Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-08

| to-day and leaves again this evening al D
O'Clock for all points on White river, going
through 10 Jscksonpori, making connections
with packets for upper White and Black
rivers. Charles NJ. and Joseph Postal are
her clerks.
GENERAL NEWS.
Did you vote early and often?
Business quiet on account of the election.
Receipts by river yesterday, "A bales OF
cotton.
Signal Service report: River 6 feet 9
inches-stationary yesterday.
The Rene Mscready left for St. Francis
river with fair trip yesterday.
The Arkansas City took on twenty-five tons
I freight and sailed for Vicksburg yesterday
morning.
The City of Vicksburg added 1853 bales
eastern-bound cotton as she passed up for
ST. Louis yesterday.
Wash Floyd, formerly of this city, and
Harry Millar, of Cincinnati, will be clerks
en- the Wills. Hays.
Now let's all get down to business and try
TO replenish our wallets, 80 that We will
have another day 10 spare from work when
the next election comes around.
The d, c. Fogel, which was built for rsf-
ing on the upper Mississippi river, has been
en- route South with produce tow.
Old PIuvius threatened 10 take hand in
the election proceedings yesterday. 1t was
damp day, and afforded an excellent excuse
to those who went home last night with their
kegs full.
The City of New Orleans arrived from ST.
Louis yesterday afternoon with 100 tons for
New Orleans. She took on twenty five tons
and left for below at an early hour this
morning.
The Centennial got in from St. Louis yes
terdsy afternoon on her way to New Orleans
with 1000 tons freight, after dischsrging here
SOS packages. She left for below at an early
hour this morning.
The cotton receipts on Monday we're the
heaviest ever scored in Memphis excepting
November "a, 1879. The steamboats, did
their part OF this, and will always do it q
a chance ia given them.
prominent shipper, thinking yesterday
was going to be wet day, filed up in order
to anticipate possible evil effects. Toward
evening, forgetting that he had voted, he
went to his ward polls and offered his vote,
but was told he could not repeat. He walked
off soliloquizing: "He must be a square
man (hic); won't take no rebate"
The following story, which has "boxed the
compass" is SO full of romance that it will
Adams will be sold TO Capt. James Lee, of
Memphis, and the price will Be set in a
rather novel manner. Maj. Adams will ap.
point one referee, and Cspi, James Lee an
other, and in the event of these failing TO
agree, third man will be chosen by these
two, and upon him will devolve the duty OF
fixing the price. She will be delivered when
the new Kate Adams arrives from Pitts
burg"
The Mississippi River Commission has
sent in lis estimate for the sum needed for
work during the next fiscal year. They ask
for the same sum appropriated by Congress
last year, being about $4,230,000 for the
Mississippi alone. The estimates have not
yet been acted on by the Secretsry OF War,
but will probably be approved without
change, and forwarded to the Secretary of
the Treasury, who will send them to Con-
gress. Indications are that appropriations
equal in aize to those of last session will be
required for several years 10 complete the
work as projected by the government en-
gineers.
New Orleans Picayitns: "When the Red
river, the Ouschita river, the Bayou La
fourche and the Cincinnati boais commence
running into this port regularly, they will
with difficulty find places to unload their
freight. With The limited amount of ton
mage now running there ia none too much
room, and when business gets really and
actively brisk there will be trouble. For
four or five months there will be crowd and
jam, sure enough, and We trust the admins
traitor of commerce and the wharfnger will
not allow the Morgan railroad, the sugar
shed men or anybody else 10 encroach upon
the wharf, which the boats have to pay 30
much for"
The supervising inspector of steamboats,
has submitted his annual report TO the Secre-
tsry of the Treasury. The report shows
wonderful improvement and falling off in
the liat of casualties from accidents to steam
boilers and hulls. During the last year but
205 lives were lost, which was sixty-three
LEES than for the previous twelve months.
The receipts were S23 900 less than for the
previous year, owing to the law abolishiDg
officers fees, which cut off this revenue for
the last quarter of the year. Still there was
a surplus OF receipts over expenditures Of
$4,000, making the gross surplus on hand
over S70O,0 which, in the opinion of the
supervising inspector-general, will provide
for anticipated future deficiencies for seven
teen years. BY that time it is believed the
service will again have become self-support-
ing, as the receipts from the growth OF COM
merce alone increase about $4,000 a year.
The growth Of the service is shown by a COM
parison OF the casualties in 1851, when the
service was organized. For that year there
were $4,000, 600 passengers and 700 lives lost.
Last year there were 354 ,000, 0C0 passengers
and but 200 fatalities The report embodiss
no new recommendations, but simply calls
attention TO those OF last year.
In reference to the shooting reported to
have occurred on the Natchez Saturday at
CarrollIon, Capt. y. P. Leathers has the fol-
lowing TO say: 'We noticed, when the boat
backed out, that there was disturbing ele-
ms N ha -xa1 ard IN.
| consequence 1 ordered the boat TO run by
| the salt landing, though ! had agreed to
stop apd take on 500 sacks. At Csrrollton
| the boat was stopped to a How few friends
and myself to get off. AS we we're getting
| on the stage the mutiny broke out, and the
men made rush for the stage. The mate
and second mate stood in front and ordered
the men back. The second mate was COL
| Jared and otherwise roughly handled by two
OF the roustsbouts, while two others jos.led
| the mate on one side and ran out on the
stage. AT this moment the mate fired, but
| without effect. The two that gained the
| shore commenced fusilade of brick batF
| and thought 1t necessary to interfere for
his protection. l drew my revolver with
the intention Of killing the one who was
throwing bricks the fastest, but he OWNED
| my intention and ran, and L then merely
| fred to the right of him to quicken his pace
| There was no cause for this outbreak, for
| the price dem snded by the men had been
| agreed TO, and no work had been done. It
| 10 an established fact, however, that one or
more of the United States commissioners
have had runners on the levee to drum up
| business for them, and thie, together with
| the further fact that the encouragement
given this class of men by Judge Billings,
Commissioner Lane and others, 10 make ex-
separating and frivolous charges against US,
satisfy me that these three men that started
this mutiny were inspired by authorities 30
10 do. Ii these men sent out 10 raise the
wind were only uniformed or designated in
some way, we would know with whom to
deal, but as it is we are at the mercy of any
onery cuss, instigated TO give US trouble, by
one even more emery than himself"
A snagbont that MAX es GOOD Use OF Her
Time.
Mr.. c. o. johnson, clerk of the United
States snagboatJ. r. Meigs, has placed the
APPEAL under obligations for the following
details Of work done in YaZoo river and
vicinity during the past month: The Meigs
lett Memphis October 8, 1882, and COM
mepced work in mouth Of Old river, thence
working up ibe Yszoo river. She is under
the supervision of Capt. A. NJ. Miller, United
Staies Engineers Department, head9uaE1an1
at Memphis, Tenn
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