Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-11
GENERAL NEWS
Weather splendid.

Weather splendid.
Business was quiet yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday, 1887 sacks
| cotton-seed.
The Billy Ezell, with a tow of coal, left
for Terrene yesterday morning.
The Belle Memphis discharged 500 barrels
| Of oil and passed on up for ST. Louis yester.
day morning.
The Charles P. Chouteau and J. B. NJ
kehlor, lashed together, passed up Yesterday
| morning, from New Orleans to St. LOUIS.
The City of Providence got away for
Vicksburg yesterday morning, after adding
| about % tons of freight and several pas
| sepgers.
Signal service report: River 35 feet IL
lnches-decline inch. The Ohio is rising
from Pittsburg down, the Cumberland at
Nashville and the Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The levee is reported broken at Charles
Armistead's place. mile or so above Friars
Point, causing the water TO back up in the
| rear Of the town, doing comparatively little
damage except to Mr.. Arnristead, where the
break occurred.
The excursion to Helena and back on tue
Coahoma, Sunday, promises to be a delight
tul affair, and will no doubt be we'll patron
lied. Captain Stack Lee will make it COM
Portable for all who wish to see what they
may never again have an opportunity to see
the highest water ever known in the Mis-
sissippi valley.
The City of New Orleans has already
proved herself to be one of the fastest steam
boats now afoat. The run from New Or
leans to st. Louis on her last trip was made
In days and hours, and lost Is hours on
the trip. Eight hours were consumed clean
ing boilers. Captain Carter is confident he
can bring her over the track in 4 days BY
pushing her to her full speed
Commodore James S. Wise says the deck
passenger and the texas tender who were
missing off the Parker have 10th turned up
all right. He thinks it a very remarkable
thing that out of 123 persons who were on
the boat as passengers and employees, not a
single life was lost, and speaks in high terms
of praise of the efficient work performed by
those in charge OF the boat, and alec of the
people belonging to the life-saving station.
The Cincinnati Irmes-Sar replies at ran
dom to the APPEALS recent expose of the
true inwardness of the wharfage question as
it relates to Memphis, in which it was shown
incontrovertibly that the law passed was
framed and asked for by the river men them
selves-not alone those representing local
Interests, but representatives of foreign boats
passing this port When the Ifmes-lStar
states that Memphis wharfage facilities are
inferior TO those of any other port on the
river it speaks of what it knows nothing
about.
Mr.. G. NJ. Tower, supervising inspector of
steam vessels for the Second district, which
embraces the New England coast, New York
City and Philadelphia, has IN ade to the Board
OF Supervisors report showing the results
OF official inspection in his district for the
year 1881, follows: Total number of
steam vessels inspected, 1853; total number
Of officers licensed, 1858; total number of
passengers carried on these vessels, 342, 106,-
333; total number of lives lost, 2, both sui
cldes. Forty per cent. of the total tonnage
of the United States, 80 per cent. of all
licensed officers, aud more than one-third of
the whole inspection work of the United
States are embraced within the limits of this
district.