Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-17

Inc Liberty, Capt. Jim Rice, leaves
to morrow for White river, connecting
at Dsvall's Bluff with the Little Rock
train. Milt Harry and Charley Sharp
are clerks.
The Julia, Capt. L0ckhart, with Andy
Isascs in the office, leaves to-day at 5
p. NJ. for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Luminary will pass down to-
morrow for Vicksburg aud the bends.
The elongated and enlarged steamer
City OF Alton, Capt. Thompson, with
Jim White in the office, leaves to- nor.
row for Cairo and St. Louis. After this
week the boats of this line will leave at
D pm. instead of 6 O'Clock.
Tue Ozark, Capt. Nowlan, leaves on
Monday for the Arkansas, carrying the
U. S. mail.
An old gentleman, familiarIy known
upon the levee as Mae" who lived on
tiatbOat at the foot of Beal street. has
been missing for some days. He was a
man OF means, and kept wood yard
near his boat. 1t is supposed that he
was murdered for his money. He lived
alone and had no relatives iu this Sec
ton.
The Dubuque Herald says The pilots
nave not as yet agreed with the Packet
Company on rates. It will be remem-
bered that President Davidson, with a
view to reducing the salaries of pilots,
and thereby enabling him to compete
with the Northern line, cut down the
rates of pilots from $50 to S75 per month.
The pilots, in consideration of the fact
that the lines were racing, even agreed
to this, but when they found this was in
tended by Mr.. Davidson to be perma.
nent arrangement, they objected, and
demanded the salary originally agreed
upon. The company, true to their indie.
pendent lighting prOclivities, refused to
accede TO their request, and the result is
that some OF the very best pilots on the
river are now not employed. Among
these pilots are such well. known, long.
experienced men as P. J. Smith, T. W.
burns, o. l.. West, Il. L. Beedle, VIM.
J. Dolson, n. Z. Tibbals, A. J. Harris.
stephen Dolson, It. @. Dreaming, Geo.
Scott, John Snow, Augustus Noble, G.
Looney, Pat. GsjnOr, 10 Wilcox, JO
Gardapie and besides these there are
twenty-five men working on outside
lines. These men are all good pilots, the
very best on the river, and they are out
OF employment because, as they allege,
the line claim they can run their boats
cheaper with men who know little or
nothing about the river, The most ex-
perienced pilots on the river are those OF
Dubuque and Gslens, as above named.
Il is said, also, that this line has no cap
tain from Dubuque, Notwithstanding that
st this place can be found the best steam
boat talent on the upper Mississippi
Messrs. John Meeker and Jesse Goad
are the City Of Atoms pilots, aud Hugh
Reed, engineer.
Mr.. Sam. Mccartney, v holessle grocer
of st. Louis, well known for many years
to bOstmen, is deceased.
Several months since the Louisville
mail steamer United States and the Sill
yer Spray, Capt. FentOn, collided be-
tween Cincinnati and Louisville. The
parties agreed to leave the matter to ar
bitrators, Capt. Pearce selecting Capt.
Daniel Collier, and Capt. FentOn select
ing Capt. Geo. w. Neave, who decided
the officers OF the United States were ia
the wrong. This Is a much easier way
of settling this matter than q prolonged
law suit.
Capt. Cornelius ]. Swartwout, one of
the old time citizens OF Quincy, died
Sunday morning, having attained the
ripe age of IS years. At his death he
held the position of mail agent on one of
the Keokuk packets, and in the earlier
days he commanded one Of the finest
steamers that ploughed the Hudson.
The st. Louis Times says: Capt. Joe
Brown, in order to clear the harbor of
ice during the next winter, has pur-
chased the ram indicator, which cost
the Government to build over one hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars. She
is one of the most powerful boats afOat,
and was built at Mound City, but was
never used, on account Of the termina-
ton OF hostilities. 1t is the intention of
Capt. Brown to have her fitted up espe-
cially for the use of keeping the har Dor
clear of ice in the winter, so as to secure
3 sure transit across the Mississippi at all
seasons of the year.