Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-05

Night-River 81 feet inches, and rising. Weather
clear Thermometer, A deg; Arrived; James W
pm. Departed. James W. CAT, Cincinnati, 8
pm. .-
Movements at the Levee.
a. r ARRIVALS.
CoahOma Ffiars Point; Osceola Belle, Osceola;
Josie Harry, White river; Shields, New Madrid.
DEPARTURES.
Coahoma. FrIars Point; osceola Belle, Osceola.
Josie Harry. Marlin Speed. Shields, James D
Parker
BOATS DUE.
Do,on-John B. Maude, John A. Scudder, New
Up.-GeO. W. Cheek, Golden Rule
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FRIARs PoMT-G. W. Cheek, Stack Lee master.
5 pm.
ter. 10 am.
WHITE RIvER-Josie Harry, Milt R. Harry master.
5 pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-Marlin Speed Eugene B. Smith
C1NoINNAr1-James D. Parker, Charles B. Russell
master, pm.
CINCINNATI Golden Rule, o. P. ShInkle master.
II m.
ST. LoU1s-Colorado, Sam M'Pheeters master 5
pm.
NEW oRLEANs-John A. Scudder, A. j. Carter
master, 10 am.
Receipts Yesterday.
Coahoma-92 bales cotton, 237 sacks cotton-seed,
16 head sheep, 46 pkgs sundries.
Osceola 6elle-26 bales c1tton, "a bags seed Loot
ton 2S9 sacks cotton-seed, 70 pkgs sundItes6 head
Josie Harry brought out of White river 2S7 bales
ShIelds-I7 bales cotton, bags seed-cotton, 1876
sacks cOtten-s seed, 1872 sacks corn, 80 bales hay,
coops poultry, "a hogs, cows and calves.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business quiet.
The Port Eads and barges passed up yesterday
The John Gilmore and barges and A. J Baker and
bs6ges passed down yesterday for New Orleans.
81 bags seduction and S22 sacks cotIon-seed.
Spring suits were comfortable enough yesterday
only 1t took two or three outfits to make one man
The Golden Rule, Captain O. p shinkle masses
up to-day at twelve O'Clock for Cincinnati. w. R.
The John A. Scudder, Captain A. j. Carter, passes
down this morning at ten O'Clock for New Orleans.
The Shields, Captain J. G. Shields, arrived last
evening from New Madrid with fair trip, and re-
turns again Monday evening.
foreibly impressed with that one OF the unnum.
bered commandments yesterday.
Captain stack Lee, we are glad to hear, was we'll
enough to be the street yesterday. He Will prob
| ably resume command OF the Cheek to-day.
The Colorado, Captain Sam M'Pneeters, is the
ADchoTline packet this evening at five O'Clock for
Cairo and ST. Louis. Charles Quesnel is her clerk.
The George w; Cheek. Captain Stack Lee, is the
packet this evening at five O'Clock for Helena and
| kriars Point VIM. Houston and Nat Banks are her
The John B. Maude, Captain W. q Blake. Is the
AnchoT-line packet this morning at ten O'Clock for
| Yieksburg and the bends. W. &. Blenker Is her
The Josie Harry. Captain James Kinman. is the
regular paSKet this evening at I'VE O'Clock tor all
port Walker Outlaw is her clerk, assisted by Dan
The Marlin Speed, Captain Eugene B. Smith in
command, is the packet this evening at five O'Clock
for an pynts on Arkansas river going through to
Lutte Rock Wash Floyd presides In her office, as
The James D. Parker Captain Charles Russell, is
the this evening five O'clock for the Ohio
river as Tar as Ilcinnati. She gives the cheapest
rates 70 al points nofn R95s MSoy Is her CLERK
Louisville COuTieT'-otTTd THE local inspectors
In the collision case in harbor of the steamers
James Hobson and Maggie Harper found both pilots
in fault suspendng R. C. Varble thirty days for fail
ing to have his lights properly displayed and Claxon
of the Harper, censured for entering the port with
Captain Frank Bakers new Marine Journal, en-
lafged and beautihed IN many particulars. preSerV
Ing its value as river newspaper, and with many
new and indispensable features added, came to
| hand yesterday We congratulate the captain on
the practical encouragement he is receiving. auyur
Ing 1t does the perfection and perpetuation OF his
| almost Indispensable paper.
I The Memphis correspondent of the Cincinnati
Marine Journal tells the following story about the
| alleged breakup OF the Adams Memphis and Vicks
| burg mail line: "The Adams mall line probably
covered expenses: bat; in measure. that line vIru
ally Is defunct, for the Major (the Anchor-line In
reality, after buying out his opponents, turned IN
| Qor appearance sake0 and compromised with the
Anchorlne, which Will hereafter carry the malls fol
| him between here and Vlcksburg. Tine agreement.
with the latter is that they shall carry the malls twice
| week. Major Adams will probably carry out
the remainder Of the contract until the screw given
| another turn, when the Cincinnati packets may
come in for a share of the mail-pie The truth OF
the matter, If known is that Price, who has sudden
ly loOmed up with mail contract in his bTeeches
ct covering the Mississippi river from St Louis
| TO New Urlean, is about to swallow up the smaller
fish, tail and all. Already feeling of antagonism
/ TO the mail contracts has sprung up here and
yesterday, at joint meeting of the cotton board and
chamber of commerce, resolutions were adopted
protesting against the fast-mail service and an
emissary commissioned to present the resolutions
to the postmaster general and congress. There il
| Will probably end. Tie Illinois, Major Adams's
new purchase, will go out tonight bound to Vieks-
burg with the mails, but whether she makes another
/ trip remains to be SEEM"