Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-29

very slowly. 1t rained all day yesterday,
and bids fair to keep IL up for some days
to come without it turns cold.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Belle Memphis is the regular Cairo
end st. Louis packet to-day. She leaves
at 4 pm. John Crane is master and
Billy Blenker clerk.
The Grand Era and Texas, both new
boats, were due from above last night.
The office of our frieni and neighbor
Capt. Dick Lightburne made n narrow es-
cape IRON destruction by fire yesterday
morning. The adjoining Office was con-
siderably injured, and Jim Franklin, the
well known clerk of Capt. Lightburne,
who slept in a room above, came near be-
ing sutfOcated by the smoke.
The Des Arc gets away tomorrow for
Friar's Point and way landings.
The Natoma will leave for White river
on Friday next,
The st. Francis, Capt. Bowman, leaves
tomorrow for all points on st. Francis
river. She is the only packet in that
trade.
The Legal Tender, Capt. Elliott, will
get away tomorrow for Augusta and
way points on White river.
The Minneola, Capt. Miller, backs oui
on Tuesday for Cincinnati and interme-
diate landings on the Ohio.
The Geo. w. Cheek enters the Friar's
Point trade to-day as a regular packet,
She is well adapted and elegantly fitted
up for passengers, and will no doubt soon
become a favOrite in the bends. George
Malone is master and Frank Gonterman
is chief clerk.
The Great Republic leaves on Wednes-
day for Vicksburg and New Orleans.
The elegant passenger steamer Mollit
Able, with Capt. Dan Able on the roof
leaves at 5 pm. to-day for Vicksburg and
New Orleans. The Able is in every re-
spect a splendid packet, and her com
mander is well-knOwn in our city as {
popular commander. John L~eavenwortf
is her chief clerk.
The Ben. Campbell, Capt. Miller, will
]. H. Carr in the Office, leaves to-day fol
Randolph and Simpsons Landing.
The Julia, Capt. Callahan, is the regular
Nicksburg US. mail packet to-day. ShC
makes all bend landings. zAnpy Issacs i,
clerk.
The Spray, Capt. Gus. Brown, wit h Mr.
Dean in the Office, leaves to-day for Cairo
and Cincinnati. She goes out promptly
The Norman, Capt. Barclay, is in port,
and leaves to-day for Cairo and Evans
vile. She is a frst-rate packet.
The U. 5 packet Ozark leaves to-day fol
Little Rock and way landings on the Ar
kansas. She is the regular Monday pack.
ct. Capt. AID. Storm is master, and Ton
Brashear and Betty Willis are her clerks
Capt. q. B.. Miller will back out the
Sallie V. to-day for 0seeola and the bends
She is a coed boat, and already very pop.
ular, Il, G.. Stevens is clerk.
Much has been said and written of Tho
necessity OF sustaining the Arkansas
packet line and in reference to its with.
drawal. We do believe our citizens
are aware of its great Importance to Oul
trade. Previous to the war over half o
the trade Of Arkansas went to New Or
leans, but since then the larger share
has come to our city and will continue IL
do so if we but do our duty and contrib.
ute but a small mou in stock towards
the splendid line now running. No com.
pany in the South has declared better div.
idends for the short time of its existence
They have now eleven steamboats,, be.
tides barges, whose valuation exceeds
two hundred thousand dollars, and al
asked now is a subscription of seventy,
three thousand dollars to make the stock
cover the present value of property helc
by the company. With our barge line
which will be in operation next month, WI
can then compete with any other point
The line to NlckshIrg will be resumes
and business will again come to us.
We hope that our business men anC
capitalists will come forward to-day anC
close upthe list. From the knowledge nov
in possession of the committees, we fee
that none will ever regret the assistanc,
they have rendered in keeping up one @
the most important lines of transporta
ton thai leaves u city. If some NOR
of our citizens would visit our levee upoI
the departure of packets they would Sc,
the immense travel and trade tO our siste
State. We understand that the commit
tee soliciting subscriptions have me
with but moderate success. They still
need large additional subscriptions t
make mp the amopnt.
The temporary railroad bridge between
McGregor and Prairie du CHEN is to b
completed within fou weeks. The pile
rave all been driven except in the chan
mel, and this part of the work Will be fin
ished as 500 as the river is frozen over.
The following rates of freight now pre-
vail at st. Louis:
To Memphis-Flour, soc; pork, 75c
whisky, 81 70; corn, per sack, 3ac; heaY7
pound freight, soc; hay and light do 400
zoe per 100 lbs. To Nicksburg-FlouT
soc; pork, Soc; corn, per sack. doe; heav,
pound freight, 35ci light do, 50c. To New
Orleans-Flour, TJc; pork, 81 %; whisky
81 %; corn, 45e per sack oats, bacon, lard
ETC., 40c per cwt; hay, 6Oc per cwt; b,
barge, sc per Dbl and 212c per sack and pc
100 lbs less.
The Louisville Courier saws: TIL
steamer PeytOna is taking on for hersel
and barges a very large and exceedingly
bulky shipment-it consisting of sever
thousand barrels, empty barrels, fresl
and new, Just from the factory in thii
city. These barrels are shipped for Gal
weston, Texas, and from that point will b
distributed to different parts of the State
It is well known that Texas is a grea
country for raising cattle, and these bar
rels are for the beef-packers in that region
Instead of shipping the live cattle M
North, as formerly, the paopla aye chang
ing their policy and packing at home
for this trade is already quite an item
and Is increasing very rapidly,