Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-17

| els of bulk rye from Peru, en- the Illinois riv-
! er, leaves st. Louis this week for New Oh
leans, destined to Europe direct The only
| transfer being made between Peru and its
destination will be at New Orleans, where IT
W II be transferred to an iron steamship.
NatcheZ Democrat: 'On Friday Deputy
| United States Marshal J. S. Montgomery, Of
| this citE, received a long dispatch from
United States Marshal Hunt, stating that
the steamer Vicksburg had escaped from the
| custody of the marshal and was on Its way
down the river, and directing him to sum-
| mon the posse ronitdtus and take possession
of her as she passed this place, and urging
him to spare no pains or expense IN making
8 Ire of the arrest. Mr.. Montgomery went
To the landing at once and found that the
Vicksburg had passed an hour before he re-
ceived the dispatch. He then applied for the
ting Dahlia to pursue the runaway boat, but
fund that it was disabled, and as that was
the only means of making the pursuit he
was obliged to abandon the attempt to cap
t1re her."
The James w. Calf leaves for the Ohio
this evening, taking in Cairo, Louisville,
and Cincinnati, attending to all way
business and ticketing passengers through
b New York for twenty-seven dol
lirs and a half, and all other points
at correspondingly low rates, transferring
passengers and baggage to railroad depots
fee of charge The Calf has superior pas
sanger accommodations; and is safe carrier.
She will also sell excursion tickets to the
Louisville spring races, which commence on
the twenty-frst instant. On her return trip
t. Memphis she will pass Louisville Sunday
morning, May 26th, thus giving her excur-
sionists ample time In Louisville for pleasure
or business. Captain J. d. Moore, her pop
ular chief clerk, is in command this trip.
G. iptain Moore Is well known to all travellers
aad residents along the Ohio river, and has
won the esteem and admIratiCn of all. He
is ably assisted in his duties by Mr. Wheeler.
while Captain Byers deals cut Incidence
with a lavish hand. Billy Collins, the stew
ard of the Gaff, will be found as untring as
ever in his efforts to make everyone comfort
able.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the thirteenth
says: Captain Lew Hates, of the Sherlock,
informs us that colored man working on tie
plantation of Mr.. Paul Adams, one mile be-
low Waterloo, Louisiana, found the body of
FL snry Lopez, who was lost by the burning of
the Lotus No. 2, of which steamer he was
mate. The remains were inferred on Mr..
Adams's place, and will be brought here this
fall, and inferred in Spring Grove, at the re-
quest of his widow, an adopted daughter of
Captain Hates. Captain Hates paid 800 for
the recovery of the body, $40 for it's inter-
ment, and placed paling fence around the
grave at an expense of $40. Loper's gold
watch, chain, gold locket containing his wife's
photograph; valued at 1926, and other per-
sonal effects were recovered with the body,
which had been in the river four months.
The deceased had considerable money in
greenbacks on his person, which fell to atoms
when exposed to the atmosphere-all except
one IS United States note which was in the
watch pocket of his vest The watch indi-
Gated that it stopped running at twenty min
utes past four o'clock in the afternoon, a short
time after the accident. Poor Lopez! He
was worthy young man of exemplary hab-
its, and lost his life in the discharge of his
official duties, and while saving the lives of
others on the Inflated steamer"