Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-17

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partly cloudy and mild. The river has
fallen > inches. Mercury 66o. Business
active, but tonnage wanting.
LITTLE Rock, October l6.-Weather
cloudy and warm, with indications OF
rain. River stationary.
miscellaneous
The James Howard came up from
New Orleans about eight O'Clock last
night, and put out seven crates of crock
eryware, and other light freight, at the
lower landing, after which she moved
up to the foot Of Washington street,
where she will discharge, to-day, TWEEN
ty-siX hundred bars of railroad iron for
the Memphis and Paducah railroad.
She came up drawing six feet, and has
on board fifty tons of assorted freight
for reshipment at Cairo, and fer st.
Louis one hundred and fifty tons, in
Guiding n thousand sacks salt, and
one hundred barrels of pitch. She will
probably get off this evening.
The wharfmaster at Wheeling, West
Virginia, has instituted suit against the
Captain of the Mccormick for a viola
ton of the ordinance which forbids the
blowing Of steamboat whistles at the
wharf. A law Of Congress cOmpels ev-
cry boat to try her whistle before start
ing on a voyage, that the pilot may be
sure that it is in good order, and under
this law steambOatmen have taken a
good deal Of latitude, claiming that they
are bound by the act of Congress, and
not by the city ordinances, in this par
ticular. The wharfmaster takes the
ground that there is a good deal Of diff
ference between trying a whistle and
''blowing" it, and that as the pilot Of
the Mccormick did more than try
the whistle, he is liable under the ordi-
nance. 1t is the first time the question
has ever come up for settlement, and as
the decision in the case will serve as a
precedent for other boats, the trial will
be awaited with considerable interest.
There is no fight between the White
Collar and Keokuk and Northern con-
sOlidated lines, now, as both have more
than they can do, and at full rates. The
pipe Of peace has been smoked and the
Ratchet buried by both lines-untiI the
next time.
The sale of the Harry johnson to L.
NJ. Leonard and Captain ID. DeHaven
for sixteen thousand dollars is off. The
United States Marshal advertises her for
sale on the twenty-sixth of the present
month.
The Jennie Howell will be here to-day
to load for White river tomorrow.
Tuesdays st. Louis Republican saws:
'"rhe Anchor Line, for Memphis and
Vicksburg, will advance rates to-day or
tomorrow, and there is some color Of a
that the Mississippi Valley
transportation Company viii advance
their rates on next tow out. The Henry
Ames grounded, bound out, when cross
the shoai at Jefferson Barracks. At
noon she was still aground, and had
broken a spar in her efforts to get of.
The rescue took down a new one. 1t
was thought at last accounts that she
would get off last evening. The bar at
hat point is very troublesome to passing
,teamers.N
Captain Elem. Calvert, of the Anchor
Line, returned yesterday from st. Louis
md a visit to his home in Missouri. He
'ays St Louis gets up quite q respecta-
DE fair, but thinks it cannot be COM
Jared to u own county exhibition.
About one year ago, while the steamer
Iollie Moore was loading corn at Cairo,
rom the chute of n of Halliday's
warehouses, a deck-hand named Joe
Iagleder was accidentally struck with a
ack, which broke his leg, and for which
uC AloAAi1bCA DAOICNbilAo III TIE Quits D
the boat for five thousand dol I
ars damages. The case came up in the {
ourts two or three different times, but
vas postponed untila week or so since,
when the court dismissed the case, thus !
that steamboats, are not liable :
Or injuries received by 8 workman on l
he boat through the negligence of his /
allow-workmen, though acting under ;
be instructions Of a superior officer.
We learn from Captain Elliott that
be steamer Emma c.. Elliott viii leave
on Thursday next, in connection l
nth the Belle Lee, in the New Orleans 4
-ade.
ACairo letter says: Lieutenant Colo
Dennis, Surveyor-G General of Cana .
and Nh. Lindsay Russell, Of Ottawa,
strOnomertO the Royal Engineers. were z
the city the other day in search of the :
oint of junction of the Ohio and Missis- o
ppi rivers at the time of the survey of
500. A point in Canada due north from
lat is what they wish to find, in order
establish the ownership of a large
act OF mineral land which has ALWAYS
cen in dispute. They failed to find the
they desired here, owing to the =
'eat change since 1907, and have gone
the Observatory at Springfield, Illi- II
Dis, hoping by observations to get bear ~
.gs that will lead to what they want.
be Ada Heilman has thrown up the =
.emphis sponge, and gone into the
ape Girardeau and Cairo trade in ear
sst.D
The steamer E. c. Elliott will leave =
emphis Thursday next in connection II
it'll the steamer Belle Lee. A
The steamboat Frank Forrest did not
ave yesterday evening on account of
e machinery being not inspected in
ne-will leave this Thursday evening
five O'Clock. q
The Submarine No. Il, on Monday.
cceeded in raising the Merchants Al
harfboat at Yicksburg. The Job was
long, tedious and expensive one.
hen she went down she settled on a
imp, which went through her hull
d held her tight. She is now being az
Id up with syphon pumps until bulk
ads are put in.
On Monday the r. i. Lee carried
New Orleans twenty-five hundred
les Of cotton.
The supply Of coal at Louisville is said R
be nearly exhausted, and the greatest
~prehensions Of great loss and suffering u
excited. ~
bohnger and Pegram have chartered ut
e Josephine at st. Louis, and she was an
have left there yesterday with a fun ~ y
rgo of railroad material and supplies 81;
Shreveport. IN,
The Pink Yarble, on her way up,
uck the wreck Of the old Platte VAL
a few miles below the city, which in
used her to leak some. but did no ma str
ial injury. sas
The st. Louis Democrat, Of the if III.
nth, contains the following: "a tenn ths
union has been effected between "a
st. Louis and New Orleans and the ter
srchants' Southern Packet Companies, sas
lich abates rivalry between them so ~
that their freight rates will be the ne
whetheradvanced or reduced. The 5
reement has some points Of improve
mt such as these, namely: That no =