Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-04

IN PORT.
sam. J. Hale.
RIVERS. WEATHER AND BUSINESS.

RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
LOUISVILLE, November 3.-The river is
rising, with 1 feet in the canal.
ST.. LOUIS, November 3.-The river is
declining.
NEW ORLEANS, November Arrived
Mary Houston, from Louisville. De
parted-Magenta. for Memphis; and Ar
madilIO, for Cincinnati.
CAIRO, November 3.-DSwn: Belle st.
Louis, 10 last night; Laonidas, : pm;
up: Belle Memphis and 7. L.McGill, II
am. The river fell 7 inches. The weather
is cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI, November 3.-The river Is
8 feet and 5 inches in the channel, and is
falling. owing to Indian summer.
ST. LOUIS, November 3.-ArriVed: For
syth, Luminary and Virginia. Departed :
Continental, City of Cairo, Nick Wall.
Little Eagle. The weather il cool and
cloudy.
The latest reports from the Arkansas
are not encouraging. That stream is OBJ
stinately low, and viii not give any prom
Use OF an early swell. Like an old topper,
it has sworn OF from all blenders; " but
unlike an old topper. il sticks to its word.
White river also is low, but it is q re-
spectacle stream in comparison to its
neighbOr. It has very fair steamboat
water tsay AZ feet 20 Augusta.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Mississippi passed up yesterday
with a splendid trip. She puc of a large
amount Of freight 80 this port,
The Emile LahaFgg, from st. Louis,
passed down yesterday, and the City OF
Alton also passed en- her way to New Or
leans.
The Great Republic got away before
daylight for the Crescent city. She added
I eighty cabin passengers at this port.
The elegant Belle 81. LOFTS, Capt. lei
L. . 4l. - Gasro .,T -s Trrrsa
packet to-day. She leaves at 4 p. N, Mr..
Basket is clerk.
The Sam Hale. Capt. Walker, gets away
to-day far louisville and Cincinnati She
makes all way landings, and is popular
passenger packet. The Hale will not be
delayed by water, but goes t~hroughOn
time.
The Mary +. F~orsythe, Capt. Fisher,
with VIM. White in the office, will back
out at 5 p. ~. for Nicksburg and the
bends. She is the regular United States
mali packet.
Colnmodore Elem Calvert bought a flea
I bitten rOsinante on his lastavIsit to st.
Louis, and is training him for the races,
to come off next week. He wants to bet
against time, and amt particular how.
much, so it is not less than thirty min
utes.
The Guidon, Capt. Clay Rice, goes out
on Friday for the Arkansas. She IS the L.
5. Mail pIeket.
We have no Thursday boat for White
river this week,
The T, L.. Mcdill leaves on Friday for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The Legal Tender got away yesterday
at noon for White river.
The Colorado, from Nicksburg to St.
Louis.i is past due. She viii, no doubt, go
up to-day AT an early hour.
Capt. Alex. Frasicr is now part owner
of the Louisville. and will command her.
Capt. Gregg has sold his o%ne-eighth in
terest in the steamer Champion, at GIN
q%innati.
The Magenta passed Vieksburg on Mon
day with 1853 bales OF cotton and 5000
sacks e%Ott0nseed.
The Hamilton arrived at Nicksburg on
Monday with 343 bales Of cotton and = big
lot OecOttonseed. She left OF Tuesday for
Tchula Lake and Tchula City.
A st. Louis dispatch says; The Sham
rock brought a large Number OF passen-
rers and the iaborers of the company that
went from here to the wreck Of the Ill
fated Stonewail. They have found sixty
bodies. ten of whom have been identified
the colored steward and chambermaid,
an Italian boy fourteen years old, and sew
eral deck passengers and TogstabOuts.
The bodies were taken on shore, and at
last accounts twenty-five inqueSts bad
been held, Considerable money was found
on some of the bodies. Two women had
been brought to the surface of The water,
but the hold of the grapples broke, and
they have not since been found. b
bodies are being buried in a trench, dug
on an adjacent hillside.
We stated in our issue Of yesterday that
Capt. Washington, of the Submarine No.
10. had written a letter to st. Louis, excul-
pating himself from charges made against
him, regarding his passing the steamer
StonewaIl without offering assistance.
The following is Captain WIS letter:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October 30, 1869.
" Clpt. Joha N. BeGAger:
"SIR:. 1 am greatly grieved at the many
reports in circulation In regard to our
passing the burning wreck Of the steamer
Stonewall. From the condition of the
wreck at the time we passed the boat must
have been burning several hours. She
was burned entirely to the waters edge,
nothing standing but the j~ackstaff, wheel
arms, and the chalk o the bow and
starn. The machinery and chimneys had
ali fallen down, and the freight was a
Wondering, slow-burning mass. Not a
human being could be. heard or seen on
shore, in the'water, or elsewhere. Not a
light was seen on shore. except a very
small and dim enc. This was Just below
the boat. and looked as If il was just
going out. Not a voice was heard, nor
a human betng nor az animal seen
af1oat. Not seeing or hearing anything,
and the boat being completely burned,
we all concluded the survivors had gone
off in some boat, or TO the houses ashore.
and did not feel like hailing any boat.
and. under the circumstances, myself.
both pilots and a passenger-being in the
/ pilot house at the tinle-cOncluded there
was no use of stopping. My orders were
to all, keep a sharp lookout, and if YOU
see anything on land Or water. we will
stop and do all we can Nothing was
seen or heard: and, to show that II there
was n person floating in the river. they
must have been some miles below the
wreck, and the night being somewhat
dark, and the wind blowing hard. we
could not possibly ear or see n one II
they were In the water. At the time thev
say the boat burned the Submarine was
eealing at Grand Tower, as 1 was In con-
versation with Capt. MeC0rd, of the Olive
Branch until ~ p.m., to which he will
testify, and we did not pass the wreck TIN
about 90 PM, and they say the Stone-
wall burned about 6 pm. We had no
right to know or think it was the Stone
wal, as a boat was seen going out OF sight
az the Submarine rounded in to the coal
bank; and, as the boat WAS so completely
burned when we passed, I say we had no
right to know what boat It was burning.
All that can possibly be said IS that we
might have stopped. in any state Of the