Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-14

| teresring as to sbsor5 the attention of the
multitude present, and for a time the wheels
of commerce ceased to reyolve-
L St. Louis dispatch received last night
saws the City of Baton Rouge, which ar
rived this morning, made the trip from New
Orleans in 1 DAYS II hours and p minutes,
and did all the business offered. Her rum
| ming time was days and IL hours, against
the highest food for many year,, and her
trip is the quickest since the race between
the Lee and the Natshez. in 1870.
The River Commission steamer Anna Eth
eridge passed on down for Vicksburg yester-
day evening in pursuit of her duties OF ex
aiming all breaks in the leyees, old and
new, from Memphis to Vicksburg, and esti-
mate the discharge of water through them
into the Yazoo swamps. Also 10 find the
quantity of water escaping from the right
bank into the White river bottoms, and 10
collect all available data in regard TO hight
of food, causes of levee breaks, when they
occurred, etc.
The Reuben r Springer, on her fifth day
out from New Orleans, passed Up al noon
yesterday, for Cincinnati, With 900 tons of
freight aud crowded with passengers. Among
her freight vaS $50 tons OF cedar logs from
Mexico, some of which were shaped square,
each side facing over three feet, aud from
20 to so feet long. In few days these logs
will be coming back down this way. worked
up into elegant mahogany furniture. She
remained here several hours, taking on
freight and making necessary repairs. She
got 200 bales cotton, 200 sacks oil meal,
$50 barrels oil, 80 boxes soap, 81 rolls
leather, 80 packages OF sundries and several
passengers.
The Cincinnati ITmes-Star delights in
dwelling upon the Memphis Wharfage sys-
tenn, it's last being funny story said ts be
related by Captain Sterling Mcintyre, of the
Golden City, as TO how he Just missed
similar experience to that related Ey the
Guiding Star, which the Times -Sfdr winds up
as follews: The wharfmsster cannot be
blamed for dischsrgiug his duty, but the
Taxing District of Shelby county ought to
get that law changed" The APPEAL will
suggest that the Taxing District had MOTH
ing to do with the enactment of that law,
and all the prominent river men, in person
| or BY their representations, did urge the leg
islature to pass it, probably it would be
prper for them TO urge its repeal, or quit
growing about it.
Vicksburg Herald, Saturday: "a general
request TO all steamboats, ,mes from the
Mississippi f yer Lsvee Board not to run
Stack Island chute, because Ii eniAngers the
temporary levee al EIlesIie plantation, just
above Ben Lomond. And a most earnest
appeal comes from the people, Landowners,
tenants and lsborers alike, begging all the
s'eamboats not TO run Stark I-lsnd chute,
berau.e the Ievee at Elleslie, above B n Lo
mon1, il in the most preCarious condition;
that this levee prot. Ct@ a Y ct extent Of coun
try in Isssquena and Shsrkey ,unties that
would be OVERT ,wed if it break; that it is
only maintained by great labor, dill g-nce
aud expense, and they most earnestly beg
that the steamboats, will not impAril ali their
lives and property by running Stack I-Isnd
chute since the waves OF steamboats, do such
serious damag-"