Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-19


The river has but five and a half feet on
from Cairo to st. Louis.
Rates to Memphis remain the same and low
! for shallow water.
The Exporter refused freight at st. Louis a
! the prices offered.
Boats leaving st. Pau are loaded with
Southern people.
The City of Vieksburg has taken her pIac,
in the Anchor Line, after undergoing 4;
thorough repairing.
The Dexter, from st. Louis, arrived earl,
yesterday morning before daylight with {
fuerDOat in tow, took on eight undred sack
of Oil-cake here and left for New Orleans a
noon with a fair cargo.
The towboat Bee and barges passed up befOr,
daylight yesterday.
The Legal Tender leaves tomorrow evening
for White river.
Shreveport, went south in the forenoon vel
laden.
The Z, P. Walt has layed up for the present
on account Of the low stage Of water In White
The Susie silver, from New Orleans, five
days, came in before dark with thirteen hun
dred and ninety-three bars Of railroad iron
for this point.
The Al. White is the United States mail
packet tomorrow for ChicOt city.
The Phil Allin. for Friars Point, got OF at
dark with a fair trip OF freight and people.
The Carrie V. Kountz, Mary Miller and City
of Helena are the next boats due from below.
Tn regular tri-weekly coast packet Pat Gle
burne, in command Of Captain James Lee,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for Friars
Point and all the usual way landings. Mr.. j.
c. Harris is her prime minister.
The semt-weekiy passenger steamer St.
Francis, Captain +. X. Bowman, leaves this
evening at five o'clock for Helena, Mariana
and al the usual way landings. Captain sam
G. Paine is her chief secretary.
The City of Chester, in command Of Captain
Zeigler, leaves at five O'Clock this afternoon
for Cairo and st. Louis.
The light draught passenger steamer Bates
vile, leaves this evening at five O'Clock for
Deyalls BLUM, ~JacksonPort and all points on
White river. Captain \. 4. Smith commands,
and J. Young holds forth In the office.
The fine passenger steamer Henry Ames,
Captain JACOBS, leaves at hve O'Clock this
evening for New Orleans direct.
River sOuDdIngs.
The st. LOuis Times of Tuesday says: "Pilot
James Smith, who went down to Cairo Satur-
day evening on the steamer Julia, to xamiD
the river, returned yesterday andrepOrtsf find
ing only I'VE ana a mar Ieeb az EoWersh IS
land. AT Herculaneum and other shOal
places, there were six feet. There is q rise Of
three or four feet in the Illinois and q slight
in the lower Missouri, but they will
hardly check the decline here"
White river has three feet at Little Island,
and thirty inches between Augusta and Jack
sOnpOrt.
The Bannock CITY has been chartered for
thirty days to run in the Ouachita trade in
place of the Ouachita Belle. The BannOck
city is owned by Della Stein, at present clerk
of the 5. S. Merrill. She is Just on the docks
and in most excellent repair.
It was reported a day or two ago that the
WFEckAUZ DOaE AID naQ Deen sold 10 the gov
rnmen for nineteen thousand dollars, to be
used in cleaning out the Red river raft.
The ;. II. Long is said to be doing good ser
vice in removing snags from the channel in
the Mississippi above Cairo.
Captain Frank McCOok, late of the Victory,
taken charge OF the office Of the Mollie
Moore.
There were three hundred and ninety steam
boat arrivals at the Shreveport whar last
with a carrying capacity Of one hundred
and seventy-nve thousand tons,and only three
ffgaSfDrE n steam Mats Whfeh in NnIra1 tho -
terests of shippers or underwriters on the Red
river. These disasters were the SaladO, burned
IN upper hed rlVer, January 10, lS72, boat and
cargo of three hundred and h~fty-three bales Of
cotton, hides, peltries, ETC., total loss; steamer
of the Cincinnati line, sunk but raised
3gatn-damage to boat and cargo not very
1eayy, amount not given; steamer Belle Row
and knocked a hole in her hull, but was saved
rom sinking-cargO badly damaged, boat re-
paired and now. running. Abiding to the
iboVe, says the Cincinnati Commercial, we ask
our underwater 20 point out from their list
II navigable rivers, on which they are in the
labit of taking risks, any one of them show
a better record than Red river. which has
always been SO greatly overrated as a stream
,xtra hazardous.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of Sunday saws:
Pursuant to a call a number of steamboat
,wners yesterday morning assembled at the
,ffice of Neare & Reno, NOD Public Landing, |
or the purpose Of discussing matters pertain J
to their own interests, and appointing del |
to the convention which meets in
cleveland on the tWenty-fcurth instant. Can
am James n. Pepper occupied the chalr, and [
Eugene Bowers acted as Secretary.
Or. r. 5. Semple moved the appointment of a
to nominate delegates 70 the con-
TO consist Of Captain Lew. Hates and
". G.. Noris, which was carried. The commit
ee retired and soon returned with the follow
az nominations: Thomas sherlock, John A
williamson, John Kyle, James H. Pepper.
David Gibson, James 5. Wise, Captain Hollo-
way and Captain Il. NJ. Wade. The nomina-
ions were accepted. A request for the Secre-
airy to give a report of the financial Standing
Z the BOatmenis Association developed tine
act that a number Of boats a neglected to
'ay the amount assessed against them. Some
lad paid once and some twice. Members
bought this matter should be l0oked after.
nd boats on the delinquent list induced 10
'ay up, in order TO meet the expenses of dele
ates 70 Washington. Captain Bowers moved
the Directory be requested TO look after
el~nqueneies forthwith, TO pay up the ar
ears due Thomas Sherlock and others. Car
led The meeting then adjourned"
Captain ScoVll6'S new Red riVer packet
Is being completed at Portland. and
7lli soon leave for the South.
The entire wreck Of the Falls City has been
often out in good order and now lies on the
'ortland wharf Il viii be sold soon to the
bidder. The machinery OF this boat
5 almost as goOd as new.
The Shamrock Is aground at Henderson. and
in the channel, preventing the passage OF
oats. 1
Captain +. W. Dugan has taken a contrac5i
, place several blasts under the wreck Of the
lack Hawk.
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