Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-05-29

Arkansas river; Golden Crown. Glnennau; Centen-
NAL, ST. Louis City Of Helena VlcKsDurg.
DEPARTURES.
coldo, Crown. New orleans; Centennial New Or
leans: Osceoa Belle Osceola; Guiding Star, Cincn-
natl; James d. Parker, Cnclnnat; Coanoma, Frlars
Point; John A. Scudder ST. LOUIS
IN PORT.
Maumelle, City OF Helena.
BOATS DUE.
Do,gn Grand Tower, Andy Baum.
Up.-Ouachita Belle, Josie Harry.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
ARKANSAS CITY ouachita Belle, Mark R. Cheek
master. p.n.
v1cxsBURG-Gr Tower, George Lenox mas
ST. LouIs-Cty of Helena, l. H. M'Kee master,
Receipts Yesterday.
CentenniaI-2O ties hams.
COahoma 36 bales cotton, nd hogs, 6 pkgs sun
Guiding Star-123 hhds sugar, LA brls molasses,
John A scHdder-7O brls mOlasses, 20 brs sui
phur, 90 boxes oranges, lot OF sundrles.
Maumells brought out oil Arkansas river so bales
cotton, I72 SKIS cottOn-seed, lot of sundries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Bu,iness fair.
The Centennial passed down last EVENING" Tor
New Orleans loaded fiat. Ga
The Golden Crown passed down last evening for
Receipts By the river yesterday we're SO bales cot
ton. and l72 sacks cotton seed.
The kellogg departed last evening for st. Louis
with a tnW OF empty ice-baIges.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Ed Rowland, is the
Saturday packet for Arkansas river.
The Maumelle arrived yesterday from Arkansas
river, and has laid up for The present.
The Josie Harry Captain Milk X. Harry will arrive
this evening" and leaves again Saturday evening for
all points on white river.
The Andy Baum is the Saturday packet for the
Ohio river Captain II. j. VinIon commands and
NJ. NJ Deem is In the Office.
The City OF Helena, Captain I. H M'Kee, is the
AnchOr-line packet this evening at five o'clock for
Cairo and ST. Louis George Walton is her clerk.
In the telegraphlc reports will be found the &C
count OF the king and burning OF the Blanche
Porter last Tues lay at the mouth OF Bayou La
the James D. Parker departed last evening for
Cincinnati with IL 4S bales or cotton, 200 barrels
OIL 90 tons old iron and sundries and fair trip Of
The Grand Tower Captain George Lenox, is the
Anchor-lIne packet this morning at ten O'Clock for
NicksbuTg and the bends. Thomas White and John
Crane are clerks.
The John A. Scudcer passed up yesterday evening,
after cleaning out here, for ST. Louis, four days out
from New Orleans to this place. She added here
$50 bales cotton for Cairo.
HBilly SmiIhers goes first clerk of the Rob Roy In
the Memphis and Riverton trade Billy Is we'll
known In river circles, and is valuable acquisition
The Ouachlta Belle, Captain Mark Cheek on
at five O'Clock for Arkansas City and all way land
ings 4. L. Cummings has charge OF her Office, as
sisted By Lee Cummings and Billy Thomas.
Big Muddy continues its course OF systematic
shriUkage, while the bars are correspondlngly pro-
ind and not much after they have been discovered.
Pilots say their prayers every then but they
are prayers mere emphatic than devout.
The Guiding Star passed up, last evening, for
Cincinnati, after cleaning out here with 400 tons
freight for the Ohio river so cabin passengers and
to this place In three days and a half, and added
here $4,000 feet walnut lumber and 1890 cane
pol s.
Captain John B. Davis has concluded, and very
wisely We think to put the Rob Roy in the Memphis
and Rlyerton trade tri weekly instead OF seweekly
to Arkansas City, as at first proposed. BY this ar
rangement our merchants are placed In daily commu
nicaton with the planters IN the bends as far down
as EIiarS Point, something that has been needed
these many years Captain Davis has entered Into
this business heart and SOUL determined to build
line OF packets that will accommodate the people
and at the same time nurse the interests of Memphis
commerce and the planters within the radius of our
doubt 1t Will be accorded him by both merchant and
planter. Captain Z. w. Lghtburne is the Superin-
tendent in this city, and will give prompt attention
to all business rendered the new line.
The best time in the world for snRgb0atS to go
into repairs Is when the river Is low. You know
when the river low the snags are out OF the water,
and the pilots see to run around em. And theO,
again the lower the river the more snays are eX-
posed, and the more work II takes TO get them out
of the way Who wants to work when they can shake
It? 1t don't make any difference hardly any h9w
many boats are SUNK or how many lives are lost by
| these snags when the water gets too high for the
| pilots to see how to get around them. The snag-
boats didn't put them there and 1t is cruel to sup
pose that they ought to pull them out 1t used TO be
the saying in the army, IF you want to have fun,
phrased by saying, If you want TO have nothing to
do, enlist In the snagboat service during low water
| Well, who is managing the SnagOoat fleet anyhow?
Somebody should be held severely responsible for
| the mismanagement of that department. The river
is now IN condition, and is growing more so every
day. to be thoroug bly, cleared OF dangerous GbstFuc
lions to navigation, and not single snagboat on
duty below Memphis, or above either, far
can learn. This kind of management makes the
system thoroughly woTthless-a useless and waste
full expenditure of appropriation that had better not
have been made. When Ehpraim wanted to build a
same verb In the imperative mood applies to the
Snagboat