Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-02

other practical mode of transporting it f,
and under such regulations as shall be
prescribed by the board Of supervising
inspectors, with the approval OF the sec
rotary of the treasury; and oil or spirits
OF turpentine may be carried on any
such steamer when the same shall be
put I'D IN good metallic vessels, or casks
OF barrels well and securely bound with
iron, and slowed in a secure part Of the
vessel.
REPORT ADOPTED BY SUPERVISING IN
sPEcroRs.
"RULE n. Refined petroleum. which
viii not ignite at temperature less than
one hundred and ten degrees Fahren-
heit, may, upon routes where there is no
other practicable mode If transporting
II, be carried upon passenger steamers,
upon the guards or forward main.deck
thereof, and at a safe distance from any
lire, provided the same shall be put up
in good metallic cans or vessels, and
carefully packed in boxes, OF in IRON
bound casks or barrels, and the boxes,
casks OF barrels plainly marked upon
the heads thereof with the manufac-
turer's name, the name of the article,
and the degree of the temperature fFah-
renheit at which the petroleum will ig-
mite; and all such boxes, casks or bar
rels shall be placed and carried only
upon the outer edge OF the guards and
decks as aforementioned" We see the
st. Louis Commercial Gazette Saws that
some of the Memphis oil merchants are
the cause. as they wished to
sell a higher fire-test oil, min
eral sperm. The oil dealers disclaim
having had anything to do with the
present construction of the law. If the
government insists upon the present con-
stTuctiOn of the law 1t will cost the peo-
pie, on different water courses where no
railroad exists, half million OF dollars,
and do no one any good. No accident
has ever happened 10 steamers i'm car
rying eoal-oil or csrbOn.Oiis. The writer
of this put the first cOsl-Gil lamps on
steamers on our rivers, and has sold
twenty Thousand barrels of coal and
carbon-oils, and if any accident has ever
hapLend it has not been reported since
1859 The beauty of the law is it suf-
fers the indiscriminate shipment of tuT-
pentine, which any one knows, is more
dangerous than oil, which requires to
be heated to one hundred and ten de-
grees, before it can be ignited.
COAL OIL.
The HIosd of Christ.
EDITORS APPEAL-Being deeply i'm
pressed with the sermon on the "Blood
OF Christ, preached by DR.. A. p Graves,
who has created such an unusual interest
among those religiously inclined in our
city, l ask permission for space in your
columns to publish the following on this
sublime theme, "The,Blood of Christ
which is represented to Us as "a
fountain filled with blood, drawn
from our SsviouI's veins" "au mex
haustible fountain" etc. When I con-
template the vast throng of saints in
heaven, purified and cleansed from their
sins by this ineXbaustible fountain of
Christ's blood, and the untold millions
yes, billions-Oi souls that are yet 10
be saved by this precious plan, am con-
WINGED that il is ample-yes. inexhaust-
ible, more copious, more abundant than
the waters of our oceans, seas, lakes and
rivers. This blood of Christ, or plan of
is sometimes represented as a
beautiful Tiver, over whose placid surface
we are borne to the beautiful paradise of
God. How sublime the thought. how
grand the reflectionl Think, will you,
OF the magnificent steamers that ira
verse the unknown deep with the COM
meTce of the world. How proudly they
pillow the surging waves What q grand
sight to witness the ships Of the world in
q port, arriving and departing from and
to the various points on the earth This
scene sinks into utter in
significance anu obscurity when we re-
1ect for q moment on the grand /
sur and beauty Of the bloOd.washed /
hrong of Jesus, as they sweetly 4
glide over this beautiful river, this foun- |
ain Of ChTist's blood, in vessels more |
more secure, than ever con- |
itructed by the hand Of man. Yes, this /
lOly fleet, as they steer their way over |
his river of eternal life, with Jesus as |
heir grand captain, and the holy ghost 1
.s their pilot, with their banners unfold /
ID and streaming with the blood OF |
'hrist, present a scene too grand for hu- /
nan conception, too sublime for human |
The arrival OF this holy |
leet safe into the gates of heaven, in /
lac immediate presence of the Great al |
Am, and the shout OF Joy and welcome /
,iven them by the vast thTOngOf angels, |
PRESENTS another picture, beautiful to /
lwell on, and teaches us that this blood |
4 Christ, so essential to our salvation, |
hould be sought ana obtained by as all; /
nd that the precious Savior, who shed /
50 freely for us that we might besaved, |
hould be loved with our whole heart; |
or he so loved us as to give up his life /
or us. His love is pure-yes, indescrib- !
bile,
al the mighty ocean with ink were filled, /
And every stick on earth az quill,
And every leaf Of parchment made,
And every man a scribe by trade
To write our SaviOr'S love for Us
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor would the scroll contain the whole ]
Though stretched from sky to sky" /