Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-26

night for this port in place Of the Alice
Dean. which packet has been Withdrawn
from the trade and loads for New. Orleans.
Captain John Fsrrell commands the Law
renee and John McMeers is clerk.
The City of Alton passed up yesterday
with a good trip for st. Louis.
All of the outgoing packets last night
had good trips.
The Robert Burns has 900 bales of cot
ton and 1900 sacks Of oil cake engaged and
will doubtless get more to-day.
RnmOr says uncOmpressed cotton is
carried from here to New Orleans by
steamers at one dollar per bale and COM
pressed at seventy cents.
The Marine Hospital Collector at Gin
cinnati is going for the boats at thst port
at the rate of forty cents trip for hOspi-
tai taxes instead of forty cents month.
Cincinnati expects to have three boats
in the Red river trade next fall. The Ed-
inburg is mentioned as one Of the thres.l
The Kate Kinney and Bismarck are due
from below.
Fy q special telegram recsived yester-
day, we learn that another break has Oe-
CURED in the levee above New Orleans
and that portion OF that city is under
water. The Bonnet Care crevssse is said
to be growing wider every day.
"Fly time" prevails at Nashville, the
Bonner Of Sunday says: There was not
a single arrival or departure, and no boats
in port outside of those laid up"
The Tyrone goes into the pic mic busi-
ness at Nashville.
The Harriet has seven barges of coal
and one OF ice for Helena, and eight Of
coal and two of ice for New Orleans.
On her last trip down the James How
ard carried into New Orleans cargo con-
sisting in part of 7O40 barrels and 400 half
barrels -four, 2747 sacks corn, S7S hogs
heads tobacco and 10 bales cotton.
Mondays st. Louis Republican says Of
the streams above: "The river st this
port continues to decline, The fall yes
terdsy was three inches. News from the
Upper Mississippi indicates that the river
is now stationary at Dubuque, La Crosse,
Davenport and Keokuk. Navigation on
the Missouri Is yet tOlerable easy, though
the water is low. The Illinois is getting
down, though not enough to interfere with
navigation"
Jim Franklin has a consignment of ba-
nanRs, pineapples, oranges and fruit com
ing up on the Mary Houston. The man
nsr in which he has been buttOn-holing
the fruit vendors for day or two is a
caution. jim don't want sny old stock
left on his hands, and says il he can't sell
this cargo he VIII put all that is left into
spirits, then it will keep.
The New Orleans BlLlLetin, of Monday,
says; 'Ine present week opens quiet,
with tonnage generally abundant and lit
tie or no freight in sight. Rates to all
points running low enough to suit the
most penuriOus shipper. Iron for the
West continues plentiful ct cheap figures.
Travel rules slack and bids fair to remain
limited, even during the approaching
warm spell, for want OF surplus means in
the community. BOstmen are despOnd-
ent, feeling they have had a hard years
work for nothing. Many Of them would
gladly sell out and quit steamboat stock
forever. River here inches below high
water mark of 1862"
SNAGGING AND SINKING OF STEAMER
MANKATO.-On Tuesday evening, 18th,
the MGnkatO, when about to reach the
landing at st. Peter, Minnesota, struck q
snag which pierced her hull. She tried to
back of, flied, csreened and sunk in ten
feet water. Fortunately, her cargo was
not very heavy, but what there is will be
considerably damaged, and some of it will
prove a total loss Loss on freight esti-
mated at from $500 to $1,000, the Manks-
to was built at the La Crosse bOat-yard in
1862, and cost about $4,000. What the
damage to the boat may be, cannot be as
certained until she is raised.