Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-09
RIVER MATTERS.
WEATHER AND RrvExs.

L1E lAUuHs AA6I5 ElfEEs
" Hesper, St. Francis,
" Mayf1wer, White river.
Departures.
I" J. H. Groesbeck, Cincinnati.
" Gem, St. Louis.
I" Myrtle, Hale's Point.
" Nstoma, FriaI's Point.
Ia Pert.
Sam. J. Hale, Mayiower, Bermu-
da, Hesper, r. P. Converse snd Linton.
#zBCEELASE0Us.
It was q quiet dreary day upon the
ievee. Very little freight was being
handled.
Tie Natoma left for Frlar's Point with
a fair trip.
to-day for Wlttsburg and all way points
on the st. Francis. She is a regular Sat
urday packet. jim. Lee is her chief
clerk.
The Linton, Capt. Jim She'll with Les
Ware IN the Office, leaves for 81. Francis
river to-day. she makes all way land
iLgs.
The Silver Neon, Capt. Walkerdid not
get sway last evening on account of the
wFsthsr. She leaves to day ct 5 PM,
sBd makes all way landings 60 Cincinna-
ii. Ed Miller is her clerk.
The packets STe now doing q large fer
risge business. At almost every land
ing planters of Arkapeas hail the boats
snd Gat their mules, horses, and such of
their goods SIS they can carry transferred
to the east bank Of the river. This they
do to keep them out OF the way OF the
militia, who are piundeiing almost every
county in the State
The Bermuda, Capt. CIsycom5, leaves
at JPN. to-day for Pine Bluff.
TIE Huntsville, Capt. Jacobs, will be
in port to leave to-day for Cairo and
Evansville.
The Thos. &. Allen, Capt. Pritchard,
is the regular United States mail packet
for Pine Bluff and Little Rock. She
leaves on Monday.
Miit Harry, the popular and good
looking clerk OF the Liberty, leaves on
the Msyhower to-day TO settle some
business matters on White river. Milt
is enc of the bast clerks upon the river
and has legioGs of friends. We hope to
see him upon some fine packet one OF
these days.
The mackerels are now in their glory.
A bill will 500 be introduced in the
Board for an appropriation to clothe the
brigade.
The Mayfower, CAPT. Ashford, leaves
to-day for Augusta and all way points on
White river. she is the regular u. s.
mail packet and connects with the trains
at DsvalPs Bluff for Little Rock. Chas
Smither is chief clerk OF the Mayf0wer.
We regret to learn that Charley
SmitheF is i'll.
Capt. J. B. Davis is still confined to his
Tbs Thompson Dean and Mary Hous-
are due from below.
Tbs Malts, purchased at Wheeling by
Mr.. Wiiiism Seswel, Of Arkansas, at
Marshaps sale, will be taken to Whit5
Capt. Abraham N. Hutchins, of st.
has sued the Home Insurance.
Company Of Hartford, for $4,000, the
amount Of his Insurance. in tasG com
psny on the steamer Geo. d. Palmer,
which was sunk near Quincy on the 81
of October last.
The Dexter, q sternwheeI steamer, was
sold ia Cincinnati on Tuesday to Messrs. .
Freese L Eastman, Of Catlettsburg, Ky,
or $500.
TBe steamers Galatea and Tom Ste
were sold on Tuesday at St. L uis
BY the United States Marshal. Galates
% Il. @. Brockmeyer, for her old a
price 5000; Tom Stevens TO Capt. Fred.
zier for S2400. :
At Cincinnati, during 1883, the city
from steamers, for wharfage,
6O6 40, and rents on wharf property, ,
,46l3 So. The balance sheet Friday
wharfage fund debtor to the /
lnount Of 81 409 "A, against a credit Of q
sos SO. .
OF the steamers built ia Great B-itsin. =
a the year 1865, only fifty were Of q
sood, SO27 tons in all and 81 were Of I
with q total Of I66 1872 tons, OF '
he wooden steamers, forty-six averaged Q
MY ~thlrty-t0ur TOM each, and four sv- {
ragged $50 tons each. All the larger y
teamers we're built of iron. The pTo. =.
.oriiOn OF iron to wooden steamers built =
gas nearly seven and a half to one, and '
he ratio OF iron tonnage to wooden YVES j.
leaEly hfty-fvs to one. 4
The New Orleans Rcdgune of Thurs. ii
ay says: The Vharyes are pretty well s.
lied with boats; the amount of tonnage Il
port for the upper country is unusually Il
srge, but We presume very soOn ft viii p
iminish, as larger quantities Of sugar ~
be expected to reach market, the II
olidays being over, and the hands at a.
Tork agsin on the plantations. Most of e
large number OF departing boats had u,
cry good trips.
The Crescent says: During the past =
oCk SOAS 1iA w 6ABEb STEAMBOATS, nave "a
cen seized by the city authorities for :
to pay their wharfage in green
3cks. Each and every one Of them had
city notes, which were refused
payment. Yesterday two Of our regu-
T packets were seized upon the eve of i
ieir departure, but were Immediately -
)nded and proceeded on their way.
The V~icksbnrg Herald OF Thursday Sc
'ys: The De Russey returned here W
for cosl, having exhausted the De
bank Of all the cord wood for f3rty Rs
lies above. She reports having cleared "a
lie river between this place and PswraW e9
land Of every snsg. Around the Island
ID 10 the chute she has pulled forty- cle
ven snags, some of them dangerous. w
ne of the snags in the chute was about DO
re feet below the surface Of the wafer. I
lowest stage, and had been worn per- amGi
city smooth by boats rubbing over IL. ii;
measured q hundred and fo~rty-ive Z
ct in length snd six feet in circnmfer- POI
ce. The chute is entirely free of snags yoa
w. The De Rnssey will operate be-
zen Ozark Island and Vicksburg. a