Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-21

meal so sacks oats 81 bales cotton, 81 head cat
tie, head horses, head mules, 1000 packages
Belle OF shreveport-IO hogsheads sugar, 665
/ sacks salt l3 barrels oranges; -
drums soda 20 barrels rice, 10 hogsheads sugar 10
/ barrels oranges, packages sundres
Levee Paragraphs.
! Business brisk.
| Local packets going out with good trips.
The river yesterday fell four inches at this port.
| Several steamers detained By fosgy nights and
l Ion vater.
ed aground at Kaskaskia.
The Illinois new chlmneys are being placed in
position. They are beauties.
Captain James Lee tr. returned yesterday, looking
all OK, and ready for business.
The Laura Lee passed up at an early hour yester-
day morning for the Ohio river.
The Golden Hule, Captain o. p. Shinkle is due
up toe az on her " to Cincinnati.
The new MsTy Houston, Captain Charles Miller, Is
due down. "a route TO New Orleans.
ST. Louis, passed down yesterday, bound south.
Receipts by the river yesterday were 1870 bales
cotton i65 bags seedco ton 2Ol2 sacks cotton seed
The josie Harryi Captain Milf X. Harry, is due
from White river, and returns Saturday, her regular
VIM Nuckels, a weI.-knoxn river clerk takes
charge Of the Office Of the steamer A. j. White next
Monday
Captain Ad Storm announces the large and ele-
CANT steamer James Howard for New Orleans Mon
The James D. Parker CAPTAIN Charles B. Russell
Is due down tomorrow and leaves Saturday evening
Pilots report eight feet from here to Cairo The
worst place is Bulletin tOw-head From Caro- to st.
Louis six feet In the channel.
The Golden Rule. Capt. o. z. ShInkle, passes
up to-day at twelve O'Clock for Cincinnati. VIM R.
shaw has 5s, charge OF her ONCE; do ... ,o
Vic<sburg. She put of here 400 packages freight
and added for points below 80 tons miscellaneous
The tug Desoto collfded with the Maumelle, ~
ing at Glenns wharf62at, and tore her laTboard
fantail down, which Will cause the Maumelle sew
erals to repair.
The United States snagboat Macomb has COM
nnnd nd fG IN haF Urn IN fha
river. She is below Hickman, and pilots report her
doIng good work.
mand, is the regular packet this evening at five
O'Clock for Helena and Frlars Point. VIM. Smithers
Commodore Jas. Wise of Cincinnati, yesterday
sent telegram to Captain Dick Lightburne, the
Memphis agent, that hereafter the Cincinnati pack
cts will leave every Wednesday and Saturday.
The James w. Cali, Captain Robert W. Wise
and Will leave again this evening at five O'Clock for
all points on the Ohio river. G. Wash Thompson
Will be found I'm charge of her Office:
The Phil Allin, Captain George Malone on deck,
is the packet this evening at five O'Clock for Prentlss
and all intermediate points. j. Zwathmey has
charge OF her office, assisted by Hal Aydlett and
John Briggs.
The Uaschita Belle Captain Mark R. Cheek In
and ali way an LAM She leaves this evening at
five o'clock. A L. Cummings Is her clerk, assisted
by Lee Cummings aud Neil Booker
ISLAND 40, November 20, 1879.
Captain r. W. Lghtburne:
steamer GaG IL aground at this place. Am light
enlng off. VIII arrive early this evening, and will
leave to morrow Thursday evening.
r. W. WISE, Captain.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, of Tuesday, is little of
in its credit business. 1t copied article abou the
snagboat business and instead of giving credit to
the APPEAL where ii rlghtfully belonged 1t said the
AsakuV he states so and so. Mr.. Enquirer, would
have you know that Bronze John" did not get
away with US, and we never miss the news. Give us
credit. Or beware.
Captain R. +. Birch, of the R. E. DeRussey. has
charge of the snagboat J. n. M'Comb which is re-
moving snagS and distractions in the river between
Cairo and this point. che has also board
special commission of engineers on inspection duty.
The ST. Louis Ere ing Post, of Thursday, says:
Joe Dukes was married last night to daughter of
Mr.. William Hamilton, a well-xnown engineer, who
was an officer of the famous Pttsburg irOn-steamer
Valley Forge"
The Henry Frank left yesterday evening for New
Orleans on her first trip to that burg. she loaded
here 2400 bales of cotton and had 30 cabin pasSen
gers. She will receive at Helena 1900 bales; at Ar
kansas City, 1900 bales; Carson's Landing. $50
bales; Rlverton, 800 bales; Frfars Point. 300 bales,
and 80 bales at Glendale Captain Frank Hicks is
her efficient com mander, with ALT Grissom, that
amiabe and polite young man, assisted by Billy
Thomas, in charge OF the Office.