Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-07
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Business Wss active upon ne landing
yesterd=y, aud the upward bsupd
steamers had good trips Of cotton.
The sternwhset steamer Coosa, which
left ibis port on tciday night with about
700 bales Of cotton, bJund for F~vansviJe
was found to be in q sinking condition
when 8 short distance above this civ.
and mad 70 be7landed and her ear1s
rolled out on the baak. There was no
arrival from above up 70 a late hour last
nlght, 1ut many rumOTs prevailed,
among them n 70 the effect that The
: COosa lad sunk with much CT her cargo
still on board. It is also said that she
came near sinking at our levse before
leaving, and her pumps hadto be worked
vigorously 20 keep her sfiOat.
Since writing the above We learn that
the M0liie Able met the COOss with her
trip all 80. K.n at Fulton.
For the first time in many weeks Sat-
urday night finds no boats IN port.
The Darling got away for Cincinnati
last evening with q good passenger list
and 1900 hales OF cotton.
The Leonidas passed up. She added
$50 bales st this port for Cincinnati.
The snag boat j. J. Albert came in from
below yesterday, where she has been do
ing splendid service among the sawyers
3A4 NAA bA-OCA 6CACA MY Gle VIII
WORK for q season, we learn, above Mem
phis, and will render navigation hence
TO Cairo more safe han it now fs. -Four
such boats as the Albert could keep the
Mississippi clear OF snags from the mouth
to the source.
The Indiana, Capt. Neal, viii pass
down for New Orleans to-day at loan.
She is one OF the hest boats ah0at
Charley Miller is clerk.
Rates on cotton from this port to Cir
cinnati are 81 per bale for compressed,
and 81 50 for nOn.cOmpressed. The
shipper in many instances gets 25c re-
bate, or IN other words, the cOnsiguee is
swindled out of 25c per bale.
The elegant Belle Memphis, Cant.
Crane, leaves tomorrow a. 1 p.m. Tor
Cairo and ST. Louis. Bisnksr IS clerk.
The Thos. H. Allen is the regular
United States mail packet for Arkansas
river on Tuesday next. Reese Pritchard
is master.
The NatOma leaves on Tuesday for
Ffiar'S Point and way landings.
The good steamer Henry Ames, Capt.
BOyu, will pass down 10 day at noon for
Vicksburg and New Orleans. She is q
popular passenger packet, . has care
fal snd attentive officers.
Shipping clerks at this port now sx-
pect &c per bale rebate on all the cotton
they snip. This, together with 25e to
thec clerks employer, makes a very nice
thing.
Cotton to Boston from his port is now
shipped st s. cents per I00-riVer and rail.
The Des Arc, Capt. Elliott, is the reg
uiar Tuesday White river packet.
The st. Francis, Capt. Bowman,
leaves, as usual, on Tuesday, for st.
Francis river and all way points to
Wittsburg.
The J. 81. Groesbeck, will pass up to-
morrow for Cairo and Cincinnati.
The New Orleans Crescent says jus
tiee MOntamat has recently decided q
case Of considerable importance 10 tax
and license payers. The city sued the
Wild Wagner for leves dues, amount
ing to s6l 20, which the agents of the
boat were willing to pay in city currency
only. The city wanted ~gresnDseks, and
hence the suit. Judge MOntamat de-
cided against the boat.
The New Orleans Times ssys "TheTe
were forty-seven steamers entered in the
New Basin on Saturday and Sunday last.
The shipping business i n the canal rivals
that on the river"
The Cairo NelUS says: 1.-THE subma-
rine boat Underwater vent up the Mis-
sissippi e few miles, yesterday, to pump
out a valuable barge which had been
carelessly allowed to sink. After per-
forming that duty, she discovered the
little steamer Flora, bound from Cape
GlrETdeau to Wolf Island, n q sinking
condition, from having struck 3 snsg
near the head Of Dog Tooth bend. The
Underwater speedily pumped her out
also, and after makingtemporary repairs,
brought her safely to Cairo"