Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-02
Arrivals.
MISCELLANEOUs.

Business on the levee yesterday was
fair and the local packets left with good
trips.
We stated yesterday that the clerk Of
the VIII. s. Hays charged $40 for the
conveyance of the corpse Of Mr.. Ey
CLERK If the lost steaAsr G. A. Thomp,
son, to this port. We learn that the boat
~Bs detained two hours at the point
where the corpse vas ehipped, or until il
was placed ia the coffin, aud the Captain
Of the Hays stated thu owing to this fact
alone YVES the charge made.
Dck L'ghtburne shipped four hundred
bs1es Of cotton last evening ON the Rich
mond, and ships five hundred mere OIL
the Mississippi to-day. He hiss still
twenty-five hundred bales to 20 forward.
The w. A. Caldwell leaves on Tues
day for the Arkansas.
The 81. Francis is the regular Tuesday
st. Francis river packet.
The Des Arc gets away IN Tuesday fol-
White river
The Legal Tender came in with 8 good
trip, from St. Louis.
Toe Mary Forsyth leaves on Monday
for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Rabicon will pass down to-mOr-
row for Vicksburg and the bends,
Joseph Torrance, q W~ell-knOwn gen
tlemsn of Cincinnati, is dead. He died
at Longview Asylum.
Business on the Upper Mississippi is
full Of life and activity. Full oargoes
and crowded cabins are the rule.
The Marble City, for Vlcksburg, had 3
fair trip. Her pilots ssy they are not
hunting corn and cotton fields +" this
trip.
The City Of Cairo had a light trip for
st. Louis.
The Liberty No. 2 for White river, left
with a good trip Of freight and people.
The Clifton for Cincinnati, had an ex-
csllent trip of people, some miscellAne-
Gus freight and 700 bales OF cotton.
The x chmond passed down with 8 fair
trip of people and freight, and added 100
bales of cotton here.
There is at present tut one boat in
o0urse of construction at the Pittsburg
wharf. 1t is intended for the Rio
Grande river.
The threats msde in New Albany,
Ind, about burning the R0bt. E. Lee on
account Of her name il having q bad
eff-ct ON hat city. Southern steam
bostmen give the place s wide berth.
The Courier journal says There is
no doubt that threats were made, and
by men who worked on the boat, bat
they were irresponsible. The good citi-
zens of New Albany, Radicals or Demo-
crsts, all disspproved of sueh talk, and
would have used their best endeavOrs to
prevent any such an outrage"
Capt. d De Haven arrived in our city
yesterday from below. A New Orleans
paper ssys Of him Cap. De Haven,
the President Of the Mississippi Valley
Navigation Company, left here last
evening for Western cities. The first
boat will be completed in about four
months. Her machinery is being con-
structed al Louisville, her hull at Jefsr.
sonvilie, and other portions at New
Albany, Ind. ghty-four thousand
in cash has so far been paid to the
builders.
The Grenada Statinel gives ms a river
in the following T: The Yslobushs
river and the A~betuponbouge sre higher
than they have been known to be for
years. The whole valley is under water
and presents a magnificent sight to be-
hold from the Pine Hills around the city.
Abiding to the sale of the steamers of
the A. and NJ. S s. Lire, the st. Louis
Democrat says: The company was or
ganized about five years sgO, with q
Cd BAbafg dlu ONuCu bDAc bW-AtJ~
three of the finest steamers on the West
srn rivers. IL is not Leeesssry to refer
TO the GAUSS OF the decline of the enter
prise, its success and misfortunes. In a
days the boats will be sold, and the
debt Of $34 600 owing by the company,
will be wiped out. The NUMEROUS par
les who invested their hundreds and
thousands, and an assessment Of ten per
sent. besides, 10 the once brilliant and
promising ship line to New Orleans will,
presume, never see q dollar of 1t.
Fiat has been the fate Of many others
before them, who have invested in SIM
Ter enterprises. The holders Of the
leeds of trust are determined to realize
~ enforcing their lien. Capt. William
aud Jas. Spencer will put the
properly in proper order to pass under the
hammer.