Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-27

aud accommodating wharfmsster, ha.
placed uzuGder obligations for favOrs.
| The r )ss Miller put cut for Littl,
| Rock yesterday, with Captain DaFragil
in command and Wash Floyd in the
! Office.
Our Cairo dispatches announce the
safe arrival and departure OF the c. w,
Cheek, en- route to Psducah to 20 re-
| paired.
Captain George w. Cheek, VINO has
| been rapidly cOnvaiescing ut Hot
| Springs, will be home Sunday, nearly
entirely recovered.
The A. J. White arrived yesterday
morning at daylight from Friars Point
with fair trip of freight and people,
and gooGly number Of orders
Our Riverside club held the st. Louis
Reds down to their work yesterday, bet
ter than the Memphis boys did the day
before. Bully for the Riversides,
The Allin and White had little fun
going out yesterday evening, but we are
iDformt d that the Phil was in the lead
when both packets went out Of sight.
The Poll Allin, hOm Greenvi:le,
brought in yesterday IS bales of cotton,
75S sacks Of cOttOn-seed, So packages IF
suudiie5, about 40 cabin and so deck
lassengers.
The Golden Rule, Captain O. P. Shin
kle, will pass down for New Orleans st
noon to-day. Captain Glenn, at the
whsffooat, will give particulars regard.
ing height and Tassage.
Helena Mail, Sunday: 1--WE have rot
heard anything of Captain Randall re-
Gently, but suppose he is still at Psdu-
cab making arrangements for packet
to put in the st. Francis river trade this
falln
Those who arrived on the Phil Allin
yesterday morning cay that she carries
the best b AS and qusdrille band now
stiOat. Mat Reynolds, who formerly
led the Illinois band and also that Of Il
Mary Bell, is tae leader.
We learn that the Chickasaw Guards
will take su exoursion on the Illinois,
probably on Der next trip out. All right;
Stack Lee Gays that he will bring Sit
ting-BulI up next week, and then We
will have general hair-rsising.
The Belle Of Texas was toWed up to
Washington street yesterday, where
Captain DarrsSh proposes to subject her
to thorough overhauling. 1t is very
cOmmendsble in Captain Darragh i'll
having his work done here, where our
N echanics can have the benefit of the
work.
Captain James Lee, Jr., leaves to-day
for Metropolis, where the new boat is !
building for the Lee line. He reports |
the work progressing rapidly, but has |
not yet decided what name the new |
packet will honor. Stack Lee has pet |
name for the boat, lu5 can't prevail on |
the old man to allow II.
The new Robert + Lee leaves Cairo |
Sof kar 10 a..
leans. She will arrivs here Sunday az |
ternoon, and will abid with US till Mon |
day afternoon, giving our people ample |
time to get gO1d view of the princely |
palace. Being the finest steamer ever |
built for fresh water navigation, her |
arrival here will create quite sensation |
in all circles.
The Robert Mitchell passed up yester-
day noon, putting eff mere SO packages |
wine, 81 barrels mclasges, 80 barrels |
resin, 2 hOgshesds sugar and SO packages
sundries. She passed up with a light |
triP, but with about IS passengers. |
she was four days out from New Or |
leans. The Mitchell vii, lot make an.
other trip until the season opens, unless
q good stage OF water and bstter induce
ments ia business offer.
Cairo Bulletin, Tuesday: "The Robert
E Lee pushed out from ber nnoorings on
Sunday afternoon mid The shouts and
cries Of a hundred people. She ran to
Brothers warehouse, at the
lover end of Levee street, where she
turned her head up stream and started |
for Paduc2h. She came Up the river
like the wind, and from toe time sha
left the warehouse until she had reached
a point seven miles above town, the
of dozen man worked !
Just seventeen minutes. She made tie
run from this port to Paducah in two
hours and fitty.five minutes, an average
)f d fraction over seventeen miles per
hour. At Paducah she will receive a lot |
IF tobacco, aud is expected to Ieturu to
Cairo to-day, preparatory to leaving for
New Orleans on Saturday.