Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-29

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O'Clock this afternoon near Prices land
ing, No, aud sunk in 5 feet Wstsr. She
lies straight, and 10 Is thought chs can be
raised. The Wrscking boat Eekert goes
to her sssistancs to night.
PTTrsBURa, September 28-Weathsr
cloudy and pleasant. The Monographs
Is unchanged.
NEw ORLEANS, September --ARriyed;
@. B Church, st. Louis. Dspartsds South
ST LOUIS, September 26-Afrved:
Columbia and Legal Tender, Memphis;
Sioux City, White river; Henry Ames
and Sallie, New Orleans. Departed: Utah
and Clsrksvills, Memphis; RubieOn, New
Orleans. River falling slowly. Weather
clear and cool.
The Virgins, from New Orleans, put
of here Is barrels Of cement, 10 barrels Of
rOsin. 100 bundles cotton ties, 10 barrels
salt, 7 barrels Of pickles II bags Of cnffse,
2 h~ogsheads sugar. She had 4 good trip
for above.
The Glencoe, from st. Louis, added 100
bales Of cotton for New Orleans. She de-
parted for New Orleans with q light trip.
The A. White brought in 81 bales Of
cotton and $40 sacks Of seed, and 1000 feet
of lumber.
The Capitol City and Emile LaBarzs
are due from below and the r. P. Walt
and Henry NJ Shreve from above.
The Cleburne came In with 81 bales Of
cotton and 3l7 sacks OF seed-had 2
bales Of new cotton for the 81 Louis fair.
She reported II inches Ia the Arkansas.
The City of Quincy, from New Orleans,
discharged here 50 bsrrels cemsnt, 10
boxes Of tin plate, $40 bundles Of cotton
ties, 9 bags OF seed cotton, and reshipped
10 bales Of cotton tor the st. Lous fair,
per r, P Walt. She had two bsrges in
tow, and put OF 20 tOnsof freight at Hope
Geld.
The towboat Mary Alice and barzes
passed do N Wednesday night.
The @. ". Cheek came In with q bales
of cGtcan snd good passenger trip.
The barge which the Mohawk brought
up dropped down to the landing ysstsr-
dsy afternoon 70 discharge the damaged
freight which was in her.
The Silver Row left st. Louis last We'd
nesdsv for Vicksburg, and the 0csanus
and RUbicon for New Orleans.
Steam was rEised on the new steamer
Emma Elliott a. New AIbsny last sun
day. Her machinery worked admirably.
The st. Louis Democrat of the 9th haa
the following: 'FThe owners oftae Rich
mOnd contemplate her departure for the
South Immediately after the conclusion
Of b fair. In case OF insdeQusts hotel
accommodations for visitors 9 the fair,
several large and handsome boats Will be
placed &C their disposal; probably, az usu-
al, they viii not be needed. The mann
moth steamer James Howard leaves this
port next Wednesday for New Orleans;
she win be at Cairo until Sunday morn
ing, connect with the Saturday, evening
train from st. Louis, then depart South;
Captain Psgrsm's object Is to accommo-
date people re~turning'from the fair"
The great tidal wave which Prof. Agss-
siz predicted would sweep over New Or
leans about the 4th or 5th OF October, Is
pretty well exploded, the fallacy having
been exposed by seTarsl scientific men.
New Orleans people can stay at home and
sleep sound, a. the 4th. 9Th and thousands
of other like days will pass till time is
no more; in fact, the idea Is simply pre-
pOaterous, absurd, and originated in the
brain Of q lunstic or something worse.
We give place to the follOWinE communi-
cation with pleasure, and stand corrected:
MEMPHIS, September q, t571.
RiUsr Editor ATDeGL-In this mornings
report you say: Probably in the rsmem-
brsnce of thar liable referee, the oldest
inhsbitsnt,' there was a time when the
Mississippi was lower, but WI fail to as
certain h fact" Now, I am not the
oldest inhabitsnt by several years or 20,
but I can refer you to a time when the
river Wss Just about four feet lower at this
point than It Ia now. 1t was during the
first and second weeks in September,
1862. How 1 know: AZ a point q little
below the foot Of TrsEsvsnt street znd
about q hundred and fifty feet from shore,
there lies q section Of the strata Of Ignite
or brown coal which underlies these
bluffs. At the time named this Goa was
out Of water sOme three feet, and waa re
ported tonne as q BOAT load of camel coal,
sunksn. being about \ hundred feet up
and down the river, and twenty feet wide.
Owing to military obstacles, I did not
visit l.; but soOn after, several ski6-losds
Of the stuff wers brought up, and, it was
said, sold for three dollars per csrt-lOsd.
l obtained specimens These specimens
being broken up and destroyed, I wished
to get more. So lsat Sunday, ~supposing
from reports the river to be as low as l.
could get, I took a skif from that prince
Of ~iehthyOlogists, Dan. Spore, and went
down to see how It wa myself. I found
not less than n foot Of Wster over il at
any place. My companion, by reaching
down az srms-length, with 9 Ratchet, sue
ceeded in splitting OF and raising q good
sized lump, which may be seen ct my Of
ice. This bed of coal seems to be well
fixed in ius position, requiring q pick OF
crow bar to get on pieces, and It Is not
likely that il has washed down any since
1852 The strata seems to have been IN
o ~ bN W41 Wa11A - 81 OkAdL DgLuA5
and has sunken down into deep water,
and also "dips" eastward 30 as to be en-
tirely hidden &C the bluff at all stages.
This ridge Of coal forms a dangerous
reef a this present stage Of water, and
steamboats, would do well to keep well
out OF the bend.
This paper may be too long for your
columns, il 50 you can condsnse to suit
yourself. Respectfully. etc,
n. B. PACKER.
Boats Leaving his Day.
FoR FRIAR's POINT The Phil AIlin,
Captain James Lee, leaves to-day at 5 D.
m as above for Frisr's Point and all way
landings. Stack Lee and @. Harris are her
pursers.
FoR ARKANSAS RTVHR.-The fine and
deet Pat. CIsburne leaves today at 5 pm.
for Little Rock and all way landings.
Tom. Berry commands, and B. P. Fields
and A. h 0FNsil are her chief secretaries.
FoR NAPOLEoN.-The A. J.. White,
Captain George Malone, leaves to day at
5 p a.. as above for Napoleon and all land
Barney Bsrinds has charge OF the
Office.
FoR ST. LOUIS The nne passenger
steamer r. P. Walt, Capt. VIM. Blake, |
to-day at u N, as usual, for Cairo
and St. Louis. ALI Grissom does tbs hon
Ors of the Office.
FoR VICKsBURe-The Henry n.
ShTeve, Csps. B I'd, leaves to-day &C 10 q.
for Vicksburg and sl way landings. /
Jas. THOMPSON is her chief secretary.
FOE WHITE RTvER-The Usage, Capt. /
John B. Davis, leaves Devall's Bluff this
evening on the arrival of the train from
Memphis for ~JscksOnport and all points
upper White river. Charley Smithers
1Oes the hOnoFs Of theOhce.
FOR Wits RIYZH-The Ssllis v,
Jspt. Rice, leaves Devall's Bluff this
on arrival Of the train from Mem
Dhis, for the mouth Of White river snd
III way landings. Charles sharpe Il her
,lsrk.
FOR ST.. LoUIs-The Capitol City, Capt.
leaves to-day at s An, Is
lbOve. I'd. Hanks is her chief clerk.