Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-03
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more land-slides.
A number of our city fathers made g
trip on the Little Alps yesterday, as far
/ down as Fort Rickering, and up to the
head of the Old Hen and Chickens, to
take peep at the condition of things
along our city front, and to see if means
cannot be devised TO stop the caving in OF
the levee. Several reporters went along,
and the crowd was all pleased, as well as
edited, by the trip.
The Belle Lee, Captain Frank Hicks,
| Will arrive from above this afternoon, and
leaves for New Orleans at 10 O'Clock to-
night. John s. Sullivan and A. McVsy
are clerks on this magnificent steamer.
| The Lee is one of the finest steamers
afioat, and has unsurpassed accommoda-
tions for passengers. Travellers bound
down the river will find her unriyaled in
| every respect.
The Little Alps rendered essential aid
to the wrecked fats on Wednesday even
ing. She was coming out Of Wolf river
at the time of the landslide, and at once
repairing to the scene of confusion, she
succeeded in saving two of the boats that
We're in immediate danger Of going to the
| bottom.
The Des Arc has dropped down to Fort
Pickering, alongside of the Liberty, and
both are keeping company with the Lew
ellin and Oil City. The qqartette forms
most excellent looking bpneyaFd. The
Church aud Wieks lie togsthef short
distance below the old GsYoso House,
| where shrimp, catfish and other inhab-
| itahts of the deep gambol and skirmish
unmolested.
A couple of the coal flats destroyed by
the caving bank Wednesday evening,
have f1oated up against the bank in the
eddy near Fort Pickering, where they
now lie eonpletelY wrecked. IT any lands
! man is curious enough to know how thor
OughlY BOAT can lie smashed up, their
curiosity can be satisfied by visiting Fort
Pickering and viewing the wrecked fats.
, 'I..e rive ...i..5s iOOK as if mountain had
tumbled upon them. .r..
The Minneola, Capt. w. B. Miller,
leaves for Cincinnati this evening at 5
O'Clock. JnO. y. Jones Is her clerk.
The City of Alton, Capt. A. J. Carter, is
the U. s. mail packet for st. Louis this
afternoon at O'Clock, from the wharf
boat foot, of Jefferson SQeet. Jas. II.
Yore and Chas. Parsons are clerks on the
Alton, saa EFE-8tH
The Belle Lee will have room for a
couple of hundred bales of cotton which
she will add to her freight list here. Par
ties desiring to ship can make engage
ments to-day with her agents. Afartin
Walt 4 Co., zT2 Front streef. Fl
The Ida Norvel arrived here from
| above yesterday, covered over with red
paint and presenting a decidedly warlike
| appearance. She went back to island 40
with lighter, to relieve a barge load of
timber, which she grounded there. The
timber is intended for ship building pur-
poses at New Orleans.
The towboat Dick Fulton went up YES
terday, with several barges in tow.
The Thomas H. Allen, Captain Ed.
Nowland, leaves as the regular Arkansas
mail packet for Little Rock this evening
at { 0'eloek. Vim. Morrison and Alex.
Waddell are her competent clerks.
The Marble City, Captain Conway, will
leave fer Yicksburg at 10 O'Clock this
morning. Messrs. Will T. Towers and g.
w. Briggs are her clerks
Tbs Great Republic Is hard aground at
Island 81.
Boats are experiencing much trouble in
making their trips, owing TO law water
and the bad condition of the channel.
The Indiana, Captain r. Z. Neel, will
be down from Louisville this evening,
and leaves for New Orleans at O'Clock
pm. The Indiana is one of our most ia
vorite steamers, and her officers are com
Peteat and attentive. Mr.. Chss. Milleris
her clerk. f