Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-03
RIVER MATTERS.
WEATHER AND EIyEKS.

Weather clear and warm. The river
fell one inch in the past twenty-foUI
hours, audis now eight feet eleven inches
below high water mark. We have nc
later news from the Arkansas or White
rivers. The latest news from all points
above will be found in our Geographic
columns.
Arrivals.
Steamer MOllie Hsmbleton, Evansville,
Emma No. 3, New Orleans.
Virginia,
I" Alice Dean +"
Departures.
Steamer Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Virginia, Louisville.
" G.. w. Cheek, 05ceols.
Emma No. 8, Cincinnati.
I" Nstrons,
Alice Dean
" NstOma, Friar's Point.
w. a. Caldwell, Ark. river.
st. Francis, st. Francis river.
Das Arc, White river.
Julia, Vicksburg.
In Port.
Sam J. Hale, Mollie Hambleton.
RIsCELLAEEOUS.
The Mary e. Forsyth, Capt. Dave
Haney, will pass down tomorrow even
ing for Vicksburg and the bends.
We learn that the Bermuda was seizsd
by the u. 5. Marshal yesterday.
The LEM Leoti, Capt. Tom Berry,
with Morrison in the office, leaves on
Thursday for Little Rock. She is the
regular United States mail packet.
The Belle st. Louis, Capt. Alex. Zieg-
Ter, leaves to morrow as the regular
Cairo and st. Louis packet.
Some necessary repairs detained the
Des Arc until q late hour last night or
rather an early hour this morning.
The good steamer Magenta leaves to-
morrow for Nicksburg and New Orleans.
John Sullivan is her clerk.
The Natoma had 8 splendid trip for
Friar's Point, and the De5 Arc, for White
river, was full Of freight and people.
The Caldwell had sn excellent trip for
Little Rock.
Tne elegant passenger stesmsr M0llie
Able, Capt. Dan. Able, will be in port to
leave for New Orleans 10 day at 5 p.m.
Capt. Dan. Able is well known in Mem
phis, and passengers going South will not
forget that he has Z OF the finest
steamers afioat. John Leavenworth is
her popular chief secretary.
The caso OF Capt. johnson VS.. Titus
and others, which is progressing in the
Law Court, will soon be decided. The
defense closed yesterday.
The good steamer Guidon, Capt. Clay
Rice, will back out to-day for Pine Bluff
and sll way points on the Arkansas river.
She is q comfortable passenger packet
and has No. l officers. Garrett Huls is
her chief clerk.
The fine steamer Argosy, Capt. VIM.
J. Ashford, leaves on Thursday for Jack
sonport and way points on White river.
Milt Harry is clerk.
The Sam Hale, Capt. Miller, leaves at
her regular hour to-day for Cairo snd
Cincinnati. Sle is n of the best boats
in the line and has attentive officers in
Mr.. Ed. Miller is clerk.
Charles Ross, an ex-Supervising
in the ~COmmOneT, OF Pink Marble and
reporters:
Pink Varble takes more chances than
any falls Pilot that ever lived he knows
everybody; is laxative, makes money,
is literally disposed, spends money free
with his friends. How would it do to
ask hat river reporter Of the Courier
v ho pays for the whisky on the next
article he inflicts upon the pub.
lie?
When you encounter these river re-
you besmesr yourself with
distilled steamboat d~eadheadism,
Ia port, the table and bar, and on the
the best staterOom, are at his COM
nand for should q river reporter say a
word against some bOats, he would lose
much good eating, and it would stop his
frog.
The presence of mind Of two men
the steamboat Moliie Hambleton,
md her cargo of over eight hundred
,Nes Of cotton, from total destruction by
Ire at Evansville, OF Thursday morn
ng. A boy vas trimming lamps in the
.%ngineroom OF the Mollie Hambleton F.;
le tipped over a lamp, setting fire to a
OF OF loose cotton, which he had slowed
.wsy in his locker. The deck sweep Of
Norman, which laid next below,
discovered the fire, and, giving notice to
he men who, with the hose, were wash
ng put the boilers of the Norman, they
their hose upon the fire on the
1Oliie HambletOn, and, in a moment, it
"a eXtinguished without damage to the
cat or cargo. The CONSERVATION for q
sw moments was very great, a several
oats were lying at the wharf, and none
them had steam up.
The average daily loss to American
by shipwreck is owe II vessels,
nd $50, 900. This is, however, but a
action of the total loss throughout the
,orld. The actual loss of all maritime
is about 40 vessels ana 81, l00,-
20 daily. The loss Of life at the same
tito would be about 100 daily, or sc, 900 4
year. Twenty-three hundred ships a
ear, or more than six a day, are
on the small but dangerous
last Of Great Britain.
Attention has recently been directed
England to the practicability of light /.
x men-of- war with gas manufactured
: board. Two vessels in the royal navy
-e Illuminated with gas, but a CORES
1ndent of an English paper states that !
,rty1 years ago the Duke of YOrB, a !
carrying mails and passengers
as lighted with gas, stored in iron bot
Is, one OF which was screwed on to the
Iain, and when the gas contained in it ]
as consumed, q fresh bottle was substi- :
ted. i,