Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-17

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liaad 1929 sacks -cotton-seed. The Hi
uois, from Napoleon, arrived at lat
hour, with 20S bales cotton and 500 sack
l-seed. 1 EAEE sa5 M
MONDAY.
| The St Francis, from Helena, cam,
I'm at daylight with 103 bales cotton, 81
fsacks cotton-seed, and fair passenge
list. The Susie Silver, from New Or
leans, less than six days out, put OFF 2
| hogshe5ds sugar, AZ barrels molassesan,
Il packages sundries; she departed aftel
midday with 500 tons for st. Lonis, ia
Guiding $500 sacks salt and 400 hogs
heads sugar. The Fannie Fatum g0e,
south tomorrow with $50 tons of freight
as a starter. The John A. Scuddel
passed Helena, going down, early yes.
terday morning, all o. K. The Grand
Tower, from st. Louis, arrived after dark
with fine trip OF grain and produce.
The Frank Forrest and G.. w. Cheek,
for Friars Point, and Illinois, for Napo,
leon, ali cleared last night with fair trips
of freight and passengers.
En sIesn0riasn.
The many friends of Mr.. William B
Locke, late river editor Of this journal,
will be panied 20 earn that he is no
more. Elsewhere appears a notice of
his death, in speaking of which the
Led0er Of yesterday says: "It is with
deep regret that we announce the death
of our beloved friend, VIM. Locke, river
editor of the APPEAL In parting with
him we feel that we have lost the best
f,iend in the world. We have been as
ISOLATED with him in the newspaper
business, off and on, since 1866. In life
he was one of the most generous and
charitable of men. He devoted himself
to the welfare of others, and was always
ready. in christian manner, to make
his fellow creatures happy. He was be-
loved by all who knew him, and was
generous to fault. The deceased leaves
behind him many friends to mourn his
loss" E- as
The John B. Maude, from New
Orleans, is due tomorrow. She win
leave Thursday afternoon. The
Mary Boyd left Sunday for Cairo, to be
locked and repaired. 1.-The Maumelle
on the Ella at the mouth of
Arkansas river, and returned up that
stream. The Fannie Tatum is loading
for New Orleans.....T The long-looked-for
rain has cone, and the rivers are ex-
pected to ''rise and explain" the true
course of navigation.
clippings.
Shreveport Times OF Saturday: "The
officers OF the last boat up reported the
lower river falling fast, with scant three
feet on the shoalest bars this side of Al
exandris. The falls furnished four and
q half feet. There was a good stage of
water below the falls. Old river, how
ever, only had about three feet, but there
was at least fathom or two of blue mud.
Captain T. e. Jacobs, before leaving this
city for New Orleans, made a contract
with the paekery to take out all the
packed beef this winter per steamers.
The contract was made in behalf of the
same Red river steamboatmen that con-
tracted with the Texas and Pacific
to take out all their
through cotton. The line will
be composed Of-s six fine large
steamers, and will commence business
As soon as the water will permit. Cap
-ain Jacobs went to the city of New Or
cans by way of Dallas. AT the latter
place he was joined by party of mer-
chants who visit New Orleans for the
purpose of forming a closer business con-
lection with the merchants of that city.
They propose to utilize the Red river
-Oute.. =. st. Louis Times: fiThe resi-
lence of Captain John w. King, super
ntendent of the Kountz line, was visited
)y a stranger Thursday night. 1t is a
BOY, and weighs twelve pounds. Not
this increase to Captain
Kings family, he will not advance the
-ates at present"
THE MUTINEER.
Thar was man who run on the Mississippi
as mate;
lie wasn't much on book-larnin', nor he
didn't sit up late
oOstin' hisself on history and civilization,
FOR literature wasn't his favorite relaxation.
Ant IN Won went 10 his bunl< any time Won
could bet
our last cent on finding the Days DOM an
Police Gazette ,t-.
lie was on his mussles somewhat, which is
the common complaint
With them ar Mississippi river boatmen =
An he could get more work out of his men,
on billed bean
An hard tack, Than any mate from st. Louis
to New Orleans,
His voice was strong, and KEN up out OF his
3omethin' arter this style: "Kem, git thar,
)ne day he said to roustabout who had onto
his back
\ four-bushel bag of cern-rather heavy, but
it's fact f-s. .... ---
How that he thought his gait want exactly
up to railroad time,
When they got into CONFERENCE.-THE not
put 1t in rhyme,
But I'll state thar want no more corn carried
on that boat that day,
FOR all the crew was occupied in SEEM 'em
have fair play.
They shook things up lively for the first three
quarters OF an hour,
An rammed their heads right into several
barrels of flour.
An the corn an things that was split around
on the lower deck
Made it look as though the boat had struck
snag an gone TO wreck;
An tins yer mate, who hadn't never yit lost a
single fight,
saw that his chances for kemin' out first best
in this here one was light.
50, when he found he couldn't git away with
that thar roustabout,
lie begun to git Uneasy: then he cussed and
hollered out:
Say, ez you 'uds all goin' to stand round this
yer boat an see
ibis. Characterization? 1 say, yer stop this
mutiny!'
An' that is the moral that I've been tryin' for
to paint;
When them matesT a man it's all right,
but when they don't IL amt.
- Commodore r HfRgpia's Almanac for 1870.
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