Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-31
GENERAL NEWS,

DuSlneSs quiet.
Receipts by river yesterday, 8 bales cotton.
The City of Greenville cleared on time last
evening for St. Louis.
The towboat Charley Bowen arrived at
dark last evening from the Ohio river.
The Rene Macready departed yesterday
evening for st. Francis river with fair trip.
The City of Vicksburg departed yesterday
morning for Vicksburg. She added 20 tons
freight here.
The Annie P. Silver, from st. Louis, passed
down yesterday evening for New Orleans
with good trip.
Signal service report: River 80 feet-de-
cline inches during the "a hours ending
l :0S pm. yesterday.
The Andy,Baum got away last evening for
Cincinnati with 100 barrels oil, $50 sacks oil
meal, $4,000 feet lumber, and good list OF
people.
Credit is claimed for the Rseses, the
builders of the James Lee, for her best-in-
the-world record, and they say they are FIX
ing the Will S. Hays to beat it. When the
Hays, or any other boat, wants to tackle the
"rattlin' JIm," she's ready. She's got more
in her than has ever been brought out. This
thing is getting interesting, and we are piling
up roll to clay" on the result.
The Arkansas River Packet Company yes
terday closed contract with the Madison
Ind) Marine Ways for a new boat to take
the place of the Speed. The new boat will
be $50 feet long, thirty-three feet beam, three
foot hold, with three and half feet sheer;
with full length cabin and texas Captain
John j. Darragh leaves Sunday for Madison,
Ind, to superintend her construction. They
nave not yet decided on a name for her.
The City of Baton Rouge arrived from
New Orleans yesterday afternoon at 3:15
IL = H.
and minutes, including hours minutes
time lost in making landings. Deducting
the landing time, we have days IA hours
and IS minutes actual running time. She
left New Orleans at $40 pm, 9th; arrived
at Baton Rouge at 4 :35 am, 2Sth; Natchez,
6p.m., 2Sth; Vicksburg, 4 As am, 10Th Lake
Providence, 9:55 am, 10Th; Greenville, rs
pm, 18th; Arkansas City, s:35 pm, 10Th;
Terrene, rs am, 30th; Helena, $40 am,
Both; quarantine station, 2:30 pm, 30th,
and Memphis, 3:16 PM, Both. She re-
manned here till after 9 o'clock last night,
cleaning boilers, when she passed on up for
St. Louis with 400 tons and good trip of
passengers, including many ladies.
Cincinnati Gazette, Monday; "The pur-
chase of the City of Ironton by Captain
Mulholland, OF Vicksburg, as stated in the
Gasette of yesterday, is a fixed fact. She is
being reprinted, and her guards are being
widened forward to increase her forecastle.
Last November an agent of the Southern
transportation Line under verbal contract,
engaged lot of whisky 10 go South on one
of the boats of the line. Barges came in,
offered to take the whisky at less rate, and
secured what had not already been hauled
down under the previous agreement. The
matter was submitted TO a committee of the
Chamber of Commerce for arbitration the
agent claiming S165 freight. The committee
has decided in favor Of the agent, and assess
ed $125 damages for violation of contract
The information is derived entirely from
private sources. If correct, and we presume
it is, it establishes an important precedent,
as such contracts have been heretofore alto
gether too loose on the floor of the Cham
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