Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-02
GENERAL NEWS.

The levee presented a holiday appearance
yesterday.
No arrivals from any direction yesterday
up to dark last night.
Signal service report: River 16 feet
inches-decline of 9 inches yesterday.
The City of Greenville took on fifteen
tons yesterday and sailed for Vicksburg on
time.
The Rene Macready left for st. Francis
river with fair trip of freight yesterday
evening.
Captain s. s. Garrett has established his
Office of supervising inspector in Memphis,
and entered upon his duties.
The City of Vicksburg LETT for st. Louis
yesterday morning, after adding few lots
OF freight and lew passengers.
The Win Kyle got safely through the
canal at Louisville Sunday, and may be ex-
pected here Tomorrow evening.
The Cons Millar left for Cincinnati yes
terday evening with light trip. She had
oil-meal engagements at Hope6eld.
A. L. Banning, clerk on the Rene Mac
ready, greeted his irst-born yesterday. It's
boy and tips the beam of ten pounds.
Mr.. J. C. Cammer, of the river depart
ment of the Ledger, who, with his wife, has
been on a summer tour in the Northwest, re-
turned yesterday.
Wharfmaster Kallaher tackled that big
depoeit of sand at the foot OF Monroe street
with his waterworks yesterday. He's got a
job that will last him several days.
Our dispatches printed elsewhere announce
that freshet in Licking river yesterday
shook things up lively among the coal fleets
Shinkle received some alight damages to her
hull, but not sufficiently 10 disable her any
greatlength of time - 8
Sergeant Flannery, of the signal service.
yesterday called our attention to the rapid
accumulation of the sandbar Just below
HopeGeld Point. During the past three
years it never showed itself at that particu-
lar point until the river had declined to a
stage of II feet. This year it appeared al
the 22-feet stage, showing deposit of 5 feet
during the last high water. At the point
opposite the foot Of Beale street, where the
young cottonwoods have secured a pretty
fair stand" the bar appeared at the 19-feet
stage, which has been the case three years
past, showing no deposit at that point. Sew
eral theories present themselves as TO the
causes of the deposit on the head of the bar
and none on other sections.
At conference held yesterday by United
States District Judge E. s. Hammond, Gen.
eral w. j. Smith, surveyor OF customs, and
Captain s. S. Garrett, ex-iocal inspector OF
bulls, recently promoted to supervising in
spector, it was decided to recommend to the
secretary OF the treasury. the appointment oil
Captain Hiram Brace to fill the vacant local
inspectorship, caused by the promotion OF
Captain Garrett. Captain Brace, we under
stand, possesses the requisites of perfect
familiarity with steamboats, from carpenter
to pilothouse. He was pilot in the Mem
phis and Arkansas river trade at one time,
and more recently of the Cons Millar, in the
Memphis aud Cincinnati trade, and has the
reputation of being steady, reliable and In
telligent, and will make good official.
J. NJ. Davis, river man, makes this sug.
gestion to Inspector-General Dumont: I'll
some of our supervising inspectors would
make trip occasionally on our boats, they
would be convinced that lake and ocean
rules will not do to handle large packets and
towboats, with acres of coal, in narrow chan.
nels and crooked rivers, high bars, cross
dams, islands, and many distractions we
have to contend with. If it is correct that
| some of our supervising inspectors have
never seen our rivers, we think, taking into
consideration the liberal provisions made for
| them by the government for expenses, etc,
| at it would be well-spept time for them to
make a trip West. They will see for them
selves that the old rule for the government
of steamboat pilots on our rivers was in nc
way conflicting with safe and intelligent
navigation, that the change was UNIV srranted
| and that the new rule is an imperfect sub
stitute for the one they abolished; that
steamboatmen are unanimously in favor Of
having the abolished rule restored imme
diately, claiming that delays are dangerous