Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-04
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ls7

Gray and Cannon are her clerks.
The United States mail packet G. W.
Cheek leaves this afternoon at five
o'clock for Friars Point and all the
way-landings. Captain Malone COM
maDds, and Robert Wilderberger and
Charley Jackson are her clerks.
The Frank Forrest, Captain Sexton,
will back out at five o'clock this even
ing from the foot Of Union street for
Fulton and intermediate plantation
landings.
The Capitol City will go down to-mor-
row morning, In the Anchor Line, for
Vicksburg.
The Mary e. Poe, having been de
tanned by low water, viii be here to-day,
to leave at four O'Clock this evening for
Natchez and New Orleans.
miscellaneous.
1t is suggested that the Water Works
Company lay a pipe to the river from
their large reservoir, and supply our lit
tie stream with water enough to float
some Of the light-draught stern-wheel
boats that are now laid up.
The wreck Of the old Peosta was still
smoking On the bar opposite here last
night.
The Elevator was crowded full Of
freight last night, and on the outside
platform there were four or five hundred
bales of hay and a hundred crates Of
\ cabbage, besides other stuff.
Quite a large number of sight-seers
visited the bluff, the landing and the
Elevator yesterday and last evening.
Coming up yesterday, one of the ne
gro rousters Of the st. Francis was acct
dentally shot through the leg byanother
whOwas 'just showing him" how to kill
a man with a navy six. The "shoOtist'
cooked the pistol, and, leveling it for a
Zine" shot, had got it about on a level
with the wounded chaps knee, when it
exploded, sending the ball through the
leg, as above stated.
The st. Francis brought up from Hell
ena last night several stables of race
horses, among them AbbOtt'sa and Halls.
When the Grand Tower passed the
Belfast, about two O'Clock yesterday
morning, the latter was in about the
same position as pre- ,iously stated.
The usual baptismal ceremonies at the
river were dispensed with yesterday
by members Of the cOlored Baptist
Church. The water was too cold and
the number Of converts decreasing in
consequence.
AeDAAAA 10AAA Wv AEA MA1 "a N1e1EI-
ger down. on the Laura, last evening.
80! give us a rest,n was sung innU-
merable times by the Elevator choir
lclerks), yesterday, but "NO rest for the
wicked was the echo from the Arkan-
sas shore.
The Elevator is to be lit with gas dur
ing the coming week. The pipes are al
ready TO the building, and We learn-not
authoritatively, hOwever-that when al
the arrangements are completed, Elem
Calvert will give there a grand hop in
honor Of the anniversary Of his tU6Hty-
ninth birthday.
A slight "scrimmagen occurred at the
landing just before dark last night, and
was viewed from a distance by two
policemen.
We are sorry to learn that Captain
Irwin Dugan, of the wrecker T. +.
Eckert, is at his home in COvingtOn,
Kentucky, quite i'll with pneumonia.
Jim Franklin, Of the st. Francis, says
his boat brought up last night the
''fairest" trip Of the season. Among
the passengers there were fifteen or
twenty of Arkansas handsOmest
daughters, who, with their escorts, came
up to attend the Exposition. One more
trip Of that kind and Jeems will be IN
fit for service.
The boats up yesterday report the
channel at Reeves as having but six
feet Of water. Peters and MOntezuma
bars are the next worst, but no boats
were aground on any of them.
When the st. Francis passed Ham
Inns yesterday morning the Nick Long
worth was just getting ready to leave
the bank, where she had gone during
the fog of the night previous.
An old wreck is reported directly in
the channel at Jefferson Barracks bar,
below st. Louis, where there is but fOsr
feet eight inches of water. While
sounding there Friday, Captain Coll, of
the Bee, struck the wreck twice. Pilots
should use caution in crossing it.
The Grand Tower, City Of Helena and
City of Vicksburg are TO be withdrawn
when they return to st. Louis, and light
er bOats-the Emile LaBarge, for one
placed in their stead.
Saturdays st. Louis Democrat gives
the information that a serious split has
occurred between the stockholders of the
Merchants Southern Wharfboat Com
pany, at st. Louis. Recourse to the law
is talked of.
The same paper says: ''The banks of
the river, below Memphis, are covered
with cotton bales awaiting shipment"
Our local packets that arrived last report
quite the contrary.
One Of our St, Louis exchanges wants
the st. Louis and Arkansas River Packet I
revived. 1t would be a SPLEEN
did idea, now that there is but sixteen
inches Of water over the worst bars in
river.
Fourteen thousand five hundred dol
lars was the price paid for an elegant
residence on Poplar street the other day
by a member of one of u coal firms.
The Kate Kinney was to be the fifth
steamer in the White Star Line between
Cincinnati and Memphis.
Captain a. j. Ross has purchased an
in the steamer Nashville at the
rate of thirteen thousand dollars.
A Nicksburg riveT-editOr declares he
will put a head on the news-editOr in
his office, who, in his clippings, occa-
iiOnally mutilates the river columns Of
lie Memphis and st. Louis papers.
The wharf boat at Rising Sun sunk
Wednesday night from the effect of
Jeing overloaded with hay and straw.
The Armadillo, Captain George Wolff,
the Anna in the old Memphis
md Cincinnati Packet Company from
Jincinnati.
The Robert E. Lee went into New
orleans last trip with three thousand
hTee hundred and sixty-two bales cot
on, four thousandand twenty-five sacks
.otton-seed and fifteen bags seed
The Henry Ames is coming up for St.
Iouis with twelve hundred sacks of salt,
ixteen hundred bars of railroad iron and
bout Il hundred tons of miscellaneous