
holding on to the rudder ?li - really
e9uldult tell, sir" "But what do you
sir?u 81 didn't think anything
az ali about it,n Mr.. Tracy, what
youli you have been willing to give for
her al .thst tine2n We'll, I don't
know, I wgs not buying steamboats, very
much abouJ that rime,h Mr.. Tracy, !
would sou have been willing 20 have
the old cuat that you say you bad
at the time for the bOat?" Well,
I don't kncw hut I should. On the
whole, I guess ( should, for I don't sup
I should have needed an oveTcaat
I was g0iDg.n MT. Scudder gave
e up, and called tbe next,
The junior member Of a veil known
coal firm, located not more than = mile
from the corner Of Main and South Court
expressed bis opinion Of another
dealer whose name was not smith, bur
equally as familiar, yesterday 90 the
landing, in terms anything but cOmpli-
meutaTy to the PiJtsburg gentleman.
foFbear giving the language used,
but Il was strOnE-VerY strong.
The Columbian brought up 10000 feet
or lumber for the streets, aud in making
4 landing last nightsh ran a spar into
the cargo box Of the Star wharfbOat, |
making somewhat Of a wreck of the
end Of thst boat.
The Nellie HambletOn came In With
BIZ bales ~ bay from the Sc. Francis
river and 2l7 bales Of cotton.
The Great Republic passed up easily
Sunday morning with an immense trip
for Louisville. She vas seven days out
20 this port,
The Indiana passed up yesterday for
the sane destination, with a big trip
six days out.
The Gen. QIitmsn came 10 yesterday
New Orleans With a fair up stream
cargo. Capt. Jim White, her master,
proposes to put her permanently in the
Memphis d New Orleans trade as a
Tuesday packet. Our old friend, Mr.. J.
T. Howard, still occupies the prominent
place st the Quitman's desk, and is as
sisted by Messrs. Benedict and McCrin-
competent clerks. Frank Smith, !
dinners have made the Quitman
famous, has charge of her table ds hOte, |
and has not forgotten bis art while
% away down south In Dixie"