Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-18

NA4GOug 4 ~ oANos
In Pert.
T. q. Alien, Argosy.
MEsCELLANEOUs.
The Mlnneola got away for Cincinnati
with 500 bales Ct cotton.
The Messenger added 200 bales OF cot
ton at this port for Cincinnati.
The ArgOsy came in from White river
with 155 bales Of cotton L q good pas
senger trip.
The Thos. H. Allen arrived yesterday,
from the Arkansas, with 40 bales OF
cotton and full Of people.
Can't. e. B. ByiDgton left on Tuesday
evening for st. Louis, and Col Sid Jones
lett for Louisville yesterday.
Tom KiTnan, Jim Sayers and Sell
Howell have invested In velOcipedes.
They will run out TO Humboldt, Grand
Junction, ETC., to meet the passenger
trains.
The gay little steamer Ben Campbell,
Capt. Weller, with Jim Hall in lie Of
flee, leaves to-day for Osceola and way
points.
The Clifton ia the regular Cincinnati
packet for Friday next.
The Mary Forsyth will pass down to-
day for V!cksburg and the bends. Freight
received at the ~. Louis wharfboat.
Haney Is master and White clerk.
The Belle g.. L0uis OF which Alex.
sigler il master, will se in port to leave
to-day, al / Q. m, for Cairo and st. Louis.
She connects with the trains north III
east. A competent clerk directs her CT
fee affairs.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Capt. Mark Check,
leaves to-day for Osceoia and way land
ings. Crank G)nterman is clerk.
The good steamer Magenta, Captain
Hicks, passes down Tor New Orleans
to-day. John Sullivan and Charley
Smither are her clerks.
TIE Belle Of Alton, passed up yester.
day. She was, we learn, not adapted
10 any of the lower trades.
The United States mail packet, Thos.
Il. Allen, new, swift, luxurious and re-
liable, goes cut to-day for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and any way landing on
The Arkansas. Capt. Reese Pritchard
viii connec at Little Rock with the
Fort Smith packets, and travellers wish
ing to reach the Indian country can do
80 with tut one charge Of boats. Greed
Walker and JJe IhUmas, clerks OF the
Alien, are reliable and popular officers.
The elegant low pressure Richmond,
Capt. Sui Neal, with Voolfolk and
Lodge in the Office, passes down to-day
Tor New Orleans.
The White river packet Argosy leaves
to-day for Jacksonp0rt and all way land
iugs. So far her officers havs no reasO
TO complain Of the success of the Thurs
day packet, and we are sure she will be-
come more popular daily. Capt. VIM.
j. Ashford is master of ne rg9sy. La
the office cur friend Milt Harry presides.
No man on White river has more friends
than Milt and non are more deserving
of them. he Is ably seconded in the
duties If bis Office By John SmiLher.
Capt. Jim Rice Is mate.
Cant. Jim 5ayers and VIM. McLean
came up yesterday morning from New
Orleans. They bad a gay old time.
Capt. J Alex. Frazier has purchased
one-third of the q. A. Thompson from
Capt. Benz z. Davidson, at tue rate OF
SO. coo for the entire boat. she is 0
loading At Cincinnati for Arkansas river.
Capt. Ere zier has relieved Capt. Peirsel
OF the command.
Toe Henry Ames, Indiana 2 John
Kugour are due from below.
The report OF the Local Inspectors of
Cincinnati, relative TO the collision be-
tween the steamers United States and
America, 0y which 50 many lives were
lost. has ct last been made public. Il
concludes as follows:
Mr.. r meliD, pilot of the United
States, violated the requirement of rule
|. in that he signaied before hearing
that Of the ascending boat, which we
consider the prime cause of the collision.
He sbould have observed the require
and waited until the ascending
boat bad signaled, rs the boats were
then at s proper distance for an eX
change Of signals. Had he done 60 he
would not ave got too close, a proper
exchange and understanding OF inc sig
nals eeuld then ave been made q
the collision avoided. Mr. jenkins, pilot
of the America, admits hearing but q
whistle Ia answer to the two whistles
blown by him on both the first and sec
opd ~occssionF. He also continued to
come ahead after the whistles were ex-
changed the first time, and again re-
ueated them whe be stopped q
backed. at which time the boats were
but four hundred yards apart, or perhaps
more. which was a clear violation OF the
requirements OF rule two, rs the signals
should have been properly answered by
fine time that the boats arrived at the
distance of eight hundred yards. Receiv-
but one whistle in answer when he
irst blew two whistles, 1t was also his
duty TO have stopped end backed until
headway was fully CHI scked, and not
a0aip started ahead until the proper Gig
MIS- were made, answered and under
afood. II he failed to hear an ans Wer in
the pIoper time after signaling, he should
then have stopped and checked her
Roadway until there was q proper ex-
of signals for passing. Both
were experienced, and were slso
skilled in their profession, but
in this case the collision could have been
avoided. aad the skiil vi pilot cannot be
snstained. and because of their failure to
with the rules established for the
Of pilots wherein their
duties are plainly prescribed. We do,
in accordance with the thir-
teenth clause Of the ninth section of the
of Congress relating to steamboats,,
etc approved August 80, 1852. hereby
the licenses Of Jacob r 9melin
and Napoleon B. Jenkins to act as pilots
steamboats, from the date hereof.
A very light sentence, when we con-
the fearful results of such reckless
less, but we presume the law will now
take the matter in charge and prosecute
both pilots for murder.
A Texas correspondent Of the New
Times thus describes Red river and
Csddo lake, the recent scene of the ter.
rible disaster to the Mittie Stephens, by
the burning of which sixty-one lives
were lost: al any one wants to study
navigation under difficulties, let him
faEa a trim nm Rad rtvor af low wakar A