Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-15

Int river Is Ialtlng al TINS pOint. COid
and showery.
CINCINNATI, June THE river IS rising
with l7Z feet in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, June 4.-UpSEmma NO.3.
The river is falling, with @ feet 4 inches
in the canal. The weather is clear and
warm.
NEW oRLEANs, June 4.-Arrived-
Great Republic.
GAS WORKS, June II, 1862.
River rose in last tw~enty-fOur hours ~
inches. Below city high water mark, 3 feet
9 inches; below high water mark of
CHAS. GOODWIN.
Instead Of salling, as was expected, the
river is stir Swelling at this port. The
rise viii only be a temporary affair, how
ever, and IS attributable 10 late rains
along the Ohio. The latest news from all
points viii be found at the head Of this
column.
The Arkansas and White rivers are
falling, as is also the Cumberland.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The picnic yesterday was only mode
rateiy well attended.
The Swallow, recently sunk In the
Ohio, got about 260 bales of cotton at this
port; 202 bales belonged to an Evansville,
manufacturing firm, and was, we believe,
insured there.
The Dry Docks Will be in operation this
evening or tomorrow, when the Ameri-
can will DO taken out for repairs.
The Des Are leaves at 5 pm. for White
river.
The splendid Thos. II. Allen will get
away to-day direct for Little Rock and
way points on the Arkansas. She con
meets With the Fort Smith packets, and
passengers TO Hot Springs via this line go
as quickly as by any other route, and
avoid all changes. Reese Pritchard is the
popular master, and Messrs. Walker aud
Robards are clerks.
The Indiana passed down yesterday
evening with 400 tons of freight, the
principal items of which were 400 bids.
tobacco, 900 bbls. flour and meal, 200 bbls.
pork, 10 casks bacon, 1900 bbls. lime, and
1900 sacks corn.
The fine steamer Belle Memphis, Capt.
Crane, will get away to-day for Cairo and
st. Louis, connecting with the trains
North and East. Billy Blenker is clerk.
Travellers who wish TO live by the way"
will find in the cuisine of her steward,
John Morris, all that they can desire IN
the shape of elegant and sumptuOus fare,
and that polite attention which adds so
much TO a good square meal.
The Commonwealth passed down yes
terday.
The new steamer St. Francis, Of which
Tom BowmaAis master, leaves to-day at
her usual hour for all points on St. Fran
els river to Wittsburg. Sam Paine and
Billy Clark are her clerks.
The Alice Dean was expected at mid
night last night. She lays over until this
evening, and will take an that offers for
the Ohio river 10 Cincinnati. Capt.
Skunk is master.
The splendid II. Z. Lee, Capt. Cannon,
with Messrs. Roberts, Mossop and Sulli-
van in the Office, will pass up to-day for
Cairo and Louisville.
The Lee is coming IN a fast trip.
The exact distance from Cincinnati to
the head of the Falls at Louisville is 13l
miles, 1920 feet.
The Dexter has laid up at Mound City.
James II. Lucas, the wealthiest man in
st. Louis, and a large steamboat stock
owner, was attacked with paralysis and is
not expected to live. He once owned and
propelled with his own hands, for some
years, a ferry flat st Arkansas Post on
White river.
Below we publish the evidence and de
cision of the Local Inspectors-in the case
of collision between the steamers Des Arc
and Liberty III White river On June I'd:
Evidence of J.. II. Kendall and Green
Snow, Pilots of tearner Des Arc:
On the evening of June I'd. 1869, rs the
steamer Dos Arc was ascending White
river, I came on watch, just as the bOa
entered the mouth of Indian Bay, about
6 o'clock pm. We made Ou usual land
ing and was coming out Of the Bay;I
sounded the steam whistle as q signal to
any descending boat Of our approach. !
received no answer. en- five minutes I.
gave the same signal again, and 80 on IN
til / had given three signals. In about
five minutes after the last signal was given
/ saw tho steamer Liberty No. = coming
down the river hugging closely the LEFT
hand or east point. At the same time the
DeS Arc was going up stream, hugging
the right hand or west point closely.
Whenthe twOste8mers came insight they
were so close that a collision was unayOid-
able. The Pilot OF the steamer Liberty
sounded his WHISTLE first for the port side
when properly he should have passed on
the starbOard side. ! received or heard
no signal from the steamer Liberty until
she came in sight.
TSignedl J.. H. KENDALL,
Pil0t on watchStr. Des Are.
GRES& SSOW,
Pilot Str. DGs Arc. in pilOthOuse at time
Evidence Of J. G. Hoyle and Nicholas
Jones, Pilots of thesteaner Liberty No.
,, and others.
On the evening Of june ,, 1869, rs the
steamer Liberty No. , was descending
White river, lust above the head of Big
Island we collided with the steamer Des
Are, doing no injury to either boat. ibid
not hear any signal given by the steamer
Des Are until | blew my whistle 10 pass on
her STAFFORD side. The pilot of the steamer
Des Arc answered with a like signal. I
was Just turning a left hand or east point
when / first discovered the Des are. I
was listening for her whistle, but did not
hear it until the time above stated. As
soon as l discovered the Des are [ stopped
the Liberty's engines and commenced
backing them on both wheels. l then
blew my whistle 10 pass on the point side
of her, as the Liberty was on such a heavy
swing 10 the point that l knew il would
be impossible TO get her away from the
point in time to pass on the bend side OF
the Des Arc, believing that if l attempted
to do 50 that the Liberty would have run
through the nas Are when the two boats
came together. The Liberty was backing |
on both wheels and this collision was 50
slight by the timely backing OF the Liber-
engines that no injury resulted to
boat.
(Signed) &c. HOYLE.
Pilot on watch on str Liberty No. ,.
NICHOLAS JONES.
Pilot N str Liberty Noe.
THOMAS b. BALDWIN,
Engineer.
AUG. Y. DEWALL,
Assistant Engineer.
The u S. Local Inspectors are aware
that all boats descending White river, par
ticularly large boats, are compelled to run
close TO the points in order to keen clear
of the bends; vet il is a rulo of law, most
defined, that all boats both de-
scending and ascending close and narrow
channels and rivers, shall, at intervals of
every five minutes, or at the distance of
every six hundred yards, blow one long
HAST on the Ctnqm whistle. and fgreha in [
formation of pilots, and all others inter
asted, we refer them to Rule Six as pub
lished for the government of pilots:
Rule s. When anvsteamer. ascendiRgOr
descending, is nearing short point, when
any cause a steamer approaching in
an opposite direction cannOt be seen at a
distance Of six hundred yards, thepilOt Of
such steamer when he shall have arrived
six hundred yards of the bend or