Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-21


Republic exceeds all others in magnifi-
cence, so do her officers in their efforts
to make all on board feel at home by
their constant attention to their wants
and comforts.
-FE News Drift.
The Augusta will probably tow the
wreeklng barge r. H. Vance from the
mouth of White river to the wreck of
the Thomas H. Allen, above Devall's
Bluff. -. The r. w. Skillinger, en- route
to Red river, arrived at Wheeling from
Pittsburg on the 18th, and was tied up
by the United States marshal About
three weeks ago, more er less, Inspector
George w. Clark left this city for a
business tour through Arkansas, and a
day or two since he returned much
fatigued and worn by his labors. The
"official" report of his doings while alb
sent is furnished us by gentleman who
accompanied him, and is given
as follows: ave left ON the
Legal Tender and went through to
JacksOnport in nineteen hours sixty
two and a half minutes and
without change of cars Tor clOthes).
There the little steamer Maysville was
dismantled and sent to the bank as an
unseaWorthy craft. The next boat
"looked atn was the Cora Belle, a dim
inutive boat, about as large as two good
sized wash tubs, and found her so. K.n
She is, however, in the clutches of the
United States marshal for arrears of some
kind. From JaeksonpOrt We went by
canal, or rather Cairo and Fulton rail-
road, to Little Rock, and dropped down
the river a few miles, where the Perry's
feFyboat was inspected and her boilers
condemned. From there We returned to
Little Rock where we all joined Lieu
tenant Bancroft's band of Modocs, but
the soldiers got too heavy for our lava
beds and we let the feathers out, at the
same time letting ourselves cut on the
which boat " exported US
up to Hayman City where another fer
ryboat was " peeked inton and found
" hunky." From there our journey
was to Van Buren, where we all " went
through the steamer Van Buren
and found her right except a
bad leak in the bar; this was
however, by the syphons
of the party emptying the concern
in eleven minutes, and taking in all the
cargo themselves, which caused sud
den landing of the Exporter. Thence
the pilgrimage was continued to Fort
Smith, where the board inspected the
steamer Oklohoma, plying in the POtean
river, and found her well bottOmed and
supplied with all the patent flip-fiaps
required by law. At this point one of
the party accidentally took a drink of
whisky, and on the following morning
the papers contained an account of seven
by the man who drank
the whisky. 1t was found neces-
sary then to start for home,
which we did in something of a hurry,
but stopped at the mouth of the Petit
Jean to 'squint at the steamer Dan
vile, which was well ballasted and pro-
for the next voyage up the
creek, where the rattlesnakes grow to
the length of a jaekstaff. In fact, one
old settler told us that during the cold
snap last winter several of the boats
used frozen rattlesnakes for jackstatfs,
and fastened their colors to the rattles
on the tails of the snakes. That was a
'snaky tale however, and was bear-ly
The party then returned
to Little Rock, the Danville towing the
Exporter down, and after a thorough in
spection of Wiles's varieties, the Mem
phis portion of the board TOOK the cars
for -Ome, where we arrived safely.
clerk of the Belle Memphis, who has
been recruiting his health at the Hot
Springs for a month, left that cool re-
.reat night before last for st. Louis, go
ng by rail from Little Rock.
Last Wednesday in the New Or
cans United States district court the
nf Inh nf
Louis, plaintiff, as. Moran & Noble, de-
was laid over till Thursday.
The plaintiffinstituted suit to obtain two
iebts, one of eleven hundred and thirty
iOllars and fourteen cents and another
If eleven hundred and forty dollars and
orty-siX cents. The suit was instituted
IN an alleged bond of defendants, prom
sing to stand for any old debts ON the
steamer Bart Able. This bond was al
eyed by counsel for plaintiff to have
)een drawn up for the benefit of one
who sold out his interest in
he boat with the alleged understanding
hat Moran & Noble would be RESPONSE
de for all claims. The sale was drawn
Up September 20, 1859 The steamboat
Texas, libeled by NJ. Jakes, and the
steamboat Mareelia, libeled by T. Me-
jradin, are the latest additions to the
munitions in New Orleans.
Captain Charley Schultz hopes to ar
'ange matters soon so as to start the
city of Cairo out again in a remunera-
i've trsde......A jackstaff flag is to be
voted to the most popular steamboat
captain at fair now being held in
+. Maynard, signal
service observer at Cincinnati, is sup
posed to have walked overheard and
a few nights ago from the New
port (Kentucky) ferTybOat those
. Half dozen Steamboatmen - salts
led with the explanation given yester-
lay regarding the license, etc, of Cap
ain Irw' Dugan? If not, they can OBJ
ain any information they desire as to
MS ability, experience, ETC., by call
ng upon the Appeal reporter. Who
IRE the "half dozen," anyhow.
The Richmond will be down Saturday,
and gets an even thousand bales of cot
.on for New Orleans. ......The Howard got
.hree dollars and half freight per ton
)n her three hundred tons Of railroad
ron she put out here. The officers of
he MaDde have our thanks for appre-
,iated favoTs. ..... The Maude will leave
lere tomorrow with nearly 2400 bales of
cotton for New Orleans. Quite a re-
spectacle majority of the river chaps
lereabouts attended the typo picnic last
night. When she left New Orleans for
Louisville, Saturday night, the Mary
Houston had 800 tons and IS passengers.
The John Howard, for Arkansas
liver, had 600 tons freight, in
;luding $50 tons railroad iron.....
The Capitol City and John B. Maude
lad a lively "tussle - coming up all
he way from Vicksburg, the latter
coming into port first..The Cleburne
mas withdrawn from the White river
rade, and goes to the bank here for sum-
ner repairs. The big Republic goes
lown to-day big rise is expected
n Red river, and the Arkansas will
,well foot or so in few days.. The
Henry Ames was billed to leave st.
Louis last night for the south. She will
le down tomorrow night. The fire on
he William Cowen originated in the |
)reeching, from the SCOT taking fire on
he inside, and broke ont at the star
,oard chimney. The Marietta Times
ays: William Bennett and w. H. |
coloTed, each feel themselves
Lggrieved and injured in feeling to the |
mount of ten thousand dollars, at the |
landS of the owners of the steamer |
emma Graham, because they were not |
to sit at the table with white |
Olks, on the twentieth of March last, on |
'oard that water craft. They have ac-
ordingly brought suit in the common |
,lnaS cOtIrt of This eODutv for tom thOu. |