Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-22
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" H. Nj. Ehreve, Vieksburg.
Mississippi, New Orleans.
In Port.
Silver Moon.
MIsCEILANEOUs.
The City OF Alton, Capt. Thompson
! viii pass az this !. u. for Cairo and st
/ Louis. Nj. White is her clerk.
Can't. A. s. Hancock, well known IL
this city, like many more river men
finding his old vocation no longer profit
DE. has turned his attention to othel
\ things, and has invented one of the bes
/ chemical compounds for erasing grease Oh
paint from clothing ever brought before
/ Lhe public. 1t Is made in Memphis, and
| deserves alI that can be said in its favor
A card from Capt, w. g. Postal vii
be found in another column. 1t is very
much to the point, and the Captain evi'
IDENTIFY means what he says. There II
fight 10 it.
Capt. John Adams informs rs that hi;
new boats will be ready by h e1Oth prox
They will make q commotion along the
Arkansas.
To those parties who wish to know
why Capt. Bill Nowlsnd remained ashore
this trip, We will state that he is await.
Jog the arrival Of the owners of the
Great Republic, intending 70 buy thai
boat for the Little Rock and Fort Smith
trade.
We saw aTiver man drawing all the
water that could be found in Whisky
Chute yesterday. q
Z. A. Levy, having filled his order fol-
10000 bushels of walnuts, has contracted
with Ben. Merrilees, OF the Silver Moon,
A. - 49, .-1narfu EnNfaH of GGnafn.
matt.
The Dan Able left her old camping
ground because the bank was csving il
50 rapidly. :.
The Ratoms, Capt. Jim Lee, will bach
ont to-day for Ffiar's Point and all way
landings. She needs no praise as a pas
genger packet. Billy Fields, Sterling
Whitehead and Stack Lee Are her clerks.
The elegant q. S. mail packet May
flower, Capt. Rice, will be in port to leave
for White river on Saturday.
The fine steamer Marble C;ty, Capt,
Conway, with Air. Corbyn in the office,
backs out to-day at 3 pm. for Cairo, st.
LCgis and al way landings.
The U. s. msil packet w. A. Caldwell,
Capt. Rube Haynes, will be n port 10
leave this evening for Helena, Pine Buff,
Little Rock and all way points on the
ARK ansss. She connects with the pack
cts for Fort Smith. The immortal Jack
Chsmbers, whom sl the unmarried Ia
dies are setting their caps FOR, is clerk Of
the Caldwell.
Ffeigbts have advanced st ST. Louis.
The H. s.. Turner comes cut in the
place of the Mary Forsyth in the packet
line.
The Lady Gay follows the Colm0n-
wealth in loading st St. Louis.
S.anly RylanG ia river editor pro. TEN.
OF the Vicksburg Herald.
E. 8. Lewis, Esq, formerly Of The
81. c. and i. railroad, arrived in our
city yesterday, and leaves to day for
New Orleans. Mr.. Lewis was One of the
youngest yet most popular railroad men
ia the South. We were pleased to meet
him il cur sanctum, and to learn that
be has embsrkedinto coal mining, being
row working the celebrated "LsWis
Mines,n on Battle Creek, Ala. These
mines viii eventually supply Memphis
with black diamonds.
The Luminery and Lexington are due
from below.
TIE Lizzie GIL is being reprinted at
ST Louis.
The Mississippi LEFT for New Orleans
Win y D4B lIlf. ShB itsU5GA tOtLOh @LNSA
taking on nearly 700 baLes.
The Guid0n is loading ct st. Louis for
the Arkansas. She will never get a trip.
A stone barge broke loose and nearly
caused the sinking Of the Taconey, at
s.. Louis, by stGying her hail.
Evansville has two steamers plying
between there and GAINESVILLE, in the to-
bsccO and flour trade. Another steamer,
gresdy OF their small profits, is about TO
enter. Then there will De profit to none.
However, Capt. Joshua ThFoop, of old
Countess nOtoFiety, will hold his own in
that trade.
The Immortal Capt. Ben F. Egan, of
Nashville, has sold his residence snd
will settle in Paducah or Cairo, giving
his Tine TO the steamboat interest gene
rally.
Ia summing up the " steamboat inter-
ests p of Louisville, the Courier ssys;
What we most need is regularly or
gained packet lines to all accessible
BoiDts-a line of, ssy three boats per
week, to New Orleans, leaving on regu-
Jar days, doing all the through snd way
business below Memphis a reliable
semi weekly line 10 Memphis, landing
ct every point on the route, seeking or
ders for cur wares and merchandise and
bringing back the rich products Of the
plan Gat1ons and farms hence to Memphis.
This line is much needed, and we doubt
not, will be organized at an early day.
We have good lines to Henderson, White
river, etc. One or two Cumberland and
Tennessee river packets are needed.
Bus, we repeat, organization and concert
Of action on the part of our boatmen and
shippers and merchants Whose interests
are identieaD viii alone build up our
river trade and establish it on a firm
footing. This OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
way has, and always will, proved ruin
Gus 10 d boating and otner material
interests Of the West and South. See,
for instance, how railroad men every
where combine and work together for
mutual advancement. Let u friends,
the river men, learn wisdom from the
success Of the shrewd railroad folk, and,
learning, profit by it.