Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-26

Waugnits, New Otlesns.
In Port.
Guidon, Silver Moon, Laura, Linton.
AIsUELLANEOUs.
Business was moderately active on the
levee tO.day.
The Argosy went out for White river
with an excellent trip.
Some ice was floating past st. Louis
Oh Tuesday last.
The Moliis Able follows the W. R.
Arthur from st. Louis.
Ice is abundant in the Missouri.
Snow is hesvy all over the North
west.
The Fanny Scott and Peter BsIen will
be among n first boats to the Rocky
Mountains.
Il is said that Hartupee's low-pressure
engine will be put IN Captain Hszlett's
new mountain boat, provided those on
the Carrie V. KOuntz works satisfec-
torily.
The Coosa got away for Evansville,
with SOB bales of cotton.
Toe towboat W. n. Brown came In
from the Ohio with five barges, contain
ing 10, coo barrels of salt.
The Ruth passed up. She had 400
head Of cattle, 500 tons railroad iron, a
lot of miscellaneous freight, and full of
people.
The magnificent Great Republic, Capt.
J. B. Donaldson, viii pass down Sat
urday morning for New Orleans. This
i3 her first trip since coming off the
docks, and she is said 10 look better than
ever before. Capt. Donaldson is a pOpu-
lar steamboat master, as we'll as an ener-
getic one. Brooks has charge Of the
Office.
The gay steamer Natoma, Capt. Jim
Lee, is the regular FriRr's Point packet
to-day. She makes all landings and
connects with the Converse for landings
below. Tip Fields aud Stack Lee are
her clerks.
The big Louisville, Capt. Lusk, will
pass down at 3 pm. to-day for Vicks-
burg and New Orleans.
The Linton, Capt. Ware leaves on Sat-
urdsy for st. Francis river.
The fine steamer Rubicon, Capt. VIM.
Blake, will pass up for Cairo and st.
Louis to-day. She is an elegant passen-
ger packet, and connects with trains
north and east. All. Grissom is her
clerk.
The Luminary, Capt. Conway, will
pass down on Sunday for Vicks5urg and
the bends.
The Silver Moon, Capt. Ben Merri-
lees, will get away on Saturday for Gin
cinnati. Gee. Higgins is her clerk,
The splendid U. s. mail packet Liber-
ty, Capt. J. B. Davis, will be in port to
leave for all points on White river to-
morrow. Jimmy Thompson and Jim
Rowland and Charley Sharpe are clerks.
The ThOs. h. Allen, Capt. Pritchard,
is the regular Little Rock steamer for
Saturday. She carries the U. s. mail,
and connects with the Fort Smith pack
-AD - ~ NVGTbar and Tua# Nh npno No - !
clerks.
The towb0st Tigress came In with a
tow Of coal, and left again for P~ittsbuTg.
The Laura, Capt. Morg Rateman, is
the regular packet for White river. She
will, therefore, back out to-day, and goes
through TO Jscksonp0rt. Morg has hun
dreds OF friends on White river who
him when he wore q gray suit.
8Ir. Collier is chief clerk.
The Peoria City, which wss sunk at
Creek, near NstcheZ, was owned
in s.. Louis-Capt. D II. Silver, her
seven-eighths, and Jos. ii.
Conn n eighth, and vas valued at
$50. 600, and Insured for SIS, 332, SIS follows,
VIZ Boatmen's Insurance Company, of
81. Louis, $4,000 Eureka, of Pittsburg,
$4,000 Boatmen's, of Pittsburg, $2500
Union, of Cincinnati, $4,000 National
S2333 Enterprise, of Cincinnati, $500
Central, Of Cincinnati, S4l66; Home, of
New Haven, S2S33. On her arrival al
Cincinnati, she was TO have loaded at
Cincinnati for Omaha. She was
built at Wheeling in December,
1864, and rebuilt at Madison, Ind, in
1868. Capt. Silver was in COM
nAnd at the time OF the accident. ,
The Dubuque Herald says OF the ice
There are those claiming to be well
who predict that d market will
have a black eye before the season is
over. The amount OF ice put up this
is larger than ever before. From
Rock Island to Lake Pepin, everybody
las been anticipating a short crop, and
making efforts TO be Well prepared for it.
The result has been that on all hsuds :
arge supplies have been laid In. It is
that all the towns from Long |
20 this city have averaged from !
iWenty to thirty thousand tons each. In =
ms city the Ice harvested will not be !
ess than forty five thousand tons. From {
lere to lake Pepin, every town is putting l
Up large quantities, and at the lake the :
harvest VIII reach one hundred thousand s
New firms are commencing n
operations in this city, and probably 4
'iseWnere, so that 1t is estimated the !
warm weather will find the markets on +
POANlbA "a lLS AAfSE uhfuEut Win q
uppiy OF ice not less than half a million &
Ons. =
The British ship Kingston arrived in s
Francisco recently from Bombay. ri
\ part of her cargo consisted of 20 bales II
# hay which had been shipped from the D
after port for some point in Africa, from "
which ii was to have been forwarded to K
he cavalry troops sent by Great Britain q
gainst the Aby s sinisns. Before it le
cached the African port the wal was n
lOsed and the hay was brought to this
'ort, and On being landed WAS purchased
y Messrs. Dutton q NICE Ren. It is nu- .
but rather tough and wiry. This l
, the first shipment Of hay from India