Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-08

ARKANSAS RIVER Katie Hooper, Ed NowlaDd
| master, . pm.
CHcIsNArI-Andy Baum. d. ]. vIntOn master, :
pm.
CncSNArI-G Guiding star W. B. Miller master
. pm
ST. LouIs-Colorado, sam MPheeters master, :
pm.
NEW ORLEANS Commonwealth. George CorvelI
master, 10 am.
Receipts Yesterday.
COahoma-2q5 bales cotton. % bags seduction
49, sacks cottOn-Seed, 20 packages sundrfes-
Osceola Belle-14g bales cotton, 36 bags seed cot
ton, 1851 sacks cotton-seed head cattle pack
Josie Harry brought out of White river-e9s bales
cotton, 2lO2 sacks eotton-seed, % pkgs eggs, 80
ocls and pkgs hides and furs, 10 pkgs sundries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Only moderate show of business.
The .. p Schenck passed down yesterday with a
good trip aboard for New Orleans.
The Norton and barges passed up for Evansville
yesterday, doing nothing at this pOrt.
Receipts by river yesterday: "A bales cotton, 3
The Guiding Star passes up for Cincinnati at five
O'Clock this afternoon Captain W. B. Miller com
The Anchor line packet John B. Maude, with the
veteran W. d, Blake In command and Billy Blenker
In the Office, leaves for Vcksburg at ten o'clock this
morning.
George ". Bowers. an old-tIme Ohio river clerk.
and son OF Captain Eugene Bowers has abandoned
marine pursuits, and is now city clerk Of Newport,
The gopher packet G. w Cheek, Stack Lee, mas
ter sails for Friars Point and the bends at the usual
hour this evening. Her clerks are VIM. Houston and
The Katie Hooper leaves blue streak behind her
when she sails for Arkansas river this evening Cap
tain Ed Rowland commands, with Jimmy Thompson
The Port Eads and barges, on her way from New
Orleans TO 81. LOUIS, passed up yesterday merning
without landing here. coal barge was handed out
The Memphis and Vcksburg mall packet Red
Wing was delayed several hours yesterday getting
her numerous orders filed, and consequently left
with good trip of freight and,passengeTs.
The Colorado, of the Memphis and ST. Louis
&
IN command, and Charles Quesnel in the office.
The flagship OF the Ohio river packets, Andy
Baum, Captain II. J. Vinton, off gracefully at
five o'clock this evening, for Cincinnati and way
points. NJ. NJ Deems does business at the desk.
The champion Ed Richardson skIps of for New
Orleans at the regular hour this evening. Captain
John " Cannon is in command, with T. j. Howard
and John Wilbanks, both clever marine scr1bes, in
Major Adams's clarion voice vas heard on the
on the pTopHety OF making his Memphis and Vicks-
burg mail line what 1t ought to be, and will spend
The marines breathe enough sand and dust each
draw upon the imagination to call marine
brick" Some, however, will be soft bricks. some
hard. some tough, and some plane 6ris-p-l-a-n-e
plane, b Fix bTiX. plane bFlL.
If you want to see something get up and dust, Just
be on hand when the Josie Harry takes her depart
for White river this evening. Milt Harry is in
command, as usual, with Colonel J. D. Moore, the
professor of ortory. In the Office She will be found
IN port this morning. dtschaTging her usually large
The Cincinnati gazette of Wednesday. SAYS: 1.-The
new Montana. PittSburg to st. Louis passed down
with 1900 tons. Pilots, Josiah Jacobs and Leander
Patterson" The Enquirer says she attracted
great deal OF attention here, and is said to be
great 1t is said she has the largest shaft of
any boat the river. number of young people of
PittsbUrg making the present trip on her, the
Montana Will load back for Pttsburg on her arrival
at St. Louis"
Captain Glenn, of the lower wharfboat. says we
have been imposed upon about that pile of cotton
which steamers have been giving the gOby the past
week, and wants to be "heard for his cause" The
gentleman shall be heard: II notice comments in
morning issue of cotton wharf at cut rates. and
therefore no boat would take 1t, etc. Now, my dear
friend have the only lot the levee, and If the
reference is to that Will beg to be heard The cot
ton In question is taken at the agreed rates between
the boats and the trade. No cut about it. L infer
that some malicious person has tmpOSd on you"
We will close the subject By stating that our infor
nation is to the effect that the Mitchell and Morgan
could both have taken freight here they passed
up, but wouldn't touch that cotton. We don't know
anything more about it.
The st. Louis TtEeSJOu77sdL, of Thursday, had the
following items Of Interest: Forty years ago the
steamer @OnteZuma loaded with a valuable cargo of
queenSWaTe and fine brandy, sank at precisely ten
minutes past one O'Clock Saturday morning. March l,
b3r, in the Mississippi river, about five miles be
10 Helena, and was a total loss. Captain William
Mix, who now resides Walnut Hills, this city, was
engineer on the MOnteZuma. He is nearly seventy
years OF age, but is still lively schOolbOy and
occasionally visits the leYee to his old acquaint
ances. Captain Mix has commanded number OF
steamers. The first boat he commanded was the
Empress in 1S4l. Joe Williams was the first mate
Of the Empress and she was the first steamer he
mated. They shipped together and were quite
Within says that six unsuccessful attempts have
been made to raise the Sunken C. B. Church. He
says there is large hole some place In her hull
which they were unable TO find"