Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-23
GENERAL NEWS.
Business mighty quiet.

Signal service report: River IA feet-de-
cline inches yesterday.
The Katie Hooper held the wharf all TO
herself at dark last night.
Captain Lew Rice has gone to work on the
Paris c. Brown clerk, 10 fill the vacancy
caused by the death of young Hall.
The Fulton, which has taken the place of
the Rene Macready temporarily, left for ST.
Francis river yesterday with fair trip.
The Andy Baum left for Cincinnati last
evening with 3S bales cotton, 5000 feet lum-
ber lot sundries and a handsome showing of
passengers.
Yesterday would have been bully day
for the circus-the old rag would have been
stuffed with marines, because they'd moth
ing else 10 do"
The City of Vicksburg, for Vicksburg, and
the City OF Greenville, for St. Louis, both
left on time, the former adding 20 tons OF
way freight for points below.
An Evansville special, of August Goth,
Gays that the Cons Millar was there, and
Captain Charles B. Russell confined to his
room, very sick with typhoid fever.
The Plow Boy takes the Katie Hooper's
place in Arkansas river during the low water,
| the latter doing the Hard Cssh's business in
White river while that steamer is making re-
pairs.
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the Arkansas river and Memphis trade, the
Ida Darragh, is expected to leave Cincinnati
September Sth for this city, preparatory to
going regularly into commission.
| Captain Joe Bryant, of the City of Green
Vile was arrested and tried at Vicksburg
Friday on charge of landing several pau
pers at that place. Captain Bryant, how
ever, proved 10 the satisfaction of the court
| that The parties had paid the usual fare to
| a. "a md he ua Aischorpo
ingly.
We learned yesterday from reliable
source that Captain VIM. Tichenor, formerly
a popular comm ander in the Memphis and
| Cincinnati packet line, has been rendered
and accepted the command of the new Gin
cinnati and New Orleans packet Will S.
| Hays. No better man could have been
| selected.
| st. Louis Globe Democrat, Monday: "The
patrol-wsgon police got hold of the wrong
man Yesterday afternoon when they put Cap
| tain Henry Lourey, vice-president of the
| barge line, in the hoodlum wagon. He will
get even with the police officer who was in
| discreet enough to treat gentleman in the
| same manner he would hoodlum."
The Vint Shinkle, Captain G. Wash
| Thompson, is the next opportunity for
short excursion up the river. She leaves
Friday evening. Captain Thompson is
nOLSu LOT uOlnS III HIS power 10 mdke
people happy, and he has good boat for
| the purpose. See the advertisement else
where, which also refers you TO Captain Dick
| Lightburne.
New Orleans Times Democrat, Saturday:
''Since the LIST of this month there have been
| 6 arrivals in the st. Louis and Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company from, ST.
Louis. The towboats brought "a barges
whose cargo in the aggregate amounted to
/ 1 sbaIs IF IN h1Tl-
packages miscellaneous freight, 1000 slaves
| and 1S,035 friedrich"
| St. Louis Globe Democrat: "The Colorado,
| on her way TO tow the disabled City of New
| Orleans from Sulphur Springs to this point,
| got aground below here and did not get back
until late yesterday afternoon. Commodore
Manion ordered her up the river on the ex-
cursion, as promised, but most of the people
had gone up on the Spread Eagle. Commo-
dore Manion never disappoints his patrons"
A Cairo dispatch, of the 18th instant, says:
''Auother victim of the Gold Dust disaster
passed in his checks yesterday, namely,
| Thomas Gibson, one of the three fremen
who were brought up here the other day.
Another, George Washington by name, will
| almost certainly die, and third, Henry
| Hayes, can scarcely recover. Washington is
| burned in the mouth and throat, as we'll as
all over the body"
The railway monopolies confess the mo-
tive of their opposition TO the improvement
| OF the rivers, especially tine Mississippi, to a
condition of safe navigation, when they
charge that the river and harbor appropria-
| lion was made for the purpose of Excepting
down railway rates." They more than init
mate that they would have the rivers closed
entirely, so that the railways could rob and
plumber without let or hindrance.
The damage to the Gray Eagle Saturday
evening, says the Evansville Journal of Mon
day, by striking the rocks in crossing the
| falls was more serious than at first reported.
She struck the reef just above the bridge,
and a portion Of her bottom planks were
broken. She held her course down through
the big eddy past GAINESVILLE, when she
was headed for the Indiana shore in the eddy
water, and was run full length upon the
sands near the mouth of Silver creek, and W as
| stranded with her bow in about feet of
water She lies sunk in the same place the
Rainbow laid few weeks ago, after having
met with similar accident. She will doubt
| less be as easily raised. Her people, with
their baggage, were all safely removed, and
| the Fashion was sent out yesterday in her
place, and will leave for Louisville this
morning. But little if any of her freight
| will be damaged. The Eagle left Louisville
for Cincinnati last night TO go upon the ways.
Vicksburg Herald, Sunday: "The follow
| ing telegram was received yesterday by
Captain L. G. Carroll:
| NEW YORK, August 10. 1852.
'The Mississippi River Commission ordered
unexpended balance be used on Delta point
at once. Will not decide what to do with
| harbor until Captains Miller and Coppie
make report, which they are ordered 10
make at once. Over 100000 unsppropri-
sted. 1T. BAUM"
HCaptsin Carroll was asked what he
thought OF the telegram. He said he
did not think there was nyLhing dis
coursging about it; that the commits
sion preferred to inform themselves as
TO the true condition OF our wants before
committing themselves TO any defined plan
of action. Captain Carroll thinks after the
surveys are made and laid before the COM
mission, they will proceed TO work on the
place adopted at once. He thinks part OF
the 100000 held in reserve will be applied
to our relief"
Louisiana Sugar Borl, August 10Th: "On
Monday last our community was shocked 10
learn of the sudden death of Mr.. J. P.
Bonney, first engineer of the steamer Mary
Iswia which occurred on hoard that boat