Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-20

'nver with 50 bales Of cotton, 100 sacks Of seed
and rsshipped 50 bales at the mouth for New
Ths Ermadmo added So bales Of cotton
here and departed with 81 bales for the Ohio.
b alTender arrived from White river
baies az the mouth Tor New Orleans
The Indiana, Dexter. Belle Memphis and
Henry A.nes are all due from above, and the
p. W. SJrader and Oceanus from below.
The Silver Bow leaves tomorrow Tor Red
The shipping List Of Esv York says: aThs
s-teamboatmen national convention now In
session At Washington, represents nearly
seven hundred millions Of dollars Of steam
vessel capital, and more than three tentns or
the entire steam tonnage Of the United States
u a thought thatthe convention VIII succeed
IN Its efiortsto Induce congress 70 modify the
The 81. Louis Republican says. The propo-
sition OF Captain II. W. BrolaRh % open tn
river was acted upon Yesterday and ths City
ofPekn, starting 1rnm k1msWtck
a serious battle against the gorge below BY
4 o'clock the work was competed, and the
river At this port tel rapidly going down mlly
weather moderated from yesterday morning,
aud the Ice vas dissOiFtng rapidly all day.
Large a from The upper gorge were con-
1 etantly being broken away by the action OF
the waves. When the tee-g0rRe below was
I dnally disposed o. and the RIVER went down
so rapidly, IT, caused a great cracking noise
In the ice Of the upper gorge, and the large
number OF pedestrians crossing on II were
greatly alarmed, and made haste TO shore.
I y ANlEAHLLL - AOM LRGAAI4 ~ -
Mary Alice with four barges In tow LEFT Cairo
! for New Orleans yesterday Orning---Capsain
| Ellis OF the Friendship, which Il al Gra1d
1 Tower. viii 20 down on The 1fst boat south
/ and bring up his boat. He says be wants 70
Axe a look at The river before Venturtng out.
captain James Yore lsft Tor Memphis last
night, where he viii meet the Pauline Car
roll Captain Pat YOre VIII return from the
above named place--.The sallies bound tor
the Arkansas river, reached Ptne Bun yestsr-
dag ~forsn0on- She was met at the mouth y
Il the Little Rock, which came down 70 assist
her and took one hundred tons or her Eeignt.
"a part OF thecrew OF the Great hepuDle
i came up yesterday, the rest OF the crew Is ex-
! pected up tO-day---The Iron Mountain COM
l pany have bought anew hatbOnt IN place OF
The one sunk az ~arondel The machinery
OF the old dat, being saved, viii be placed on
the new one and the cleaning OF ore and iron
will 20 on the same a. usual IN a few days--A
dispatch 70 W. +. Hainss, agent Of the N, v
agents Of the Morgan line AZ New Orleans
SAYS that the management OF the railroads
beJween New Ofieans and Mobile nas Passed
into their hands and that the boats between
i those ports have been dis
patch received here yesterday rem Bitbbur
Gays: ssTbe pilots held q nesting his morn
In reference 70 the proposed ameninaenb o.
section Is, steamboat laws Sixty-slx pllol
will be forwarded to ongress"-A dispHtch
10 the Memphis packet eumpany yesterday
from cairo, says the Belle Memphis Is Ous al
right; was assisted By Colorado.
Beats Leaving Bo-dsy.
For New OrIeans-The mammoth passenger
steamer Dexter leaves TODAY at 4 pm loI
Vieksburg, New OIeans and al way landings.
l She has superior accommodations for passen-
gers, Captain Isaac Jones commands and
For New Orlsans-Ihe passenger steamer
4 Indiana Captain Reub. Il. Neal, leaves to-day
at Z m. for Nleksburg, New Orleans and al
way landings. She has superior accommOda-
ttOua for stock. Captain stuff Neal and James
Franklin are clerks