Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-18

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A steamboat agent cut the rates on cot
ton yesterday to soc. per bale for points
along the Ohio. 1t caused some excite
ment in river circles, and cuss words
were applied freely.
The Little Alps came in from the
Arkansas on Friday. By mistake our
report Yesterday mEde iJ read the HYATT.
Captain John b. Davis leaves for White
river today on the Walt. He will renew
old friendships, and be warmly vel
coined.
Ths funeral Of Dan Able Green, infant
son of Capt. Nat. Green, will take place
to-day from the family residence AZ ellis
Station.
The Julia passed up yesterday. She put
OF I04 bales cotton, snd took on DIT bales.
The Undine came in with 56 bales cotton
and 700 sacks seed.
The Silver Moon will get 900 bales cot
ton and $50 tons Oil cake.
The Susie Silver passed up. five days cut
from New Orleans. She had 1900 bars
railroad iron for Louisville, and added so
bales cotton.
The r. P. Walt arrived from White river
with $50 bales cotton, 4O4 bales of which
was for Guy, Mcclellan 81 Co.-ths largest
single consignment ever brought 20 one
firm in this city
The Ajax passed down with a tow OF
coal.
The Commonwealth passed up. She
put or some sugar snd molssses,here and
had 2UOU bars of railroad iron for st.
Louis.
The Mayor, Board Of Aldermen and
City Council of OUr city Will, we believe,
start for S. Aouiz to-day on the Grand
Tow er, 20 examine into the elevator sys-
tenn Of that city. They 90 by Invitation
Of Captain Flem. Calvert, Ofthe st. Louis
Packet Company.
This nue passenger steamer Silver Noon
leaves to-day At five pm. for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati. Captain Ben Msr-
rilees is her popular master, and George
W. Higgins is purser.
The q. W. Cheek leaves to-day at five
pm. for Friar's Point and all way land
ings. Marx Cheek is master.
The Grand Tower leaves today at five
pm. for Cairo, st. Louis and an way
landings. Alex H.. Ziegler is master, and
j. ". B3sEstte is in the Office.
The new and fast passenger steamer
City of Quincy, Captain Jude West.
leaves to-day A. l. m. for New Orleans.
The beautiful passenger steamer James
Howard, leaves to-dsy at five p m. for
Cairo and ST. Louis. r. B. Program is
master.
The fast and fine passenger steamer City
of Cairo leaves tO-usy at . p m. for NicEs-
burg and the bends. j. +. LUker is mss
ter.
The steamer Uudine leaves to-day at 5
pm. for OscsOia and the bends. II Good
rich is master, and A. Goodrich is clerk.
The Indiana will be down to morrow to
leave for New Orleans
The elegant steamer r. 2. Walt win get
away this evening for ell landings on
White river TO JacksOnpOrJ. She con
meets with the packet for Black river and
with the trains for Little Rock and car
ries the United States mail. VIM. Ashford
is master, and her clerks are Messrs Out
law and Butler.
Under the caption of "E~uterprise,''
the New Orleans Hc0yune has an article
on the WeIl-kuOwn coal firm of McClOs-
key, Bigl6y & Co., OF that city, in which
we find the following: "In connection
with these details, it may not ba inapp0-
site % mention that Messrs. Bigley Bros.
are in fun blast "a coal merchants st
NicksouTg, Miss, and that their
signal is two long whistles for
the immediate placement of their fats
alongside steamboats,; that Messrs. Big
ley, Mellersh 81 Co, still conduct a -four
ishing business at Memphis, Tenn, in the
same speciality. and hat in answer to
three whistles they too are always ready
TO obey the summons. We trust the en-
srgy and character of al these partner
ships may find their Just reward in the
measure and extent of the patronage they
viii receive. These earnest, pushing,
practical men are types OF the true build
6rs of a City's commercial success and
prosperity. May tho su-perstructure they
rear, in these regards, prove q sOurc5 Of
revenue IS well ss honor to them"