Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30

steam rising down by the margin of the wa.
ter barefooted rousters had TO wade into
the r1yer every live or ten minutes to keep
their feet from roasting on the cobbe stones
When steamboat has cleared decks in an :
tcipatlon OF a big cargo Out. and then a rain
storm sets IN Just at the ri hit time to prevent
shippers from sending down their freights it
is calculated to make a steamboatman utter a
few prayerful expressions at the transitori-
business OF things temporal and mysteriority
of matters spiritual.
Cairo Bulletin, Friday: "The little Specked
Trout Is from the Yellowstone river and is
destined to Louisville. Her voyage has been
noticed extensively in the st. LOUIS and other
papers. One OF the occupants is said to have
been scout in the army of SittingBull at
the Custer battle. The owner of the Trout
Is Mexican trader"
Pittsburg Telegraph: "John Mccarthy,
steward of the Fannie Iatum, was presented
with gold watch and chain by the lady pas
sengers of that steamer for careful attention
paid them while en- route from st. Louis here. y"
We have been giving our careful attention to
the ladies all our hves-but, then, we have
never been to Pittsburg.
Ohio river wharf boat proprietors are con-
Mdering the proprlety of fixing some system
regulating shipments by steamers, including
discrimination between freight taken from
wharfboats and that taken from the bank. A
no conclusion was reached. Another meeting
will BE held soon somewhere else.
Louisville T-ier-JOurndl, Of Friday:
There are grave apprehensIons that the
harbor In front of this bankrupt and busted
burg will soon fill up, and the channel of the
river will conine itself to the other shore
over there. What is the city doing toward
preventing such disaster to what is lett of
her commerce and trade? Nothing! She
won't patch the holes in her principal streets,
let alone doing big job to benefit her
Truly, we are PLAYED out. The rings have
got US.
st. Louis Times Friday: "'There's the
clearest head in America, said well-known
shipper yesterday, as he pointed to John A.
Scudder. who was standing on the New Or
leans Anchor-line wharfboat. Talk about
General Grant for President in 1880, there's
a man that knows more about business and
the wants of this country than all the politi-
clans between Maine and the Rio Grande.'
The subject was new one to the reporter,
but he could not help thinking that there
was much truth in the gentleman's logic. In
1850 General Grant was much further from
the Presidential chair than our great steam
boat manager and fnancler is to-day"
Evansville Journal, Friday: "As the
James NJ. White came down last evening,
running with half head of steam, her swells
threw several small craft such as fishing and
family boats, up on the beach nearly high
and dry. Her swells also beached the new
Tennessee river packet w. A. Johnson. At
the same time violent wind sprang up from
the south, filing the air with dust, almost
binding the crowds that had assembled on
Water street. 1t blew so violently that the
Mailiine wharf boat was crowded on shore
by the Gray Eagle, and portion of the bulk
head was stove in by the spar. The damage
was not material. At the same time the J.
M. White was caught by the gale, as she was
attempting to round to below the wharf, and
neatly driven on shore, but, thanks to her
'iorty-three inch cylinders she backed
around against the wind and Strengthened up
IN splendid STYLE