Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-14
HIsCELLANEOUS.

" a. Naiuhb Gil au1 htud NOIfSlAs
aIsCELLANEOUS.
Capt. E. A. Levy, Of the Railroad and
Steamboat Agency of Levy & Miller, re-
turned home yesterday. He has been
absent attending the Convention Of
Ticket Agents recently held at Cleve-
land.
Capt. DeHsven Is in the city and will
remain q dsy or TWO. The Memphis and
Louisville Railroad has taken $50, 900
stock in his new steamboat enterprise,
leaving but Sl3 600 yet unsold.
The Darling, Capt. Hates, leaves for
Cincinnati on Tuesday next.
The Ida NOrveIl passes down on
Monday for Vieksburg and the Yazoo
river.
The Commercial, Capt. Ashford, is the
regular U. s. mail packet for White river
on Tuesday next.
The City Of Cairo. Capt. Crane, will be
in mort Tonight, aud leaves Tomorrow
evening for Cairo aud s.. Louis.
The Tempest, Capt. ShallZ, will pass
up for Louisville to-day about pm.
She il regular packet and has comforts
able passenger accommodations,
The w. A. Caldwell, Capt. Haynes,
with Jack Chambers in the Office, leaves
on Monday for Little Rock and w6y
points. Soc viii go through to Fort
Smith IL the water permits.
The Mnllie Hsm bleton, Capt. Bowman,
leaves on Tuesday for eli points % the
st. Francis river.
The Liberty and Belle st. Louis de-
parted yesterday with excellent pas
seDger trips. The former had also fair
load Of freight.
The Cairo correspondent OF the LOUIS
vile Courier gives the following by tele-
graph: "The Empire had light trip,
and was running on one wheel, having
broken the other one near Memphis"
That is rough on the Empire.
Poe S4ifie made ths tip FROM Benton
to St Louis in IL days and 20 hours
passed the Success and Deer Lodge under
way. Round trip, 81 days and 20 hours.
The Nibbard, on the Hudson river, the
other day, made the distance between
West Point and EeTburg 10 little more
than fifteen minutes-R rate Of thirty
three miles an hour.
An ungallant New York paper, MOTTO
ing the departure OF Madame Parepa
Rosa for Caiffcrnis, adds, g the steamer
! took out 800 tons Of other freight"
Capt. VIM, Thampson has returned to
| ST. Louis, from the wreck of the Princess,
aid reports the sunken steamer tOtal
| loss.
The pilots Of the city Of ST. Paul have
struck for higher wages. They wers
getting $50 per month, and are now de
| mauding 500. TIE matter is c0mpro'
missed but not settled.
| The steamboat Oeean Wave, Of th'
i PEOPLES Line, took fire Thursday morn
| ing, while in Lake Pspin, and burned t
the waters edge. Sac wss engaged II
Transporting a circus troupe up the river
| Boat and cargo are 6 total loss. No live
lost.
The Ocean Wave passed this port
year ago last winter TO run from New
Orleans with q tow. Charley MerrI
started her out from Dubuque with
tow from New Orleans last fail, but sh
broke down near Cairo.
The Madison Courier says; Those en-
erpetic aud enterprisiug gentlemen
Messrs. Vance & Armstrong, proprietor
of the Marine Ways in this city, hav
made more contracts during the Las
week than were ever made In the sam
length Of time by any builders west o
the mountains, having closed contract
fur no less than four steamboats, In ths
time. First, Capt. @. W. Bays IrOntO
nseket; second, Capt. Mark ]. Cheek
Memphis packet; third, Capt. George L
Kouns' packet for the Red river trade
and last, but not least, Capt. Alexande
r. TWINS splendid New Orleans packet
Nick LoDgwortb. The latter will be ia
ken out on the Ways and heightened
videned, and in fact she will be rebull
and come out from the hands Of our % as
ter workmen just the same as new. III
machinery for all the above named boat
will be fitted up at the extensive WORE
If the Meal Manufacturing Company,
In this city.
The steamer Iowa City, which sun
recently, was running between Roc
Island and Clinton. and was owned b
Willis Downs, of Davenport, and Cap
Renfear, of Iowa City. The engineer
Mr. Kramer, furnished the Rock ISLAM
Union the following particulars OF tn
disaster which wrecked her: About ha
mast three O'Clock pm, as she was push
ing forward, some four miles above Coz
dovs, she was struck by violent torns
do. The force OF the gale was 50 great
capsized her. She was turned over o
: the side, took water in the hold, an
sank in thirteen feet Of water. In goin
down she righted so that she lies on
smooth bottom, with her hurricane dec
some three feet above water. In add
ton to the crew she had some thirteen G
fifteen passengers on board. All WEI
saved, and came over to the Illinois sid
In the small boat, except one man, ssi
to have gone on board at Davenport, an
at the time lying IN bunk she wa
shout fifty yards from the Iowa snor'
right in the channel. The boat was va
ued at $1,000.