Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-17

ng, with IA fsst on Harpsth shoals. tn
weather is fair and warm.
ST. LOUIS, May l8.-Arrivsd: Utah, Ar
kanses river; RObb and Florence, lowe
Mississippi. Departed: Dexter, New Or
leans.
MISCELLANEOUS.
As the Wharfage tax question has eaused
much discussions, we propose 20 hunt it
I up and publish all the United States Su-
| preme Court decisions showing the ille-
] gality Of levying and coll Letting the ruin
/ Gus tax. Steamboats, Of the Western
/ waters are taxed e5.0OG,0 900 annually for
/ the privilege Of doing BUSINESS at the
various pOrts on the Western rivers.
I only pay a Government tax for Tonnage
| and licenses. II st. Louis and Cincin-
na,i bOatmen viii join us We will guaran-
/ tee that In q short time steamer. on the
Western rivers will only be taxed sufi-
cient 10 keep up the wharfs at the vari-
o1s ports. Memphis viii be erj0iHed from
collecting wharfage until a test case is
again made in the United States Supreme
Court. Steam bOabmsn should also make
q move in the Hght direction by holding
q convention and demanding of Congress
more favorable legisla alton toward West
ern commerce than has been shown for
several years. As regards our port there
is an old ordinance, which, we think has
never been repealed, which directs the
city government TO set aside as a special
fund Al revenues collected from wharf
age tax. A later ordinance also makes i5
compulsory on the part Of the Mayor to
set aside as a special fund ons-fOurth OF
the wharfage tax for the improvement Of
the wharf and lauding. To sustain our
view Of the case, we produce a late decis-
ion. which Is as follows:
Err~ - ha q
States, on an appeal from 8 case arising
from the District Court st Madison,
Indiana, ruled that no corporation of a
town or city on a uayigabls stream can
tax boats or water crafts Of any dsscrip-
ton any further than is absolutely nec-E-
sary to keep the landing in repair and
pay the officers supervising the same; or,
in other words, no corporation can use
any fund rising from tonnage or wharfage
tax for any other purpose than making
and improving the wharf
The r. j. Lockwood, from Red river for
st. Louis, put on here l75 head Of sheep |
and l27 head Of cattle, and bas for st. |
Louis thirty tons of OfmiscsIlsueoUs freight. /
The Bismarck for New Orleans added !
here 300 bales Of cotton and 200 sacks Of |
oil cake.
The K C Gray for Arkansas river had |
a splendid trip She discharged here a |
few lots Of miscellaneous freight and re- |
shipped thirty tons on the Legal Tender |
The fine steamer Potomac, Captain /
skunk. viii b1 at the wharf this morning |
to receive for Louisville snd points on |
the Ohio, and leave at y m.
The Legal Tender tor White river had a 4
fair trip.
Sss tomorrow APPEAL and read the I
Supreme Court decisions on wharfage tax.
The Sam. J. Hale, Captain Miller leaves
to-day at p m, for Louisville and Gin
cinnati. Mr.. Spencer prssides at the desk.
The Lawrence viii be found at the
wharf this morning from Cincinnati and
leaves on Saturday with s return trip.
The great Richmond, Captain MAJ
Green, viii leave to-day at Y N, for
Cairo and st. Louis. Cook Creighton. a
clever gentlemen, does the hOnOrs of tBa
Jfice.
There was an advance in the price of |
3OsI at Louisville yesterday.
The second mate of the Kate Putnam,
Dick Splaiu had his leg broken while load
ng cemon5 at New albany yesterday.
The Richmond coming upl has 1900
Ons of freight and q large passenger trip.
A large lot Of coal left Louisville yes
erdsy. See our dispatches.
Capt. DeHaven, the Mogul OF the low
PRESSURE scheme. endssvOred to get q
imllar bill through the Mississippi Leg
stature. styled the Pearl River Improve
nen5 Navigation Company The Com
'any wants many tGor sand acres of land.
The NJ. J. Wicks viii pass up gO-nighJ
or St. Louis
The Belfast viii pass down to-day fer
Jew Orleans.
The City of Chester is the Thursday st.
lOuis packet.