Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-09
RIVER MATTERS.
AID RryEss.

q" Des Arc, White river.
/" Lady Gay, New Orleans.
" Julia, 81. Louis.
Besartzres.
Steamer RubieCn, Vieksburg.
" Bismarck, New Orleans.
[" Louisiana, New Orleans.
4" Empire, New Orleans.
Lady Gay, st. Louis.
Julia, st. Louis.
Louisa, Cincinnati.
In Fort
Des Arc, Linton, Agnes, Sam Hale.
AEsCELLANE0Us.
The toEb0at Kellogg passedAD yester-
day u daylight.
An unknown sterD.wheeIer, with a
barge in tow, passed down last night.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Gram, will
leave to-day a 4 pm. for Cairo and St.
Louis. She is an elegant passenger
packet, and connects wish the trains
North and East. Billy Bienker is her
clerk.
The Lizzie Gill. Capt. O'Neil, will pass
down to-day for Vicksburg and New Or
leans.
The elegant passenger pscket Magenta
viii be in port 60 .dsy, and leaves on We'd
Monday for New Orleans. Frank Hicks
is master, and Mes5rs. Brooks and Sulli-
~ are her clerks.
The Sam Hale, Capt. Walker, leaves
to-day for Louisville and Cincinnati.
Her agents have . full load engaged
for her, snd she will go through on
time.
The Agnes, Capt. Scott, viii back cut
TO day for Louisville.
The Linton leaves to-day at 5 IN. for
Cairo and Louisville. Les Ware is her
master.
The Natoma, Capt. Lee, is the regular
FEiar's Point packet tomorrow. She
leaves at . pm. Billy Fields ia her chief
CieFE, anu ne has around him such pleas
ant assistants as sterling Whitehead and
Stack Lee.
M. T. Pyne d Co. will slaughter sew
era! Of ths large beeves to-day which
were consigned to them last week. They
range fI0m 1860 20 1000 pounds each.
The splendid new ferry boat for the
Memphis and Mound City trade made
her first trip yesterday, and will without
doubt be one OF the fastest boats ever
seen liz these parts. Capt. Mark Cheek
has built her expressly for the trade, and
has spared ID expense TO make her a
drst-ciass ferry boat, which she is ia
every respect. Several gentlemen OF
our city went up on her yesterday, and
are delighted, not only with the way she
handles and her speed, but also with her
internal arrangements, which are
perfect.
The Agnes, Capt. Sebree, leaves for St.
Francis river on Tuesday. Mr.. Coffin is
her clerk.
The United States mail packet Liberty,
Capt. Rice, with Nit Harry 10 the office,
backs cut o.mOrrow for White river,
making connection with the railroad at
Dsvslps Bluff.
the light snd handsome Ozark, with
Capt. Biasdeli on the roof, will get away
tO-dsy for Pine Bluff and all way points
on tha Arkansas, connecting with pack
els for Little Rock and Fort Smith.
She carries the United States mail, and
IS prompt as 8 chrOnometer. Mr.. Out
law is her chief clerk.
The reliable Independent steamer Des
Arc, Capt. John Elliott, gets away to.
day at D pm. for Augusta and way
points Cd White river. She makes all
connections, and is a fine packet. Joe
Miller and Matt Glass fill her Office
creditably, and are popular officers.
We are indebted 10 Mr.. l.. e. Curtis,
OF the Telegraph office, for the following,
which Will ailay ali fears about the sefety
OF the Mississippi "Vicksburg, Misss'.
November g. 1868. To Curtis: Mississippi
passed down at ~ Give O'clock last night,
o. K RUSSELL"
The Guidon has not been sold go IA. as
heard from.
Capt. J. B Davis ia in St. Louis,
". Jay johnson, formerly of this city,
is now keeping books in a Louisville
house.
The Silver Cloud has been repaired
and is again sffost at PittsbuEg.
The Robert e. Lee went to Donaldson.
vile, 8 distance OF seventy-eight miles
in four hours and fifty minutes, which is
the quickest time made by any steamer
1ncet b days OF the renowned Princess,
We take The following ridiculous arti- |
clio fran the ST. Louis Democrat. The !
writer of so much bOsh was certainly ig-
noEant of the subject upon which he at
tempted 10 write, or he would know that
railroads do not keep their tariffs at "
low and unvaTying rate" but frequently
"Iun them down TO zero day and up
e boiling hight the next to crush out a
rival" Tho great misfortune with
steamboats, ia that they ut all times since
the war have carried freights at zero,
and therefore far below q living rate.
We know Of no such membranes
around steamboat lines nova days as
"hIgd-tonedr expensive, and more or
less incompetent s~ttaches.u Steamboat
lines have long ago cut down salaries
until many river men have sought en-
ployment ashore where they could get 3
better Eec0mpenss for their labor,
anQ we are safe in saying that
with the loss Of time for want OF
wafer, business and the thousand
other delays which follow q life upon
the river, they are worse paid than any
other class Of our community. The COM
parison between a railroad conductor
and 9 steamboat captain is too silly TO
comment upon, and shows the writer 10
he about as intelligent as the down
Easter who, standing on the roof of q
steamer, and looking at the pilot, heard
some one remark that he received $3.50
per month. The Yank exclaimed,
"Jerusha, l can git lots o. fellers down to
hum who will run that darned thing
around a heap faster than ne does at S25
a month" While the water varies ia
cur great river so will freight tariffs, and
such articles as the following only indi-
cate q want OF common sense on the !