Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-28

The water opposite this city falls stead
lily and at a very good pace. We will soon
be so situated that the june rise will be a
matter of no interest to us or the planters
along the river below or above. The fact
is, we can do very well without a rise;
but if it must come, it is pleasant to know
that it can do no harm. The Arkansas is
falling. White river hardly ~rejoices in a
fair stage, and the news from above con-
tinue to be of a satisfactory character.
The weather is warm and cloudy, with
occasional drops of rain. Business is dull,
though the Sam Hale, for Cincinnati, is
getting a good trip.E
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Lizzie Gill arrived yesterday from
below, and left for st. Louis at a late hour
last night.
just returned from below in search of the
body of his little son, who was drowned
the 9th of May by the sinking of the
| steamboat Alpha, that he found the bOdy
| of an unknown man in a drift pile in Old
| Town bend, bOu 10 miles below Mem
| phis. From his dress he judged him to
be an officer of a steamboat. NodOubt his
/ friends would like to meet with this infor-
nation.
The Bismarck, Capt. Sam Entrieken,
| will be in port TO leave at five pm. to-day
for New Orleans. Her dispatch to Dick
Lightburne says she has room for 500
| bales.
The Geo. W. Cheek. Capt. Lee. will get
away to-day for Friar's Point and way
landings. She is a popular packet. B.P F..
| Field and Stack Lee are clerks.
! Capt. +. A. Levyhas removed hissteam-
boat office to 2j2 Front street, inthe Com
mercial Hotel building. He Will, as ever,
be happy to see his steamboat friends nj
his new quarters.
1 The Marble Citr will noos .Iov-Y, -, ,,,o~
row for Vicksburg n the bends.
The elegant Luminary, Capt. Conway,
with Lee Finney and Charley Parsons in
the Office, leaves for Cairo and st. Louis
to-day. She connects with the trains north
and east.
The Ozark, Capt BlaisdeH, is the regular
q. s. mail packet for the Arkansas on Sat
urday.
Tomorrow the high headed Liberty will
leave for all points on White river. She is
the L. 5. mail packet.
The splendid passenger teamer Sam.
Hale, Capt. Walker, Will get away for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati to-day.
She is swift and very comfortable. Mr..
Miller is her chief clerk.
Capt. John Ford, of the Ku-Klux tug
Nettie Jones, came up from Helena yes
terday. The Grand Jury adjourned until
Monday next, when he win return. So
far no bill has been found against the de-
SlTONefS OF the A1kdQSslS muSketS. As
Capt. Ford is well known here as a Union
man, the matter is a huge joke on him.
The Portland Steam Packet Company
have run their steamers between Portland
and Boston for the last twenty-five wears, |
making 1900 passages and drumming $780,
900 miles. They have transported $780,
900 passengers and $500, 900 tons of freight.
The Louisville Mail Line Company are
adopting names for their steamers tina
were familiar in the line twenty years
ago or more. The new steamer launched
at Jacksonville last week is named Ben
Franklin.
The Stonewall was caught in a storm on
Tuesday in the Missouri river. She lost
her pilot-hOuse, texas, chimneys and part
of her cabin. No lives lost.
All the suits brought by Marshall & Kill
patrick, of St. Louis, against the insu-
rance offices in Cincinnati for the loss of
the Magnolia, were settled Friday, the
compromise being for about One-half the
amount of the claims.
The trial of Capt. W. B. Donaldson for
murder, has been set for the 18th of June.
and Jas. R. Lakeland and Col. a. w. Stay
back have been retained as counsel for the
defense.
A daughter of Capt. J. d. Bruner, Miss
Katie, was married at St. Louis 4 day or
two ago TO c. +. Collins, of the firm of
Scott, Collins & Co.
TIL Bermuda left Louisville Yesterday
for this port.
The steamers sold by the Atlantic and
Mississippi Steamship Company are adj
v~ertised for sale by Capt. Jos. Brown.
The following are the prices understood
to be set upon them: Pauline Carroll,
$4,000; Olive Branch, S25, 000;W. r. Ar
thur, $4,000, Continental, $4,000; Lady
Gay, S27 200.
\ divorce suit is going on in st. Louis,
and as the parties are well known here,
we give the follOwingfacts, which we take
from the st. Lous Tunes: "The plaintiff
is Mrs. Frances NJ. Miller, n young and
good looking lady, and the defendant is
George W. Miller, a pilot on the river.
The case was opened by placing Mrs. Mil
Ter on the witness stand, who testified
that they were married on the Sth of DC
tober, 1855, and lived together until 1857,
when Mr.. Miller left her without any
He afterward returned, and on
promise of reforming, she consented 10
live with him again. Theyled a not very
agreeable life, her mother and husband
'hitching horses we'll; and in 1851
left her again and went TO Memphis.
where he entered the Confederate service
as a pilot on the boat Grampus. In 1863
he wrote for her to come to Memphis. and
she went there, paying her own fare, bat
the military regulations prevented their
together for some time. When
the blockade was lifted, she visited Mem
phis, but found him out of employment
unable to take care of her, and she
returned to st. Louis at her own expense.
In October, 1863, he came back to the city,
and lived at her house until July,
1864, when they moved into their own
house, which he had hired and furnished,
On Seventh street. In the followinS April
her mother came to live with her, and
stayed several months. Trouble again
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