Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-20

kriars Point and all way landings;
Robert Wildberger as clerk.
The gay steamer Phil Allin, Captain
James Lee, leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Helena, E'riars Point and all
business landings in the bends below
Mr.. William p. Gray as chief purser.
The Frank Forrest, Captain Sexton,
leaves at five O'Clock this afternoon
for Fulton and all intermediate land
ings. Mr.. o. X. Joplin is chief clerk.
The A. J. White, Captain Mark Cheek,
leaves this afternoon at five O'Clock for
Napoleon and all the bend landings.
MessTs. Fields, Sharpe and Smither are
her popular secretaries.
The semi-weekly passenger steamer
St Francis, Captain Bowman, leaves
this evening at five o'clock for
Helena, Mariana and all the usual
bend landings. Messrs. Paine, Dean and
Franklin are clerks.
The fleet passenger steamer LaBelle,
Captain Wood, leaves this day at
twelve o'clock, for New Orleans and all
the bend landings. J. J. DOdd is chief
clerk.
The City Of Chester, Captain Zeigler,
departs at five o'clock this evening for
Cairo and all way landings.
The Arlington, Captain Dan Moore,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Cincinnati and all points on the Ohio
river.
The fine and fleet passenger steamer
MayfiOweT, in command of Captain
James Carlton, leaves this afternoon at
three o'clock for New Orleans and all
the bend landings. She has superior
accommodations and fare. Mr.. Will
banks holds forth at the desk.
Miscellaneous.
A left-handed rumOr was current YES
terday that the steamer Royal George,
with the cargOes Of the Era Number
Ten and Flaville, sunk in Red river
day before yesterday.
The Belle Of Pike, so runOT says, is
to be added to the Anchor Line, to run
between this city and Cairo.
The LaBelle did not get out last night,
on account of the rain
An elegant turnout, consisting of a
horse, buggy and harness, formerly the
property of a well-knOwn river man, is
to be rallied off soon.
Captain Reese Dugan went over to
Devalis Bluff yesterday by rail, to look
to the raising of the Z. II. Allen. When
he was in New Orleans a wag there
wanted to charter his wrecker-the
Eekert-tO raise Red river, but he would
not undertake the job.
The GAINESVILLE was delayed by bad
weather, and did not get away until
last night.
The Henry Ames came up last even
ing, drawing six feet, and with her
barge had eight hundred and fifty tons
of freight, including fifteen hundred
hOgsheads sugar, twenty-five hundred
barrels of mOlasses, twenty-five hun
bred packages Of raisins and other stuff
She lost six hours sounding at Horn
Lake yesterday morning, and found !
there six feet of water and a little more
at Reeves, but rubbed at beth places. |
She put out here three hundred sacks of !
salt and other freight, amounting to a !
hundred tons, the balance of her cargo /
being for st. Louis, Chicago and other |
Northern cities.
The levee and steamboat clerks and /
are requested to meet at the !
Office Of +. ID. Cobb & Co., this evening |
at half-past seven o'clock.
The Henry Ames reports the North |
western over Horn Lake bar all right /
and going down.
The Tom Jasper came down yester- |
day morning with full trip, and added /
here five hundred and seventy-One bales /
Of cotton at two dollars per bale. Four 4
hundred bales was compressed ready for /
shipment to Liverpool. The Jasper was /
offered all the corn she wanted at Mad /
rid at thirty-tive cents per hundred, but 4
could not take it. One item of the Jas
per's cargo is fourteen hundred dozen
turkeys and geese-enOugh to supply all I
New Orleans with a Christmas dinner.
She laid over here during the night on 4
of the rain, and will doubtless
get away this morning.
The Elliott Line Of White river boats
will again be placed in White river i'm a
few days. The City of Augusta goes
out on Saturday and will be followed by
the K. P. Walt
The Dardanelle brought from White
river yesterday six hundred and fourteen
bales of cotton.
The Arlington, from the Ohio, came
down yesterday with nineteen bales of
cotton and fivehundred tons of produce,
which she Is discharging at the wharf
boat.
The r. c. Gray has, as one item of
freight for this city, four hundred bales
Of hay.
The small stern-wheel steamer Mist,
while on her way from Wetumpka to
Mobile, struck a log last Wednesday
night on Alabama river off Earl's Land
ng, about eighty-five miles above Mo
bile, and sunk in nine feet of water aft
md five feet forward. She belonged to
he Trade Company, aud was insured.
She may probably be raised. The steam
II Leo has gone to her to try the expert
nent. Her cargo consisted of six hun
ired bales Of cotton, one hundred bales
If which were in the hold, and is badly
damaged, but is insured in Mobile
,ffices.
The R. C. Gray loads at Evansville
or this city.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Mr.
ohm S. Jones, late of the MinneOla, and
low in Adams's Memphis and Arkansas
line, is in the city on hasty visit, the
ccasion being an addition to his family
q the shape Of a bouncing boy"
The Thompson Dean is loading at
afro. :