Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-17

tnands, with John Gwathmey in the office,
assisted by Messrs. Booker and Thomas.
The Hattie Rowland leaves this morning
tor Mound City, Illinois, where she is to be
repaired. She viii take in tow the steamer
Belle of Texas, and the two steamers will be
put In fine order for the fall business.
Our friend OF the st. Louis Erening Post
| got mad with us about something, and takes
| revenge by creditirg the. result of our hard
labors to other papers. All rights as soon as
he thinks he has made even on US, we hope
he will render unto Caesar, etc.
The tug Ida, which left here several days
since for New Orleans with the Little Con-
doris tow of two stave boats and four coal
barges sunk barge of coal on the bar just
below Grand Gulf The barge contained
eight thousand FIVE hundred bushels of coal.
The Golden Rule arrived from below early
yesterday morning with four hundred tons
freight and fifty cabin passengers. She dis
charged lot of salt and sundries, and lay
here till in the night cleaning out her boil
ers. when she continued her voyage to the
Ohio.
The St Louis and New Orleans Anchor
liner, John A. Scudder, Captain A. J. Carter,
passes up for st. Louis at FIVE o'clock this
evening Travellers northward will find the
Scudder elegantly appointed for comfort and
safety. ChIef-C Clerk Baker will do the agree
able.
Captain w. C. Gray was overcome by the
heat ON the Iron Mountain, at Carondelet,
Saturday last, and came near losing his life.
He was discovered by Captain J. II. Dunlap,
sitting on the boiler deck, in an unconscious
condition, who applied ice water to his head
and face when he soon revived.
A slight wriggling of the leaves on the
tree-tops in Court square yesterday indicated
the presence of gentle zephyrs, but they were
too gentle to be more than hardly percept-
IDLE on the burning brow of the ubiquitous
river reporter of the APPEAL A few more
Jerks at the zephyr propelling machine would
be appreciated by this specimen CT suffering
humanity. Shake 'er up, sergeant.
The popular Coahoma takes her regular
departure for the lever bends at the usual
hour this evening. Captain Stack Lee keeps
her head toward the wind so as to keep all
aboard cool and comfortable, and Ed Thomas
keeps a good supply of palm-leaf fans on
hand for the accommodation of passengers.
The cooler is always full of big chunks of ice.
Let's all go on a short excursion.
The Marlin Speed, building at Pitts burg
tor the Arkansas river, Is nearly ready to be
brought to Memphis. Engineers Short and
Hicks left yesterday to take their places on
her, and Captain Rowland will probably
leave Pittsburg with the Marlin Speed next
Saturday. When she arrives we will inspect
her and see if she has been put up according
to our architectural ideas and make re: ort.
HO w SSl w luu, tuO Hdl pdCh-
ct, beats clock-work all hollow in port of
regularity. Captain Andrews's rule In life is
punctuality, and in the observance of this
rule he hews to the line. Shippers to the
upper bends will find the West Wind on
berth to leave at five o o'clock this evening for
all points as far as Johnson's landing. Cyrus
Fay, the chief clerk, desires shippers to send
down their favors early, so that she may get
away on time.
Cincinnati Times, Monday: 1--WE noticed,
few days since, contemplated project to
build one of the fastest boats that ever turned
a wheel in the west, to make two trips to New
Orleans and return per month. We have been
favored with some particulars in regard to
her dimensions, ETC., viz: length, 800 feet;
beam, "A feet; depth of hold, IL feet; four
engines, with cylinders 80 inches in dame
ter, s feet 2 inches stroke, ON each a crank
working at right angles with the other, one
aft and the other forward She will have an
ample battery of steel boilers, ETC.; full cabin,
with dining and breakfast rooms, one on
either side of the main cabin, between the
warehouses;, so that meals can be served at
all times during the day and night, to suit
the habits and convenience of passengers.
The average speed will be sixteen miles an
hour up stream, and it is expected to have
her leave here every two weeks. This enter
prise is understood to be supported by one or
more of our wealthy capitalists, and if con-
summated may create revolution in western
navigation"