Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-10
PROBABILITIES,

PROBABILITIES.
| WARRINGTON anuary 9-PIeasant wealth
| er wiz D OJa0ly con inuB On Wednesday IN
| the soul hern snd 6uif states and northwatd d
to Illinois and Pennsy iv@nia. a falling Da
4 rOmeter, with increased cloudin'ss, will pre-
| vail in New England and New York. The
\ therm Ometer viii continue to fall west Of the
| MIssissippi with rising tenn psrature snd
| southeriy winds and threatening in the Mis-
| souri, valley. Dangerous wtads are not an
[ ticipRted for our own coasts tonight.
Ry Telegraph.
NEW ORLEANS, January 9.-Arrivsd:
| Espsranzz, 81. Louis; Shannon and Ex-
| change, Ohio rivsr; John Howard, Mem
phls. Departed: Belle Vernon, Cincin-
natl.
| NASHVILLE, January 9.-SiX feet large
on Harpeth Shoals.
LITTLE Rock, January 9.--Arrived: Pat
| Clepurne, Memphis. Weather clear ana
| cool. River rose two inches.
| VICKsBURG, January 9-D0wn-Kssie,
| Gam; TOtu Jasper 4 pm; NatcheZ, 8 p
NJ; Lock wood, 8 p NJ; Commonwealth,
I6p.m Up: ". J. Lewis, 10 last night.
| LOUISVILLE, January 9. Nine fest six
inches ia the chute ana i've teet over ths
/ rocks. Business fair. Arrived: Kate Put
nam, New Orleans. Departed: John RiI-
/ gOur, New Orleans; J. II. Bigiey, New
Rivers and Business.
SteambOstmsn are enjoying unintsr-
/ rUpted navigation. Business is good al
| this port. There were seven arrivals and
| eleven departures. The river rose ! foot.
| The weather was cool and cloudy,
miscellaneous.
| The Andes arrived from Evansville,
| three days out, cosled here snd left for
/ New Orleans, drawing seven feet.
The Richmond was delayed last night,
] on account Of a strike among the labor
7 ers, but viii leave to-day 81 u n.
| The Minneola departed with 400 bales
! Of cotton for the Ohio.
The PotOmsc passed up early yesterday
morning fer the OHIO, after dischsrging
here several packages sundries.
The g, ". Cheek, Mary Boyd, St. Fran |
els and Legal Tender departed with good |
| trips.
The steamer Undine arrived last night |
about dark, and discharged IA bales of |
cotton, l08 bags do; 2S7 sacks of cotton /
seed and 90 EScks OF corn.
The Little Alps came In from above |
VITA to Y of piles Tor the new elevator |
&C this port.
The harbor tug Bipon sank last night |
near the dry docks, Ia forty feet of wafer /
colonel Nike Shsnlsy's Wrecking boat |
has dropped down and is trying 10 raise |
her.
The James howard, from Nsw Orleans,
Ave days cut arrived at dark. She dis- |
charged here 50 hogsheSds sugar, 2l0 pack |
ages molssses and lot of sunGnss. She !
has I7O0 tons for the Ohio, including 5049 |
bars railroad iron for Henderson, Ksn.
lucky. She reports the Colorado OF 81 |
Island Sky, and going down sll OK
The steamer City of Helena arrived here |
Yesterday about noon on her return trip. |
The party that left here aboard this |
steamer on her excursion trip 70 Helena, /
report what everybody predictsd, very |
pleasant time. She was received WheE |
she arrived at her destination with shou.s |
Of welcome by, it would seem, thu entire |
population Of that h0urishing little city. |
We have not room 20 give q detailed &C.
count Of the whole affair, but give the |
following from the Helsna Clarion:
Captain Sanders In clear, ringing voice, |
full OF CLOG uencs in itself, delivered the re-
eeption and present tation grafton. This selee |
ton was admirable. Mods OF the feeling |
afnr nation followed his eloquent words, and |
assisted them 10 g place In the permanent es-
TEEN Of those who did as honor.
