Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-13
GENERAL NEWS.

Weather somewhat raw.
| Boats afioat are generally out of schedule
| time.
| Neal GollY went out as enginstr of the
| Katie Hooper yesterday.
The Piasa arrived from above, yesterday,
with tow ofspaving-stones.
Signal Service report: River feet 2
| inches-decline 3 inches yesterday.
The Henry Lourey and barges passed up
| for ST. Louis late last night or early this
! morning.
Receipts by river yesterday, 239 bales of
| cotton, 5 bags OF seduction and 4725 sacks
| OF cotton-seed.
The John S. Bransford arrived out OF
White river yesterday with considerable
quantity of cotton seed.
The Katie Hooper. for Arkansas river, and
Rene Macready, for st. Francis river, both
left with good trips yesterday Afternoon.
The Vint Shinkle arrived from Cincinnati
yesterday with about 100 tons of freight,
principally -four, whisky, corn and furni-
ture.
The Arkansas City arrived from Vicks-
burg Monday night, Discharged %
bales OF cotton, and, adding 1900 bales for re-
shipment at Cairo, departed for st. Louis
yesterday afternoon.
Col. Will s. HAYS says we shall not have
Tree ride to his funeral. We hope he will
be able to keep his word forever-not only
towsrd US but all mankind. When HAYS
has to go there will be no one lett to wear
his mantle. "Here's to We and toward We; if
we'd never seed ye, we'd never knowed ye."
Pttsburg Chronicle: "Tbe value OF coal
and coal craft now waiting water is over
81 10000, and coal men greatly exer-
| csed over the prospect of 1reez sup aud a
subsequent break, which would do immense
damage. In fact, more disastrous than by
| any previous Hood or ice gorge in the history
oil Western navigation. AT present there
are over 100000 bushels of black dia-
monds awaiting shipment"
We have information from a reliable
source that Cairo is crammed with cotton,
sent there by steamers 10 be reahipped lst
| by rail. AS Cairo is not cotton port, it is
| reasonable TO presume-in fact, it is stated
that the cotton is piled in heaps without any
protection whatever from the weather. This
| is argument in favor of more transportation
facilities-more tonasge on the rivers and
more railways on land. We can't see why a
steamboat line or railway company will
lake engagements it cannot fulfill, probably
| diveriiag freigh from other ch snnels more
| abundantly able to handle them.
Piusburg Times, December Slh: "The
magnificent steamer Kate Adams, Capt Jas
| H. Rses, left for Memphis last evening. We
want 1t distinctly understood we send this
| boat out a specimen of what our me-
chaoics can do in the way of bodybuilding.
In the language of Silss Adkins. of St. Louie,
| she is the best proportioned and handsomest
| boat afoat.' As regards speed, she will al
ways report her own arrival. We invite the
criticism of the We-tern aud Southern pa
pers. Messrs James Rees & Sons have done
themselves and Pitlsburg large credit"
Cincinnati items-GaseAe, Monday: s'The
big sidewheel Thomas Sherlock raised steam
and came down to the city wharf yesterday
| afternoon. She will commence loading this
morning, and leave for New Orleans next
| Wednesday-exactly months after her
last departure for that point, which was
| May 18th. AS there is no ice at this point
| or below, and the weather has moderated,
and general rise is reported at all points
| above here, there can be no reasonable doubt
| that the Sherlock will leave as advertised
The Memphis and Ohio River Packet Com
pany has again chartered the Granite Slate,
and will commence loading her this morn
| ing for the lower Ohio and Memphis, to
| leave Wednesday. Mr.. ID. G. Patterson, of
| Nashville, who WAS clerk on the B. S. Rhea
| this season in the Cincinnati and Evansville
trade, was pIralyzed Wednesday night and
has not spoken since.
WEATHER AND RIVERS.
| OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE us. A,
MEMPHIS, TENN, December II, 1852. I
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