Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-01

The Hard Cash, Captain Ell c. Postal on
| the roof, is the packet this evening at
o'clock for all points White river, going
| through to Jacksonport, making connection,
with packets for upper White and Blacl
| rivers. Charles NJ. Postal and Joseph Posta
are her clerks.
GENERAL NEWS.
Receipts by river yesterday 80 bales cot
ton.
Business fair, notwithstanding the unfavor
able weather.
The Tiger sailed for st. Francis river YES
terday evening literally crammed with
freight.
The Mark Twain got of for Dyersburg
about daylight yesterday morning with a
good trip on.
The Joe Kinney passed down for Ouachita
river, late Monday night, with a heavy load
for points on that stream.
The Mark Twain's chimneys have beer
painted after the pattern after which a
thoroughbred coon's tail is got up.
The City Of Vicksburg passed mp for St
Louis on time yesterday evening, with con-
siderable freight and about so cabin passen-
gers-people returning from the New Orleans
Mardi-Gras festival.
The City Of Greenville passed down for
Vicksburg yesterday afternoon, after dis
charging here 6039 packages of freight and
adding about 20 tons for points below. She
had several passengers.
The City of Baton Rouge passed down
yesterday morning, en- route to New Orleans,
with 100 tons of freight and full of people.
She discharged a lot of flour and sundries,
and added some way freight.
The H. H. Benner, which lies in retire
ment at Fort Pickering, could do good
service in taking down and distributing the
supplies sent by order of the war department
for the relief of the sufferers by the overflow.
Signal service report: River s. feet Z
inches-rise inches during the "a hours
ending at :0S pm. yesterday. Slight rises
in the upper Mississippi are reported, while
at all other points above the waters are SUBJ
siding.
The sufferers by the floods in Arkansas and
Mississippi will soon receive relief sent by
authority of the war department. The APP
plication for aid, it seems, did not apply to
citizens of Tennessee or other States along
the rampageous Mississippi.
The bluff at the foot of Court street seems
determined that the railway officials shall
remove it Immediately, if not sooner. 1t
took a tumble some time during Monday
night, completely covering the tracks, and
construction trains were engaged all yester-
day removing it.
The Golden Crown, on her sixth day out
from New Orleans, passed up for Cincinnati
late yesterday evening. Her officers report
losing 25 hours of the time by fog and bad
weather. She had 400 tons Of freight. and
was crowded with returning Mardi-Gras ex-
cursionists. She added here lot of oil and
oil-meal. A masquerade ball was the fea-
ture on her last night.
"Our" inspired Faber fails of its duty
when the attempt Is made to record an event
when rsin-storm occurred of more violence
than that which visited this latitude Monday
midnight. A water tank as capacious as
the heavens, suddenly tipped over, could not
have discharged water in greater quantities.
Water stood in pools on the hillsides, and
currents were directed up the slopes by the
terrific force with which the torrents we're
thrown upon the earth. How living thing,
man, beast, foul, insect or reptile, exposed to
it three minutes, escaped drowning or strang-
ulation is one of those mysteries that might
we'll be associated with the "seven wonders"
of the world.
Cincinnati 1Imes-Star, Tuesday: Captain
James Nichols and Charlie Nichols, of the
Sherlock, received the sad news yesterday of
their fathers death on his farm, about %
miles back of Covington. Although the de-
ceased passed away two weeks ago, the in
telligence was not received until yesterday,
the flood having interfered with all kinds of
from that section of the
Mr.. VIM. Nichols, the deceased,
was 10 years old, and formerly carried on
the coal business in Covington. The unfor-
tunate delay in transmitting the news of his
illness and death renders it inexpressibly
distressing TO CAPITA james Nichols and
his brother, who are overcome with sorrow
owing to their bereavement"
New Orleans Pfcayune, Monday: "About S
o'clock Saturday evening Marehsll Lewis, a
colored waiter, was arrested on board the
steamboat L. p. Schenck, at the foot of
Poydras street, and locked up in the harbor
station, charged with grand larceny. 1t
appears that Lewis was engaged as porter on
board of the Jesse X. Bell in the month of
April, last year, and while thus engaged got
In possession of the keys of the safe, from
which he stole about 5000 in cash, after
which he left the boat and skipped the town.
No trace OF his whereabouts could be learned
at the time being until lew days ago, Hhen-
the police received the information that he
was on his way to the city on board the
Schenck. The harbor precinct officers were
put into posse ssion of these fscts, and upon
the arrival of the boat at the wharf he was
arrested as above related"
Commodore John A. Scudder learned p-ac-
tically yesterday of the faithful observance Of
schedule time on Anchor-line steamers.
While the Baton Rouge, on which he came
down passenger, was lying at the wharf
boat the commodore, accompanied by Cap
tain Storm, of the wharfboat, took a stroll
up the wharf toward the new elevator. Dur
ing their absence 10 o'clock, the hour for the
Baton Rouge's departure, came around, aud
Captain Bixby promptly sounded the ''cut' er
loose" on his big bell, and the palatial
steamer promptly began rounding out.
Commodore Scudder hove in sight a moment
after, and word was passed TO the departing
boat. She was che cked up, and tug, which
happened near by at the time, took the presi-
dent of the Anehor-Line Company aboard
and landed him safely on the City of
was complimented for his prompt movements
without regard even to the discontinue OF
his chief officer
Here's clear case of pen dipped in venom,
guided by genius inspired by ignorance or
The APPEAL does not believe that !
he officers of the Guiding Star indorse- any
,uch censure OF faithful official as the |
y harfm aster of the port OF Memphis is uni |
sersally known to be. The article was sd- |
dressed TO the Cincinnati IiHass-.StdT by a cor
signing himself Passenger" ard |
8 as follows: "Having had the good fortune |
o be a passenger on the steamer Guiding \
Star on her last trip W, l witnessed an az 1
,ravated form OF imposition practiced on |
steamboats,, in the way OF Wharfage fees col |
ected BY the river towns. We landed at |
Memphis at o'clock one evening, when a |
tense fog came up and continued until Q /
o'clock the next morning, making it an i'm
for any steamer to run The boat /
lad only about an hours business there, ard
lad paid Sl4 for the landing Parenthet- !
cally, / may say that ! was informed by Il
lerk of the boat that he had paid ont to the
business men of Memphis nearly $1,000 for
uel and stores on the down and up trip Rut /
o the imposition referred to. Eirly in
he morning before the fog cleared of, II ere
anne on board the boat large man calling