Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-20

Is being taken OF Bigley's barge, which Is
stuck on the rocks at the head of the ca
nal. The Robin put barge Of sugsr of
Belfast through the canal. It will be
taken to Cincinnati by the mail bat to-
morrow.
VICEsBURG, April 19.-DoWn: Mollie
Ebert. 2 last night; Lady Lee, am. Up;
Il. c. Yesger, 8 p m; Dick Fulton, am.
| Weather warm and cloudy. The river is
falling 2 inches a day.
MISCELLANEOUS.
! Hereafter there will be but two boats
per week of the Memphis and Arkansas
COmpsnY's line leaving here for the Ar
kansas, the Pat. Cleburn and the Mary
Boyd. The former is to leave Fridays, and
the latter on Mondays.
The Pat. Cleburns arrived last night
I from the Arkansas with l1T bales cotton
and a fair list of people.
The James Howard passed down yes
terday morning with about 1900 tons OF
freight
The Oil City, from Shawnee Village,
| came down yesterday with a good cargo.
| The Batesville, from Upper White river,
came in yesterday with 385 bales OF cot
ton.
The tug Kate Ellis was taken out on the
] docks yesterday morning for repairs. She
is the first customer Captain Walker has
had, and be viii prove the docks a valua-
bic acquisition TO our city under his su-
pervisiun, and we trust that he may be
| well patronizsd.
The Belle Lee and Indiana were due
/ from bslOw last night, but had not arrived
! up to q late hour.
The "buggists'' Of the San Domingo
/ Commission would have found an elegant
fell for their labOrs, had they visited the
| editorial rooms of the APPEAL at mid
| night last night. Mosquitoes, buffalo
gnats, big bugs and little bugs, swarmed
in procession, compelling the pencil
/ singers to close windows, in order to pre-
| vent being carried of bodily. Along the
/ river, the noise made by the different
| species Of that portion of the animal cres-
! ton resemblsd somewhat the plaintive
notes Of the calliope of q Dean Line
steamer.
I. By a telegram from Washington we learn
that the contract for carrying the mails
| between this point and Napoleon has
been awarded to Captain Geo. W. Cheek,
of this city.
Cincinnati rates 10 New Orleans have
| advanced from 25 to 30 cents psr hundred
for bacon. Whisky is still taken at 81,
| and pork at 75 cents per barrel.
The h. G, Williams brings q tow of salt
from Louisville to this city.
The tine steamer Bstesville, Captain A.
B. Smith, will get away this evening pos
| itively for all landings on White, Red and
! Black rivers. She has sutsred the trade
to stay, and should receive g share of the
public patronage.
The Pat ClebUrne is the regular United
States mail packet for the Arkansas, to
depart tomorrow evening,
| The MinneOla got away for the Ohio last
| night with 200 bales Of cotton and 2I00
/ sacks Of oil cake.
The City of Chester, Captain Aleck
| Zsigler in command, will take her de-
! parture at pm. to-day for Cairo and st,
/ Louis. Mr.. j, ". Baskette, an agreeable
gentleman, prBsides at the desk.
The Phil Alin came up yesterday morn
| ing with Y bales Of cotton and fair list
/ of people, and returned last evening well
laden.
The Belle Lee passed Helena at 5 p m.
! The A. J. White will be up to-day, and
| departs morrow for Napoleon.
! The gay little MARITIME leaves to-day al 8
| pm, for Randolph, Fulton and all way
| landings. j G. Sands is master, and W.
| ". Mason Is her purser.
| The City Of Ficksburg passes down this
/ evening for NICksburg and the bends.
She is the regular United States mail
| packet. A. j. Carter is master and Andy
| Issscs is clerk.
The great low pressure steamer Rich
m0nd, Captain Nat Green in command,
/ viii arrive to-day in time to depart at 6
I p IN. for New Orleans and all way land.
! ings. She is, without exception, one OF
/ the finest. bats that plies in We EN-
/ waters, and her fare g unsurpassed by
any hotel Cook Creighton and John
/ LauglOis are clerks.
