Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.
Business quiet.


Receipts by river yesterday, 125 bales cot
ton and so sacks .cotton-seed.
The City of Providence left for ST. Louis
yesterday evening with good list Of pas
sengers.
The Charles p Chouteau left New Orleans
Thursday night for St. Louis with the J. B.
NJ. Kehlor in tow.
The John B. Maude will be in from ST.
Louis this morning with 5000 packages of
freight for Memphis merchants.
The Anchor-Line steamers are carrying
the public aid to points when distributed
from headquarters at Memphis free OF charge.
Signal service report: River 50 feet 8
inches-stationary during the "A hours end
ing at :0S pm. yesterday. The upper Mis-
sissippi continues rising slowly. The Ohio
is falling rapidly from Cincinnati down.
The Belle Memphis arrived early yester-
day morning, discharging 3142 packages of
freight, including the first installment of the
government rations sent down for the relief
of the Arkansas and Mississippi sufferers by
flood.
Passengers aboard the City of New Orleans
ena during the past "a hours, and that the
elevator there was entirely uncovered,
caused, perhaps, by additional breaks in the
levees above there.
Captain George Miltenberger, chief clerk
OF the Charles p. Chouteau, and his wife are
among the passengers up from New Orleans
on the City OF New Orleans, en- route to St.
Louis, their home. Mrs Miltenberger has
been with her husband on the Chouteau all
the past season.
The City of New Orleans has between rs
and 100 passengers aboard principally, ladies
who are making the round trip, taking in the
New Orleans Mardi-Gr festivities. While
the boat lay here last night they enjoyed
visit to all the principal points OF interest in
the city that could be seen by moonlight.
Many took in the theaters.
When Captain Carter notified Captain
Storm by telegraph yesterday that his paa
tial packet, the City of New Orleans, would
arrive in Memphis in less time than three
days from New Orleans, he concluded with
the following query: How is that for
high" You are wrong, Captain Carter; you
shold have exclaimed: "How ia that for
sooaf"
Colonel Sid Prophater. the popular stew
ard of the City OF New Orleans, called on
the APPEAL last night. He expresses him
self willing to risk all his wealth on the run
ming capacity OF the Orleans against any,
thing afoat on fresh or salt water. Sid is
trump, and people that travel with him live
on the fat OF the land, and enjoy luxuries
tempting to the appetites of the most &c
thetic.
Superintendent james Round OF the gas
works, writes the APPEAL that the water
level at the gasworks was at a stand March
I'd, 6 o'clock PM, when it was 12I inches
above the high water of 1867. Mr.. Rounds
report is certified by .Civil-Eugineer A J.
Murray, who made the observations on both
occasions. 1t is hoped that Mr.. Round will
fol liah ~ ii
for reliable future reference.
Captain james Lee, ST., went aboard the
James Lee yesterday, having been enjoying
several weeks ashore. The old man is lone
some when he can't hear the lullabies of the
wind, the murmuring of the waters, and be
rocked to sleep by the motion of the boat as
she rides at anchor in port or is blowing her
way on her voyages TO and from the terminal
points of her trade. The rattle of the Jim's
machinery is music to his old ears, and he is
going to stay right where he can hear it all
the time.
Captain 4. w. Wise, Of the James w.
Gaf, writes to his agent here Captain r. w.
FROM Belmont, Mo, February
18th, as follows: "We lost overheard one Of
our stages, together with boom blocks and
tackle, and on account OF the storm and wind
we're unable to stop and look for it. 1t has
probably been caught before this somewhere
between Belmont and Memphis, end you
will please have the Memphis papers make |
, note of the same, ins'r icing any one find |
ing it to notify you, so that We can arrange |
or its recovery, and very much oblige."
The City of New Orleans arrived from |
New Orleans yesterday evening at 4:25
o'clock, just days % hours 5 min
ties out, which includes all the time lost
n making l3 landings. The APPEAL is in
iebted to Pilots James Romans and George
Murray for the following notes from their
log" Time from New Orleans to Match z,
. hours 50 minutes; to Vicksburg, Sc hours
minutes; to Point Chieot, As hours; to Ar
KANSAS City, 81 hours; to Terrene, IS hours
3 minutes; TO Memphis, 2 dsys % hours )
minutes. No time deducted for landings.
The first night out was stormy and greatly
etarded progress. Taking into consideration
he fact that the Orleans is a new boat, the
'earings of her machinery hardly worn
mooth yet, and as steamboatmen say, her
ull not yet limbered up, the run must go on
ecord as one of the fast ones. II is conf
entity believed that she can easily beat it
erself under more favorable circumstances
good weather, less current, etc. 1t should
e remembered that the boat is making no
fort to test her speed, but running on her
ocular business trip.