Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-19

last evening for Cairo, struck the bank
during the fog last night, about three
miles from Clarkaville, and sunk ND to
her boiler. deck. She had aboard a large
lot Of passengers, go hOgzhsads OF tobacco
for New Orleans, aud six race horses tor
Springfield, III. The B~urksvilIo left for
the wreck this afternoon The BGnaeT's
special telsgraphs from GAINESVILLE that
no lives were lost by the sinking OF the
John Lumaden. The boat can be raised
without difficulty. The tobacco freight
was saved in a damaged condition.
HIsOELLANEOUs.
The City of Chester cleared for St.
Louis with 1874 bales of cotton
The Belfast passed down at noon for
New Orleans loaded down to the guards.
Captain ". 8. Packer, a large coal deal
or OF Pittsburg, arrived in the city yos-
terday to look after one Of his BRANCHES
in this city.
The Indiana will be down tomorrow
evening for New Orleans.
The Henry Ames, for New Orleans, adj
ded here "a bales Of cotton and 100 sacks
oil cake.
The Little Condor brought In a tow Of
salt for the KanEWha Salt Company.
The Nick LOngWOrth Will be- down on
Sunday for New Orleans.
The A. j. White, Captain Geo. Malone,
from Napoleon, brought In l08 bales Of
cotton and 478 sacks Of seed. She is the
regular Friday Napoleon and Bends
packet, leaving at 8 pm. Barney
Barriuds, a popular and clever gentle
man, presides in the Ottics.
The tOWbORt Joseph H. Bigley viii paas
down, with 476 900 bushels of coal for N.
j. Bigley, Of New Orleans, the second
largest tow this season.
The Phil. Allin, Captain James Lee, ID
the regular Friday FEiar's Point mail
packet, leaving at 8 pm. for FriRr's
Point and the bends. Stack Lee, a gem
tleman and a scholar, has charge OF the
Office.
The Thomas q. Allen leaves tomorrow
evening for all points on White river, In
place of the r. P. Walt. The officers of
the Walt will have charge Of her. Shs Is
receiving at the wharf and will 90
through on time.
The James Howard, Olive Branch and
Mary Miller are due tomorrow from
New Orleans.
The Grand Tower is the Saturday St.
Louis packet.
The present run of coal has gotten
over the falls safely. The stock for the
Southern market will be larger this sea-
son han last.
The Lawrence, Captain Farrell, came In
yesterday morning from Cincinnati with
a cargo Of Western products and leaves
tomorrow at D pm, with a return trip
for Cincinnati.
The rata on cotton from here to New
Orleans is 90 cents.
Pittsbprg has shipped 33, 40, 900 bushels
Of coal and $50 600 bushels of coke to the
South since the 18TH of January last.
The Commonwealth and OcsRnus are
due from st. Louis tomorrow evening.
The st. Francis entered protest at Hele-
ma on Wednesday.
Tonnage at St. Louis, as at all other
ports, is in excess Of the demand.
The City Of VicksbUrg, Captain A. J.
Carter, leaves to-day at 8 pm. for Cairo
and st. Louis.
Cincinnati rates to New Orleans are zoe
for bacon; 35c for butter, cheese, etc. 60c
for pork, and SOC for whisky.
The NJ. J.. Wicks is due to-day from
New Orleans. She has a large lot of rail-
road iron for st. Louis.
The P. ". SBader Is due tomorrow
from New Orleans.
William Marsh, engineer of the late
steamer Belle of Alton, at present under
trial at New Orleans, hss been admitted
to bail.
The annual wharf report Of Cairo shows
that four thousand four hundred and
ffty-hve steamboats, arrived at the port of
Cairo during the year 1870.
