Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-12
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1 lnCA DelOH LAo nikn Ahttr marx Of
1867. CHAS. GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
NEW ORLEANS. November ii-Arrfvsd:
LeOnidas. Departed: City OF Alton for
st. Louis, and Great Republic for Cairo.
LOUISVILLE, November u-Up: sam.
J. Hale, Lawrence and Spray. The river
Is declining, with 3 feet 4 inches in the
canal. \ drizzling rain is falling tonight.
NASHVILLE. November 1.-The river
is falling, with IA inches on Harpeth
Shoals. The weather IL cold and cloudy.
CAIRO, November Il.-Cp: sam. Brown
at IL O'Clock last night, Rubicon st g am,
Grand Lake u M, Indiana 5 pm Bis
marck o pm. Down: Lewis at a m,
Lizzie Gill 10 I'm, Colorado at noon, CITY
Of Cairo 8 pm, Mississippi 9 pm. Riy-
er fell two inches. Cloudy; thermoms-
ter 3so.
ST. LOUIS, November 1.-THE river i
declining. Arrived: Belle Memphis. De-
parted: Bee, w. r. Arthur. Eureka aad
Marble City. The river Is stationary;
weather clear and cold.
CISCISSATI, November il.-Departed:
Belle Vernon. The river il declining,
with s feet 1 inch in the channel. The
weather is cloudy and cool.
There Is no later news from the Arkau-
sas or White rivors than we have already
given. Hence to Cairo there is scaRt
seven feet, but at only one place island
81 is it that shoal. The Ohio j. not i'm
proving, except slowly, and all boats In
that stream are having trouble. Three
feet il the best water reported at Walkers
and Flint Island, and It is hard to find.
The weather is again clear and a little cool,
but still is pleasant. Business very good,
ard all u local packets have full trips.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Fanny Brandies got away last night
- "a -
Between fOgs, sandbars and the Lorena,
steamers are having a hard time oft.
By a dispatch from below we learn that
the New Orleans lsvee is entirely clear OF
steamers, md the shipping is being re-
moved below the city until the Lorena
makes y landing. Much alarm prevails
along the coast, and the negroes lave de
serted the sugar fields until she goes by.
The Marble City passes down tomorrow
for Vicksburg.
The Des Are, Marsh. Miller master. with
Messrs. Field and Sullivan in the office,
leaves "a usua to-day tor all landings to
Friar's Point. She goes out promptly on
time.
The W. ]. Lewis. Capt. Pat. YOre, il the
regular Cairo and st. Louis packet to-day.
She leaves at 4 pm.
One Of our local packets brought in a
big lot of game yesterday, consigned to
Charley Martin and Cap. Lewis, who are
our champion game dealers.
The George w. Cheek came in with 100
bales Of cotton and 40 sacks seed. She
leaves again to-day for Oseeola and Bar
field Point. Malone is master, and Con
terman and Jackson are clorks.
The elegant new light draft packet Oar
denelle, whereof George b. Rowland is
the popular master, will get away to-day
for Pine Bluff and way points on the Ar
kansas. She connects with the American
for Little Rock. The Dardenelle is a new
and hrst-class passenger packet. Ernest
WaiwOrth is chief clerk.
Tue Legal Tender will back Out this
evening for White river, N goes to
Augusta. She connects with the Little
Rock train. John Elliott is master and
Elliott and Field are her clerks.
The T. L.. McGill, Capt. Bob Riley. with
Ton Shields in the Office, leaves TO day
for Vicksburg and New Orleans. She is a
good passenger packet.
Capt Nat Green aud his big Mississippi
will be in port tomorrow, and leaves for
New Orleans at 10 am. Passengers bound
south should make a note OF this.
White river is becoming too low for the
regular packets. For this eause the Ma
tOma will not so out tomorrow, but her
place will be taken by the new steamer
Mary Boyd. Capt. Rube Haynes will back
out the Boyd tomorrow for DevalI's Bluff
and Jacksouport at 5 pm. Messrs. Out
law and Shields are in the Office,
Andy Granger is now second clerk of
the Des Arc, but he Fines to return 10 his
old love-DeValIs Bluff.
Johnny Chamberlain, Of the Dss Are,
was t~eiegraphed to at Helena to wait the
arrival OF the Magenta, on which boat he
goes as bill clerk.
The Richmond came in last night, nav
ing been relieved from the bar where she
was aground by the Indiana, and lays
over until 3 pm. to-day, when she leaves
for V~icksburg and New Orleans. The
Richmond is Due OF the best passenger
packets a%fOat, rs h certainly is the
~slfest, and in every way is 4 model Of ex-
cellenee. She is the only lOw-pressure
steamer on the Western waters. Capt.
stu Neal, a popular and careful officer. is
her master, and John W.. Brooks, an old
n popular officer, is in the Office.
We learn that Capt. John d. Adams,
A. NJ. Boyd, Esq, and Miss Mary Boyd,
after whom the boat was named, we're the
recipients of Capt. Rube Haynes hOspi-
~talilies yesterday, on board the beautiful
steamer Mary Boyd. 1.-THE boat responds
TO the many tOasts given to her success
aud prosperity, she will fulfill our wish
for her future career.
The Countess is again plying between
Vicksburg and the mouth Of White river.
AAN0 w kAAe 80 6oN Wv ~
month.
The pilots on Bigbee and Warrisr rivers
have formed Accumulation, and wont work
on a boat which euts under In freights.
At : late meeting of the Little Rock
Chamber Of Commerce, Mr.. Sayward,
from a special committed to inquire into
the praeticability Of opening the Little
Rock and DsvalI's Bluff Railroad, nOw
under lease 10 the Memphis and Little
Rock Packet Company, TO the competi-
ton Of shipments of freight over it by
boats of other boat owners and carriers,
reported that he had communicated with
Mr.. Williams, Superintendent of the road,
and had been assured by him that he
would use his utmost sxeFtiOh to afford
the relief desired"
Mr.. Leo Pollock, who was appointed a
committee at a previous meeting to ascer-
tain what freight for Arkansas river WAS
lying at Memphis awaiting shipment,
makes the following dispatch to the Pres
OF the Board:
MEMPHIS, Nov. s, 1869.
d. E. Jones, President OF Chamber of
Commerce:
This morning | made a close inVestiga-
ton Of all freights on the lsvee, and !
find none-only that which arrived here
to-day, and there is not a ton of that, and
that Is only being discharged to-day.
LEO POLLOCK, Committee.