Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-14

into the city 10y river ask tnOuSRnuS OF
questions about that pair OF holes in the
levee where the old WsteT-wOrks sbanty
formerly stood. The funniest outbreak
of curiosity was that OF the up-cOuntry-
man, who wanted to know u it was not
the pauper burying-ground, yswning for
the next yiclim.-....The government
snagbOat Aid passed here yesterday
from Red river en- route to Mound City
to he Overhaued. 49, The MinneOla is
coming from Cincinnati with one thou
sand rolls Of bagging and fifty tons of
bulk meat for Memphis......A dispatch
on our first page gives particulars OF
heavy disaster by freshets i'm Licking
and other tributaries of the Ohio.........
The following is clipped from q Wash
ingtOn special to the Cincinnati Gazette
of the tenth instant, and gives the
other version of the difficulty about the
NiCksbGrg and New Orleans mail con-
tract: "SteambOat owners on the Mis-
sissippi having, by purchasing boats,
made il impossible for the regular bid
der fIr carrying mails from Nicksburg
to New Orleans to perform the SER
vice, be has abandoned it. Now regu-
lar steam b0stmen refuse to carry
the mails themselves for ehat General
- G" eli 10 1LtBCAsHCA uAih%A ILC 10" w
paw, which ia thiTty-thOusand dollars.
They demand forty-five thousand dol
lars. AS q result there has been no mail
on the river between these points named
since the first OF July, and no mail has
reached or left Natchez for that time.
The object OF the steambOatmen is to
force the pcstmaster-general to readver-
tise and to ralet the route, and they, con-
trolling the only means OF conveyance,
expect to tx their own price" ......She
couldn't take her seat at the piano be-
cause her skirts were pinned back too
form idably. An old lady passenger
thought it was ''bies," and sympa-
thized with her by stating that she had
chad 'em. " .... VIM. M. Brown, clerk of
the burned John Kyle, had an operation
performed on his right eye, by having
the eye-ball taken from its socket, which
painful operation, being performed by
skillful surgeon. resulted successfully,
and Mr.. Brown is reported doing we'll.
THE Bella Ughes will skip into
port to-day from Arkansas river.
We regret to learn that Joe w. Rhodes,
the popular clerk of the James Forrest,
is suffering from q spell Of sickness and
has been confined to his room for two
weeks past. Captain Haycock has
taken command OF the OsceOla in the
ct. Francis river trade, in place Of Cap
tain Bowman, resigneG. The passen-
ger lists of the White show eighty-One
cabin and one hundred and twenty deck
passengers the last tip up
Hang out your blue ribbons, cap.
The Vicksburg Herald gives the follow
ing phase of the mail difficulties between
that city and New Orlesns: "POstmas-
ter-General Jewell telegrapbed the post
master at Vicksburg to make tempo
rary arrangement for the transportation
Of the river mail between this city end
New Orleans, at one hundred and nine
ty-tWO dollars for the round trip, but no
more; but no boats have yet been
found to take the mail at that price, even
for one trip. The Commonwealth, which
took the mail down last week, received
one hundred and ninety.five dollars for
carrying it one way, and she wouldn't
bring it back for any les. The post
master-general says ne is prohibited by
law FROM paying more for the transmits
sion OF this mail than he offered the
Vicksburg and New Orleans packets,
and the packets say they are prohibited
by business considerations from taking
the contract for carrying the mail at any
less figure than is stated in their bid.
Thus do we remain without river mail
facilities" Shreveport thermometers
went up to one hundred in the cool yes
terday......The following, from the
Times, is the ''TepOrt OF the city admin
istrator Of accounts Of the wharfage re-
ceipts and disbursements of the city of
New Orleans for the month ending June
80, 1875: Receipts for Ievee dues, S10.-
043 80; disbursements, interest of wharf
improvement bonds, S075 50; salaries,
bureau, wharves ana landings, $75;
wages, improvements, 1878, S937. 81;
salaries, 1874, 1886 55; wages, improve
ments, 1874, S57I4 90; wages, commerce,
1874, 1896 IS; materials, 1874, $3.50; Ievee
dues, reimbursed, 1875, Slll2 So; saia-
ries and wages, 1875, Sl123 so; materi-
ais, etc, 1875, $3237 81" Captain w.
4. Joyce, OF JacksOnport, contemplates
putting in boat in the New Orleans
trade by the first Of October and keeping
her in during the season, say six months
st least. He is said to have good in
dOrsements and promises of backing
from the merchants of Searcy, also of
JscksOnport, Batesvnle, SULPHUR Rock
and Augusta, aud has good promises
from the towns on the lower White
"Th8t's what's the matter with
Hanner'' is the sensation Of the hour,
but the marines do not fret over il
muchly.