Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-06

tive to-day and leave on her return for Cincinnati
The ne. steamer Guiding Star had not arrived NJ
| TO dark last evening She will no doubt pass doWr
at an early hour this morning. 49,, ,.o,r,at
/ The bldy OF Tim Farley, q deck-hand crowned
! from the steamer Winnie In White river, has Deer
recovered near Newport, Arkansas , ,..,
Anchor-llne packet this evening at five O'Clock Iol
/ ST Louis George Walton Is her clerk 49,
The OIL VALLEY, out OF the Chic river. with tWelVe
| or fourteen produce barges IN tow. landed at the
| point opposite Presidents Island last night
The Grand Tower, Captain George LenoX, IS the
! Anchor line packet this morning at ten O'Clock.
Thomas White and John Crane are her clerks.
OF cottoI seed and our merchants will do well to
carry OF the remainder before the mighty waters d.
The Maumelle Cap ain Thomas Darragh, VIII
leave at the usua hour TOR Arkansas river to-a orTo
evening A. J. Mcconnell IS IN charge OF the Office.
othef day tell so deeply in love with lIla Eva that
Marks's donkey vas unable TO pull him out whoa
The Coahoma CAPTAIN James Lee In command. IS
the regular packet this evening a. nye Sciock I9r
Frars Point and az way landings; VIM. SmitheF Is
The G. Chouteau passed vleksburg TUESDAY
last for New Orleans with 1889 oSiss Sa e95sSp aGa
more, and enters New Orleans with the best trip OF
The Josie HAIRY. Captain Mllt R. Harry on deck,
arrives o-dsy from White river. and returns again
tomorrow evening at five o'clock, going through 10
Jacksonnort. Colonel j. D. Moore Will be In charge
The city Of Alton passed down yesterday for New
Orleans with big trip. She added here 66O bales
Of cotton and 2959 sacks Of oll-cake she received
at Belmont, Missouri, $50 bales OF cotton, shipped
by rail from Texarkana to the Mississippi, and
thence to New Orleans
ST Louis Post: "A ST. Louis boatman says: They're
raising a world of money for Lieutenant Benners
widow, aud / don't know why they say not word
about the poor widow and three children OF the
Waterman who died of yellow fever on the relief
steamer Chambers. Why give Widow Benner nifty
thousand dollars and the other widow nothing?
Yes, truly why?" And why don't the ''St. Louis
boatman'' commence the rattle? Yea, verify, yea.
St Louis Times JOetrnGl Some sixty thousand do
lars has already been raised for the widow and chill
dren of the late Lieutenant Benner, OF the John N.
Chambers nOtorlety, but, as far as we know, not
dollar has been subscribed for the WIDOW and poor
orphan children OF the Waterman Of the same cram
Waterman the greater hero of the two In s.
much as he went on the hazardous mission with Ut
any hope OF fame reward, save such reward as Is
youchsafed every honest heart that springs from the
consciousness of having performed our duty. Justice
demands that the poor and obscure widow should be
our prominent citizens will to 1t at once" Put
the ball In notion gentlemen; herolsmis not always
covered vita fine clothing, nor does the hero invar
ably wear epaulets
Captain Albert Stein, of the Charles Morgan, in
his request TO Local Inspectors johnson and Moi
felt of New Orleans, asking for investigation of
the Of the collision OF the steamers Morgan
Brngier's Point, Just below Donaldsonville some
seventy-three miles above New Orleans. The acct
dent took place about four O'Clock Sunday morning.
December l, 1875 The night was dark. stormy
and at times very heavy showers of rain and wind.
Myself and both OF our pilots were on watch and In
the pilothouse at the time OF the collision. We saw
the cotton Valley coming before she blew her
whistle which was one. for The starboard, and which
plainly and distinctly answered by the Charles
Morgan by whistle also Directly pilots dis
covered that the of the Cotton Valley not
right. and our engines Immediately stopped aud
kept and was In danger oi striking star
board side John B. Evelyn, one OF the pilots of the
Morgan on duty at the time Of the sad occurrence,
gave his testimony in Straightforward manner,
an cnrro borative of Captain STEMS deposition. A
lev was also examined, but nothing more conclusive
was elected as to which was to blame.