Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-07
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Business splendid.
Weather cloudy with indications Of rain.
The local rsckes departed las: evening with gene
The Future City and barges passed down yesterday
for New orleans.
added here 4S0 bales cotton for Cairo.
The Red wing lett 81. Louis Thursday night toI
tlade
Ths river yesterday rose two fest eight inches at
this point The cd Mississippi IS on a bender and
notwithstanding the high wafer forced merchants
cit on. '''e-'' ~
The receipts by river YESTERDAY we're 537 bales
cotton, l51 bags seed-coIton' and 1929 SACKS COT
The Grand Tower passed down Yesterday evening
for Eicksburg. She added here tr3 tons for the
The Fannie Lewis Captain ]. T C,rtwrIzht, is
the Anchor line packet tthis evening at five O'Clock
Captain John J. Edison, an old White river boat
man. is said to have been In bad health Tor the past
'PatTicio Particle. oh! Patricio" have the Ieyee
cleared OF oostructlng freight, or beware, beware
The fatboat Indiana, from North's landing Indl-
ana, arrived yesterday loaded with russell peerless
Captain j B. Carnes, in command OF a broad
horn loaded With potatoes, lime ana Ctaer western
The superb passenger steamer the New Mary
Houston, Captain Charlie Miller Iesves Glenn's
The Batssvile, Captain ]. D. Randall. is the
packet this evening at fye o'clock st. Francis
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G Andrews. IS the
p9czet this evening at five O'Clock foe Osc-ola and
all way landings b y. Mitchell is ner Jerk
Major A. Y. Stevens proprietor OF Hotel Parker at
bot springs, Arkansas, and agent foj tHs Memphis
aud Ohio river packet company, paid us visit last
night.
day morning with 3125 bales cotton, 5000 sacks
cotton-Seed. and large amount OF s.'ndries for
New orleans.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Stack Lee on deck,
is the regular packet this evening at five O'Clock
for FTiars Point. walker Outlaw is her clerk, as
sisted by Platt Rho4des.
The Josie Harry, Captain Alilt Harry, vii arrive
this morning at six o'clocs and leave "A hso o'clock
thu place $50 bales cotton.
We give warning to all captains and pilots run
ning t. Memphis not to make bets with OR boy a.
know
Place the ball In molten, will head the list wi
a dollar note for the widow of the wdtchm of the
relief boat Cnamb-Ts. Make Ed NeGerer book
keeper, and marines walk up and put up your little
dollar.
The James W. Gaff. with free-handcd. liberal.
hearted Bob W. Wise on her quaIter-deck. arrived
from Cincinnati yes erday morning. Her ma eitest
footed up SIX hundred tons OF freight, and she was
The splendid ight-oraft packer Maumeie. Cap
tain Thomas Ddrragh In command, leaves this egen-
Ing five o'clock Tor all points on the ArIansjls
river A j. Mcconnell is in charge of her Office as
sisted by Charles Musselman.
rather ''strangs sort OF craft passed down yes
terday. She was sloop-rIxged with maHsaiI gdff
top SAL main b, and lying lib There are people
vessels sailing into this port.
Inc tug Cnarmer, fr IN Chicago, having in tow
The sloops Henriettt Ash and Seminole; the brig
North star, III canal-boat j. II. Adams, a. d Two
saell boats for Haies Point, that to be loaded
with slaves for New Orleans. arrived yesterday.
The James W. Gaff, Captain Robert W. Wise In
command, is the regular packet this evsnipg at five
O'Clock for all points on the Ohio river as far as
Cincinnati, giving the cheapest rates to all points
nortn. Il. wash Thompson is her clever clerk.
The new steamer Josie Harry, Captain Mllt. r.
ing ut five o clock for all points on White river
gong through to JacksonpoTt Colonel ]. d MOur5
= her eerS and VIII See to the wants Of passengers
the Hope, Henry N. Hampton master, arrived
from the Ohio lew days agJ with load of produce,
She will discharge here, enter the Ha chic trade
from Memphis to Bolivar, having IN lde arrange
mebts to place boat above the Brownsville biidge-
The following card from the surviving passengers,
officers and crew of the ill-tatsd Cotton Valley, We
publish with pleasure: I'VE the undersigned, pa
seIgerS, oinceT5 and crew OF the Inflated steamer
Cotton valley 90 hereby extend to the officers and
thanks for theisympathy and Kindness shown to the
rescued Captain Stein did all In his pOS eT to
life and make US comic table, and we wish TO make
especial mention of David Mines, the porter, whose
efoIt to render IS comfortable u'tirng. G. A.
Oug, clerk steamer Co ton Vale; ". Swan, Gus
Bril-, barkeeper; Mrs, G A. Phi ippi. MR.. W. L.
Sanford, Samuel T. GwaTthney clerk Cotton Valley;
Tom T. Crawford, pilot; Mrs. N. II Kouns, John
SchaItf, Mrs; J. F. SNYDER, D. Lehman fired Raine.
steward, +. Luckni, D. E. Nugent, ". IL e ise"
C0urier-JOuTnGl: During the past two Sears thu
river commerce. travel anu trade vi the west and
south have steadily increased, and several of the
Ia gest and finest steamboats, in world, besides
large number of smaller ones, have been bu1it. 1t
will continue to increase SO long Our bOat-owners
and StedmbOatmen g5ner lily transact their business
In an honorable, dignided and business-like man
ner everybody was ready to howl at tbs close
OF the war that steamboatins wa gone, that
our great rivers would roll Idly 10 the sea, and
that railroad! would do all the business OF transpor
tatlCn. We held out then and bold out now,
that steamboating would be bstter to day than it
ten years ago, anu If boatmen will '6well together
In unity IL Will be better In twenty than it is
now. All the railroads in the county and twice as
many more cannot stop steamboat;ug un these great
rivers Here is a sample of how railroads prosper:
= railroad In Tennessee, which cost eight million
dollars, was sold the other dag, By receiver ap-
p"luted TO administer It's affairs for jHS enough
cover his own fees and legal expense. TIE stock
holders held meeting the next day and wrote said
officia' sarcastic letter, thanking hun for not
bringing them into debt The receiver replied
cheeTfuly, begging them not tn mention IT. If
steamboats, don't pTosuer 1t Is their Own fault
st and by each other and you're all rig t"