Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-04

ing for New Orleans. Rube Neal Is heI
popular master. Her clerk CAREY
Milter arrived Yesterday by rail.
The splendid r. Z. Lee passes up FOR
louisville to-day. She Is the steamer
par ercsfyepee and needs no praise. John
Cannon is msster and Msssrs. Robert,
Mossrp and S1llivsn are clerks. Johnny
Sullivan We have known for years and
we commend him especially TO our co
temporaries az a No. clerk and good
officer.
Toe Des Arc gets away to-day for
White river. Matt Glass, one Of the
bsst officers on the river, commands, and
Aleck Waddeil, > competent clerk, sees
to the freight department.
Persons travelling towards Augusta, OF
any point on White river, should re-
member that on Thursday the swift,
handsome and weil-appointed Nstoms
will back out for that stream. She con
meets with the Little Rock train, and
with the Fairy Queen for all pointsabove
Augusta. The Natoma is well Differed,
and is altogether a desirable packet.
The new and elegant steamer st. Fran
els, Capt. Tom Bowman, leaves to-day
for Witts5urg, Madison, aud all way
poiats on the Wild river after which she
is named. She needs no praise. Sam
Paine and Billy Clark are her Sscreta-
ries.
The peerless Belle Memphis, Capt.
| Crane, will get away to-day for Cairo
and st. Louis. She is the belle of the
Packet Company, and has no superior in
any trade. Billy BIenker, a popular and
attentive Clerk, will see to the comfort
Of all travellers.
The United States mail packet, Thos.
81. Allen, will back out to-day for Pine
Bluff and Little Rock. PassengH 70 foI
the Hot Springs via this route make nc
change to Little Rock and go through Is
quickly as by any Cther a She ID
new, has elegant, Injurious beds, sets
splendid table, and is commanded by the
veteran Capt. Reese Pritchard, with
Messrs. Walker and Thomas in the
office.
AIetter from Saginaw City, Michigan
70 n OF our citizsns, says not less thar
SOC, 000, 600 feet OF logs have beer cut on
the Saginaw river and its tributaries du
ring the past winter. II also states thai
lumber in large quantities is now being
shipped by rail and lake from that point
to Chicago and other ports.
The Ida N new boat built at Dover
Oh the Cumberland river, for the noun
tain trade, is being tOTed to Louisville
for the purpose of receiving her ma
chinery and finishing touches.
Red river s5eambOatmsn must Rntici-
pate q big business next season, no less
than three new boats for that river hAv-
ing been contracted ct Louisville the
past week.
The s.. Louia Tines says: The follow.
ing dispatch was received here ysster-
day by the Secretary Of the Board Of
Underwriters:
EAST NEBEAsKA CITY, Msy Capt
Eaton Nick Wall sunk at Wyoming.
I viii De at st. Louis tomorrow. She
can be raised. THOs. Poe.
This Nick Wall was s new boat, owned
10 PitsEburg by Capt. Thomas Poe and
others. ana wss probably worth from
f25 600 10 $50, 600. We learned no par
LicuisTs IN regard to her insurance.
The Courier Journal says the Local
Inspectors OF this port, in their semi.
annual report for the six months ending
April 30, 1859, state that they have in
spected fOrty-fve steamers of different
classifcatious. the average tonnage oil
which is Is, $50 5l-l00 tens. They have
also, during the same time, granted
licenses to ninety pilots and eighty three
engineers. This report shows q CRAFTY
ing improvement upon the work OF for
mer Yeas, end speaks we'll for the future
prosperity OF our port, so far as river
commerce Is o0ncerned.
Capt. JJnn GseenOugh, who has re-
Gently had temporary charge OF the river
column Cf the REPUBLICAN, was yester-
day placed in command Cf the Omshs
packet Mary Mcdonald. He is an ex-
peTienced stealn6Oatman and a courteous
gentleman, and we hope he will prosper
in his new lile of duty.