/ There is a vast amount of grain along
! the Missouri and Mississippi awaiting
shipment
| The Susie Silver was the boat reported
! by pilots Whipple and Hamilton for hav-
| ing only one licensed pill t. When the
| case came up in the United States Court,
they failed to appear, and the case was
/ continued until the 6th of May.
Mr.. Clark, 8 foundry proprietor Of
| New Orleans, was the purchaser of the
| wreck of the Belle of Alton. The price
! paid was $500.
] The new iron steamer John T. Moore
| ran from Shreveport to New Orleans ia
] fOrty-sight hours, and made the trip up
/ in two days and eigh' cen hours, deduct
| ing six hours lost time on the first night
| out,
The Era No. 9 was sold at New Orleans
/ a day or two since, by the United States
Marshal, for S7O5O.
The John Kyle was TO have left St.
| Louis last night, and will pass down to-
! morrow night for New Orleans.
! The Illinois coal-miners have resumed
] work, and coal is now abundant at St.
l Louis.
Captain John n. Bofnger is in Cincin-
/ natl on business connected with insU-
| rance of the MOllie Able. He is endeav-
Oring to have the matter adjusted without
/ a lawsuit,
Capt. John Shaw and Capt. VIM. Con-
| ley propose TO run a line of two or more
! steamboats, from AtchisOn, Kansas, to
/ Omaha, in connection with the branch
road coming into the former city.
The Edinburg is coming down the Ohio,
| destined for Red river.
Captain James ". Campbell, of the
| Rock Island, has nicely framed, in the
! cabin Of the boat, an autograph chart of
nearly all the boat Captains and clerks
| who have nsvigsted the Upper Mississip-
! pi The list embraces some who manned
] keelboats, before steam was used on the
/ river. Several of these kselbOats were
| designated IS packets from st. Louis to
| "JohnsOn's Lead Mines" (sfterward
| known as Gaiensl They were the fash
| iOnable packets fifty years ago. The first
/ steamer to cross the Keokuk Rapids and
| ascend this part of the river was the Gen.
! Pike, in 1927, we believe. Captain Camp
BELLS list embraces boatmsn who n8vi-
| gated these waters from the year 1919 to
| the present time. Captain Campbell OBJ
| tanned these autographs from bills of
/ lading In the possession of his father, who
was for many years shipper on the
river,
A telegram from Little Rock states the
snag struck by the J. s. DUnham pierced
her lsrbOsrd side and broke in her gun
vale, 80 that if immediate or efficient
measures are not taken to raise her she
will soon all with sand and be beyond the
hope Of recovery.
A Dubuque telegram of the 18th, says:
River raised 10 inches in two days; up
per streams all full; raining here"
OF the river Tuesdays Sc. Louis Repltb-
Li6GH seysl "Ihe river &C this port CON-
menced to fall on Sunday night. The de-
cline was quite rapid yesterday. The fall
altogether amounts to about sixteen
inches. The Missouri river is falling
quite rapidly from st. Joe down. The
upper Mississippi is now Stationary. The
far Missouri, above Sioux City, however
is reported to be on the rise The pros
poets for q further rise IN the river here
are not promising. There is plenty Of
wster, however, in all directions, for all
purposes Of navigation
Rates are so low, says the st. Louis
Times, that it Is almost impossible for
boats to keep even. Flour st 25c. per bbl.
to New Orleans, and other down stream
freights prOportionately low, with iroR az
S4 90 per ton back, are agures which will
not foot up favorable TO steamboats,.
Things must soon change, or some Of the
large packets will have to go into retire.
ment.
The Sioux City Journal, of the 14th, has
the following! "Col. G. @. Orr, self-con-
stituted committee of Investigation on
the conduct Of the Big Muddy, after 3
visit TO the Big Sioux river, reports that
the Missouri has not yet become tribu-
tsry to the Big Sioux, bat goes pretty
near it, being only one hundred and hfty
yards from a junction, and the Muddy
tearing her way through every second.
The Commercial hes not yet, It seems,
entirely settled her old accounts. Tne
following, from the Treasury Department.
explaina itselfl