Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-14

Memphis; Belfast, New Orleans.
sT. LOUIS, May ls.-Arrived: Dexter
/ and Henry Ames, New Orleans. De-
/ parted: City of Cairo, Vieksburg; Lady
Lee, Red river; Sallie, Arksnses river;
| Bismarck, New Orleans. River station
ary.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Commonwealth passed up st noon
/ and had 1900 tons, including 2300 bars OF
! railroad iron, freight for Cairo and St.
| Louis. She discharged here 10 bags rice,
| 10 tbls pOtotoes, 80 boxes tin and Il bbls
| oranges.
! The Hopeheld ferry landing was moved
| last evening to the foot of Adams street.
! The ferry boat Excelsior was taken out
/ on the docks last evening.
| The tOwbOat Mohawk, with a tow Of
! coal, passed down..
The Grand Tower, for st. Louis, had 2O2
/ bales Of cotton.
The Robert Burns cleared for Cincin-
| natl with 1000 bales Of cotton and g fair
/ passenger LIST
The Lady Lee, Captain Rea, will be
/ found 70 the wharf this evening, to re-
ceive freight for Red river and way points,
and will leave tomorrow at noon.
The Thomas ii. Allen, Captain Tom
/ Berry, came in from Arkansas river with
/ 81 bales Of cotton. She is the regular
Monday Little Rock mail packet, leaving
Tomorrow, at pm, going through to
| the Rock IN 40 hours. Mr., O'Neil does
| the honOrs of the Office.
The r. P. Walt, for White river, had a
slim trip.
The Sam J. Hale will arrive this even
| ing from Cincinnati and leave on We'd
nesday with a retUrntrip.
The John Kyle, for New Orleans, added
| here few lots OF miscellaneous freight
and a ANAL list of cotton.
The ROb6rt MifchalI for T,OuiavflIa
discharged here 30 barrels of vegetables
and Z5 boxes of oranges and added lO0
bales Of cotton,
The tow boat Peytons and bsrges pass
ed up for the Ohio, after dischsrging here
| twelve large pieces of marble.
The Utah, from Arkansas river, for st.
Louis, put of here p bales Of cotton and
800 sacks Of seed, and has for st. Louis
1000 sacks of seed and IS bales of cotton.
The Belle Memphis, Capt Crane, with
Billy BleDker in the office, is the Monday
packet for st. Louis.
The G. B. Church will pass down this
evening for New Orleans.
The Cheek brought in $4,000 feet Of
| lumber and some miscellaneous freight
and returned last evening with fair trip
The tOwbost Petrel. on Tuesday night,
sunk barge containing 2l00 barrels salt,
about five miles above Point Pleasant.
The City of Alton, Glencoe and Alaska
are due from New Orleans.
The Belle Lee, owing to the dull times,
has laid up at st. Louis. During her re-
tiremeDt, she will be put in thorough re-
pair for next seasons business.
Joseph Belknsp, whose name has been
| sent to the Senate for confirmation as
Supervising Inspector of steamboats,, is
unknown to Western steam mbOatIaen. He
is relation Of Grants, and has to be
made happy, though he is not competent
for the position.
We were mistaken in saying Sam Shock
was absent from the city. To the con-
trary, he has been out on his plantation
putting in a crop for fly time. Sans
| been blowing, and at night studying
Greeley's works on farming. Butter
milk comprised his morning tOasts, and
yet he is not happy.
The stesmb boats at New Orleans, on
Thursday, displayed their flags at half
mast in memory of the decease of Major
r. " Durtee, engineer of the Ouschits
Belle.
The Julia will leave the wharf to-day
at 5 O'Clock, for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Legal Tender. Captain VIM. Elliott.
is the regular Tuesday, White river mail
packet.
The steamboat A. Baker will be sold at
Cairo on the l7th inst, by the United
States Marshal.
The Mary Houston, Captain Dunham.
with Harry Walker in the.Ofice, leaves
to morrow st pm for Louisville.
The bright rays of the "sUN" have
eclipsed the dark clouds which were
gathered amongst the steamboat freight
agents and they are now happy.
The Virginia, Captain Charley Schultze,
leaves to-day az 3 2. m, for New Orleans
and the bends. William Miller is her
purser.
Captains Lloyd T. Belt and Harry Bro.
I1glrfH r1rrwghaeaA Of
day, three-fourths of the stock of the st.
Louis and Peoria Packet Company.
Captain John ElliOtt's White river boat,
being built at Louisville, will be launched
on the 9th inst.
The pslstial passenger steamer Great
Republic, Captain William B. Donaldson,
will pass down tomorrow evening for
New Orleans.
The Glencoe, Captain Calhoun, will
leave the wharf tomorrow evening for
Cairo and Louisville.
The Ssllie, Captain johnson, leaves
Monday, at 10 O'Clock, for Little Rock and
Fort Smith.
The City of Alton has $500 sacks salt for
st. Louis.
The Glencoe has 1900 bars railroad iron. |
The Alaska, Captain Oskes, will pass up
this evening for Cincinnati
Five million bushels of coal v i'll leave
Louisville on the present rise for the
Southern markets.
The Pauline Carroll, Capt Pat Yorp,
leaves to-day at pm. for New Orleans
and the bends. She receives here 800
bales of cotton.
The City Of Cairo is the regular Mon
day Ficksburg and the bends packet, |
leaving tomorrow evening.
The Oil City, Capt. Kendall, cams in
from Shawnee Village with 800 sacks cot |
ton seed. She leaves on Monday at D. |
with q #vTr,
and the bends.
Captain Cannon, of the r. E Lse, has
commenced suit against the city Of New
Orleans, to recover wharfage dues paid |
by the steamer r. z. Lee. Petitioner |
claims that the levee front is public
place common to everybody; that the |
charges are Illegal, and the ordinance un-
der which the charges are made, is uncon- |
stitutional; that the Constitution Of the
United States declares that "NO State /
shall, without the consent of Congress, /
levy any duty upon tonnage, "snd after the
i've paragraphs, section 9, article /, says:
''Nor shall vessels bound to or from one
State be obliged to enter, clear or pay du-
ties in another" and on other grounds. /
a rule niSi against the city was ordered to /
be issued to show cause why It should
not be restrained from further proceed /
ing in the collection OF levee dues, and
why they should not be cOndsmned4 to
pay the amount sued. The same course
will be pursued here against the city, and
the WhsrfmssteT will be eBjoined from
collecting wharfage until the legality OF
the city ordinance of Memphis, as regards
wharfage, is tested.
AN EXCITING RACE-AfteT q Game |
Chicken Sur named " You George. IA well |
known Arkansas river pilot and chief /
clerk of one Of the packets, had quite a
lively time, Friday evening, chasing q j
rooster which had taken leg-bsll from |
them, The scene was quite laughable. !
The two parties alluded to, chased ths |
chicken up and down Centre alley,
from the OvertOn to Washington street, |
for one hour. Finally assistance was |
rendered. the pilot and clerk and they,
at last, captured their bird and secured |
him well-with gold chain. Several |
hundred people witnessed the chase. The |
mackrels Of Happy Hollow also Joined in /
the sport The chicken was imported !
stock. "WE DON'T TALK ABOUT NOBODY" /
MARRIED.