Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-12

river and the Arkansas are falling fast,
bat hsve water enough for all purposes to
J~acksOnport and Fort Smith. The Ohio
Is falling, bat has & good channel depth
to Cincinnati. The latest news from St.
Louis, louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
will be found in our telegraphic columns.
Arrivals
Steamer Mary E. Forsyth, st. Louis.
AIOliie Able,
Tom. Farrow,
" Indiana, Louisville.
Emperor, Cincinnati.
Nj. a. Caldwell, Ark. river.
Gudon, Pine Bluff.
D-s Are, Write river.
Columbian, V!cksJurg.
Departures.
Columbian, ST. Louis.
Tom. Farrow, New Orleans.
Indiana,
T. H. Allen, Arkansas river.
In Pert.
Steamers Mary E. Forsyth, Guidon,
MInue0ls, W. a. Caldwell, Emperor,
Moilie Able, NatomR, D5 Are, ST. Fran
Gle, MARITIME, Myrtis and Converse.
&zsCEELAEEOUs.
Tue steamer Myrtle was sold yester-
Day by Csgt. H4rdwick to Mr.. P J..
Kennedy, Of Fcks6urg. S3e was bought
Tor the Board OF Levee Commissioners o
louisiana, who will use her for travelling
FROM point to point on tnsir tOlr Of in-
sp5clion. The price paid Ess $1,000.
Since writing the above We learn the
trade has BOT been fully contaminated.
The militia at Marion having
destroyed tae ferry business hence
70 Mound City, Capt. Mark Cheek
viii pat bis fine steamer Geo. W.
Cheek in the Memphis and HaIe's Point
trade. Shs leaves t0-dsy at ) pm. on
her first trip.
Cotton is scarce along the Arkansas
AMI White rivers. The crop which has
been picked has already come to market
and CUT little OF Whist !. LETT in the fields
wili be gathered.
Large numbers of mules are going
South on the New Orleans packets. 81
f5r thI5 season nOCe have come to this
market.
The little steamers Fairy Queen snd
Argos are plying regularly from Augusta
to JscksOppOrt, POcahontss and other
points on the tributaries Of White river.
They are, We learn, doing well.
Cotton cOmes to Aomphis from points
below Nicksburg on the river. Prices
are better here than ia any market ou,-
side Of New York.
TIE Myrtle, Capt. Bill Hsrdwick, will
leave to day for Hsie's Point and sill way /
landings. She will stay in the trade
permanently. Fraak Gontermsn is her
chief clerk.
We learn that the MoIlis Haublston
via enter the Hsle's Point trade with
Capt. Hampton in charge.
The handsome NatOma, Capt. Jim
Lee, will get away to-day for Frisr's
Point and all way lsndings. She is
prompt IS pay day. Billy Fields a8d
Whitehead are the careful
The popular United States mail packet
Dss Arc, Capt. John d. Elliott, leaves at
her regular hour to-day for Augusta and
all landings on White river. Sac con-
meets with the train at Dsvslps Bluff,
aud with the Argos for JscksonpOrt and
points above. Joe Elliott and Matt
Glass are her clerks.
The Minneols, Capt. Miller, leaves to-
day for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Sac Ctfers pleasant accommodation for
travellers. Mr.. Grub is her clark.
The De- Arc came in from White riv-
with one OF the best trips of the season.
She hsd 400 bales OF cotton and $50 pas
The st. Francis had Ala bales from st.
Francis river.
Toe Caldwell came in from the Arkan-
with 80 bales of cotton.
The GIldOn came in with SO bales from
Pms uf.
The Emperor Is in port and lesves for
View Orleans to-day. She makes all way
aDdings. Dickinson is master and Wiley
Jerk.
At 5 pm. to-day Capt. Bowman will
'ack out his new steamer st. Francis for
Vittsburg and wsy points on 81. Francis
liver. She is an elegant packet and her
eCretsr!es are competent gentlemen.
nney are Messrs. Paine ard Clark.
The ". A. Caldwell, Capt. Haines, il
ne regular Arkansas river L. S mail
for Thursday. Jsck Chambers is
ler popular aud cur clerk. ,
The GuidOn will bsck out on Wedpes-
for Pine Buff. she is the packet
or that day. Clay Rec is master and
Jarrett Huls clerk ,
Tue b smarck, Capt, Sam Entricksn,
passes down 70 day at noon. She is q
irst class steamer, and has superior ac-
J-mmOdssIOus.
The magnificent Mollie Able came 10
ast night with a 6ne trip. Sac lsid over
intii this morning to ill out some en-
,sgements. Capt. Dan Able, VINO for
pme years was one Of our most proni-
citizens, has charge OF this elegant
fesmpr, and be has lost none OF the I
UoUleT for which he wss noted in .
orner days. Billy Graham is chief d
Of the Abe, and Is a very popular !
nd reiisb'e Odlcer-it for any station I
d)at or ashore. Passengers going south :
wait g whole season and not i'm
upon the opportunity afforded {
hem to day. {
The Indiana passed down Yesterday Z
With s. good trip. ,
The towbCst Grand Lake came up !
a tow yesterday and lanued at
he coal yard mouth of Wolf.
The towbOst Tom Fsrrow passed down Z
yesterday. she put eff a lot of freight !
It the Star wharfboat. 5
The Louisville, Capt. Rusk. passes +
p to morrow for Csiro and Louisville. r
The Cooss, Capt. Gus. Brown, will be .
q port to leave to-day for Cairo and
Evansville. She is the regular packet. (
nd makes Ill way landings. a
Tne Mary e. Forsyth, Capt. John /
re me, ame in yesterday from st. Louis. n
his was the first packet arrived for over
week, and the whsrfboat people put on
irs about it. Ben Clark INDUCED 10 a
dance, and Billy Dill mounted old
yaller" and cavorted around consfdsr. {
by. 1t Was an exciting day On the \
foot Of JefTersOn.D The FORSYTH =
for Cairo aud st. Louis to-day at !
.oon. Mr.. White, Der clerk, is one of Il
be most obligiog officers In the trade.
Gov. Oglesby, OF Illinois, 10 hia ANIMAL :
Message, gives the ship canal project 1
ONE attention. With reference to the !
Improvement Of the Illinois. river. the
speaks Of a bill to be lntru-
uced in tse present Legislature, making
n appropriation for the purpose, to be c
by an annual one mill tax, and
onditioned upon the general govern I
lent eppropE.ating a like sum, 4