Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-25


ing yesterday WIS quite active, all the
local packets coming and going with eX-
cellent trips The weather was warm and
somewhat dusty during the day; toward
evening, however, a slight shower fe j,
which laid the dust and made the atmOs-
phere quite cool.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO. April "A - Port list: Grand
Tower, Memphis to st. Louis, 9 M
Oceanicus, st. Louis to Red river, 8 IN
shannon, New Orleans to Louisville, II
pm; Virginia, Louisville to New Or
leans, II pm; Robert Mitchell, New Or
leans to Cincinnati, l q. m. j as II. Bigley,
Cairo TO Memphis, 3 am; General An
dersOn. Mound City TO st. Louis, am
J. N Kellogg, St. Louis to New Orleans,
am; Dexter, New Orleans to st. Louis,
7am.; Silver Moon, Memphis to Cincin-
natl, am; Nightingale, Arkansas river
TO Cincinnati, noon; Mary Ann, New Or
leans to Louisville, pm; Olive Branch,
St. Louis TO New Orleans, 8 pm. River
fell 3 inches. Weather cloudy. Mercury
SO.
New ORLEANS, April "a Arrived: At
lantio and barges, st. Louis; Susie Silver,
Louisville. Departed: Atlantic and
barges, st. Louis. Weather rsiny.
PITTsBUR0, April "A Weather, cloudy,
The MOnOngshels river has feet in the
channel, and is falling.
CINCNNATI, April 24.-The river rose
feet. Weather clear and warmer Re
ports from the frost Saturday night indt-
cate that great damage has been done 70
fruit Of all kinds, especially in the low
lands; the injury is slight on the high
ground. The mercury fell to "A at Leb-
anon.
NASHVILLE, April 24-The river is
falling, with z feet on Harpeth Shoals,
TIE weather is fair and warm.
ST. LOUIS, April "A. - Arrived: Mary
Alice aud barges, New Orleans; Julia,
Vicksburg. The river is falling slowly.
Weather clear and warm. Five thousand
dollars additional claims have been filed
against the Great Republic. She will be
sold at public auction on May 9th for cash.
The Katie Kountz broke her main sup
port chain on her trip here, which let her
stern down slightly. She viii 60 on the
docks.
LoUIsvILLE, April 24-The river is
stationary, with z feet 10 inches in the
chute, and feet 10 inches in the canal.
Weather clear and pleasant. Business is
very duh. Arrived: MinneOla, Memphis
Iudiana New Orleans. J. II. GrOesb beck,
New Orleans. Advertised to leave to-
morrow; p. ". Strader and Indiana, New
Orleans.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The towboats John A. Wood and Dick
Fulton passed up yesterday.
The Belle St. Louis passed up last even
ing, disChsTgiug here 63 bales Of cotton
and $50 sacks seed. she had also good
passenger list,
The Legal Tender, frOm White river,
arrived yesterday with 24l bales of cotton
and q min nnariv full Z nnunln
The A. J. White came up from y apO-
leon yesterday with 30 bOles Of cotton,
and lefG at dark with a good trip.
The Mary BOyd went out at dark last
night for the Arkansas with a good trip.
TIE wrecker T. +. Eckert passed down
yesterday for the Arkansas, whittier she
goes to raise the J. s Dunnsm.
According to our NicksburR exchanges,
the Countess has been condemned by the
Inspector at that port, and has been taken
to the bs1eyGTd,
The Great Republic will De sold May
9th by United States Marshal NeWCOmb al
st Louis. Terms cash in hand.
The City of Chester goes out tomorrow
| evening for St, Louis,
The Colorado, Captain Mckee in com.
msnd, will depart at am. to-day fol-
| Vicksburg and the bends.
The fast and elegant passenger steamer
! Virgins, leaves TO- day at 10 am. for Vicks
1 burg, New Orleans and all way landings
/ Charles SchultZs is master, and Len. Mil
/ Ter is her purser.