The Bee and barges are enrOute from
u q A1HAAI W ~ aDAAa AAa q 10 ~ 1AA-
go of merchandise, the principal items of
her manifest are IS follows: goo sacks
coffee, 487 tons pig iron, 1925 pieces old
rails, 435 bundles iron, 33Z boxes tin plate,
g crates of e~arthenwars, 81 packages do,
40 packages glass, lOg barrels o crYs-
tails, $50 kegs soda, in all about 1900 tons.
The last of the coal feet left tor Louis
vile yesterday.
The tOw-bOat Eagle will pass down to-
day with tow Of coal for White river.
The Dexter, Captain Jones, will leave
the wharf to-day, at y O'Clock, for New
Orleans and the bends, Owen Gates is her
prime minister.
The Pat Cleburne, Captain Reese PritCh-
ard, is the regular Friday Little Rock
mail packet, leaving to-day at 8 pm. for
all points on the Arkansas, going through
to Little Rock in 40 hours. Mr.. Walker,
a clever gentleman, presides at Che desk.
The Henry Ames, Captain Jacobs, with
Mr.. Fowler IN the office, will leave to-day
at 6 m for New Orleans and the bends.
AN IMPORTANT STEAMBOAFDECIsION.-
Mr.. Kshoe. Of st. Louis, at the time of
the sale of the Dss Arc, made by Messrs,
Waits 81 Co., i've years agO, claimed me
third interest in the Des arc, and notified
Messrs. ElliOtts, the purchasers Of said
steamer, that he still owned One-third of
the steamer, and held them responsible
for the same. Messrs. EliOtt5 procured
an indemnity bond of M5ssrs. Waits q
Co. for their safety, Mr.. Kehoe susd for
his interest in the boat, and the case has
been carried to several courts. Finally q
decision has been given, which gives Mr..
KehOs One-third of b boat, values at
the time OF the sale and One-third Of the
profits from hat date TO the time she
ceased running. Thus Mr.. KehOe will
get quite a nice little sum-, as IL is said
during the pending Of the suit the Dss
Arc made near eighty thousand dollars.
A good investment for KehOe, He is at
last made happy.
In another column will be fOnnd s card
of Major John d. Adams, President of the
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet
Company, offering for sale the White
river and Arkansas I've packet lines.
Major Adams being largely interested in
other business, which pays better, has de-
cid5d to change his business, If these
lines are discontinued it will prove
ruinous to Memphis, as the trade of the
bends and Arkansas river will be diverted
to other points. st, Louis, Louisville
and Cincinnati will undoubtedly become
purchasers of the packets which comprise
the lines and viii hen control the trade.
The Arkansas trade, like that Of Vicks-
burg, will then be diverted from Mem
phis. Jul merchants, before il is too
late, should take some action in regard TO
these lines. Every merchant should
become a stakeholder and the boats
be kept running by all means.
If our merchants would have shown 8 1
better disposition to support and sustain
White and Arkansas river packet
lines the present movement would not
rave been brought about. Business men
Of every branch Of trade should feel a
deep interest in the maintenance of the
above lines, Deprive Memphis of trade
and the money spent here by these lines
city will o o dWindle down to a
small port. St. Louis in another year
will control the Arkansas trade, as she
now the Vicksburg trade. Next
season New Orleans will have several fine
boats in the Arkansas river trade, and q
portion OF the cotton that has been
here will DO again diverted TO
New Orleans, Arrangements are already
being made to control and divert the
Arkansas trade to New Orleans,
The Board Of Aldermen should by all
means reduce the wharfage tax on the To-
al packets by the enforcement of the
erroneous tax. Two principal packet
ines OF this port Will, within q month,
probably. be driven from here to other
Of labor, which will be more re-
nunerats,
The r. P. Walt came in from White
liver with 1856 bales of cotton q 200
acks seed, and reshipped at the mouth
81 bales. The Walt will lay up for the
The tow boat Fulton came In from Lou
with a tow of coal for Natchez,
which she left here and returned to Lou
sville for another.
Read the editorial on the river interests,
specially the Arkansas trade.
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