Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-12

fs much more comfortable and easier
riding upon than the old rickety stern
wheelers that have just gone out of the
trade. Captain Vinton, her Master, Is a
gentleman Of great experience in steam
boating, and is deservedly popular all
along the river. Remember, he pulls the
bell at five o'clock this evening, and
j goes through to Cincinnati.
II miscellaneous.
Andy Williams, formerly Of the St.
Marys, is at Cincinnati looking for
something to develop.
/ At Pittsburg there is some talk Of the
owners of tugboats starting a cO-Opera-
tive insurance company of their own.
This proposed action is owing, it is said,
TO the increase In the rates of the Tegu-
lar COMPANIES. Heretofore the rate en-
tugboats has been six per cent, and that
is enough.
Joe Purcell and Isaac Brooks are di-
reeting the Bodmann's course down
the Ohio.
The latest old song warbled by the
steamboatmen was that listened to by
the people on the banks of the Ohio,
4 coming from the Grand Lake No. 2,
when she came down. 1t sounded
something like this: " Hi HO! away
we go, floating down the river, the
Ohio.n They didn't say word about
the Ice, however.
The James d. Parker leaves Cincin-
natl to-day for this city.
The latest we have in regard to the
movements of some of the big boats is
that the Katie will, when repaired,
make two trips here, and that the r. Z.
Lee will go to Louisville in two or three
weeks. This is only one of the many
programmes laid out for those boats,
however, and may be taken for what It
is worth.
Three different lines of boats are now
working between New Orleans and Red
river.
Steamboat clerks in the upper Ohio
are fully up to the times in securing
from newspapers the usual amount of
"puffing," and know full well the infiu-
ence of the press, as will be seen by the
following, which we take from the Gin
cinnati Chronicle; "Mr. Oscar Shaw,
Chief Clerk of the st. James, has pre-
sented the Ripley Bee with new head.
The devil of that Office is now exercising
his muscle to put face on it, "
The latest letters patent issued from
the Patent Office is one to Captain
Thorpe, of the Cincinnati marine rail-
ways, and is for a new rudder, which
the Cincinnati papers think will be a
"big thing" as it already adOrns the
sterns of the Condor, Thomas w. Means
and Crescent City.
The dock repairs to the Katie have
been completed, and she is now at the
foot of Thalia street wharf, where she
gets new chimneys. The Times thinks
she is in better condition than ever be-
/ fore.
The river "pencil slingersn at Nash.
vile have terribly severe task to per-
fern each day to get up few river
/ items. One of them the Union and
| american chap, the other day got COM
pletely disgusted after parading up and
down the river all day in the mud, with
his pantaloons in his boot-tops, and go
| ing home wrote this: 'HThe Steamboat
| Agents Association at their regular an
nual meeting, adopted a resolution that
on certain day of the year no member
should be allowed to tell his next friend,
not even newspaper man, what had
transpired for the twenty-fOur hours end
| ing at sunset. 1t leaked out that yes
terday, the eighth instant, was the very
day selected for that reticence. Not
withstanding the association is COM
posed of men remarkable for their
conversational powers, there was
no talk in them yesterday. There
was not man in the business that
would tell whether the river was rising
or falling, or if boat had arrived or de-
parted, or whether the James Z. Rankin
was still unsOld. We sent in our petition
at an early hour in the day to become
an honorary member of the association,
| but the presiding officer was not allowed
to put the question, and under the very
/ trying circumstances we had to inter-
view every deck-hand on the Ievee be-
fore ascertaining whether we were at
| the river or in deaf and dumb asy-
lum." Had that gent been about these
parts he could have gotten up anything
he wanted, especially in mentioning"
the trips of outgoing boats. 1t is only
necessary here to ask an agent how
many bales of cotton one of his boats
will take, or question him in regard to
rates, to get a column. Generally re-
pOrters make allowances for such "trip
and "rate" statements by dividing the
amount by two, and manage in that
| way to come quite close to the general
average"
One or two of the Golfers barges will
have to be docked.
Coal is sold to-day to the city at sew
enty-fve cents per barrel-a decline of
seventy-five cents per barrel within the
| past two days.
The Capitol City brought as one item
| five hundred barrels of meal and flour,
and had five hundred bales of cotton
engaged to carry to st. Louis, but the
bad weather prevented its being hauled
down.
The elevator is just now comfortably
| filed with produce of all kinds. Very
little was hauled away yesterday in con-
sequence of the bad weather.
One year ago yesterday the huge gorge
at Columbus gave way, and opened nav
igation to Cairo.
Night before last the same scoundrel,
probably, that poisoned Captain Light
burne's bird-dog gave a dose of poison
to terrier owned by the same gentle
man, and killed it. Captain Dick would
doubtless be willing to pay ten dollars
for the opportunity of kicking the
wretch an hour or tive with his number
ten boot.
The tarpaulin and skid business at the
levee has been very active for the past
twenty-fOur hours. The former are
rented at one dollar each per day, max
ing a very nice profit for those engaged
in the trade.
The Andy Baum brought yesterday as
one item of freightOn thousand barrels
of whisky, and yet Memphis is strictly
temperate city, especially the steamboat
and river portion of her community.
The Cleburne came up last night with
nearly nine hundred bales of cotton,
and discharged a hundred and sixty
seven bales at the mouth of White
river.
There is enough freight now at the
landing and destined for Arkansas river
to nearly load the Clarksville.
Arkansas river rose four inches yes
terday, and no doubt will have a good
stage of water soon.
A steamboatman of this city drops US
note, inquiring who the Supervising
Inspector of this district is. Captain
Sam. Houston, we believe, receives the
pay of that Office, but has not shown
himself here in his official capacity for
year.
The colliers' barges are all afioat again
at Evansville.
The James E. Rankin will be sold by
the United States Marshal, at Evans
vile, on Saturday next.
Captain Andy Robinson, late chief
clerk of the st. Marys, takes command
of the Henry Probasco. Alex. Young
will have charge of the office.
The toWboats Ajax, Charley Brown,
]. Sharp Mcdonald, Dick Fulton No. 3,
and Charley Mcdonald, succeeded in
taking their tows over the falls at Louis
vile Sunday, without the loss of boat
or barge, and are coming down the Ohie.
The Joe Kinney passed VicksbUrg
lofo C,,oda,4 ri0bt for ST ol1is and iS