Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-14

light rain this evening; Thermometer. 80 deg. Ar
rived. Daniel Boone and baIges, Ohio river.
Movements at the Levee-
ARRIVALS
Golden Rule. Cincinnati; City Of Helena, st
Louis: Grand Tower, Vicksburg; CoahOma, Eriar:
Point; Commonwealth, st. Louis; Josie Harry
White river.
DEPARTURES.
Golden Rule: New Orleans; CITY Of Helena, yicks
turg; Grand Tower, 81. Louis; Coahoma, fhaIs
Point; Commonwealth New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Katydid, vlnt Shinkle, Gate City. Josie Harry.
BOATS DUE.
Do,cn- OsceoIa Belle.
Tp-Marlln Speed. BatesyIlle, Geo. W. Cheek.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FR1AES PoESr-George W, Cheek, Stack Lee mas
ter, IN.
CINCISSATI Shnkle Sterling NJ Intyre mas
ter, . pm.
vIcKsBuRe-Kstyd d, John Toodburn master
l2m.
OscEoLA-osceola Belle. ]. G. Andrews master
, pm.
1T. FRANCIS RIVER Batesville, J. D. Randall mas
ter pm.
WRITE RIyER-Josie Harry SIIlt E. Harry master
, PIN.
ARKANsAs RryER-Katie Hooper, Ed Rowland
Receipts Yesterday.
Commonwsalth.50 boxes SOAP.
GraEd Tower-240 bales cotton, 3 bags seed-cot-
ton, lot of HOUSEHOLDS goods.
city OF Helena-52 bales co ton. 10 bags seed
cotton, leo boxes crackers, lot Of sundries.
COahOmd-;}b5 bales cotton, q bags seduction.
1884 sacks cOtton-,eed, Is packages sundries
Jose Harry brought out or White river 1893 bales
cattle, 81 pkgs sundTies.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business first-rate.
westher clear and pleasant.
The river was on stand yesterday, neither rising
nor falling.
The Port Eads and barges passed up yesterday
morning for 81. Louis.
the CoahOma departed last evening for Friars
Point with a good trip.
The Marlin Speed came out of Arkansas river with
1910 bales OF cotton, and will arrive here to-day
to-day for Arkansas liver, IN place of the Marlin
The receipts by river yesterday ware 657 bales of
ton-seed.
Major John D. Adams of the Vicksbuig mall line.
arrived Yesterday, and will remain in tee city Tor
several days.
= The City OF Helena passed down Yesterday morn
leg for vicksburg. She added here forty tons for
the bends below.
The st. Louis papers are all kicking" about
horse tall dye, and are asking their Legislators to
take &C ion In the matter
hose huge piles of cotton and seed that erstwhIe
were such an eye-sOIe TO Steamboatmen have in the
past few days grown beautifully less.
The Batesvlle. captain j. D. Randall is the pack
d. B. Abrahams in charge of her ONCE.
The Osceola Belle, Captain J. G. Andrews, is the
all way points B. q. Mitchell is her clerk NM
The splendid light draft steamer Katie Hooper,
at five O'Clock this evening Jimmie Thompson Is
her tfficient clerk.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Stack Lee in com
mlnd, IS the regular packet this evening at i've
O'Clock for FTidr5 Point and all way landings.
Walker Outlaw is her clerk.
The Grand Tower passed up yesterday evening on
time for st Louis. She had on board for Chicago
1l9 sacks cotton-seed and added here for Cairo $50
bales or cotton, and | 81 bales for ST. Louis
The Commonwealth passed down at an early hour
yesterday morning for New Orleans. She brought TO
this city the new wharf boat Capital City, and added
to her freight seven hundred bales cotton and six
hundred SACKS oil-caSe.
The Adams-line United States mall steamer Katy
did. Captain John WOODBURY., having completed her
repairs leaves at twelve O'Clock to-day for VlcksbuIg
aid the bends Captain Ed r. Thomas, the people,
The Josie Harry, Captain Milt R. Harry on deck,
will be touLd In port this morning receiving for her
return to White river. She ayes this evening at
five o'clock going through TO Jacksonport. Colonel
j. ID. Moore will be f0unU In charge of her Office.
The transfer boat N d. Munson, purchased by the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railway company, to be
used for transferring cars across the river at Van
she Is commanded by Captain Henry C. Partee, a
riverman we'll known on western waters, and for
many years connected with the Mississippi Valley
The yint Shinkle, Captain MIntyre, will return to
the ONO this evening we are glad TO know, with a
good return trip. Clerk Lindsay is at his post as
usual ably assisted by Hsr Gasley and Fred Bates.
Messrs. Carroll By the way, Darwin pTetends to
know that the human family sprung from the
came from. Captain Jim Carroll clearly calculates
that question; II you will furnish HIM with the
p9acn-St0HeS he VIII manufacture monkeys so per-
tect in form and feature that 1t Is difficult to tell
them from those OF the Brazilian persuasion. He
Cnly consumes couple of hours to the monkey.
New Orleans Den,Ocrdt: The 10 Bryary, Captain
II. l.. ScOVel arrived yesteTd : from Red river with
tao barges In tow. We mentioned yesterday that
she had met with an accident in Old river Friday
night. Fur her particulars TO the effect that she
his unknown obstruction in the gut, her star
board side forward; she careensd TO the laIboard,
dumping overheard the cotton on that side, and in
Fighting up dumped the cotton on her staI )ard
barge she TAD in tow. In all eight hundred bales of
her cargo, which consisted of one thousand three
hundred and ffty-nine bales, went overheard On
the barge AT tie time was Captain Scovell two pas
sengerS one of them sheriff Williams, of Mansfield,
who was bringing down eight cOnvictS to Baton
Rouge. who also on the barge, with the watch
man of the boat, Martin Leonard, and two of the
Toustabous. Captain Scovell was struck and bruised
abyut the head and body by the STAGE the passenger
escaped unhur, but every of the rest were more
or less hurt by the falling cotton the Waterman be-
Ing Killed instantly. Sheriff Williams was hut in
the face. The wounds OF Captain ScOvell were
slight. The BTyarly took in foot of water before
the leak was stopped, which was afterward pumped
out. She lay by until daylight and picked up all her
cotton that could be found. The body of Mr.. Leon
ard was brought to Bayou Sara By his son, John
Leonard. mate of the boat, from whence 1t will be
sent TO his home In the west"