Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-28
GENERAL NEWS,
Business good.
Weather breeding a suow-stofm.

Weather breeding snow-stoIm.
Mr.. George ID. Marsh. formerly clerk on
the Centennial. is in the city.
The John Gilmore and bargee, for st. Louie,
passed up yesterday evening.
Signal Service report: River Z feet
inches-decline inch yesterday.
Rec=ipts by river yesterday 1875 bales of
seed. -s' O''U-- ~ ''' 7-ND'
The Henry Lowrey and barges, from ST.
Louis. passed down for New Orleans yesterday
afternoon.
The Wyoming will get 1900 bales of east
ern-bound cotton to return up the Ohio with this
afternoon.
The Henry Frank arrived at New Orleans
Friday with 1868 bales of cotton and 1858 sacks of
Capt. R. w. Lightburne, from Cincinnati,
and Col Robert Speed from 81. Louis, have both
arrived home.
The City of Helena arrived from St. Louis
early yesterday morning with 3S16 packages for
Memphis, and returned yesterday evening with
good way business.
The Katie Hooper arrived out OF Arkau-
| returns this evening.
The Commonwealth added 500 bales of
Eastern-bound cotton and passed up for ST. Louis
Sunday morning.
Will S. Hays, of the Louisville Courier
: ity Of st. Louis, which successfully launched
at Jacksonville yesterday morning
The City of Greenvile, on her fifth day
| out from New Orleans arrived yesterday afternoon
and left for Louis last night after cleaning out
her boilers. She has 1000 tons for that port.
BY reference to our advertising columns it
Of the Milt harry United States Mail Line, will
leave for White river this evening: For parteu-
line. at his office, No. Monroe street.
The independent Ohio river packet
| Wyoming. Capt. William Coulson, arrived yester-
dsy WE s Of Ss for Of
| to New Orleans. She returns to Cine matt this
afternoon. See notice elsewhere by::cspt J. 4.
Vicksburg Herald, Saturday: Capt ]. II.
Davis commenced work yesterday taking the low
water slope at this point. under the direction OF
has worked from Memphis to this point, and flu
ture operations In this respect will depend entirely
Upon rSng s he x sds cnSiSpe the WorS as
ordered"
A correspondent of the New Orleans
/ Times Democrat asked Capt. Jas. B. Eads: What
now on the way down the river?" II am glad to
see it. because sm satisfied that the closely
Commission are examined the more emphatic
wi be the approval passed on them. The COM
p naI and oeap p Ver Channel
which issimply to contract the wide places where
the width IS excessive. The moro co u mittee they
appoint to study this improvement the batter"
A Cairo corr, spondent OF the st. Louis
Globe Democrat Pf date Of Noyember 24th t tee
graphs that papSf as fOlloWS. FROM reports teie-
| graphed from the headquarters of the Congres-
sional Committee fEo various points below, II
does not appear that they have accumulated any
| evidence worfh mentioning. The testimony OF
scientific engineers has been overcome by the eyi
| dence of the pilot who in this expedition has
doomed up into conspicuous importance Anchor
and Barge-Line pilots were not called upon, ano
only the friends OF Cowdon have been deemed
worthy of especial notice. thomas, of linois
and Ellis, of Louisiana, are having hard fight
and it is gratifying the friends of the jetty
r TEN 10 know that they carried their point at New
Orleans and obtained the right to have rebuttine
testimony on hand that Cowoon and the irrepres
) S BILE feathers might not have matters al New Or
leans their own way entirety. The summing NJ
of all the evidence thus far recorded viii not vie
results worth the powder. and an adverse majority
report to Congress based upon such testimony vii
be an act of injustice TO the many scientific mel
who have cordially indo-sed the present system o
, | Improvement only after the most mature though
: | and investigation -