Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

and provisions to supplyt the producers
of these articles will be freighted up
the river. Steamboat wood can be
had in abundance on the bank at 81 80
to 81 per cOrd-best fat lightWOod.
We want a boat Of the following di-
mansions, or as near as can be had:
Say 40 feet long mot exceeding 1j5),
about 80 to 40 feet over all in width,
must not exceed 45 feet wide, drawing
81 feet water, and carrying 400 to 60J
bales cotton. Such a boat, with a
business man for commander, will
make a great deal of money here this
season.
Should any steamboat Captain II
owner desire further information on
this subject, / will refer them to J. W.
Hall & Co of Pensacola, Or to Camp
bell & Strong, of New Orleans.
Very respectfully yours,
The Lady Gay left ST. Louis Thurs
day evening. The Commonwealth
leaves to-day, and the Bismarck on
Monday. The Gay will be here on
Monday. Heavy local rains alOngthe
Missouri have started that stream to
rising.
The Mississippi is again falling at
st. Paul.
Southern bound boats leave st.
Louis only partly loaded owing to
low water.
The Gallatin is coming from Pitts
burg to this port.
Negro labOrers on the New Orleans
levee demand three dollars per day.
The Wisconsin and Fox river i'm
provement project, which has been
before the public by fits and starts for
many years-at times furnishing a
prominent topic of discussion, and
again lapsing into disnOtice-has re-
Gently received renewed attention
through the enterprise of the Wkcon-
sin Editorial Association in making a
trip down the Fox river, and embOdy-
ing an exposition of the project in the
record of their annual meeting. The
Wisconsin river enters the Mississippi
Just below Prairie du CHEN. Follow
up the Wisconsin lI8 miles, and we
come to what is called the Portage,
where acanal connects the Wisconsin
with the Fox river, which flows North
through Lake WinnebagO into Lake
Michigan at Green Bay. The dis
lance from the Portage to Green Bay
is l16 miles, making in all a river and
slack-Water navigation of 27S miles to
connect the Mississippi with the great
lakes. Fox river, from its mouth to
Oshkosh or Lake Winnebago, has a
low water channel of about 4
feet, and from Lake Winneba-
go to the Portage of about 3 feet.
At stages of high water boats
of 3, 4 and even ) feet draft, have
passed from Lake Michigan up the
Fox river, and down the Wisconsin
into the River. As late in the season
as June, boats Of 800 tons burden have
madethe passage. In stages of low
water the Wisconsin cannot be navi-
gable on account of the drifting sand.
There is a fall of 200 feet in the Fox
river, from the Portage to Green Bay,
which Is overcome by locks and dams.
These works of improvement, and
the canal across the Portage, are
owned by the Green Bay and MisSis-
sippi Canal Company. Further inn
proYements are required TO make the
navigation good at all seasons. These
improvements the Canal Company
proposes TO make, if the Government
or some other corporation will inn
prove the Wisconsin. In other words
the Canal Company propose to make
the navigation of the Fox as good as
the Government orr corporation will
make the Wisconsin.
In the Mississippi river trade there
are now go steamers, with a capacity
of 292, ia tons, and valued at S24, 55G,-
900. More steamboats, are enrolled at
st. Paul than at any other port on the
Mississippi proper except atSt. Louis,
New Orleans, and Memphis.
The Travis Wright, Capt. Tom
Reiders' new Red river packet, is
nearly complete and will leave Louis
vile for New Orleans next week.
The new Lizzie Tate starts South
from Louisville to-day,