Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-31
entive clerk, assisted bv
Iins, Will Lash and Walker {

GENERAL NEWS.
WEATHER doubtful.
BUSINESS WIS good yesterday.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 10 feet 2
8 inches yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 446 bales Of
cotton and 269 sacks of cotton-seed.
TIE Sam Roberts and barges, out of The
Ohio river, passed down for New Orleans
Yesterday afternoon.
THE Josie Harry returned 10 White river
yeterdsy afternoon with good trip of
ffeisht sud passengers.
Nh L. B Gos<IN, chief clerk and part
owner the steamer 81. ]. Dickey, died at
New o.-ans Friday morning.
TIE Sy. Genevieve arrived from s.. Louis
yesterday afternoon with 1872 packages, and
returned With good lot Of way freight for
the upper buds.
THE d. 4 Powell, With barge-boih
loads fat--sswed down for New Orleans
yesterday sfterrsop. She rot $500 sacks Of
corn below Csiro.
JESSE HEBRON, sormerly resident of THE
city, and an old tine river man, has charge
of the cabin Of the Ste Geneyieye-a good
man in good place.
THE Mike Dsvip, Niih barge in tow
loaded with bridge maiefzl for the Para
more railway, arrived iron Cairo Yesterday =.
and will leave for the uppr 81, Francis river
sometime to-day.
THE steamer Welcome, which passed this
rort two or three months go on her way to
Red river, wassunk up tina stream, al Rush
Point Landing. She can beraised. She wac
commanded by Capt. N. B Fowler, former
ly clerk on the Centennial
THE Annie P. Silver, firm 81. Louis, ar
rived Yesterday aftsr1oon osded fat. She
added here 200 packages aud discharged 8
small lot. Among be: cargo were 1900 sacks
of corn taken on below Caro-. She left for
New Orleans iate in tie afternoon.
FIFTEEN hundred dbllnrs have been sub
scrlbed by Pittsburg co.d men, and $500
more promised if neeled Tor the purpose OF
sending a delegation II pilots from thai
place 10 Washington 3 urge the passage OF
CATION and pilot rules on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers.
The Louisville Coarie,.gosynaI, of FRIDAY,
conisius an extendednotice of the new Will
S. Hays, together VITA Biographical sketch
OF the song compQs!k atd widely known
I river editor Of that 5er. Col. Will s. Hays,
after whom the boat We mined. The latter
was written by DIR. 7. s. Fell, of Louisville
who gives truthful pistuIsof the man, truly
seIf-m ade.
ST. LOUIS Republican, Friday: "Capt. Tom
Davidson took the seamer Centennial over
TO the elevator last night, ard from thence be
will start her out fer New Arlsens at day
light this morning She rif: have fair
cabin list and so deikers, q se loaded to 6
feet with 1000 tons Of ireishs aud his en-
gsgements between here AMI Cairo for $50
tons additional
The citizens OF Natehsz oa Sunday iasf,
presented Pilot John s. Slous, OF the Loot r.
E Lee, with an elegant gold watch, as a
token of their appreciation of his fidelity 10
his pos of duty when the Lee was burned
on the 30th of September last. Stout stood
to his post while the boat was one sheet OF
fame, and not until her bow was imbedded
10 the bank and bis "all right" given TO the
engineer, did he leave the wheel.
The following about ihe Ch aries Morgan,
due here Tuesday from NV Orleans, is from
he Times Democrss, -ef1s FTidzy: the
Cnarlss MORAN had fina trip ont. and her