Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-20
mEMPdi', FEBRUARY ~, leOS.
River Editor Appeal:

1 departed from Memphis February y,
on the good steamer Belle ST. Louis, for
Cairo, a first class boatmNn, Capt.
Zsigler, is copper bottomed and fss-
tened. In short, he is fsultless. Arrived
at Cairo Sabbath day 18th. Insnected
steamers Ike Hammitt and Young
Eagle. Licensed engineers John Filz
Henry, and Pilot James E. Dean.
Cairo shows no evidence Of progress T;
she rather grows like a sWine's tail, down
bill, and yet she uses q much better Gus
tOmhouse than we can boast of in Mem
phis, and there is 8 fine ktOne custom
house Icing erected, which would be an
ornament to any city. Where is our
custom house? Echo answers Whar. In
addition to this, Cairo has two sets of
fine dry docks, one for repairing large
steamers, and the other for repairing
small boats and istbosts OF all descrip-
tions. What's the matter with our VII
Isge? Here is q city with six times the
population Of Cairo, with ali kinds OF
timber, coal and iron in reach in fact,
nearer than the same material ear be OBJ
tanned st Cincinnati, and yet Memphis
has no docks. Wonderful place and
yet a. the anne time many persons are
employed all along the Mississippi river
cutting timber to repair boats at St.
Louis ard Cairo. A dummy knows how
much easier it is to float timber down
stream than it is to ship it on boats and
Oarges up stream. The locomotives on
the Illinois Central are ell coal burn
ers. This is q CREST improvement.
II saves time and money. IL would
psy some of our railroad men
to visit that Road tue people up there
would think that our folks had him
in China for about seventeen hundred
and thirty years. | came down on the
good steamer Magenta. She is pecu-
IlarIy a Memphis institution, and should
be- ~patrOnizsd The grub on her would
make Q Ieen Victoria's children's mouth
water IN ten minutes after dinner. L the
above facts will prove of any service to
ysu, use them.
sIost respectfully. &c. WASHINGTON
The Great Republic IL loading at st.
Louis, in the new combination, and
leaves on Tuesday next.
The folio wing gentlemen manage the
affairs OF the Memphis and st. Louis
and st. Louis and Vlcksburg packets at
st. Louis: H. w. Smith, President
John A. Scudder, Secretary Dick Love,
Chief Clerk II. Rsnney, Freight Agent;
Theodore Zsigler and 10. Osborne, Assis-
tant Clerks; e. E. Klein,. Wharf 90
server; Col. Bausman, Transfer Agent;
ID. DeHaven, Passenger Agent. These
have been long associated, and are thor
oughly posted In their several depart
ments.
ECapt. S~5ockdale's new boat for Magds.
lene river, South America, will be com
pleted about the 1st OF April. She is be-
ing built at Plttssurg.
The recent rains have created the re-
markable phenomenon, q strong current
ia the Chicago river, which has been
iowing at the rate of at least four miles
an hour for three days past.
A shooting sffray occurred on board of
the Gov. Allen at New Orleans on
Wednesday. The mate of the boat, Mr..
Thos. Collins, was shot and mortally
wounded by the second mate, Jack
Gregor. Collins died in q few hours.
The Nashville Banner says: Capt. T.
n. Corbett yesterday purchased one-hali
Of the Pink Varble, paying Commodore
Hughes fifteen hundred dollars cash, and
transferring TO him One-half of the w.
Baker. This change will unite again in
the control Of the same boat two OF "a
most popular river men, Captains Cor
bett aud Egsn, the one as master and
the other as clerk.
The Mollie Gratz will be Withdrawn
from the Upper Cumberland trade and
be placed in the Kentucky river. Com
modore Hughes puts in her place the
Betsey Baker, which leaves Saturday.
Tae 81. Joseph Herald learns that the
stern-wheeler q phyr, has been sold by
Capt. Blackissen to parties fronALsaven-
worth, for $500. Tne boat is to be uqed
in the construction of the railroad bridge
over the Mississippi river at that point.