Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-04
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SALT ls3 barrels OF molesses ana 81 DoAe'
Of fruit.
The Legal Tender came in with 421 bales
Of cotton. She resbipped III bales at the
mouth of White river.
The Mary Miller passed down for New
Orleans. She put of here 34S, 900 feet ol
lumber and lot of furniture.
The splendid steamer Legal Tender
Captain John Elliott, will leave to-day At
her usual hour for sn landings on White
| river to JaoksOnport. She is the regular
! u. s. mail packet, and connects with the
! train for Little Rock. E. @. Postal, John
| and William Smither, are her clerks.
The popular q. ". Cheek, with Marx
| Cheek on the roof, leaves to-day at pm.
/ for Helena, Friars' Point and all way
landings below. She is an excellent
/ packet
The Cavorite ST. Joseph leaves to-day at
/ 8 p m, for Cairo, st. Louis and all inter-
mediate points. Mr. Carbett is her pOpu-
| lar master.
The fine and beautiful passenger steam
I er John Kyle, leaves today at 9 M, for
! Vicksburg and New Orleans. John B.
/ Weaver is master and William Crapper
/ is her chief clerk.
The fine steamer Potomsc, leaves to-day
| at m, for Cairo and Louisville. VIM.
/ Skunk is her master
Captain Mart Walt was seen upon the
| lsvee yesterday. 1t is said that as soon IS
he closes out his stock Of stores, etc, he
will purchase or build a boat for the
/ Memphis and New Orleans trade.
The splendid packet st. Francis, Capt.
Tom Bowman, with Messrs. Paine, Clark
and Berry in the office, leaves to-day for
all landings on the st. Francis river to
Madison. Congratulate Billy Clark, for
the boy hath come
The small feet of dredging and snag
boats at Mound City are undergoing in
spectiOn, with a view to necessary repairs
for service during the coming season, un-
der the direction of General Reynolds,
the superintendent of western river
Improvement. The fleet consists Of
only one dredge-boat and four snsg-bOats,
the same as were in use last season.
More boats are needed, but on accOunt OF
the deficiency of the appropriations, no
more will be built or remodeled for the
service at present. About the first of
May General Reynolds proposes, says the
St. Louis Times, to put the boats in
effective operation. The snag- boats will
be ordered to the Missouri river, to clean
out distractions as far as Sioux City,
while the dredge-bOat will operate
on the Mississippi between KeOkUk and
Cairo, and toward the close Of the season
the feet OF boats will be transferred to
the Arkansas and White rivers. The
whole amount Of general appropriation
for the improvement Of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers amounts to $50 COO
the same as last year, being only half of
the amount asked for by Gen. Reynolds,
in order to perform the work needed to be
accomplished in an effective manner. AS
will be seen bslow, the nearest special sp-
preparation to st. Louis was the Usage
river Improvement of SIS, 600. ApprOpri-
atoms tOr improvements at Alton of Sl5,
900, and for the survey of the Mississippi
from Alton to the mouth Of the MerameC,
of S25, 900, did not become a law, as has
been incorrectly stated in the st. Louis
papers. The appropriation was got
through the Senate by Mr.. Blair, but the
report of surveys having arrived two days
before the adjournment of Congress, the
bill was defeated in the House, nOtWith-
standing the eXsrtions of Mr. Finkelnburg
to call it up. The appropriations sctU-
ally made for western river i'm
prOvement, to be expended under the
direction OF Gen. Reynolds, as officially
recsived by him, are as follows: I'm
provement of the Ouachits river from
the Louisiana State line to the town of
Arkadelphis, Ark, on said river, S25 0e0.
Improvement of the OuachitR river in
Louisiana, from the Arkansas State line
to the mouth of said river $26, 600. I'm
provement Of the Mississippi, Missouri
and Arkansas rivers, Sl50,00O. Improve
m8ul5 OF w nlJ6, blAck ana LiJLl8 h6Q
rivers, Arkansas, $4,000. Improvement
of st. Francis river, Ark, $40 900. I'm
provement of the Little Missouri river,
Ark, $40, 600. Improvement of the Usage
river, Mo-, $4,000. Gen. Reynolds has
also been ordered to make the surveys
for Improvements required by the
act of March 8, 1871, which are
placed under his charge, as follows:
1. At Black river, Missouri, to Poplar
Bluff.
2. At Current river, Missouri, from its
mouth to Van Buren.
g. At FOurChe La FGivre river, Arkansss.
4. Survey at White river from Buffalo
shoals to the mouth Of James fork, MiE-
souri,.
O. At Camden, Arkansas, to Trinity,
Louisiana, or Ouschita river.
8. At Cuivere river, Missouri, from its
mouth to Moscow mills.
Z. At Bayou Bartholomew from its
mouth to the Arkansas line.
General Reynolds has been ordered to
submit an estimate of the probable
amount required to defrsy the expenses
of a careful examination to ascertain the
practicability and cost of re-opening the
Cabaret slough on the Miss sippi, be-
tween St. Louis and the Grand Chain.
Congress having failed to grant the
special appropriation asked for, a thor
ough survey is asked by the department,
the expense of which will be borne by
the general appropriation for eXsmina-
ton and surveys for improvement.