Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-04
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.


FRIARs PoINT-Coahoma, Henry Cooper master, 5
oscEoLA- oseeo,a Belle. j. G. Andrews master, 8
pm.
NEW oRLxAss-New Mary Houston, Charles Miller
Receipts Yesterday.
Business only moderate.
George W Cheek-22 bales cotton, 4I6 sacks cot
tOn-seed. horse. II Packages sundries.
The Marlin Speed brought out or Arkansas river
BIB bales cotton, 50 sacks cotton-seed, 80 barrels
GFand TowsF-IOOS ba res flour and meal, 238
SACKS corn "a saeSs oats IOI wet barTe:s 10 casks
meat. 13S pieces bulk meat, l441 packages sun
dries.
barre IS -four $50 barrels meal Sc sacks meal, 8l3
barrels pOt,tOes, 100 barrels apples, 90 barrels
cement, I76 barrels and half-baIrels whisky, 500
sacks 257 sacks oats, ~ bales OATS 100 bales
straw, 251 bales hay, 20 barrels onions, 81 casks
meat. l76 packages IRON, l96 rolls bagging, 869
dries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Packets departed on time with fair trips
The towDoat Grafton arrived yesterday evening
from Cairo
The E. NJ. Norton and baIges passed up yesterday
for Evansville.
Receipts oy the river yesterday we're: 335 bales
cotton, 468 sacks cottOn-seed.
The City of Helena departed on time for St. Louis
She added here for Cairo 800 bales eastern bound
The New Mary Houston, Captain Charles Miller, is
due down to-day, en- route 10 New Orleans. Elliott
Miller Is he's clerk
The Marlin Speed, Captain Eugene Smith, is the
0citu AAnoAAS1o AA'SA' wan HANJN
Robert MCJy. the clerk of J. D. Parker, was quite
III on her trip down. Il. NJ. Miller attended 10 the
business of The Office
Toe Grand Tower passed down yesterday for
Vickshurg. She put OIL here 2292 pkgs freight and
added here 20 tons for points below here.
u. P. Schenck passed DOWN early yesterday morn
here 200 brls oil and lot oil cake aud sundries.
A meeting of the citizens of Hardeman will be
held ut Bolivar Monday TO ratify the action OF the
legislature in opening Hatchie river TO navigation
The Coahoma. Captain Henry Cooper. Is the pack
Point WIN. Smithers is her clerk, assisted by Frank
Ell son and Plat hhoad
The O-ceOIa Belle, Captain ]. q. Andrews, Is the
packet this evening at five o'clock for Osceola and
the upper bends. B. o. Mitchell Is her clerk, assist
II an appropriation can be secured from congress
for the purpose of ecins Halche river for navi
CATION il will be most proftably employed, ana
cure to Memphis the vast trade OF that stream
Among the passenges on tn , James D. Parker
Hhoada Hills, Mr.. d Mrs. Singer. Mr.. and Mrs.
D: II. Hunneweil. They are making the round
trip.
rive to day, and leaves again tomorrow evening at
five O'Clock tor all points on White river. gong
through to Jacksonport. Walker Outlaw and Dan
Sullivan are her c.erSS.
The mes D. Parser, Captain Charles B. Russell
arrived yesterday evening with 40 tons miscellane-
Gus freights and fair trip or passengers. Sne
leaves again tomorrow evening for all points on the
clerk, assisted by Il NJ Miller and Henry Shaw.
The APPEAL 8 ventilation of the true 1nwardneSs
of river matters yesterday morning gave general sat
isaction because It has set at rest all the flying Tu
moFs that eruption OF our commercial volcano
about to occur. PdrturiHnt teS TsGScetttr
ridiculous mus Is about the shortest way to put Ii.
We met Colonel John ID. Ussery, one OF tie heavi-
colt planters In the Mississippi valley and for
years The heaviest shipper of the staple from the
port of Bolivar when steambOating on Hatchie Was
Ia its prime. The colonel Is gre ally elated at the
opening OF Hatchie to navig ItOn and says that he
reioces that he has lived the day when cotton
can De shipped tolMemphls at one dollar PEI bale,
a1d railways will not be allowed TO exort two doll Ars
and a half per bate TT 'nsportation the same dis.
tauce. Colooel Ussery regards the event as the
graudest stride mace toward a return to old-t1me
prosperity.