Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-04
GENERAL EWS.
No cotton received by river yesterday.

| No cotton received by river yesterday.
The Arkansas City cleared yesterda,
morning for 81. LOUIS.
| Capt. Harry Stein will command tn,
Charles Morgan this season.
Signal Service report: River Z feet :
lnches-decline inches yesterday.
The John Dippold and barges passed
down yesterday evening for New Orleans.
The Andy Baum departed yesterday even
ing for Cincinnati with so barrels oil
lot of miscellaneous freights and fair lis
of people.
The tug Vsnderberg departed yesterda '
evening for New Orleans with three stayt
boats in tow, and will probably add one oil
two at Helena.
The Ida DAIragh will start out on her first
| trip 10 Arkansas river this evening, and
should have all she wants to carry. Capt
Ddrragh's enterprise should be encourage
| to the fullest extent.
Oar young aud handsome friend, Can't
Eugene Satellite, formerly deputy wharf
master, has gone over to the common enemy
having accepted the passenger agency of the
Memphis and Charleston railway We know
that Eugene WIS a faithful officer on the
wharf, and as railway "body snatcher' he
is bound TO succeed.
The Louisville canal will be closed next
Monday for repairs to the lower gates,
"hich will require week or ten days.
During the time the old gates will be work.
ing 30 that boats of small calibre can pass
and repass without hindrance. This does
not interfere with any of the Memphis and
Ohio river packets excepting the Andy
Baum, which will take advantage of the idle
time in making repairs and painting up for
the present season.
The United States snagboat John r.
Meigs left this port yesterday, destined to
Yszoo river and Tchula lake, sent hence by
the head of this department OF the River
Engineer Service, Capt. M. NJ. Miller to
clear out and pull snags. She is differed as
follows: r. q. Asenheimer, captain; P. r.
Star, mate; james +. Sweet, second mate;
Arthur Phillips, first engineer; Ed Lauhim,
second engineer; John Hefferin, bl acksmith ;
C. o. johnson, clerk; John Keenan,, watch
man; VIM. Lansley, chief cook.
st. Louis Globe Democrat, Monday: "The
great iron steamer Mississippi, of the River
Commission fleet, is lying idle at the foot of
Morgan street, and the PISA Island, Gilbert
Island the the Rollingtone dams are giving
upper river pilots any amount of trouble. II
the Commission would take one good COM
nonsense look at the Piasa dam thus i'm
properly constructed, distractions would soon
be taken up and navigation be safe to that
point. The other dams are bad enough, and
will some day have TO be taken up"
Capt. Wash Hopshell has contracted for a.
new sternwheel steamer larger than the lost
Buckeye State, to be completed as soon as
possible. The hull will be $50 feet long, SO
feet beam, 81 feet floor, with 81 feet hold.
The machinery will consist OF four double
fue boilers, AZ inches in diameter and IS
feet long, with pair of cylinders Is inches
in diameter, with feet stroke. The cabin
will be full length, and first class in every
particular. The new stesm er is intended
for the Pittsburg and st. Louis trade, and
will be completed early next January.
The fret boat ever built that bore the
name of the illustrious chieftain, Robert Z.
Lee, was built IN the year 1866 at New AL
bany, Ind, by Hill, Stukley & Co., for Capts
John w. Cannon and A. S. NJ ansfield, at a
cost of about $4,000. The dimensions of
her hull were: Length, 800 feet; beam, A
feet; depth of hold, 10 feet. She had steel
boilers 80 feet long and AZ inches in diane
ter. Her engines were 40 inches in diameter
with 10 feet stroke. Her water-wheels were
So feet 10 diameter with 164 feet length OF
buckets. She was very fast, and in two ruos
against time between New Orleans and
Bayou Sara, and New Orleans and St. Louis
made the best record of any boat on the
We tern rivers. Three years after the Lee
was built, Capt. Cannon bought out Capt
Mansield's interest in her, and continued to
run her in the Vicksburg trade. The Lee
was dismantled at Jacksonville, Ind, in
1876, and ner machinery placed in the boat
that burned last Saturday. Her hull was
turntd into wharfboat and moved to Ar
kansas City, where it was used until 1879,
when it was destroyed by Ere. ssegssss