Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-06

and barges, from st. Louis; EdInburQ
from Cincinnati, and Liberty and bar1es
from Cairo. Departed: Carrie V. Kountz
and w. X. Arthur, for st. Louis; Waui-
nita for Pittsburg; Sallie for Cincinnati,
and Ironsides and barges for st. Louis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Major John d. Adams, President Of the
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet
Company, returned yesterday from Little
Rock, whore he attended the funeral Ger
emonies of his grandson.
The Sam. j. Hale cleared for Cincinnati
last night with 1850 bales of cotton.
The st. Luke, for st. Louis, left last
night with a moderate trip.
The new steamer, r.. p. Walt cleared
for White river with a good freight list
and all the people she wanted.
III Commercial backed out for White
river yestesdsy evening with a good trip.
The Dexter has not been sold vet. She
is lying at New Albany awaiting a pur-
chaser.
The Mary Houston is coming down fun
Of freight and people.
The COuTier-JOUrldJ Of Friday saws.
"The new boat, Grand Tower, being built
by Capt. Smith, President of the Mem
phis and St. Louis Packet Company. was
successfully launched yesterday evening
from the ~ship-yard of Jas. Howard Il Co.
She will be tOwed on this side of the river
to-day for completion. Capt. Smith is
having another BOAT built bV Howard a
Co. of the same mold, to be finished by
the LIST of July. These boats will be two
Of the finest passenger boats built here
for the past two years"
We learn that 2 1000 was offered vester-
day for the Legal Tender. The parties
want to put her In the Louisville and New
Orleans trade.
The Bismarck ard Great Republic are
H. 20 Iaw E-aA. ~ ~
be up by Don
Captain Nat. Green, Cook Creighton
and John Langlois, are in New Orleans.
The Belle Lee Will be here tomorrow
on her way to Louisville.
"A large number Of railroad men ar
rived yesterday from New Orleans. They
are stopping at the OvertOn. We will
give their lanes tomorrow.
The same paper says: 1.-THE new boat
C. B. Church, Captain Jo. Clark, with
Major Hart and Alex. Stewart in the Of
fee, left on her maiden trip for New Or
leans yesterday evening. Captain Pink
Varble carried her over the falls, and re-
ports that she is one OF the easiest boats
to handle that he had handled for a long
time. Captain MCAlanus, President Of
the company for which the Church was
built, and Captain Thos. II. Newell, went
down on her.
The United States steamer Oneida, re-
Gently lost, was a screw steamer of 1892
tons told measurement, built at the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard in 1861. On the 18th
of February, 1862, she sailed for the squad
ron under Farragut, and was in ali the
engagements OF that year On the lower
Mississippi, at the passage of the forts
she received the surrender of the Confed-
crate steamer Governor Moore. At Vicks-
burg she lost one man killed. When sta
tened of Mobile, on the 4th of Septem-
Der, 1852, the rebel steamer Florida passed
her, under the protection of British col
Ors, and entered the haFbOr. From Ian
uary to July, lSG3, she cruised in the West
Indies in search of the Alabama. She took
part in the engagement at Mobile on the
9TH Of August, 1864, where she lost thirty
men. who were killed by a shot entering
her boiler, and her captain, Commander
Mull2ney, lost an arm. The Oneida re-
turned to New York in September, 1865,
and after lying in ordinary for some time
she was refitted, and sailed in the spring
of 1867 for the West Indies. At the time
of her loss h was under orders to pro-
coed to San Francisco.
The p. W. Srrader will pass down to-
mOrrow-fOr New Orleans,
The Richmond was purchased at st.
Louis on Friday Dy Captain John N. Bo-
finger and others for SI0O, 900. She will
enter the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade.
The wreck of the Emma No. 3 now lies
in thirty feet of water in a rapid current.
Her safe has been recovered by the wreck
ing boat IT. Eckert, and it is expected
that a large portion of her machinery will
be recovered also.
The Great Republic will arrive to-day
from New Orleans.