Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

6 pm. River FALLING. Weather warn
and clear.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The City Of Cairo leaves to-day at 9 am
for st. Louis.
The packets and transient steam srs du.
to-day were delsyed on account of th,
heavy fog which prevailed on tlle riveI
Monday morning.
The DRrdeuelle, for Arkansas river. wa,
well laden.
The Phil. Allin, for Friars Point, had ar
excellent trip Of freight and passengers.
The Sallie v, Captain Rice, leaves De
walls Bluff this evening for the mouth OF
White river and all intermediate landings
Charley Sharpe is her clever purser.
The Ssllie put OF 12O0 barrels OF fiouI
at this point, and goes down the river al
9 this morning.
Capt. Frank Hicks left yesterday for
st. Louis Der rail.
The st. Louis Packet CompanV's wharf.
a hss been moved to the foot of Court
street for the present,
The Commonwealth, Captain Sedan,
leaves this morning at ten O'Clock for
New Orleans.
At Louisville, on Wednesday, George
Slaughter, a colored cook on the steamer
Sandy, tried kindling a fire with coal oil.
when the can exploded, burning his face
and breast very badly, though his injuries
Will not prove fatal. The boat had : mar
row escape from destruction.
The Colorado, Captain Mckee, sails this
morning at 9 O'Clock for Vieksburg and
the bends,
The Mary Miller will pass up to-day for
the Ohio.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Ssturds v
says: 1.-THE sale of the steamer Oddisv.
owned In this city by Captain Wrentz.
but now running in a Southern trade,
was registered at the Custom-house YES
terdsy morning. Messrs. w, g, Trainer
and Joseph Gervis buy one-half, at the
rate Of 1880 for the whole"
The Pine BluH Press saws as follows.
sFhe succession OF small rises in the river
during the past ten days, has kept up
Tsir navigation for the smaller class OF
boats, none other being in the trade az
present. The dullness in traffic hardly
supports three boats a week, two to Mem
phis and one to st. Louis. The Dardan-
ellie and Fort Gibson make weekly trims
to Memphis, forming a semi-weekiy line.
while the Sioux City connects weekly
with other st. Louis boats at the mouth
OF the river. The wharf p~resentssa lively
appearance on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday of each week, while on the RS
naming days 1t presents the quiet an.
pearance Of a rural Sabbath. The fall trade
viii open next month when we NAV sx-
pect q more enlivening and business-liks
appearances upon our river front.
New Orleans treights at st. Louis have
advanced this week, owing to the low
stage of water.
The new steamer, City of Helena, build
for the st. Louis Packet Company.
viii be- completed shortly, The citizens
OF Helena will present the new steamer
with q q set OF colors.
The Pauline Carroll will pass down to-
day for New Orleans.
The Mary E. Poe, Captain Poe, will pass
down this morning for Red river.
The Mollie Ebert has left Louisville for
New Orleans.
The Umpire has entered the Cairo and
trade.
The John Kyle il due tomorrow from
Louis to New Orleans.
b Andy Johnson, Dexter, Tom Jasper 1
lndC City Of Alton, are due tomorrow, On
to st. Louis.
Some months since the Legislature of
York passed an act appointing a
BOARD Of commissioners to examine. re- !
'ort and decide upon the best improve /
nent IN steam Ioeomotion applicable to |
he propulsion of canal boats at a speed
lot less than thre5 miles an hour, and
which, while 1t accomplished the desired
ate of speed, would not occasion such
washing Of the banks as could sndanger
existenc9 of the canal. This commits
ion, of which Gen. Mcclellan is chair
nan, and Ex-Governor Seymour is a
member, has already had one meeting
.uring which they examined q number Of
Jams, all of which were rejected. Some
ims in October the Commission will
meet again and the examination of other
improvements will take place, among
hem the invention ofour townsman Can.
ain Frank NJ. Mshsn, for which he has
btalned a patent, dated the 18th of JULY.
this year. This patent, half of which
as been assigned by Captain Mahan to
Emerson, isof very simple con-
It is q canal boat of tunnel
1sped bow, In combination with a CEN
al passage for collecting and carrying
ackWsrd both air and water, and q
adjusting smoother arranged !
l a channel extending from the wheel !
ackward. By this it is proposed (the !
pat boing propelled by steam) that the
lt-WRter .shau sweep inside the BOAT. |
thither by the force of the suction
ssssge, at the lateral a of which 1t will /
/, met by the wheel, ian Emerson YER Z
cal, which will throw it out against the
ll~f-adjusting smoother, by which It is :
lieted before the boat can leave it be- I
nd. In this way the boat viii have a
leed Of four miles per hour, drawing {
boats carrying q thousand or more 4
Of freight, and without any more per- '
ptible ripple upon the surface of the
ater than Is now apparent from boats
avn by horse power. The plans and Q
eciicstions Of Captain Mshan have not :
ly met the approval Of Captain Emer- r
n, M of our most scientific boatmen,
3 partner in the enterprise, but of sach
-perts in the business Is Captain Postal,
IptsiD Nat Green, Captain William Full
OF Little Rock, Captain Frank Hicks.
Iptain Flem. Calvert, Captain Larry
srmstead and others, We have some
ide in this invention Of Captain Ma
MS, and hope that through him Men,
is viii reap the honors of producing the
OF the best practical scheme for v
opeuing vessels through canals at the J.
e OF three miles the hour without wash 4,
: the banks.