Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-29

late last night, and had four hundred
sacks of salt to discharge.
The Henry Ames, towing a barge,
came down at q late hour last night,
loaded deep.
The Fort Gibson arrived last night
frnm the Arkansas river with a good
trip. She left Pine Bluff ahead Of the
C~larksville, but the latter boat arrived
here ahead.
The Belle Lee came Up yesterday with
one hundred and twenty-three bales Of
cotton, three hundred and seventy sacks
of seed, and cleared for NewOrieans last
night witt six hundred bales Of cotton
and a fair trip of passengers.
The GAINESVILLE will rot be able te
leave here for the Arkansas before Sat
urday. owing to the difficulty in getting
freight removed.
The Il. IL. Durfee arrived yesterday
from st. Louis with a moderate trip.
The st. Francis, from Phillips Bayou
on the st. Francis river, came up yes
terday, well laden.
The Cleburne, yesterday, brought one
hundred aud t~wenty-nine bales Of cot
ton and two hundred and seventy sacks
of seed.
The Legal Tender came down early
Yesterday with two hun,lreda and twenty
eight sacks Of corn and hfty-three bales
Of hay for this city, and left for Nicks-
burg before 0On well laden.
The George G. Wolf went down We'd
nesday night with a good freight trip.
The Bismarck viii be down o-mor
row for New Orleans.
The Batesville will go ont tomorrow
for White river.
Hiram Hill, the submarine diver, Is in
Cairo, Just from the wreck Of the UNI
pire. He got out all the freight there
was ON the boat. He will return ia a
few days andtake out all her machinery.
Captain J. w Throekm0rton, late SUI
p~erintendent of Upper Mississippi river
improvements, died Saturday morning
at his home in Rock Island. Captain
ThrOckmortOn was seventy-two years OF
age,and had been connected with steam
boat interests for more than t~hirty-hye
years.
The Frank Forrest struck a bar on her
recent trip up that came near sendingher
to Davey Jones' locker, and Will cause
her TO make sOme repairs when an OPP
portunity offers.
A Cairo telegram Of the twenty-fifth
says: "The Belle of Shreveport ran
over some obstruction below Prices
Landing to-day, breaking several tim
bers, but her pumps kept the water be-
low the dunnage. She is reshipping her
/ New Orleans freight with the Valley
company, and viii go on the ways at
Mound City or st. Louis for repairs. No
| freight was damaged. The number OF
timbers broken is not known. Colonel
Smith, of the surveyboat Arkansas,
leaves for st. Louis tomorrow with
most of her crew. The survey Of the
Mississippi was very satisfactory, and
/ Colonel Smith thinks that with a COM
paratively small expense the channel
might be made navigable to all steamers
all the year rOund.p
Tuesdays st. Louis Globe has the fol-
lowing: owe deeply regret to have TO
announce the death of old Captain JnO.
Armer, Of smallpox, at his residence,
in this city, last Saturday. He was one
of the oldest steamboat clerks in this
city, and at the time of his death was 10
the employ Of Moody, Mitchell & Co. as
shipping clerk
The United States Local Inspectors at
st. Louis have suspended for three
months the license Of Charles Sebastian,
as pilot, for causing the collision between
the Mollie Moore the boat he was on
and the ferryboat n. Mulliken, on the
eighteenth of October, in the st. Louis
harbOr.