Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-13
The John Howard went down at two
o'clock yesterday, doing but little here.
~ Telegram

rain last night; clear and pleasant to-
day
CAIRO, November I2.-Arrived JP. w.
StFader, from Vicksburg, 8 pm; Colo
RADIO, from Nicksburg, 4 am; Henry NJ.
Shreve, from Memphis, 4 pm; Crescent
City, from 81. Louis, 8 pm. Departed
Robert Mitchell, for Louisville, 5 pm
City Of V~icksbuTg, for st. Louis, 10 pm;
City Of Chester, for Memphis, 3 am;
Colorado, for st. Louis, 3 am; John +.
Tolle, for New Orleans, l pm; Anna
diIo, for Memphis, > pm; Belfast, fol
st. Louis, 4 pm. River has fallen &
inches. Weather cloudy and cool. The
SteambOatmen's Convention met here
to-day, and organized with Captain
Kirk Of Louisville temporary chairman.
and adjourned until afternoon To await
the arrival Of the Cincinnati delegation.
PITTsBURG, November f2.-The Mo.
nongahela river is falling slowly, with
feet S inches water IN the channel
A light rain has been falling during the
forenoon, and present prospects are ia.
vorable for its continuance.
CINCINNATI, November 12.-Tbe riveI
Is stationary, will Is feet water IN the
channel. The Sam ]. Hale left for New
Orleans.
ST.. LouIs, November 12-Arrived
Mary Alice and Bismarck, from New
Orleans; City of Vicksburg and Strader,
from V~ieksburg. Departed: Belle Of
Pike, for Memphis; Lewis, for Vicks-
burg. River rising slowly. Weather
cloudy and cool.
LOUISVILLE, November I2-River is
rising, with 5 feet 10 inches water in the
canal, and 3 feet 10 inches in the chute.
Weather cloudy and cool. Business
moderate.
NASHVILLE, November l2.-The river
is rising gradually, with 20 inches water
on Harpeth Shoals. Weather cold and
cloudy.
EVANSVILLE, November 12-Weather
cloudy and cold. Mercury ranged from
36o TO 50'. River has fallen 10 inches.
Business active.
NEW ORLEANS, November Ear
rived: Mary +. Poe, from st. Louis.
Departed: f. II. Durfee, for st. Louis.
Weather cloudy.
VICKsBURG, November H. Boats
down: Ouachita Belle, Frank Pargoud,
III. g. Yaeger, Tyrone, Dexter, Natchez.
Up; MOllie Moore, Nick LOngwoIth.
Weather clear and cool. River falling.
Boats Going To-Day.
The tri-weekly passenger packet Phil
Allin, Captain Stack Lee, leaves this
evening at five o'clock for Friars Point
and the usual way landings. Messrs.
Gray and Cannon are her clerks.
The United States mail packet G.. w.
Cheek leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Friars Point and ali the way
landings. Captain Malone commands,
and Robert Wildberger and Charley
Jackson are her clerks.
The regular White river packet Jen-
ME Howell, with Captain Ashford on
the roof, departs at five O'Clock this
evening for all points on White river.
Mr.. Frank w. Buskirk is her purser.
The light-draught passenger packet
GAINESVILLE, in command of Captain S.
b. Adams. leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all points on the Arkansas river. Mr..
William Holmes is her chief pUrser.
The City Of Chester, Captain Zeigler,
leaves this afternoon at five o'clock for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The mammoth passenger steamer Jas.
Howard, with Captain Pegram on the
roof, leaves this day at twelve o'clock
for New Orleans and all way landings.
Messrs. Chas. Chassiang andPeter Writ
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The st. Marys, Captain John Wood
burn, leaves this afternoon at five o'clock
for Cincinnati direct.
The new steamer Frank Geary, Cap
tain Simms, now at the landing, viii
back out at four o'clock this evening for
Cairo, Evansville and all lower landings
on the Ohio. She is perfectly new, runs
like a reindeer and has superb accom-
modations.
Miscellaneous
Governor NOyes, of Ohio, has been
invited by Governor Smith, of Georgia,
to meet with the Governors Of other
States, at Macon, to consult upon mea-
sures to unite the Mississippi river with
the Atlantic by canal, so as to reduce
the price of transportation.
The John Howard went down at two
o'clock yesterday morning, doing but
little here.
The Louisville Commercial SAYS: "'The |
tonnage Of all the boats built at the falls
cities since March 81, 1869, amounts to
more than thirty thousand, embracing
twenty-five sideWheelers and forty-nine
sternwheelers. The following is the list:
Seminole, Belle YazoO, La Belle, Grand
Era, Trenton, Texas,W. S. Pike, Bradish
Johnson, Texarkana, Henry Tete, Big
SuniOwer, NJ. J. Wicks, Wade Hamp-
ton, c. b. Church, Mary Miller, Idle
wild, Grand Tower, Cherokee, City of
Vicksburg, Little F1eta, Southwestern,
A. ]. White, Lightest, Bertha, Iberia,
Leslie Taylor, Lucy KERN, i. V. Bogy,
City of Quincy, Little Vicksburg, Robert
Hardy, Ouachita Belle, John Howard,
Lookout, Robin, Bowling Green, James
Howard, B. F. Devol, James Wathen,
Katie, Houston CoOmbs, Ruby, Wild
wood, Brownsville, Lizzie, Carrie A.
Thorn, Emma G.. Elliott, Gray Eagle, |
Maria Louisa, Laura, st. Mary, Charles
Fowler, Sabine, COneordia, Beattyville,
Daniel Boone, George w. Cheek, Fan
ME Keener, Belle Lee, Burksville,
GladiOla, Ben. Franklin, Fleta, City
Of Helena, st. Mary, Grey Eagle,
H. S. Bradsford, r. 4. Bryarly,
Dick Fulton. In addition to these, the
old and second Ruth, the Mollie Able,
Julia, Leviathan, Virginia, and num-
erous other old, but staunch boats, the
names of which we cannot recollect,
all built in these yards"
OF the John B. Maude TRANSFORMATION
the following are the in
corpOrators: Nathan D. Moves, Geo. d.
Appleton, John B. Maude, John F.
Noel and Jacob Swivel. Capital stock
seventy-fve thousand dollars, and may
be increased to one hundred thousand
Mr.. Noyes has been chosen
President, Noel Treasurer, and Swivel
Secretary. 1
V. NJ. Purdy & Co., Of New Orleans,
have libelled the steamer Ouachita
Belle.
Meeting OF the SteambOafmen at Cairo.
CAIRO, November 12-The Steam
boat Convention met to-day and effect
ed a temporary organization by electing
Captain r. II. Voolfolk, OF Louisville,
President, and +. G. Finderer, of New
Orleans, and Z. q. Carroll, of Vicksburg,
Secretaries. Nearly all of the Western
md Southern trades were well repre-
and a vast amount of business
of. The meeting was harmoni-
Jus throughout, and action taken on
many points important to the steamboat
interest. The recognition of local tariffs
vas arranged satisfactorily to all on
,erned. Most of the delegates viii leave
or home tonight. There is good reason
believe that the result of the conven-
ion was most beneficial. The following
ire the officers elected for the ensuing
-ear: President, r. H. Voolfolk; Vice {
Presidents, John A. Scudder, VIM. J.
kountz, T. 2. feathers and ThOs. Sher-
Ock; Secretary, Isaac NJ. Mason; As
istant Secretary, b. i. Levi; Treasurer, J
Nm. Rhodes. The convention adjourned |
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