Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-28

accomplished chief clerk, makes up tor what
is lacking that will please the multitude 10
her popular captain.
A suit for twenty thousand dollars has
been instituted at Nashville against the
steamer I. I. Hillman, by the mother or
negro boy who fell overheard and was
drowned from the Hillman on her last trip at
that place. The 10y had been discharged
from the boat and walked overheard on gong
ashore.
The Thompson Dean, Captain James ID.
Pepper, which made the run to Cairo this
trip. will be here IN season to leave on time for
New Orleans tomorrow evening. She IS one
of the regular line of Memphis and New Or
leans packets, and must have all she wants
from our people. Mr.. w. N Gaines, clever
gentleman, handles her quilts.
Captain Carter Commodore Ro|hngpln)
river editor of the ST. Louis Times JOt"hGf,
paid US a visit yesterday. He is on lectur-
ing tour down the river. When we saw MN
he had not made up his mind as to whether
he would lecture in thisscity or not. We hope
onr citizens will not be deprived of the oppor
tunity of listening to the commodore, VINO
stands at the head of the list OF humorous
writers and speakers of the country.
Captain Eugene Moore, who has presided
over this column since the cessation OF yer
low-fever host lities, adding many friends 10
the APPEALS already long list OF marine
well-wishers, has resigned, and will seek new
He is our frend-he's everybodys TREND
and We speak the sentiment of all who know
him in hoping that fortune may smile upon
him wherever he may draw his sabre. Genlal,
iJvIal and honorable, he Is sure to WIN trIenos
wherever he makes acquaintance.
Captain Samuel G. Martin, OF New 1erk,
has invented an apparatus for steering
steam vessels by the use OF simple lever
boy may handle the largest ship with the ut
most ease. Captain Martin places steam
cylinder with pistons on each side OF the yes
sci. The cylinders are joined by steam
pipe. The boiler Is tapped, and the steam Is
supplied through valve IN the pipe con-
Meeting the two cylinders. The valve Is run
through tn cylinders, and the chains leading
to the rudder and the pilotnouse are attached
to the pistons.
CINCINNATI Enquirer: Captain A. DOnnally
has closed a contract with Mack d Perry to
build first-class stSrnwheel steamboat, to
b. completed June 18TH. The dimensions OF
the new boat will be as follows: Length, 2lO
feet; beam, 30 feet; floor, 81 feet; depth OF
hold, SIS feet Her engines will be out OF
the Mary Miller. The cylinders are l612
inches IN diameter, and AZ feet stroke. Sue
| will have three new boilers, rs feet long 80
inches In diameter-two aues each. Captain
Dan Martin will superlntend the construc-
| ton of the new boat.
| CAIRO Bulletin, Wednesday: "Whie the
| Mary Houston was lying at our landing the
other day, breathess messenger arrived at
police HEADQUARTERS and announced that the
| mate and negro deck.hand had had light;
| the mate had shot and killed the negro, and
| he thought it likely that the negro had Killed
| the mate. A couple of officers fastened to
| the wharf, and finding no dead bodies lying
| around, extended proper INQUIRIES. In due
| time they were Informed that passenger,
| unwilling to leave his loaded shotgun IN the
| cabin, had stepped TO the outer guard and
| emptled both barrels into the river. And
| upon this foundation was the startling story
| fabricated.
| We are the friend of all the mariners, and
| will contribute whatever Is IL our power to-
| ward the advancement of the interests OF every
| steamer and packet line that touches at THIS
! port; but if we show any preference, 1t will
| ALWAYS be found In favor of our home enter
| prises We invented the above sentiment
while thinking OF what efforts Captain John
| D. Adams is making to advance the CONNER
cIal interests of Memphis, not even abatlng
| one particle after she had been converted
into the grand Taxing District OF the State
Of Tennessee. He has secured the mail con,
| tracts between this city and Vlcksburg, and
has placed two elegant packets IN the line
| for the accommodation Of both the CONNER
cial and travelling public, and we are as
| sured is ready to increase the number and
capacity of the packets as The patronage OF
his lice may demand. HIS experience IN
river matters is assuI ance that what ne does
is the hest that can be done, and he Will
| always try to merit the support OF TINS COM
mercial community.
, In renewing our acquaintance with the ma
rine historians, we have word to say to oul
! fellow Faber MASTERS, especially those up tht
| stream, When we have invented a gooC
item of news, we are exceedingly proud o
it, and it is notifying in the extreme to read
it in another paper, credited to some one else
or literally plrated. Now. if you are no
generous enough to say, Brooks writ TINS,
please say that 1t was clipped from the col
umns of the APPEAL, of Memphis. We ar
| aware that the above Is little 'tetchy, bu
! we have no fears but it will, like the light
ming often does, or when some good Samarl
tan invites US to take drink, strike in RICH
places. Now we understand each other, let
: | all strive to keep up good account OF VIVA
> | Big Muddy and other streams are doing, an
. what uses are being made Of them and thel
| commercial advantages by the marine tratel
4 nifty.
VIII S. Hays, of the Louisville Cour'!s'
Journal, pays the following merited tribui
to the brave Underwood, of the unfortuna
steamer Donualy: The heroic conduct
Pilot VIM. c. Underwood, OF the lll-fate
steamer A. c. Donnally, standing at his pos
. | until he beached the burning boat, saviD
. every life on board, Is deserving of the higl
est praise, and the marine interests shou
. see to it that substantial token Of appreci
u ton is made to Mr.. Underwood:
Bill Underwood the pilotF
. Say, stranger, Bill is game
Is He aint the man to say much,
ut Blu. he's got an honOred name.
he was pilot on the Donnally
,. When she burnt The other night,
~ An he kept his post o. duty
e. VIII le thar was life in sight.
a. Thar men exclLed-craZy;
Thar was husbands hunttn wives,
While the Donna ly. sire was burnln';
W Bill was thar to save iharr ly S.
,r So lie turned her cross the liver,
~ | All afre in the stream,
III An the Engineers we busy
CroWdn on head OF steam,
tn | An them iHglGes kept Bgoin'
a. | Til The bow ran out on shore,
I'll An 1t saved the people on her,
2 Though It Grip. led three or four.
When the fire licked The chimneys,
p AN the hungry tongues did steal
- Al around the texas burning,
he Thar stood Bill at the wheel,
I'M An he never lett Ii o tneT
Till he rang the slgnal-pel
That the Donnally now was landed,
Ks AN the fire hot as hell.
he Then, you Oct he took 1t coolly,
nd For h. thought of home and wife,
So he jumped into the river,
It. An ne came out with his life.
Talk aDOut your brav~ men. mister
~. All that's game in man, or guod,
3o | You can find II In pilot
ne Ii he's like Bill Underwood,
cry If IL hadn't heJn for Billy
1es | Bain' up thar at the wheel,
Thar'S no kuOwiT' nov the people
Might of SorIow h ID TO feel.
lie, For sou couldn't tell how many
,on Misht have burned O. found grave,
"a II he'd left her in the river;
~ Bat he didn't Bill was brave
nd An he filled the bill as pilot;
As his buTnn steamer crossed
,na From one shore to the other.
Nv Not a single soul was lost.
ms Say, stranger, put his name down,
ing want II unOerstOod,
20 That, when you're huI tin brave men,
- You find Bill Underwood.
er- If any man could save her,
YOu bet life, Bill could.