Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-15

lD6 IlNtI uttiiiltu 1 iltH III TIC
last p hours. 1t stood - feet 81
inches below the high water mark
of 1861 this morning.
CHAs. GOODWIN.
Our dispatches give the latest news
from above. By a private dispatch
we learn that the Arkansas has 80
inches TO Little Rock, and y inches
above to Fort Smith. Business ac-
tive on the landing. Weather clear
and pleasant.
MIsCELL ANEoUs.
The tOwboat Peytona and barges
passed up yesterday.
The Satow departed for the wreck of
the Ruth.
An odd looking craft, called the
Mason, arrived yesterday from Padu-
eah. She is destined to run from
Helena to some point on COldwater,
and will no doubt prove a success.
She leaves to-day.
The Hambleton, Capt. Hardwick,
leaves on Friday for OseeOla and all
way landings.
The L. S. mail packet w. A. Cald-
well, Capt. RUDE Haynes, leaves to-
day for Little Rock andan way points
on the Arkansas. She connects with
the packets for Fort Smith. W. L.
Butler and Bob Shields are her gen.
tlemanly clerks.
The gay Geo. W. Cheek, Capt. Ma
lone, leaves at 5 pm. for Friar's Point
and all way landings. She is regular
az a clock, Charley and John Smith
eP are her clerks.
The Belle st. Louis leaves on Thurs
day for ST. Louis.
The Colorado will pass down to-
morrow for Vicksburg and the bends.
Mart Fisher is master.
The Pauline Carroll and Olive
Branch are due from below, and the
Silver Spray will be due tonight.
The Continental was past due last
night from above.
The StOnewall passed down with a
good trip. She added about 200 sacks
oil cake at this point.
The Ozark, Capt. Blasdell, Is the
regular Thursday White river L. s.
mail packet.
Hereafter the st. Francis win make
two trips per week 70 the cutoff. She
connects with the Lady Withaup
until the water rises, when she viii
again resume her regular weekly trips
to Wittsburg.
The Cincinnati Commercial, In its
Newport column, says:
The present rise in the Ohio river
has put a stop to work on the shore
pier of the Newport and Cincinnati
bridge on the Ohio side. Operations
continue, however, on this side. Our
citizens, who take a great interest in
this enterprise, are not satisfied with
the progress that has been made with
the work during the summer. In
stead of employing a large force while
the river was low, as everybody eX-
pected the company would do, not
more than two hundred men have
been at work, and a part of the time
not so many. AT the present rate of
progress the bridge Will not be COM
pleted in three years.
The old times when brutality WAS
the order of the day, and mates We're
employed with an eye to their qualif-
cations as roughs, have, it seems, not
yet passed away. In a trial at st.
Louis the other day, the following
testimony was brought out: The boat
was a days journey below Fort Blu
ford when the shootingof Mooney oc-
Cured. The captain, we are in
formed, wassick at the time and knew
nothing of the affair. The substance
of the dispositions is that the boat
was lying at an island, and the men
were engaged in carrying on board
drift wood for fuel. Mooney was in
the forecastle letting out the line to
fasten the boat to the shore. The line
was too short, and he so told the
mate, John Ganett. That officer
threatened to strike Mooney, and the
latter told him he would not strike
him. Ganett seized the lead line,
used in sounding, and struck Mooney
on the back with the lead, weighing
about six pounds. Hethen drew from
his pocket a single barreIed pistol and
shot Mooney in the mouth. The bar
keepe. interfered, and Mooney went
ashore. When the boat was ready to
shove OHt, Mooney wanted to 90 on
board, but Ganett refused to permit
him to do so. Mooney then asked
permission to get his clothes, but this
was also denied him. He was left
alone, wounded and bruised, on the
sandy island, where nothing was
growing, and only drift wood and
sand for food. !
One of the witnesses states that af-
ter the boat had proceeded a mile and
a half IN her eOuree, the mate ordered
him and another man to go ashore
and return to the island and fetch
Mooney on board. They went along