Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-17
SINKING or THE STEAMER BEN
RTTCKWEK.
T,. aoot and eur-~o a TotaI LOss--NO
IfVes lost.


The Beet end egrxo a ras"i Aoss--Sa
Lives Lost
From the officers Of the Marble City,
we gather the following particulars ofthe
sinking of the steamer Ben Stickneyr
engaged in the st. Louis and New Or
leans trade: On Wednesday evening
last. about six O'Clock, the Ben Stickney,
while on her way down from st Louis to
New Orleans, struck a log, at the head OF
Island number t~wenty-one, about one
hundred miles distant from this place,
staving a large hole through her
hull, and rapidly filling, sunk in
about twenty feet Of water, laying
with her head straight down stream.
The boat is considered a fetal loss. The
water covers her boiler deck. The cargo,
valued at one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars, is also a total loss, and
is scattered in the river, between this
place and where she sank, large portions
of it disappearing in the back country, by
OK teams. From one Of thepassengers on
board at the time, we learn that all the
confusion and excitementusually incident
to sinking steamboats, was therepaintuliy
exhibited. Mothers, with their children
Mortified oldladies and timid young men,
rushing hither and thither, knowing not
where TO go or what to do. Amidst all
the confusion, however, we are happy to
record that rarity-no lives lost. On
yesterday, quite a number Of passengers
were ON shore, near the wreck, supposed
10 be waiting fov an up-river boat.
OUR CHIEF OF POLICE ANDV AGRANTS.
Capt. Ben. Garrett, our present Chief Of
FoIice, resolved to prevent the existence
of vagrancy in our midst, to promote the
public good, and relieve our citizens Of
the disquletuie and uneasiness incident
70 the presence Of 80 large a number OF
s~s0undrels, thieves and their hangers-On,
who al present infest the city in all quar-
tiers, has given strict orders to his subor-
dihaUes for thu arrest Of all characters
coming within the provision Of the city
ordinances, which We publish below, for
the benefit of this class. Their stay here
viii, we hope, be greatly shortened by
rigorous enforcement Of the laws:
50. All able bodied persons who, hav-
ing no aDDareBt means Of subsistence,
neglect 10 apply themselves 10 some
honest calling. are found lettering about
street corners, groceries, tippling houses,
bawdy houses, or who try TO maintain
themselves by gaming, or other undue
means, or who keep OF exhibit the
gaming table commonly called A. b. c.
OF f. o. or faro bank, or n other
cloth, table or bank of the same,
or the like kind, underany denomination
whatever. or who shall he found tres
passing on the private property Of Others,
and not able 10 give a good account OF
themselves, OF wandering abroad beg
ging, or placing themselves in the streets,
Or other thOroughfares, or in public
beg or receive aims ali persons
who, for the purpose Of gaming, trave!
about, or remain on steamboats,, OF q
from place to place; and all persons upon
whom shall be found, or who have in
or constructive possession any in
strument, or thing used for the commits
sion Of burglary, or for picking locks, Of
pockets, OF who play with, or who have
In their possession the Mexican Ball
California Secret safe, the String Game,
any like s~windling deviFe, all such
shall be guilty of misdemean0rs,
and Upon conviction before the Recorder,
shall be fined not less than five nor more
fifty dollars,
- II is hereby made the duty Of the
'ity police 10 arrest ali suspicious charac-
-. ane.--.H 1nI r----lHru= ~ -r=hrn -.
knows, or is informed, that any person,
are engaged in keeping, and keep a place
lr house for the purpose Of gambling, e
3nter such house By force, if necessary,
aud arrest all persons POUNDS AT such place
D. house, and to take possession Of every
able OF device for gaming they may fine
n said place or house, and bring all such
PERSONS before the Recorder for trial.
And it is hereby made the duty of tlC
Recorder. besides enforcing the city laws,
as q Justice Of the Peace, 10 en-
Gree the provisions of tbs state law in
egard TO such Offences"
INcREDBLE-The body of a negro
woman, Ifeless since Saturday, prepared
or burial by charitable ladies, is in q
house in South Memphis, within three
hundred yards Of the Gayoso House.
Before death the woman had crawled
rom her blankets and She was found
iaked and dead. Her rags had doubtless
cen stolen. Neither the Federal quarter
aastsr, nor the Freedmen's bureau, MOI
he city authorities, can be persuaded t.
ut the fostering body under the ground.
is certainly the duty Of some one, and
seems to us that Il is the duty Of the
'reedman's bureau. HeretOfOreit was tho
wner'z duty, and no civil appropriation
as beenmade for the purpose. Thissome
adecency exists in other cities. Let the
ureau here take the lead. What kind
{ Guardianship Is that which allows o
cad ward to tester for five days ab0v,
We're it not for the bureau this
uty would be performed by the city o.
be county; bat the responsibility IL
hifted from one to another, and all par
les are stubborn. The burial Of INDECENT
lacks win add little 20 the expense o.
be bureau, and this concession to de-
ercy Will make it more popular with
9th white and black, and doubtless viii
followed by speedy municipal legisla-
ion, which viii relieve it and refund the
Expense.