Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Captain james Lee, jr., returned home
| Sunday by rail.
Cumberland river is reported dangerously
| full OF driftwood.
| Receipts by river since our last report
aos bales cotton, bags seduction and 1875 sacks
| seed.
The Charley Brown departed Sunday
| euening for the Ohio river with tow of empty
| barges.
The City of Helena, from ST. Louis, had
PA packages freight for this port, and returned
| again last evening.
The Gold Dust passed down Sunday morn
ing for Nieksbu,g She added here 20 barrels Ii re
| and 10 tons sundries.
The Andy Baum arrived Sunday evening,
| from Cincinnati, with 800 tons miscellaneous
freights for this place.
The w. p. Halliday, over five days out
from New Orleans passed up last night for St.
| Louis wi tn GOO tons freight.
The City of Alton passed down Sunday
| night for New Orleans with good trip she added
dries.
notwithstanding the inclement weather
last night, there was enough wind blowing to keep
the fog cleared away, and steamers afioat were not
compelled to lay up.
The Laura L. Davis passed up Sunday
tons freight, She put OFF here big lot OF sugar
| and molasses. She was 10 days out TO this port.
Signal Service report: River 81 feet-rise
inches during the p hours ending Los pm yes
terday. According 10 this report the river is now
1867.
telegram from Evansville last night re-
ported that the Clyde picked up a snag below
t-nioniown Sunday night. 1t Went up through
her boiler deck and hurricane, tore down the stage
and rigging and broke the stage in two. No one
was injured
Louisville Courier-JOuaai,S Saturday: Gap
tain Frank Hicks has bought the J. b. Q. z. q.
She make good one. Frank can plant a crop
IN her at Memphis and by the time she gets to
New Orleans with it the cotton will be ripe and
ready to pull
The w. p. Halliday, which arrived from
below late yesterday evening, reported passing the
about so miles below here. she was smartiy out
OF the way, having lost her way in the fog. She
OF getting or which left the impression that She
was not in very bad condition. She mSy have ar
rived during the night
Three white rousters attempted to libel
claimed for service from New Orleans to Memphis
but Commissioner Bell Etheri5ge Investigated
their claims, and from their own testimony de-
oided that they not entitled to wages u1til
the boat reaehI d Cincinnati. The wretches claimed
that they were sick and wanted to leave the boat
here for hospital treatment, but finding their game
wouldn't win. they suddelly became hale end
hearty and resumed work, and the boat proceeded
on her voyage
Cincinnati GGzefts, Saturday: "The water
is more tn n two feet deep the first floor of the
other buildings between Main and Walnut will
experience their semi-annual washout and no
foot of broadway the river rising at the
rate of inch and a-half per hour last night
Most of the extraordinary swell of yesterday was
occasiOned by the rains OF Thursday night, which
affected local tributaries, but the recent Kanawsa
rise also reached here yesterday. The end is not
YETI
A Washington telegram of Sunday says
a number of men interested in steamboating in
law requiring that break water about 1000 feet
long be placed above each bridge across the
Mississippi river and It's tributaries to break the
force of the current in the highway. This. they |
insist, would be protection to steamboats,. |
Several steamers have been destroyed by be ng |
swept against piers Of bridges by the current. |
There 10 bridges, and the estimate is that ii
all The delegation viii also ask that the law |
shall require that all bridges built hereafter shall
be provided with these breakweters"
st. Louis Globe Democrat Saturday: Cap |
tain George Carvell master of the Anchor-Iine /
steamer Grand Tower, recently sunk at Goose |
Island, speaks in very glowing terms of the very
prompt response made by wrecking steamer sal |
vor No. to his distress signals. The wrecking-
boat was lying short distance below, and when |
the Tower went down Captain Carvell hailed her |
with his big bell, steam being cut OFF almost i'm
by the water coming up over furnaces |
and boilers. On the wrecking-boat were Captain
Jobn the master, his wife, little daughter and two
divers. With this little crew. all of them pitching
in with hearty good WILL steam raised, the |
engines and pilothouse manned, and within one
ing the Towers passengers and crew from their
perilOus position. For 8 dark nights work in
heavy floating ice, this was very crcGiitable per