Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-17

uDer1ntenueut OF tsas Works.
C"INcTNSATI, January l6.-Arriyed
Wauanita and Argosy. River rising.
Heavy rain.
LOUISVILLE, January 16.-Departed
Leonida, Lorena and Minneola. River
rising, with IS feet ia the canal. There
was violent rain here this afternoon.
Our dispatches give the latest river news
from the Ohio, and from the Mississippi
at st. Louis. The river is again open TO
the latter place, and steamers will again
ply regularly. The Arkansas has about
four feet TO Little Rock, and White river
has plenty OF water to J-acksouport and
above. The weather has again changed,
and yesterday was not so unpleasant-a
heavy rain fell early in the morning, and
occasional showers prevailed during the
day.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Fairy Queen is due from White
river to-day, and goes OF the docks to-
morrow.
There is at least 80, 200 sacks Of corn on
the bank between this port and Cairo,
awaiting shipment south.
The Mary Houston passed up yester-
day.
-The st. Francis leaves for Wittsburg
and all way points on the ST. Francis riy-
er. Captain Tom Bowman is master, and
Messrs. Paine, Conant and Berry are in
the Office.
The Liberty, Captain Pat Wheat, will
get ava tomorrow for JacksOuport and
way landings on White river. she is the
United States mail packet, and has SPLEEN
did passenger accommodations. DR. Green
and Charley Sharpe are clerks.
A. W. Roy, a steambOatm2u, was shot
through the collar bone, on Beinville
street, New Orleans, the other day. He
was unable to divine who fired the mys-
FERROUS bali. Fortunately the wound is
not dangerous.
c.. w. Hufschmidt has ran away from
Lansing, Iowa, leav ing $4,000 liabilities
behind. The White Collar Steamboat
Line, of which he was agent, loses $1,000.
The Mississippi between Cairo and st.
Louis is in a bad condition; boats expert
ence much difficulty and are obliged 20
use their spars freely. The upper river is
open TO Ke0kuk and comparatively free
OF ice.
The Julia, Capt. Callahan, leaves for
Nicksburg this evening at . o'clock pm.
The Magenta, Capt. Frank Hicks, is due
from below this morning. She Is the reg
ular Wednesday packet tor New Orleans.
The GuidOn, Capt. Clay Rice, and l.. j..
Butler clerk. Will leave for Fort Smith
and all way stopping points on the AFkan-
sas river tomorrow afternoon.
The Alice Dean, Capt. Skunk, leaves for
Cincinnati Wednesday next.
TIE Legal Tender, Capt. John d. Ell
lott, leaves at 5 O'Clock tomorrow even
ing as the regular packet for White river.
The Kate kearney, Capt. L. A. She
bic, will depart this afternoon for all
points on the Arkansas, as high as Fort
Smith.
The Pauline Carroll, Capt. Ed. Dix, Ross
Powell clerk, leaves for New Orleans at
5 o'clock this afternoon.
The San Francisco AHG Of December
30th says; 1.-THE owner of a steamboat
on the San joaquin river made a written
contract with a farmer to transport 900
tons of wheat from Paradise City TO Stock
ton at g per on. The farmer failed to
deliver the wheat according TO contract,
and the steamboat ma sued for $1,000,
and claimed the entire sum as due him.
The defendant proved that there was
more grain at Paradise than steamers
could carry away; hat the plaintiff could
get all the freight he could carry as long
as the water was deep enough for the boat
10 run, and that for part of the season the
plaintiff had freight at = 50 per ton from
points below Paradise. The Supreme
Court held thai the plaintiff can recover
only the actual pecuniary loss which he
suffered underline contract, aud ifhe could
get as much or more from Others. II fol-
lows that he suffered no damage. In such
case the carrier Is not authorized BY law
to refuse work and claim fan wages for
his time"
The steamer Dexter, upon her arrival
at New Albany, Thursday last, was at
tached and tied up by Valentine Graf, the
County Treasurer Of Floyd county, TO
force the payment OF about $1,000, taxes
owing to the above county by her OWL
ers.
The smallest steam engine in the world
Is now in the possession of John Penn, Of
Greenwich, England, the maker of great
engines. It Will stand on a t-hree-penuy
piece; II really covers less space, for its
base plate measures only th~ree-eighths of
an inch by three-tenths. From the ex-
IRENE smallness of this model, a few min
utie-such, ssfor instance, as the air-pumps
have necessarily been omitted. Still,
so small are some of the parts that they
require a powerful magnifying glass 70
see their form. The screws are only one
eighteenth Of an inch in diameter, and
these are only furnished with hexasonsl
nuts, which can be lOOsened and tighten
ed by a Hliputian spanuer. The whole
weight of the model is less than q three
penny piece.
MANiFESr OF STEAMER ST. FRANCIS
FROM WITTsBURG ST. FRANCIS
RIvER.-Hil, Fontaine L Co, 81 bales
cotton; Jones. Brown d Co, p do; Clark,
Ely & Co, u do; HOwss & Woodbridge, 4
do; j. f. Frank & Co, % do; Newton
Ford & Co, II9 do; Conner q Richardson,
p do; Taylor, Radford 4 Co, Is do; Black,
Estes & Co, & do; JudsOn q Co, 2 do; Mi
lam, Bowling q Co, % do; Shane, Harris
4 Co, 8 do; Guy, Mcclellan Il Co, 8 do;
Taylor & Rutland, 5 do; harrington &
Howell, 4 do; Stratton, Cover IL Co, 65
do; D. H. Townsend, 4 do; L. 3. Weber
q Bro, 2 do; Petit & Simpson, 50 do; s.
Z. Johnson & Co. 10 do; Stanton & Moore.
5 do; Brooks, Nicely * Co, p do; Forster,
kealhOfer & Co, : do; Mercer & Ware, &c
do; McLefresh Il Co, 2 do; Tobin, Lynn
Il Co, z do; J. ?. Hill K Co, So do; Gay &
Martin, II do; Morris, Les It Co, 1 do;
Partee x Harbert 4 do; Malone, Thomas
Il Co, 3 do; Meachsm * Trsadwell, ] do;
Harris. Cochran < Co, 8 do; Partee, Bur
Lesson & Co, 8 do; ROsser, lizard d Co, 8
do; Price & Terry, y do; McGhee & Her
ron, L do; r. Wormeley y Co, 10 do;
Lane, Moore q Co, 70 do; Toof, Phillips
& Co, 20 do; d. Frank, : do GOOdbar q
Gilliland, 4 do; J. L. Verser, l do; S. NJ.
Webb & Co. u do; W. Il. Andrews * Co,
. do; Kennedy & Russell, 2 do; Edmonds,
Todd IL Co, 2 do; A. J. Roach & Co, 3 do;
consignee, II do; Gates, Woods & Go, {
3 do; Teshiped, 7 do. Total. 775. Pamela,
sacks cOttOnseedi Bluff City, 1881 do;
Memphis, 100 doj 5. E. Johnson, Al do;
J.. L.. Verser. g do. Total. 1852 sacks.