Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-20

rainfall to the square foot makes one
hundred and forty tons Of water to the
square acre Of ground. Will the ceie-
brated mathematician of the Nicksburg
Herald tell the gaping world how much
of a rise that will make in the M1ssls-
sippi, provided the rain should fall for
fofty-eight hours steadily, from Cairo TO
Vicksburg ?...The Kellogg and barges
went up last night. The Mary Hous-
ton will pass up this morning, on her
way to Louisville. She is first-class
boat, and has a splendid crew......The
Cleburne, 80 it is said, viii lay up here
for repairs. She may accidentally go
into the mail trade to Greenville
from this point before the year
is closed, and another boat,
now at the bank here, is
wanted to run with her, but the owners
won't sell just at present......Th Ro-
bert Mitchell, an No. / steamboat, ls
due here to-day on her way to the Ohio
river, and goes through to Cincinnati.
I'VE have in type full report of the
inspection tour made by Local Inspector
George Clarke up the Arkansas river,
which our readers will find in this
column tomorrow. The want of space
prevents our producing it to-day.
The water company didn't squirt their
twelve streams from one fire-plug last
evening, from the fact that their "best
hold, i" ''the bluff tanks" were out of
kilter. The following is from Sundays
st. Louis Globe: "The Gilbert arrived
yesterday with the gunboat Neosho in
tow. This is the third and last of the
gunboats purchased by Captain NOW
COmmOdOre) Campbell. The cOmno-
dOre is now awaiting a requisition from
the secretary of the navy, and expects
to move on the ModOcs in few days for
about one hundred thousand dollars
profit in the fight. If David cannot
make it out Of them nobody ever will.
May he succeed. The marshal at New
Orleans has taken possession of the tngs
Wabash and Equator" The James
Howard left New Orleans with freight
of nearly 1000 tons, 300 tons of which
consisted of railroad iron for this CITY,.
The favOrite Mary Houston, Captain
Charley Miller, with Elliott Miller in
the office, leaves this morning at ten
o'clock for all points on the Ohio.
The towboat J. L. Hyatt is due up.
The Robert Mitchell, for Cincinnati, is
| advertised to pass up at noon to-day.
She is an excellent boat to travel on......
Here is more of it. The ST. Louis Times
of Sunday says: Captain James Brady,
the well-known passenger agent, was
| the recipient yesterday of a handsome
gold breastpin, which was presented to
him by Will. T. Powers, clerk of the
steamer City of Helena. The present
was manufactured by Jaecard, and is in
the form of an anchor" That's all very
nice at that end, but Billy Dill con-
tents himself here with oriental shirt
buttons and navy breastpin, and yet
he is as happy as big sun
| flower behind q Bob Lee trotter
Sundays New Orleans Pcdylt1e con-
tains the following account of high
handed outrage: "The steamer John
Howard was at the Algiers side of the
river, taking on iron, on Friday last, and
toward night about forty armed negroes
made their appearance and demanded
that the men that were working should
be paid at the rate of four dollars per
day, AS the captain had made his ar
rangements to pay the men so much
per bar for putting the iron on his boat,
and the men that had agreed to his Offer
aud were working and willing to con-
tinue the job, were interfeTed with by
these negro rioters, and a few Of them
were badly hurt, ON account of then
wishing to continue their job. The cap
tain finding that his boat would be de-
tanned, called upon the police, and they
refused to stir foot to the relief of the
captain OF his boat. This is a high.
handed outrage, and it behooves Mr.
Badger and the police commissioners tC
look into this matter, if they have time
to spare" The same paper says: "The
Kellogg gunbOat Ozark was toweG
across the river yesterday, where
she will await the orders o.
Kellogg or her captain, Byas Mil
ler.n -. When she left New Orlean.
Saturday night the Mary Houston, fol
Louisville, had three hundred tonl
freight and seventy-five passengers.
The John Howard, for Arkansas river
had six hundred tons freight, includinl
three hundred and fifty tons railroad
iron......The Thompson Dean leave:
New Orleans tonight for st. Louis.
The Glencoe will go down to-day
for New Orleans. The Ashland
will be up tomorrow, for Gin
einnati......T Parker lays over unit
tomorrow, when she leaves for Cincin,
natl. Washington authoritie:
yesterday decided that the Cairo anC
Fulton railroad had a right to bridge
the Arkansas river at Little Rock. Cap
tain Reese Pritehard would call that de
cision huge fraud.