Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-19
MIsCELLANEOCs.

Business on Inc landing was dull yes
terdAy, and few stragglers were to be
seen. The Cleaner went out with fair
trip for the Arkansas, and the Marble
City had q good Passenger trip for st.
Louis.
The Julia, Capt. Lockhart, with the
well known Mr.. Isaacs in the Office, will
pass up today at ?. m. for Cairo AID st.
Louis.
The fine steamer Darling, with Lew
Hates on the roof, backs out to-day for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. Capt.
Power, popular officer, has charge of
her desk.
The Liberty, Capt. Rice, will be found
at the wharf this morning to receive
freight for all points on White river, for
which stream she leaves at pm to
morrow. Harry and Sharp are her
clerks.
The fine steamer Belle st. Louis is the
regular Cairo and st. Louis packet for
to- morrow evening at O'Clock. Ad
Storm, her chief clerk, Is well known in
this community, and several families are
awaiting to pat themselves under his
charge.
The Rubicon, Capt. Blake, will be in
port to leave tomorrow evening for
VicksbuFg and the bends.
We learn from Capt. ]. D. Adams that
the steamer Fort Smith has been raised
and is now at Little Rock undergoing
repairs.
The Ozark will leave Cincinnati on
the Path for this port.
The Norman leaves for White and
Black rivers on Saturday at noon. Dick
ensOn Is master.
The Star wharfboat Is being overhauIed
and put In splendid order for the coming
seasons business. It is reported that it
has been leased by Capt. Larry Harm
stad to replace the City wharf boat.
A tOwbOat with tow Of coal for this
port will arrive in a day or two. The
stock now on band is less than usual at
this season of the year.
Berth, the Radical WhRrfmSster of
st. Louis, who was convicted of bigamy
in that city and was asked to resign by
the Radical Mayor, has written an inn
pertinent reply to that funetionsry re-
| fusing to do any such thing.
The NewsbOy has been sold to parties
lin Paducah for the sum Of 5000.
The Evansville Journal says of the
Ella Porter explosion:
"Col. Guthrie informs as that at first,
in the investigation of the cause Of the
the sole blame to be with the engineer,
who has paid the penalty with his life.
New evidence was discovered on Satur-
day, however, which seems to implicate
the Captain, WHO was seriously injured.
Col. Guthrie left fox Louisville on the
TaFascon Saturday night, and will lay
the testimony before the Local Board for
their decision. 1t was discovered that
the flue had been for sometime defective,
having been previously Injured from
want of water, and was considerably
bagged." This was known to the en-
gineer and Captain, but was unknown to
the owners. 1t was the duty of the en-
gineer aud Captain to have had the de-
feetive flue repaired. The neglect cost
one his life, the other serious injuries,
and liability in a civil suit to the friends
Of those killed and injured for damages"
STEAMER r. L. LEE, June L.
River Editor Appeal:
AS we will soon pass your beautiful
city, merely give you few items in
regard to our trip and river matters gem
orally. We left New Orleans Monday
at p m, with splendid trip, including
over 25G people, One-half of whom are
ladies, 800 tons of freight, for various
points, besides taking on at Red river
W. hCAO VI CaAN&Es N AENcuElO0 mas
been repeatedly called to 8 poster or
placard, put up by the steamer Rich
mond, in which they claim to have made
the fastest time on record from Memphis
to Fort Pillow. The time claimed by
them is four hours and thirtyfive minutes.
Referring to the New Orleans Crescent,
of May l4th in river column, notice an
article taken from the Louisville Courier.
in which the Richmond claims TO have
made the run from Memphis to Fort Pill
low as follows From Memphis to Island
81 in three hours to Randolph in three
hours and thirty-eight minutes, and to
Fort Pillow in four hours and thirty
five minutes. / have no doubt but that
a large portion of the travelling eOmmu-
nifty believe this statement, because they
do not know the precise distances be-
tween those points The distance from
Memphis to Island 81 is forty miles, and
from Island 81 to Randolph twenty
miles. Now, granting that the Richmond
did run from Memphis to 81 in three
hours, which Is an ordinary run for the
Lee. She claims to have made the
run from Memphis to Randolph, which is
twenty miles farther, in three hours and
thirty-eight minutes. That is FunRiDg
twenty miles in thirty-eight minutes,
GO ual 10 hDOut tulEt u4lAes al BUufi
which any one of common judg-
ment will know to be incredulous.
If you will examine the card | send with
this, of our running time, you will notice
that we beat the Richmond's time to
Randolph, and also 10 Fort Pillow by
twenty-one minutes. do not write
this as challenge, but simply to give
facts, and to prevent the travelling public
from being hOsxed by t00tsJd be fast boats.
Nevertheless, il the low pressure Rich
mond, or any other low pressure steamer
think that they haze, or can make fast
time lei them beat sixteen hours and
thirty-seYen minutes from Memphis to
Cairo, and we will present them Wits
the horns that now grace our pilot house
Respectfully, SULLIVAN.
The run Of the Lee is as follows Left
Memphis June Is, 1857, at minutes past
10 a Ia., arrived &C Cairo June 18th, IS
minutes past am.
From Johnson's Wharfboat out OF sight "A
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