Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-23

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w. +. Arthur, New Orleans.
In Port.
ABelle Memphis, Leni Leoti, Natoma,
Coosa, MinneOls, st. Francis, G. W.
Cheek, Argonaut No. 2, and Des Arc.
nIsOELLANEOUs.
Business was animated upon the levee
to day.
The W. R. Arthur passed down for
New Orleans.
The Magenta, Julia and Thompson
Dean passed up for ST. Louis; the Dex-
ter for Louisville, and the Swallow for
Cincin natl.
The Argonaut, nov in port, leaves to-
day st noon for Little Rock and Fort
Smith. She gets away at noon. Gus
Everha-t is master.
The GnidOn, Capt. Clay Rice, is the
regular Wednesday packet for Pine Bluff.
She viii be in port tonight.
Capt. Yerkes, with the Mary Erwin,
will pass up tomorrow for Cairo and
Cincinnati. She wants cotton.
Don't forget that the Legal Tender
leaves Cincinnati for White river on Sat-
urday next. Send on your orders.
The splendid q. s. mail packet Dss
Arc, Capt. Matt Glass, will leave to-day
for all points On White river, connecting
with the Little Rock train, and with the
Argos for all landings on Little Red,
Black and other tributary streams. She
is an excellent passenger packet. Joe
Elliott and Alex. Waddell are her clerks.
The Leni LeOti, Capt. Tom Berry, is
the regular U. S. mail packet for Little
Rock and all points on the Arkansas to-
day. She makes close connections with
the Fort Smith packets. This line is INT
of the great feeders Of Memphis, and de-
serving OF the liberal support of our
merchants. Pat Morrison is chief clerk
of the Laoti, snd is a popular officer.
The splendid steamer Belle Memphis,
Capt. John Crane, will be found at the
lSndiRg this morning and will back out
at 4 pm. for Cairo and st. Louis. She
makes all way landings and offers supe-
rior accommodations to travellers and
connects vito the trains North and East.
Billy Blenker is Clerk.
The gay Minue0la, Capt. Miller, will
get away on Wednesday for Louisville
snd Cincinnati. She is one Of the best
of our local packets.
Capt Joe Beer, Of the Bayou Pierre
sternwheel packet Keno, is in town
hunting up q crew.
This reliable NAtoma whereof Jas. Lee
is Master, will, as usual, take her de-
paTture for Friar's Point and all way
landings to-day. Besides being reliable,
she is = popular institution. B. P, Field
and Stack Lee are secretaries.
The Geo. w. Cheek, Capt. Geo. Ms
lone, with Frank GontermRn on the
roof, leaves to-day for OsceOla and all
way landings. She is the regular packet.
Capt. Tom BOWmsn's elegant new 81.
Francis is the Wittsburg and way packet
to-day. Sheis the queen of the s.. Fran
els river. Sam Paine and Billy Clark
are her clerks.
There is going to be opposition In the
Upper Cumberland with the view of
breaking down the combination which
has too full sway ia charging extrava-
CANT prices.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial says of Napoleon :
Napoleon, at the mouth of the Ar
kansas, was once a city OF real impOr-
lance and did an immense business for
the Arkansas river country-nearly sl
the exports and imports of which were
handled there. A splendid marine hos.
pitsl was also erected there by the
States Government, ct the same
time and Of the same style as those at
Louisville, Evansville, Paducah, Msm-
phis and New Orleans. The city also
contained many valuabls business
houses, both OF brick and frame, besides
numerous beautiful private residences
and churches, and also q courthouse and
jail. All this IL now changed, and 8
universal acene OF ruin is every where
visible. A few yesrs ago the Mississippi
river cut into the channel of the Arkan-
sss, about twenty miles above Napoleon.
by the course Of the Missis-
but really only about two miles
in a direct line. Appropristing
two miles OF the bed Of the Arkansas
and throwing aside twenty miles of its
own, the Mississippi thus began passing
down the upper boundary of Napoleon,
changing its river front to its upper side, |
and depositing a huge ssndbsr immedi-
stely in front OF the city, where formerly
there was sufficient water TO float q man
Then commenced the unre-
lenting cutting operation OF the current
against the shore, and gradually the
finest portion OF the city has fallen into
the river.
Last fall the splendid MGrine Hospital
fell, ard now steamers run over the spot
where it stood. From present appear
ances it is highly probable that, in three
years more, no trace will remain OF the
once famous city of Napoleon, Arkansas.
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As there ia no good foundation for a city
back Of its present location, and, as the
r~e-shippiDg business for the Arkansas
river country has fallen away to a mere
triie since steamboats, run through d.
rect from Little Rock to Memphis. st.
Cincinnati and New Orleans, the
old citizens Of Napoleon are gradually
up their business, and making
effort to rebuild the city. Even tbs
wharfbosts will soon be removed to the
mouth OF White river, and the re-ship-
piog Of freight to and from the Arken-
will then be done at that point, and
through the cutoff which connects the
two rivers near that place.
The Crescent says:
Capt. John White will build tive
this summer. One a fine side
wheel steamer about 200 feet long, which
ne will u as q regular weekly Shreve-