Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-14

& Andy Baum, Osceola, Illinois.
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Andy Baum, Oscsola, Illinois.
BOATS DUE.
City of Augusta, Belle Of Texas, Suaie
Silver, John B. Maude, Thompson Dean,
City Of Helena, Carondelet, Grand Lake
No. 2 and barges. dior. 81 fr IL
r.. Receipts Yesterday.
Csceoia Belle-S4 bales cotton, 306
scks cotton-seed, 168 seks corn, p pkgs
suEdries. .--r- .---
Belle Memphis-1S00 bills -four, 400
brIs meal, 300 scSs corr, 200 scks oats,
700 scks cotton-seed, 50 bales cotton, As
casks bacon, IS tierces bacon, 500 pkgs
sundries, IS bxs eggs, .I0I b lles hay, "a
mules, IA horses, 80 hogs, 81 head cat-
tie. ,.... - ., gar r.
Coiotsdo-z60 bales cation.
Phil Allip-162 bales cotton, s48 scks
cotton, II pkg3 sundries.5 .--
G. w. Cheeks bales cotton, IS bags
seed. cotton, As sacks cotton-seed, IS
pkgs sundries.
IIlinois-22l bales cotton, 81 bags seed
bottom, supdries to order.
A. J. White-100 bales cotton, 26 bags
seed cotton, 220 scks cotton-seed, pkgs
sundri9s.
The OsceoIa brought out of st. Francis
| river 593 bales cotton, Is bsgs seed
cotton, 1923 sacks cOtton-seed, head Of
cattle, 80 lunches shingles and 80 pkgS
sGndriee.
Andy Baum-S16 bales hay, 434 pigs
furniture. q brls whisky, 526 brls pota-
toes, n bfls apples, 375 bxs starch, 100
brls flour, so brls meal, 245 buckets lard,
| 81 sks oats, 50 Sis bran, q bxs crackers,
I0I reels rope, $500 pigs miscellaneous.
Leyee Paragraphs.
The levee'Wa crowded with freight
| yesterday.
Business lively, with q good showing
of tonnage.
The Belle Memphis departed for st.
Louis with $50 bales of cotton.
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Louisville,
Cairo, Evsnsville and Memphis-sll en-
| loved siieht snowtal' Sunday morning.
The Kate Dixon left Vicksburg last
Thursday for Big Black river, being the
first boat to go up that stream in the
past ten years.
! O'Sdllivan keeps ham meriDg away a
the cutoff that is to leave Vicksburg
cut in the cold, but it is not in good
hosting stage yet,
The Ste. Genevieve passed up for 81
Louis having spent the winter betw cen
VicHsburg and Chicot City. She made
| many friends below here.
St Louis, Louisville, Cairo, Cincin-
natl and Evansville complained Of rising
rivers Sunday, while at Memphis Big
Muddy was steady at the Saturday qut'
| tsti0ns.
| Captain Hicks warns the Vicksburg
pirates that there can be no legal claims
against the wreck of the Mary Bell ex-
| cept for salvage, ald that all such claims
should be presented to Ball & MeDge, at
| New Orlesns.
General Smith, the custemhCuse off
| Ger, informea Us yesterday that the fire
in his Office Sunday night caused the
destruction Of furniture, books and sta
tionery, but no official records or money
were destroyed. The most Of the de-
struction was by water. &c..
The Vicksburg Herald is requested to
ask all steamboats, passing Bass levee to
keep on the Mississippi side during the
| present high water, to prevent washing
and breaking the levee. Tuis request is
] made by citizens Of Milliken's Bend
aad the neighborhood who are inter
ested.
The new Grand Republics hull is $50
feet in length, 101 feet width over all, 1O3
feet hold in the clear. Her stairways
and cabins are of the most elaborate
architecture, while her staterOoms will
be equal to the most cOmmodiOus Sleep
ing apartments furnished by ftst-class
hotels. Particularly is this the case with
the two bridal chambers, which we are
| informed are to be furnished in more ele-
| giant STYLE than ever before attempted on
| any steamer, for either freeh-Wster or
| ocean navigation. In word she will
truly be q floating palace.
| A telegram from New Orleans Sunday
night contained the following: "AbOut
| three O'Clock this morning, during q
thunderstorm, the ship Majestic, Csp-
| tain Gibbons, owned by Thayer & Lin
| coin, of Boston, and her commander,
loading for Liverpool, with thirty-five
hundred bales of cotton on board, was
struck by lightning. The cargo was SET
on fire, and was more or less damaged
by fire and water. The damage to the
vessel is estimated at five hundred dol
lars. The damage to the cargo will
| probably exceed fifty thousand dollars"
AS the Osceola, from st. Francis river,
was coming up by Cat leland Saturday
evening, deck passenger named henry
| OlinGer fell overheard and was drowned.
As soon az the alarm was given Captain
Bowman backed the boat down toWheTe
the accident occurred, and made every
effort to save him, but the night being
dark and stormy, all efforts proved In
| vain. The deceased was a resident OF
Marshall, Clarke county, Illinois, and
| leaves 8 wife and three children. He
has been working on St. Francis river,
and took passage on the Osceoia at Ms'
| rianna en- route for his home.