Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-28

NEW ORLEANS, August 27.-Departsd /:
Pauline Carroll, for 3. louis; Mary Alice
and bsrges, for n. Louis.
V~IcKsBURG, August 27.-Up: Olive
Branch. 3 m Grand Era, pm. Down:
i u0VoIIe~ AUan, IL an; Nick Wall. 5
pm; Nick zangworth, 6 pm. River is
falling. Efear sud warm.
|snvMLE, August H.-The river is
falling, with 3 feet large on Harpeth
shoals. Weather very warm during the
day, but closing with q storm Of Wind snd
rain.
LOUISVILLE, August 27.-zThe river il
still falling, with 80 inehez over the fallN,
Weather warm aud plessant.
CINcINNATT, Asssse 27.-The river is
falling, with s feet in the channel.
Weather clear.
ST.. LOUIS, August 27.-Departed: st.
Joseph, for Memphis; Rubicon, for Yicks-
burg; Bismarck, for New Orleans. The
river is still dropping. Business active.
CAIRO, August N.-Port list Belle st,
Louis, for Memphis, 9 Am. Emma Floyd,
from Memphis 20 Louisville, 10 am; Col
Eer, from New Orleans to st. Louis, 10
am; Mary Forsyth, from New Orleans
to st. Louis, 2 pm; Emile Ia Barge,
from st. Louis TO New Orleans, 5 pm:
Corneia, from Cincinnati to Memphis.
The river fell 8 inches. Weather cloudy.
Mercury, $40.
The steamer David Watts, from Tonnes
see river to st. Louis, struck a snag and
sunk at 10 O'Clock this morning, near
Prices Landing, Mo. Her cargo con-
sisted of lumber, iron and leather, which,
with the boat, Is valued at about SIS, 900.
Captain Chapman thinks that most ofthe
cargo can be saved, but the boat lies bad
ly careened, with the starboard boiler
deck under water, and will probably
prove q total loss. No lives lost.
lep MISCELLANEOUS.
The G. B. Church leaves to-day about
noon for Cincinnati.
Captain 10. Clark arrived nom Hot
Springs yesterday, and left for New Or
leans.
The A., White arrived on time from
Friar's Point. The pleasure seekers who
made the round trip had one of the pleas
ATTEST exeursions ever participated in.
See card of thanks elsewhere.
The Grand Tower did not come in yes
terday, but Will be here to leave at noon
to-day, for Cairo and st. Louis. Captain
George Lennox "a master and Thomas n.
White is clerk.
The City Of Cairo, Captain Luker. leaves
this evening for st. Louis and all way
landings. Charles Hough is clerk,
The Belle Memphis leaves tomorrow
for st. Louis.
The Mary Boyd gets away tomorrow
for Little Rock and all way landings on
u All ,
Tbs Rnbieon viii pass down tomorrow
for Vicksburg.
The Legal Tender dropped down to the
wharf last evening. She goes out on
tuesday Tor White river, in place Of the
Captain J. B. Archer, who is wen known
along the Ohio and Mississippi as one If
the most polite, attentive and competent
OF steamboat masters, is now in New
York, whore he Is located as President OF
the u. s.. Metallic Heel Company. These
metal heels are made to fasten upon any
shoe or boot and win wear out several
soles. They are made in q variety of pat
terms, OF varying beauty, and the metal
OF which it's composed is capable of being
plated with gold or silver, or Of being
made to represent ebony.
Easent corrugated wheels, to be placed
under steamboats,, thus enabling them to
over the sandbars, Is the latest inno-
spoken Of in connection with river
These ponderous rollers are
20 De driven by what is known in England
"a q C~ultivator /" engines.
q The ST. Louis Times saws. HCsnsain
John Tennyson has left the CITY for a
point on b White river, about four hun-
1red and sixty miles above its mouth.
BE Is to superintend the Construction of
nondescript craft, to be used by a party
engineers who are about entering upon
SGAtOy VI tuo u1Io, BLACK anQI Little
Red rivers. The survey is under direc-
ion OF the Government, and has In view .
he removal Of distractions, and the i'm
orovement of navigation on those rivers.D
The RepubLiedss says: ''The facts in re-
alton to the present ownership of the
NJ. J, Wicks are as follows:
George II. Rea was the purchaser
II the NJ. J. Wicks at Memphis, but i'm
nediately transferred the ownership to
John ]. Mitchell, of Alton, and Mr..
R.P. Tansy,of this city, who are noWEhsr
'wners. Captain Barnes win be her
sommander.s
The New Albany Ledger gives an 40
cunt OF q rather mysterious affair. Nj.
Thompson, late engineer Of the Arlington,
eft the house Of Captain Dowerman, on
40nday aweek ago.; 10 one knew where
10 went. Sons days afterward, a body
yas recovered from the river. It was
bought to be the body:of one of the en-
ineers Of b Boaz. Inquiries resulted
q ascartaining that no one from the Boaz
ad been lost. The body, which had been
uried, was exhumed, and proved to be
hat of Thompson. His skull was crushed,
nd he had no doubt been robbed, as his
were turned wrong side out, n
large sum of money and g fine gold
latch was not TO be found. He leaYesa
,mily at Pittsburg,