Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Business dull.
Weather sutry; with breezy evening &C.
compartments.
Colonel Merrill has taken official charge
OF the Louisville canal.
Signal Service report: River 8 feet 8
inches-rise inches yesterday.
The City of Vicksburg, for Vicksburg,
added 20 tons and got away on time.
The Arkansas City left for ST. Louis yes
terday with her usual upstream additions.
Captain Dick Lightburne was in Cincin-
natl yesterday, but left for home last night.
The new steamer Will s. Hays was not
launched last Saturday, as prom Used, but will
be shoved in some day TINS week, Dec voLeatc.
Captain Sd Nowland, Of the Memphis and
Arkansas Packets Line, passed through Gin
cinnati Sunday, en- route from Pi,tsburg and
the East for Memphis.
The Plow Boy, in from the Arkansas
river yesterday morning, had the banner
cotton-trip OF the season of 1SS2-S3-10
bales right from the fields.
Seven of the cabin crew of the City of
Alton, which passed up Monday evening,
jumped the boat about 80 miles above here,
owing 10 some dispute with the steward.
The Ida Darrsgh was 10 have left Cincin-
natl tonight for Memphis, filling a space in
the Memphis and Ohio River Packet Com
pany. On arrival here she will enter regu-
larly In the Memphis and Arkansas river
trade, with Captain John j: Darragh in COM
maud and Will Darrsgh in the Office.
The Fannie Dugan, purchased at Cincinnati
some time ago for the Florida trade, is
making a reputation, az indicated in the fol-
lowing from the Jacksonville Times of Fri
day: "The steamer Fannie Dugan left yes-
terday evening for Sanford with an immense
freight. By the way, her purser says she
rode the recent cyclone like thing OF life
1t struck her coming down."
The following special from Vicksburg an
nounces the movements of the Mississippi
River Commission; The United Stites
steamer Mississippi arrived here from St.
Louis at $50 o'clock pm. with the following
members of the River Com mistion. General
Gilman, president; Major Suffer, Prof.
Mitchell, Major Herrod, Judge Taylor and
Lieutenant Leach, secretary. Captain A. NJ.
Diller, United States examiner in charge of
Memphis district; Captain E. B. Sears,
United States Engineers, executive officer OF
the commission, and Captain w. L. Marshall,
in charge of the Vicksburg reach, are. also ON
board. The steamer will remain at the
wharfsoat tonight, and will spend part of
tomorrow around the harbor to enable the
commission to complete their examination of
WHICH tucN nave never HdQ dl d5 low q
stage OF water. Whether they will go below
is not decided tonight. 1t is more than
probable that the boat will leave tomorrow
for st. Louis, and the members of the com
mission will leave for home by the AS
o'clock pm. train tomorrow. Dur
ing the down trip the works at Plum
Point and at Lake Providence have been
examined and protests for their continuation
during the coming year have been consid-
cred. Preliminary arrangements have been
made for obtaining the additional plant
needed at New Madrid and Memphis, where
active operations can be commenced under
the present appropriation. An allotment of
S25, 700 was made for completing the revet-
ment on the east bank below Wolf river at
Memphis. An allowance of 500, 900 was
made for dredging the basin and canal at
Vicksburg; this amount TO be available after
detailed plan shall have been prepared by
Captain Marshall, the engineer in charge,
and approved by the commission. Mr..
George M. Klein, of the City Council, Cen
era E. ]. Butts and Captain E. c. Carroll,
OF the Citizens' Committee, held a confer
ence with the commission this evening""