Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-26
GENERAL NEWS.


Receipts by river yesterday, % bales cot
ton and y SKIS seed.
The local packets departed on time yester-
day, with fair trips.
The Hard Cash departed last evening for
White river, with a fair trip of freight and
passengers.
The w. 2. Halliday will make the Mardi-
Gras trip from st. Louis TO New Orleans,
passing here February 10Th, at 10 am.
Captain James Rees, ir., who is on his way
to New Orleans on the new steel steamer
Chattahoochee will visit Brownsville, Texas
before returning to Pittsburg.
The Cons MiIlar departed yesterday even
ing for Cincinnati with $50 bales cotton, 80
barrels oil, 1900 sacks oil meal, 6 tons old
railroad iron and lot of sundries, and fair
list OF people.
The Thomas Sherlock, from Cincinnati
passed down last night for New Orleans, with
a big trip and good list OF people. She
added several passengers and put off here
$50 packages freight.
The Evansville Journal is authority for con-
Trajectory evidence that Frank Ellison has
not quit the Office of the Charles Morgan, as
was reported by the Cairo papers few days
ago. Glad to hear it.
Major John d. Adams, one of the most
enterprising business men of the South, and
a gentleman whose friends are legion, passed
through St. Louis Sunday on his way from
Washington to Little Rock.
The Evansville Journal, of Monday, says:
~. +. Ellison was in charge of the office of
the Charles Morgan when the boat passed up,
and was paying bills as usual-a pretty good
evidence that the report that he quit the
boat at Cairo was not true"
The r. r. Springer, from Cincinnati, passed
down late Tuesday night for New Orleans
with fair trip. She added 1900 sacks corn
below Cairo. Her time from Cincinnati to
this port was days and hours-the fastest
time made within the last Is years. She
added here 40 barrels kraut 400 sacks oil
cake and $50 bales hay.
The steamboats, be it said to their credit,
are not taking advantage of the high water
over various railroads south by advancing
the rates of freight to points where all rail-
road communication has been cut off. Our
merchants and shippers, who are ofttimes at
the mercy of railroads when boats can't run,
should make a note of this fact and patronize
boats literally, for, after all, boats always
bring boom in. business.
Cincinnati Ifmes-.Stdr: "a well-known
New Orleans steamboatman scouts the idea
that the river business at points below is
as dull as represented. and cites the trips of
the Guiding Star as an instance, that boat
having refused more than enough freight
going down last trip to load another boat.
He admits, however, that the roads are bad
and prevent much freight from seeking the
river for transportation, but if this restric-
ton were removed, he says, three boats
week in the Cincinnati and New Orleans
trade would be unable to do the bu:iness."
Cincinnati Commercial, Monday: "The we'll
known colored cooper, Robert Smith, famiI-
iarly known as 'Old Black 8ob,' was acct
dentally drowned off the new Orleans wharf
boat at the foot of Sycamore street about
daylight ON Saturday morning. The watch
man on the wharfboat heard the splash in
water and his cries for help when he fell
overheard, but was too late to rescue him.
The deceased was advanced in years and his
sight impaired. He was engaged in cooper
ing on steamers at our wharf for many years,
and well known by all steamboatmen and
highly respected. He leaves family to
mourn his loss"
Speaking Of the collision of the Fred A.
Blanks with the railroad bridge across the
Ouachita at Monroe, Geographic mention of
which was made Monday, prominent owner
of Ouachita steamboat interests said: "1he
railroad authorities should have had their
lights placed ON the upper side of each pier
OF the channel span of the bridge, two lights
on each pier, one red and one white, and
both close together, SO that they can be dis
tinctly seen by pilots coming down. Under
the present system OF lighting, it is almost
impossible to avoid running into them, and
the wonder is that more damage to steam
boats has not occurred. The Eagle, in COM
ing down Saturday morning, missed one of
the piers by miracle almost, the pilot not
being able to see the light ON pier No. until
she was within $50 feet OF it." The steam
boatmen regard it as a dangerous place to
pass, on account of the way the lights are
placed, and think, for that reason, they
should be moved by the proper authorities.
Cincinnati Marine Journal: "When a
single boat can transport over 900, COO bushels
of coal (which the w. w. ONeil is credited
as capable of perfcrmiBg), or more than
100000 bushels OF bulk grain (which some of
the ST. Louis barge line steamers have donel },
or more than 10000 bales of cotton (which
either the Henry Frank or c. T. Chouteau
have accomplished), or $4,000 sacks Of cot
ton-seed (which the Alex Chambers but
recently demonstrated is possible) surely our
marine trade and commerce must be on the
mend and a matter of great Importance.
Are the majority OF congressman aware of
the absolute necessity for safe and continuous
navigation the year round on all our main
streams, and will they vote the necessary
appropriations? We hope so; if they do not,
the constituents of the derelIct members
should do more than chalk it up the Chin
ney :; they should, the next time any of them
appear before them for their suffrage, retire
them to the precincts of private life"
ST, Louis Republican: 'The present high
stage of water in the lower Mississippi has a
most depressing effect on the action of the
River Commission in retardirg their work.
The system adopted by them requires low
water TO carry it Oh successfully, and the
prospects at present are that at least six
months must elapse before anything can be
done to carry out their plans so as to show
results. In view of this unavoidable delay,
would it not be economical to ascertain
whether or not there may be other methods
that may be better adapted to the pres mt
condition of things, and the adoption OF
which would be economical in utilizing the
material that is now being destroyed in pre-
pairing the banks for the grading, which is a
necessary work in carrying out the system
they have adopted? The artificial wrsck-
heap dixie is spoken Of as plan that is emf
nenily adapted to the present condition of
the river And while it may not be adapted
to all the different contingencies that may
arise, yet as an auxiliary to the system they
have adopted, We believe the commission
would act wisely in testing it during the