Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-09

falls. Weather cloudy ahd cold. Their
monster, e4e. Port list-MinneOla, Mem
phis to Cincinnati; Altoona, Cincinnati TO
st. Louis; Anna. st. Louis to Cincinnati;
Mollie Gratz. Louisville to Nashville.
CAIRO, June s. The river has
risen Ave inches in the past twenty-four
hours. The weather is cloudy and cold.
Port list: Up-Beue Memphis, from Mem
phis to st. Louis; Mohawk, from New
Orleans to st. Louis. D0wn-SilyeT Moon,
from Cincinnati to Memphis; Mary HouS-
ton. from Louisville to New Orleans; Jno.
Kngour, from Louisville to New Orleans;
Olive Branch, from st. Louis TO New Or
leans; Julia, from st. Louis TO VicksDurg.
The George w. Cheek, Captain George
Cheek, leaves to-day for Helena and
Friar's Point. She Is one of our hand
somest local packets, and is very popular.
Barney Barinds and Charley Jackson are
her clerks.
The Sallie Y, Captain G.. B. Miller, with
Rbasa Parker in the office, leaves for
Hale's Point and D~yersburg this evening
at i've O'Clock. She is the regular packet:
The Belle st. Louis is the regular mail
packet for st. Louis to-day at 8 O'Clock.
Captain Ziegler commands, and J. W.
Baskette is clerk.
The Julia. Captain Callahan, will pass
down to-day for Vicksburg and the bends.
She is the regular u. s. mail packet.
Andy Isaacs is her chief clerk.
The Mary Houston, Captain Durham,
will pass down to-day for VieksbuFg and
New Orleans. She is an excellent passen-
ger packet. Harry Walker is clerk.
The Olive Branch, Captain John T. Nc
Cord, leaves this evening for New Orleans
and all way landings. No steamer on the
river stands higher with travellers. Ed.
Hawkes. is her chief secretary.
The r. f. Lee passed down on Saturday
for New Orleans.
The U. s. mail packet Thos. H. Allen
gets away tomorrow for Little Rock and
all way landings on the Arkansas. Ed.
( Rowland is master, and Pat. Morrison is
clerk.
Will s. Hays, of LOuisyille-Onee a
famous river editor-is one Of the most
popular song-writers of the day. Not
one sons in twenty ever reaches a sale OF
more Than five hundred copies. Mr..
Hays has published twelve songs, OF
which more than i've thousand copies OF
each have been sold, and ten of which the
sales have been from ten thousand hve
hundred to two hundred thousand copies.
" Nora O'Neal" has reached the largest
circulation.
The towbOat j.. w. Garrett passed down
at an early hOur this morning. She pu;
on $500 kegs nails at this port. Parties
holding bills lading by her are advised 70
4 klAA a. NHl w.
ceive their freight.
The towbOat Simpson Horner passed
down yesterday.
THE Silver Moon is due from above, and
will no doubt be Gun in port this morn
ing. She leaves tomorrow for Cairo and
Cincinnati. Ben Merrielees is master.
Theodore Laveille and he other owners
of the steamer Richmond have sued the
Lumbermen and Mechanics Insurance
Company for 5000, h amoun of policy
on freight on that vessel, which was sunk
on the 9Th of April last. The boa was
saved, but the goods were damaged over
$4,000. The same parties have sued the
BOatmen's Insurance Company for 5000
on the same account.
The Ida Rees No. l is coming from thu
mountains with a $4,000 passenger trip
200 people at $50 each.
Capt. DeHaven contracted with Mack,
of Cincinnati, on Saturday last, for the
hull of his new Cairo and New Orleans
packet. 1t viii be 80 feet long. No con
tract has vet been closed for the ma
chinery.
David Hamilton died a few days ago il
Gallipolis, Ohio. Mr.. Hamilton was vel
known among the river men of Arkansai
and White rivers. He was engineer OF
several packets, and during the wa
served as engineer on Confederate trans
ports and g~unboats-
John Chamberlain, better known a
/" Camp who has recently been clerkinl
on the YazOO Belle, is again at home
Billy Jones, also a Memphis boy, will b
here in a day or two from the same river
The Belle has been laid up for the season