Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-31
GENERAL NEWS.

The Gold Dust added 90 tons here as sh
passed down Sunday.
The Joseph H. Bigley and barges passe,
up for ST. Louis Sunday night.
Will LASH went out bill clerk on tn,
| Rene Macready yesterday evening.
The Commonwealth, which passed up TO
st. Louis Sunday night, had light 10 ad on
Receipts by river since our last report, 20:
bales cotton, 10 bags seduction and 40;
sacks seed.
The Joe Kinney, ont Of Ouachita river
passed up for st. Louis yesterday evening
with light trip of freight.
The James D. Parker, Captain Tichenor
arrived from Cincinnati yesterday evening
with 2402 packages OF freight.
The Alice Brown arrived yesterday morn
ing with q pieces of Pittsburg and Shotwel
coal, all for Memphis consumption.
Signal service report: River 81 feet II
inches-stationary. This report places the
present rise within 81 inches of that OF 1867
/ The City of Helena arrived from St. Louis
| yesterday evening with S006 packages oil
freight which she discharged, and returne
to St. Louis last night.
The Josie Harry got in Sunday evening.
and returned to White river yesterday even
| ing with good trip of freight and people
| She will be back in time to leave again Sat.
urday.
A washout on the Iron Mountain road 500
yards long, four miles from Belmont, having
occurred, passengers from the Mobile ar
Ohio road are taken 10 Cairo from Columbus
by boat
Lowell Jones, the second clerk of the
James ID. Parker, stopped off at Cincinnati
on account of illness. He is ably repre-
sented by Mr.. Charles VintoD son of Cap
tain III. j. Vinton, of the Andy Baum.
Captain AID Storm, of the Anchor-Line
wharf oat, is instructed to advise steamers
not to go through the chute on the east side
of Stack Island, Just above Ben Lommond,
as the waves endaDger the levee there.
The City of Baton Rouge passed up for
ST. Louis Sunday evening with SEQ tons
freight and good showing of passengers.
She was days 20 hours out from New Or
leans, but lost hours of the time by log.
The Thomas Sherlock, which get aground
at Friars Point Thursday was stuck p hours.
The james Lee and Josie Harry relieved her
OF sufficient amount of freight to ALLOW
her to float off, and she was passed by the
City of Baton Rouge at Island 60 going down
the river all right.
Arrangements have been made with the
Rene Macready and Katie Hooper to leave
here daily at pm. for St. Francis river.
SOAhCNdh5 a. -,AdoAcOh Win lnS 1hcLu puls
and Little Rock railroad. The former IL to
leave here on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, and the latter on Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday.
The National Republican, of Monday, says:
A reporter of the Republican met Captain
Thomas feathers, of New Orleans, at the
Ebbitt House, who is one OF the Oldest steam
boat commanders on the lower Mississippi
"How long have you been following the Mis-
sissippi river, Captain" said the Republican
Nearly hall century," replied the genial
old navigator, as he pulled his fine Cuba
cigar. 81 have served as pilot and COM
mander on that river during the time above
mentioned, and in my career as a river man |
have travelled 1000, 900 miles, carried over g.
900, 900 bales of cotton and $50 600 passengers,
and in my remarkable experience as public
carrier not one OF my passengers ever re-
ceived the slightest injury" "Are there
many men on the river now that were there
when you entered on the trsde?" 81 am
alone. One by one they have all passed
away and l am left the last sentinel"
Here the old hero of the Father of Waters
raised his deep blue eyes and fixed them
steadfastly On the Republicans young man,
and said; 81 tell you, sir, ii makes me feel
sad to reflect on the picture l have Just
drawn. l know that my time will soon
come, when I, too, will have to pull in the
gang-plank and head for the shore beyond
the River Of Time