Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-21

resolution: That q communication
from this exchange, signed by the pres
ident and countersigned by the secre-
tary, be sent to the captains Of the
steamboats, Natchez and Robert 4. Lee,
informing them that the Don-connect-
ing of their boats with the stesm boat
Belle YsZOO is detrimental to the COM
merce Of Vicksburg ard in opposition to
the interests Of its merchants sDd re-
spectfully request the commanders OF
said boats TO connect with the Belle
YsZoo, otherwise thew will take steps to
protect themselves and the interest com
United to their charge To which
Captain feathers, OF tho Natchsz, very
pertuenuy replied: "Iu reply, on the
part OF my boat Cthe NatcHcZ), permit
rue 10 say that your eKpressions,it seems
to me, are, on the face of them. hssIy
and ili-consideTed. With all Cue re-
spec, and lss | hope my record SHOWS
proper regard aud faithful attention 10
the interests of VicBsburg, I must, in
justice to myself urge my claim to the
privilege of managing my own boat &C
cording to my own judgment
The Mary Bell.
81 Louis Republican, nine enlh in
I.
aground a. Twin HOiloWs on Sunday
morning. Yesterday morning a, al
early hour she was sill ag;GUUd. Cap
tain Hicks came up on the Chester and
got the harbOr-bOat E O.. Smith to go
down to her assistance with coal, and
towing two barges with which to tighten
her. The Smith returned to the wharf
81 five O'Clock last evening. When she
loft he Tory Tryuu 1irlA - he
baTgeS, having been pull ] straight with
the current. She was in no danger
whatever, and would probably get away
on her voyage last night. The Glencoe,
on her way up, got aground opposite
the Mary Bell.n
The following, clipped from a st.
Louie special to a Cincinnati pa
per, is ell the tidings we have
received from the Mary Bell:
1.-THE City of Vicgsburg, which arrived
up this morning, reports the new Mary
Bel hard aground at Twin HollOws,
with her head lying down stream. She
is said to be in precarious condition, as
the river is falling at the rate Of half an
inch al hour. The Mary Bell is unload
ing her freight and stock as rapidly as
possible, and her officers hope to have
her aflOat tomorrow morning. The
city harbor boat, Elanor q. Smith, left
this morning to assist the Bell off The
Glencoe, en- route up, is also aground at
Twin Hollow, where there is only five
feet of water.n
Sinking of the Steamboat CaIumet-A
Question with the Insurers.
The Enterprise insurance company Us.
S. II. ParisCt Petition in error. The
action was to recover twenty-five hun
dred liars from the insurance compa-
ny, the amount OF insurance upon the
steamboat Calumet. On the morning
of the twenty-sixth OF July, 1871, with
in the life Of the policy, the Calumet
sunk in the Mississippi river, about half
q mile above Vicksburg, where she had
been laid UP for nine months, There
was verdict against the insurance
company for the amount claimed, and
q motion for new trial was OverTuled.
It was cOnteDded on behalf Of the COM
pany that the evidence failed to chow
that the vessel was lost by encOuntering
any Of the perils insured against, but
that 1t showed she sunk by reason of
unsea thiness. Judge O'ConnOr, in
announcing tire opinion OF the cour5, re-
marked that the testimony was voIum-
inOus, and mainly dile3ted to prove or
disprove The existence of a storm sutfi-
cient u account for the sinking Of the
vessel. This question was left to the
jury under the charge Of the judge, aud
the court could not say now the verdict
was not sustained by the testimony, or
was manifestly against the weight of
testimony. 1t was also urged, as a
ground Of tr;or that the plaintiff be,Os
failei to furnish the preliminary proos
OF loss. But the court charged what
would amount to q waiver of those
proofs, such as the declaration of the
company, by its agent, that il would
not pay the loss, and left it to the jury
to say whether there had been in fact
viewer The court charged the law on
this point. Judgment ffirmed.