Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-24


one Of the most populaE boats on the nv
or. Billy Blenksr IS her obliging clerk.
The regular .. s. Mail steamer, Phil
AIlin, departs at 5p. N. to-day, for Hell
ena, FFiar's Point and all way landings.
Captain James Lee is In command, and
Mr.. Stack Lee, James @. Harris and Neil
Booker are her clerks.
On the last down trip Of the Juniats a
deck passenger, supposed to be insane,
jumped overload about half way between
Flttsburg and Cincinnati, and WEs
drowned.
Captain Fisher tested the Glasgow at
LOUISVILLE, Friday allowing her 1872 lbs.
Of steam.
OF upper streamsths st. Louis Dem
OcTat says; The downward course of the
river continues. II falls six to seven
inches per day steadily. The weather
was cold and cloudy yesterday. The up
per Mississippi, continuing on q steady
rise, promises to be very high this season.
There is q depth Of four feet six inches on
the lower rapids. The Illinois and Mis-
souri, steadily decline"
The City Council Of st. Paul are about
to reduce wharfage taxes so that boats
will not pay over $I5 for each trip. They
are alive 20 the interests of the city, and
the example is 3 good q for nj own
Council TO follow.
LAp OoA4AGAU Will pass 0g az . . CA0IA
tomorrow morning for Vicksburg.
The Virginia will arrive tonight and
departs tomorrow for New Orleans and
the bends.
The I. II. Allen came in yesterday from
Fort Smith with q good trip.
Among the arrivals yesterday we no
tice b Phil Allin from Friar's Point, st.
Francis from Wittsburg, and MARITIME
from OsceOla, each with good trips.
Ihn GM E~..nHn ----
hve pm, for Wittsburg and Madison,
and all points on st. Francis river.
The United States mail packet Mary
Boyd, Capt. Reub Haines master, leaves
to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all
landings on the Arkansas river. She
connects with the packet for Fort Smith.
and is a good and comfortable passenger
steamer.
The st. Louis Republican says: 1.-THE
AID mas succeeded in recovering 46O bars
OF the railroad iron which was sunk at this
port some time since. The divers state
that the barge is badly broken up and is
lying on the wreck Of the Dictator and
other steamers which were DESTROYED bv
hre and then sank in the spring Of 1882.
They have 10 nearly half OF the iron
and expect to do q good days work to-
day, and recover 60 or 20 bars"
The tOwbOat IrOnsides coIlided with the
u p AuAAoL a. o.. LOUIS On thursday,
striking her Just astern Ofths Wheelhouse.
and demolished her aftsrguard on the star
board side very ~ef5ctually. No damage
was effected on the hull. The Turner was
not seriously damaged, and will be speed
lily repaired. A few hundred dollars viii
makeh her all right again.
Colonel Il. Vsness, Of the Tennessee
River Improvement, has been in Nash
vile for the past few days, trying to buy
the steamer lobe Hurt, but left that city
Friday without efscting any trade.
The Nashville Union and American
gives the following Timely warning" q
the steambOstmen on the Cumberland
river: steamboat owners and masters
should pay particular attention to the re-
quirements Of the government laws. A
party, 30 we are informed, is about to re-
port several Of our boats. The zines are
heavy and the infOrmer gets half. A big
inducement.