Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-30
MIsCELLANEoUa.

The City Of Quincy passed up yester-
day. She put OF some freight and had
for st. Louis 1000 packages Of sugar and
/ 1000 sacks Of salt.
The Indiana passed up yesterday, five
days out from New Orleans. She put of
here p barrels sweet potatoes and had 5OC
tons for Louisville.
The City of Alton, i've days out from
New Orleans, passed up yesterday. she
| had $50 tons for st. Louis and put of here
| 80 sacks of coffee and 30 barrels Of sweet
potatoes.
The Phil. Allin came in with lS3 bales
Of cotton and $40 sacks of seed.
The Alice Dean left for st. Louis. She
had 800 bales of cotton and 700 sacks OF oil
cake.
There were last evening 9S bales of cot
ton on the leyee for the Robert Mitchell
and 475 bales for the Commonwealth.
The Geo. W.. Cheek, Captain Mark
Cheek, leaves to-day for Frisr's Point
and all way landings, She is the regular
Thursday packet, and is very popular
with travellers.
The Mary Houston came in last night
from shove. She put on so bbls. flour, 90
bbls. potatoes and n head of horses.
Alex. McCullOch lost q white bull dog
yesterday, of the feminine gender, and
thinks she wandered to the leYee. One
ear "drOps."
The popular steamer City Of Cairo
leaves to-day at 3 pm. for NicksbUrg and
all way landings. J. T. LUker is master,
The City of Chester leaves to-day at
pm. for Cairo and st. Louis. She makes
all regular landings. Alex. Zsigler is
master, and j.. W. Baskotte clerk.
The Mamie passed down late last night
without landing,
A tOwbOat passed up last nightmare
unknown.
The fine stesmsr MARITIME leaves to-day
at 8 pm. for Randolph, Fulton and al
way landings. J.. q. Sands is master and
W. ". Mason is her secretary.
The fine steamer Commonwealth leaves
to-day at . pm for Nicksburg sRd New
Orleans. j. s. Sedan is master and Mr.
The Pink Yarble is due from White
river.
The New Orleans BuVetiu says: "a
the MarshaI's sale yesterday the steamer
Colossal was started at $500 and run ~
lat jumps Of $500 to 5000, whereon the
bids rose, in series of 500 each time, NJ
10 $500, at which price she was knocked
down to the agent OF the Msmphi:
and FL PasO Railroad COMPANY
The steamer St. ssJOhn, that left this por
on Saturday, returned on Sunday-hay.
ing burst On6 of her cylinders when about
fifty miles mp the river. She was tOweC
down by the Era No. Is. No lives lost
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: a" Yes
terdsy Captain John WoOdburn pur.
chased from Captain Andy Robinson snC
others the s~ldewheel steamer st. Mary'
for Sl7, 900. He may sell her again, or ht
may put her in the trade between Little
Rock aud New Orleans. She will frs
load here for the latter point"
The New Orleans picaVuue has the fol
lowing: "River transportation is capabll
Of being brought down to such mOderatD
rates that railway enterprise had to bu
well developed before it could come il
flows by our doors. The OWnsrs of rive
crafts have, therefore, besn lett in uudis
puted possession Of the carrying trade
between the West and the GulfOf Mexico
and river transportation has been thu
kept very dear compared with what
might have been under an economics
and competitive administration A mo
nOpOly Of this carrying trade has tende,
TO develop extravaganza in the COnstruC
, ton ofriver craft, and has checked all ei
forts toward improvement in tn
means snd methods of river trans
{ pOrtatiOn. The sJeambOatman has n6ve
admitted the necessity for economy, be
cause he has only to compete with me
equally IS -eXtraVagant q u-nprOgr6ssiv
, as himself. These evils have brOugh
: about their own remedy. Commerce ha
! been steadily abandoning water route
for shorter rail routes TO the ocean, an
! the bulk of the commerce on the Wester
, rivers above the thirty-sixth parallel hg
therefore dwindled to Insignificant pre-
portions, and every month is lessenin
a the trafhc on rivers that would seem {
have overwhelming advantages over an
(, artificial highways that could be cor
/. strucJed. The advocates of water trans
> p0rtatiOn delude s~te8mbOatmen with th
. assertion that this diversion of COmmerC
from natural channels is but mC
msntary, and thus check efforts {
so cheaper river transportation thi
Z Il could control the movement
! produce. Thus it happens that frOl
year to year, we see costly and fri
gile boats launched In the Mississippi an
;. its tributaries, only to be run in the san
I, expensive manner in which they wei
: built that we see the cotton and sugi
planters Of the South, and the corn an
wheat farmers Of the West, paying ext
freights to &c out luxurious cabins, suI
port hundreds Of fancy painters and gil.
> ere and workers in oOlOred and fanC
glass. and feed and olOthe thousands
lazy mulattO cabin boys; thus IL happel
/, that we behold, instssd Of a cOmpetitiC
- mons s~teambOatmen in economy or co
structing and running boats, a reckle
rivalry in throwing away money upy
tapestry and gliding and dne furnituI
and paint upon vessels thst buTn up
4 quickly as a cask of powder, or sink
= easily as 3 barrel of lead"