Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-28
and $50 tons Of miscellaneous freight for


cotton and $50 tons of oil cake snd de-
parted for below, drawing i've feet ten
inches. She had q good trip Of people.
The Rob Roy arrived from st. Louis
yesterday afternoon, and discharged ak
bales Of cotton. She lays over until this
morning.
The Belle OF Pike departed for shove
with 374 bales of cotton.
The Phil Allin and Legal Tender de-
parted with 3 good trip
The Il. N. ehreve came In from Vicks-
burg and discharged fifty bales Of cotton,
800 sacks of seed and left for st. Louis
after adding 500 bales Of cotton.
CASE O. BIZ ANCHORED.
The mule stood on the steamboat deck,
The land he would not tread;
They pulled the halter round his neck,
And cracked him on the head.
But obstinate and braced he stood,
AS born this scene to rule,
A creature of the hold back brood,
Astubborn, ateadfaAt mule.
Thexeursed and svore-he would not go
UHtiI he felt fncltned;
And though they Numbered blow on blow,
He altered not his mind
The deck-hand 10 the shore complained:
"rhe varmint's euud to stayf'
And stlIl upon the critters hide
The sounding lash made play.
- 49, " IkAA1a
THE boats about 10 sail;
As other means IN vain you've tried,
Suppose you twist bis tall
It's likely that you'u make him land"
The deck-hand, brave. though pale,
The nearer drew with Outstretehed hand,
To make the twist avail.
Then came a kick o%fthunder soundl
The observation-disclosures was he2
Ask efthe wave that fer around,
Beheld him in the sea!
Amoment, not a voice was heard;
But winked the mule his eye,
AS though TO ssk, 20 HIM occurred:
now how was that for highR"
"Just cut his throatl" the captain reared,
"And end the cursed brute.'
But the noblest soul that perished there,
IRor1Olk Journal.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says:
"Captsin Charley Schultz arrived In this
city Sunday evening, having left the
wreck of the steamer Virginia q few days
sgo. WeIesrn from him that the Virgil
MIA had broken in two, the break being
about sixty feet long, and from five to ten
feet wide. She viii prove to be q total
loss. When he left, the wrecking boat T.
f. Eckert was alongside taking out
freight and machinery. Theurester part
Of the freight will be saved, though In q
damaged condition. The cabin Outfit had
ell besn tsken out and emit to St. Eauis,
where it will be sold in q few days. The
Virginia was insured In Pittsburg offices,
and her freight list In st. Louis, all of
which, it is understood, are perfectly sol
vent, having not been seriously affected
by the late Df&kration in Chicago. Cap
tain Schultz has not fully decided as to
what he will do, but his many friends
here and elsewhere are in hopes that he
will be able to secure a boat to take the
n1o0o nj the VfrU1nfa In thd InnfaUflo
sn1 New Orleans trade, the present sea-
son."
The st. Louis Times ssys that the IN
derwriters' sale of the balance OF the
wreck of the Olive Branch took place yes
terdsy. P. P. Manion purchased the hog
chains, anchors, ETC., and Captain David
Campbell bought q large mount Of the
| general outfit OF the boat. Mr.. Tom NIL
Ter, Junior, bid In three boilers at $500
each.
The Shreveport Republican says:
Navigation must BE- very fiat above,
when we have to chronicle the arrival on
Thursday of a h2tbOat from Jefferson,
which brought 125 bales of cotton"
The Pittsburg Gszstte says: 'sThe pros
poets for an early resumption of naYiga.
ton continue very discouraging. We
have hsd now about i've months OF low
water, and fears are entertained that there
will be q freezs up before there is a rise,
II is said that Com. Kountz has sent to
Europe for carpet for the John F. Tolie.
He wants q duplicate Of the Great Rspub-
lies carpet, which was burned in Chicgao.
The New Harmony Register says: "At
Rising Sun, a nail, driven forty years ago
in an old stump, imbedded in the river
bottom, marks the lowest stage that the
Ohio river is known to AVE reached at
that point, The ancient stump is now
visible and the nail can be felt four or five
inches beneath this surfsee of the water.o
The COurier-Journal of Louisville says:
6 Pilot Basil FentOn has instituted pro-
ceedilg5 against the Western Union tele-
graph company for delay In the delivery
of g dispatch, laying his damages at $500.
Fenton had been promised a position on
the Argosy4and the owners Of that boat,
when sne was ready to leave here, had
telegrsphed to him 8. Aurora for him to
Join the boat. The dispatch was sent at
two O'Clock in the afternoon, but was not
delivered Until eight p M, and the captStu
of the Argosy, after waiting what he con-
sidered q sufficient and reasonable time
TO receive a reply, and not obtaining it,
employed some one else. The case will
come mp for trial In three weeks, before
the Dearborn county court at Aurora, In
diana"
Steamboat business at Chattanooga on
the Tennessee is becoming brikk
The Louisville Ledger says: ''Tbere Is an
almost universal disapproYal OF the dam
which General WeitZsl Is now construct
ing across the Ohio river st this point,
above the bridge, and that 1t will work in
cslculable mischief is very generally be-
lieved. 1t effeotually closes the middle
chute for all practical purposes, and by
throwing the water into aEpace of four
hundred feet, It will make g current
stronger than at any point between Pitts
burg and Balize; so strong indeed, that 1t
will prove next to an impossibility for
towboats to stem 1t. The dam may throw
more water into the canal, but 1t will
vastly increase the mud deposits In front
Of the steamboat landing.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
FoR WHITE RvER.-The fine passen-
ger steamer Mary Boyd, Captain Willism
Ashford, leaves today ct 4 pm. for De-
wallis Bluff, Jscksonport and all way
landings.
For FRIAR's PoINT-The lively George
W. Cheek, Captain Marx Cheek, leaves to-
day at 8 m. for Friar's Point and all way
landings.
FoR CAIRO AND BENDs-The fine and
Fight draught passenger same Noble
Ragon, Captain J. V.ThOrpe, leaves to-day
at 5 pm. for Cairo and ali the coast land
ings. A clever and gentlenanly officer
has charge of the office.
FoR ST. LoUIs-The MOuntaineer leaves
to-day at 8 D m. for Cairo and st. Louis.
For VICKsBURG - The fine passenger
seamer Mary Mcdonald, Captain John
Greenaugh leaves to-day at s pm. for
Vioksburg and all way landings. Captain
Lusk Is hsr clever and obliging secretary.