General Rsuney, upon the part Of the Mem |
phis and ST Louis Packet com pany responded |
10 Captain Sanders, and In his timely emarkS |
faith in the destiny Of Helsna. His hoary
head, every hair OF which ls Is white as the |
lakes OF winter, seemed 70 invite and create |
feeling Of reverence and veneraton. His |
words were fatherly and firm, and, as spokes- !
Lpan for the great company, did service well. |
Iha retention OF suoh man II service is /
ample evidence Of the worth OF an enterprise !
After General Ranney had concluded his ad- |
dress, loud calls were made for Colonel Doug
I
ior q half hour, dwelt Ia humOr and senti- |
unent TO the interest, edtncatOn and smuse- |
meni q all. Colonel Douglas In d ready and |
pungent orator, and lets no points escape
aims
A dispatch TO the Cincluna Times OF |
Saturday, ssyss " Priysts dispatches from |
Louisville this morning report the Sam |
J Hale badly sunk. and it is thought she |
viii prOvs q total loss. She ieit hsge |
Thursday night 70 take way freight Tor /
the Thompson Dean, engaged 1t Aurora, |
LsWrencebuTg, Rising Sun, Florence ana |
Madison, which was 70 have been re-
shipped at Portland Her cargo consisted |
ID part Of SQlQ barrels Of 67ur, tons /
hay, 900 barrels apples, snd large amount /
OF potatoes and onions, furniture, wagons, |
etc Chs is owned by Commodore Thcmp- |
con Dsan, Sam J. Hale and Captain VII |
liam HambletOp, her commander. She |
hRs partial insurancs ia Cincinnati COM |
penies. Later information says that the /
Doss can be raised without great damage |
OF COST
The Cincinnati Commercial of The oh |
aayss "The Thompson Dean was valued |
for insurance purposes, az $40 600, and |
under the rule Of underwriters, allowing |
three-fourths of the valustion TO be in /
sured, had the privilege OF iDsuring to |
the amount Of Sl27 800. Bat her owners |
knowing that everything calculated to 4
make her safe bad been put upon her, /
would tend 30 her security-Which had |
been done st thousands Of dollars extra /
cOst-took out only 500, 900 of insurance. |
Twenty-Five insurance companies carry
800 600 OF the risk, and the owners carry /
$4,000.
YME1EPHrs December 3, 1871,
81. J. Highly, Esq, New Orleans:
81 have your favor OF the 9Th instant,
with receipts for cake. Our citizens have
more local enterprises on hand tnaD they
are able to sustain, and have no Idea
they would take stock In the barge
nne.' High freights, high charges, de-
lays and difficulties In freights via your
city, hsve turned the bulk OF our frelghts
BY other routes. II you want our busi-
ness you must offer us some Inducements
to send &c to you. When our road to
Shreveport Is made (which is almost
hXed fsct) you may expect TO lose large
trade from that region Our people are
working tor their own interests: Yours
truly, T. a; NELSON,
president Memphis OH Company"
Boats Leaving To-day.
For New Orleans and the Bends-The
fset passenger steamer Ouachita Belle,
In plGce Of the Belle Lee, in COM
mand Of J. +. Hicks, leaves to-day
ct pm, positively, for New Or
leans and all the bend landings. Her
staterooms In the ladies' cabin are fur
nished with all the luxury which this de-
pagtment requires, Rs are also her main /
eabin-rooms, which present those COM
forts Of . home which the traveller always
longs for, but does not often meat with.
She has q large, airy, rOomy boiler-deck, /
which is q great requisite TO the comfort
OF passengers. Mr.. John s. Sullivan /
holds forth In the of1oe.
For Cincinnsti-rhe Charles Bodmsn,
Captain o p Bhinkle, leaves to-day at 4 /
D. 10 for Louisville, CtnoinnRti and all /
way landings.
For Osoeols-The Undine, Osptsdn Good
rich, leaves today At 5 pm. fog Osceols /
and all way landings. A. Goodrich and /
Harry Dickinson of1eiate IS clerks.
The man fFolton) shot with toy can
non In New YORK Monday u not dead. |
Tlba hraae oVlinder. two Inches long and /