! The splendid United States mail psckel
/ Legal Tender, Captain William Elliott
/ leaves this evening for all landings OF
] White river to IacksOnpQrt. She con
meets with the Little Rock train and with
the packet for Black river. E. G. Posta
| is her chief clerk and is popular officer
The elegant steamer st. Francis, will g6
| away his evening tor ali landings on st
! Francis river Captain Tom. Bowman Il
] master, ana her clerks are Messr5. Payne
Berry and Clarke.
The Columbls and Little Alps are dut
! from the Arkansas.
The City Of Alton and Potomac are dut
from New Orleans. The former has 20
bars rsilrosd iron snd $500 sacks salt, anC
! the latter eco tons railroad iron.
Captain Sam Shock returned yesterday
| from New Orleans, where he has been To-
few days on business,
Tbe elegant steamer Olive Branch, o
| the st. Louis and New Orleans line, vii
pass down at noon to-day for Ficksburg
| Natcbez and New Orleans. Captain Nc
| Cord is in command, and Sd. Hawks sec
! retsry,
The Ssllis passed down for the Arksn
sss yesterday, well laden.
| river - bank full at Arksdelphia. Tn
rise at Camden on the 18th was two feet.
The Virginia got $500 sacks Of corn q
/ Evansville, and was to get enough NOR
below there to I'll out her load.
The Mary Houston will pass down 81
noon to morrow for New Orleans and al
wsy landings,
Steam was raised on the new tow-boa
Ed. Hobbs Tuesday last at Wheeling.
/ hn 4 NJ
from the Clarksyills and Evsnsvill
trade.
The Glasgow is coming down the Obi
with two hundred tons Of freight for th
Arkansas.
The Robert Burns goes out tomorrow
evening for Cincinnati,
The following card appears in th
Vicksburg papers over the signature
". II. Barrett, agent; 'HThe stesms
Pargoud will, from this date, bring up g
] freight at half card rates. Passage throug
to New Orleans, $l2" From the above
would seem that the opposition betwee
the boats In the lower trade had begun
! earnest.
We clip the following from the st. Lou
/ Republican: " River men have not bee
very prosperous with their steambOS
stock for the past i've years. Slack bui
iness' makes tight money and the tW
I
follows the other. Boats and barges
large numbe are wanted here to transit
heavy freiRhts up the Ohio. This is u
only trade from this port in which the tOi
I mage Is not in excess Of the deman'
More than 800 900 tons of orss and meta
| are now here waiting means to be remov'
! up La Belle Rivsre. Where are the Darg
! men nOw7 Win they conner Do th'
! want business7"
The whole amount Of claims hled again
/ the Great Republic is S25, 500 90, distri
, | uted as fOllowe; wallace Lamb and OF
ers, for wages, S22l7 so; Thonnss Morri
I | on, for stores and supplies, 81, ,S55
BOos & BOnsaok, for supplies, S75s z1i
Z p. Manion, for supplies and repairs, y
4 20: Allison & Rohan, for repairs, sl54 !
a Charles SChuChman, for supplies, So5l
4 A Cincinnati exchange Of the z3d say
\ "We expected TO find quite breeze st
y ring this morning among the members
the Pilots Association, on account OF u
p. outsiders having shipped or the ero'
!. beck for 500 less per round trip than &
- / regular rate Of the Association, which
!, $500. We were doomed to disappOil
= ( rnent. however, affairs about the 'pilo
z corner being unusually quiet and devC
1 Of interest, Captain Sninkle informed
= that the matter was not deemed wort
- the consideration Of the Association"
n The Helena Clarion Of the 22d sal
of feThe river at this point has fallen sOi
1f six inches during the past tWenty-fo
= hours about seventeen feet bell
" high water mark, ana twenty four snt
81 half feet above the lowest point OF |
- season The late rise Of ths Missouri c
$50 a riEe Of some six feet e Cairo, {