Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-10

The City Of Alton, from New Orleans,
four and a half days out, discharged
fifty tons of sugar and mOlasses here,
had eight hundred tons freight for above,
including twenty-five hundred bars rail-
road iron, and her cabin full of people.
She did . heavy way business coming
up.
The M. J. Wicks, from New Orleans,
is coming up with twenty-five thousand
bars railroad iron, and one thousand
sacks salt for st. Louis.
The Undine, from OsceOla, came in
with sixteen bales of cotton, two hun
dred and fifty sacks of seed, and three
hundred sacks corn. She returned at
dark with fair way trip.
The tOWbOats j. Sharp, Mcdonald,
Ajax, and LiOness, passed up yesterday
with empty tOws. The former laid
here several hours patching her boilers.
The Robert L. Lee leaves for New Or
leans tomorrow.
The Mollie Moore, from Shreveport,
six days out, arrived early yesterday
morning, cleaned out her boilers, and
departed for st. Louis, light.
The. Pink Xarble departed, with good
trip, for the Arkansas.
The City of Chester. from St. I,Ouis.
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brought in far UrIpiI fev -
which We're eight hundred and siXty-five
barrels of -four, two hundred and fifty
nine barrels of meal, one hundred and
eighty sacks of oats, and one hundred
and thiTty-tWO bales of hay. She re-
turned at dusk, with forty-five bales of
cotton, and thirteen hundred and fifty
empty beer kegs.
The Dardanelle, from the Arkansas,
arrived with twenty bales of cotton, one
hundred and eighty sacks seed, and re-
shipped sixty-five bales at the mouth for
New Orleans. She lays up for the pres
ent.
The towboat Charley Mcdonald, with
ten barges Of coal, passed down at noon
for points below.
The Sam Hale departed, with seven
hundred bales cotton, for Cincinnati
The r. p. Walt is the next White river
packet leaving tomorrow evening.
The Frank Forest isrunning TO Mound
City as a ferry, in place of the John
Overton.
The Mary Houston went down after
dark with nine hundred tons, putting
out few head of stock and some farm
ing implements here.
The Belle ST. Louis, from above,
added ten tons of way freight here and
departed for below with a fair trip.
The fine passenger steamer Mary
Boyd, Captain Rufe Caldwell departs
at five O'clock this evening sharp, for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock, and all points
on the Arkansas river. Colonel h. w.
Outlaw and Bob Shields are her Secre-
taries.
The elegant passenger steamer A. j.
White, Captain John Washington,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Napoleon, Chicot city, and all the coast
landings. B. p. Fields and Charley
Sharpe are her clerks.
The regular tri-weekly coast packet,
Phil Allin, Captain James Lee, leaves
at five O'clock this evening for Friars
Point and all the usual way landings.
Stack Lee, James G. Harris, and Billy
Gray are clerks.
The Colorado, Captain Luker, leaves
this evening at five O'clock for Cairo
and St. Louis. H. Diedrick is clerk.
The Julia is the Saturday Vicksburg
and coast packet.
The Missouri River Packet Company
have been compelled to withdraw theiI
boats from the Omaha trade, on account
of the lowness of the Leavenworth
bridge.
Captain Thomas w. Rea returned to
st. Louis last Tuesday, from the wreck
of the Oceanus. During last Friday
night the hull turned upside down and
now lies in twenty-five feet of water, and
there is little hopes of ever recovering
the safe, which contains several thou
sand dollars.
The James Howard, in command OF
Captain Pegram, leaves this evening al
six o'clock for New Orleans. Charles
Chasing is purser.
J.V. MCDONALD & Co. have reOpened
their Coal Yard at Helena, and started
new one at Island Is, where steamd
boats viii always find the best of Pitts
burg coal. Their office for both yards is
at 40 North Court street, in this city.