Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-30

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Z this issue but viii appear tomorrow.
The Pink Varble came up before darI
Hast night, with oodles Of eotton-seed 70
the Southern Oil Works.
The MinneOla came up yesterday af
iternOon, and lays over until this eve
. ming to get eight hundred bales Of cottor
engaged. She has also about one hun
,dred and fifty tons Of sugar, molasses
ete., for Evansville and New Albany
but very little for Louisville or Cinein
lnati.
1t was rumOred yesterday that th'
Belle Lee was aground at Reeves, bu
the Minneola met her going down al
right twenty miles below there.
The Oil City was getting a barge of
Reeves bar when one Of the boats cam'
'up yesterday.
A telegram received last night by Cap
tain s. B. Miller, states that the Shan
'non will be up in time to leave on Mon
day morning for the Ohio.
A dispatch from Louisville, last night
announced that the river there had beeI
closed by ice.
Tuesday with twenty-five hundred bale:
evening with eleven hundred bales.
Navigation in Red river has aboui
ceased. There is but sixteen inches o.
water above Grand Ecore.
The Fort Gibson brought two hundred
.and two bales Of cotton, two hundred
and two sacks of cottOn-seed meal, anc
|reshipped three hundred and thirty-siX
bales Of cotton at the mouth of Whit,
river for New Orleans.
The Mollie Ebert was at the landing
some time after dark last night repairing
her boilers, but may have left early thi:
morning.
The Pauline Carroll, with two barges
lin tow, came up last evening, but had
only little freight to put out here. She
had, however, two hundred sacks salt
for Cape Girardeau; one thousandkacks
salt, fifteen hundred boxes sugar, fifty
crates erockery-ware and sixty casks
wine for st. Louis, which will be reship-
ped at Cairo.
The P. w. Strader went up last night
after discharging here one hundred bales
of cotton. She will reship her through
freight at Cairo, and may take \ load
for New Orleans, if she can fill out
quickly.
The Holidays, of Cairo, have pur-
chased the Merchants wharf boat, re-
Gently sunk and raised, at Vicksburg,
for twelve thousand dollars. The repairs
will cost eight thousand dollars, and !
will be towed to Cairo, where they viii
use it.
The crews of the City of Alton and
Dexter have been paid Off at Cairo and
gone to st. Louis.
There is plenty of cotton along the
banks of the Yazoo and Tallahatehie
rivers, but the water is too low for the
boats to carry even half a load.
Carter and Conn and others of the St
Louis owners Of the exploded OceanuS
and ice-sunk Lockwood, have satisfied
the insurance men that their boats were
lost by obstruction, and are to get twen-
ty-fOur thousand dollars insurance on
the latter and sixteen thousand dollars
on the former, in a few days.
The Dexter, Colorado, City of Alton,
John Kyle, Thomps Dean, City OF
Helena, Grand Tower, and, in all prob
ability, City of Chester, are laid up at
Cairo.
The Mollie Moore is TO help the
KOuntz line steamers between Cairo and
st. Louis.
The Savannah severely injured her
hull coming over the KeOkuk rapids
last trip, and will repair at Rock Island.
The Durfee went up early yesterday
with a light trip.
The Susie Silver passed down yester-
day with a good trip, and was drawing
seven and a half feet of water. She
rubbed at several places above here.
The Mollie Ebert put out $50 sacks
salt, and has three hundred tons for
points up the Ohio.
The Commonwealth, with a barge in
tow, went up yesterday morning, with
700 tons, including 2772 bars railroad
iron.
The Boyd brought from White river
597 bales cotton, and put out 25 bales at
for reshipment South.
The Phil Allin broughtup 1877 bales of
cotton, 100 Of which were from the
stranded Jennie Howell.
A New Orleans exchange perpetrates
the following on the Edinburg: "The
cabin on the steamer Edinburg is sol
high from the boiler deck that the en1
yineer started for his room in the texas
lay before yesterday, and up to late
hour last evening had not returned"
The Cheek brought yesterday thirty
One bales Of cotton and three hundred
and eighty-three sacks of seed.
The AsJ. White had for this cityyes-
.erday one hundred and ninety-twoI
oales of cotton and four hundred and
seventy sacks of seed.
A communication has been addressed
10 the agents Of our local packets by al
number of merchants, requesting that
The packets will receive freight one hour
ater in the evening. This is owing tol
the merchants inability to get their
ireight hauled TO the river, and will
doubtless be complied with.
The Andy johnson went up yesterday
morning with seven hundred tons, in
,luding two thousand one hundred andl
twenty-five packages sugar and oneI
thousand sacks salt. She put out onel
thousand bars railroad iron at Chicot,
md three hundred packages of freight
mere.
The Henry Ames cleared for New Or
cans yesterday morning, getting butt
little freight, and wanted but little.
Dave Campbell will not wreck the
Belle st. Louis this season. She mayI
AXE a cargo Of iron ore to Pittsburg next
'pTing.
New Orleans wants more sugar buy
rs. Her sheds are fsll, but very little is
coming up the river.
Seven thousand three hundred andl
bales of cotton were re
,eived at New Orleans during the forty
light hours ending on Tuesday night
asst.
Red river at Shreveport is eighteenI
inches lower than it was last season.
Steamboatment up about DEVILS Is
ard and HOrse-tail think they have 81
severe case of low water, but the follow
ng account Of lOw-water navigation onl
Red river, as given by the Shreveport
Times Of q recent date, will make theml
eel jolly when they compare notes with
he Red river mariners: "The steamer.
Ida arrived last Monday, four weeks out
rom the city, with a heavy low-wateTI
'reight. Taking into consideration theI
iize Of the boat and the amount of
reight, this is one of the most remarka-i
Die trips ever made on Red river, andi
very few captains would have accom-
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wreck Of the Era No. Z, it was a con
.inued pull. In places they had to dig a
channel with shovels, and then wash
he same out from under the hull with
he hose attached to the force-pump.
We have been some years knockings
about the river, but this is the first time
We ever heard of washing a steamboat
,ver a bar with the aid Of a hose pipe.
A new era has dawned In low-water|
teambOating. The Captain Is certain
Y entitled to wear the blue ribbon fors
steamboating, and none dare
dispute his claim"