Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-22
GENERAL NEWS.

Business brisk.
Weather decidedly Marchy.
Receipts by river yesterday, l52 bales of
cotton.
The Golden City had a heavy load on when
she passed down for New Orleans yesterday
afternoon. .a-
The City OF Greenville got away for st.
Louis yesterday evening, adding here 353
bales OF cotton Tor reshipment East at Cairo.
The City of Alton arrived after dark last
night, from 81. Louis for New Orleans, add
ing here 600 sacks oil-cake and 1000 sacks
peas.
The c. Il. Reese departed for Red river at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She will load
at Helena, and distribute supplies far as
Vicksburg, and load for Red river.
The Cons Millar got $50 bales cotton, $50
sacks oil-meal, % bales rags, 10 barrels oil,
lot sundries, and several passengers, and
left for Cincinnati yesterday evening.
The City of Vicksburg passed down for
Nicksburg yesterday, after adding here,
among other things, lot of supplies to be
! distributed at Vicksburg to the overflow suf-
ferers.
The Paris c. Brown passed up before day
Yesterday morning, discharging here about
10 tons of freight but added nothing. She
had good load CD, consisting principally of
sugar and molasses.
The Memphis and Ohio River Packet
Company have chartered the Granite State
to take the place of the sunken james D.
Parker in that line. She is billed to leave
here for Cincinnati on Friday evening.
Signal service report: River 80 feet and
stationary during the twenty-four hours end
ing :08 pm yesterday. A booming rise in
the Ohio is reported at Cincinnati, and
considerable rise at Pttsburg; light rises re-
ported in the upper Mississippi and in the
Cumberland, while declines come from other
points above.
Vicksburg Commercial Monday: captain
7. r. Smith, of the P-Line steamer f. c.
Carroll, with the aid of some of the boats
crew, captured, swimming in the water,
well grown black VOLTA rare animal in
this section-near Silver City, on yesterday.
| Lupus Nigar was brought to this city, and
will be shipped to the Geological garden at
| st. Louis. This last Ftpine and the previous
| youngster will make Admiral Smith as
| famous discover as his predecessor G. CO.
lumbus, and beats the 'tother Captain Smiths
little Pocahontas exploit all hollow"
The government supply steamer General
| Barnard arrived from st. Louis yesterday
| forenoon fully loaded with supplies for the
overflow sufferers. She transferred to the
Anchor-Line steamer City of Vicksburg $50
| barrels meal, 90 boxes meat, which will be
taken to Vicksburg to be sent from there up
Red river. The Barnard discharged here 90
barrels meal, So boxes bacon, so sacks corn
| 80 sacks oats for distribution here, and
passed on down for Helena with the remain
der of her load, to be transferred there to
the c. 3. Reese for distribution between that
point and the mouth of Red river, on the
Mississippi.
Louisville Couri r-Journdl: "The Springer
was detained in the canal over an hour Fri
| day morning account of the men refusing
to open the draw in the big bridge to allow
her to pass. A few $4,000 suits for dam
ages against the bridge company will give
them reason to believe that steamboats, have
! rights that even railroads and bridge COM
panies must respect The government should
| look into the matter and see that its canal is
not blockaded and navigation cut off by men
who are doing all they can to injure steam
boats and put them to trouble and delay. 1t
is a scandalOus shame and an imposition
which should not be tolerated any longer.
| Captain Hart, of the Springer, proposes to
make it right lively for somebody, and we
glory in his spunk."