Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-12
GENERAL NEWS

The Hard Cash departed last evening for
White river with fair trip.
Receipts by river yesterday. PIG bales cot
ton. bags seed-cotton and 234 sacks seed
Colonel Joe Flynn has accepted the po-
sition of steward of the james Lee, in place
of james McNutt, resigned.
Signal Service report: River, 20 feet S
inches-decline . inches during the u hours
ending :0S pm. yesterday.
The Vint Shinkle departed yesterday even
ing for Cincinnati with S26 bales cotton, 100
brls oil, 1000 SKIS oil-meal, 80 brls scrap iron
100 bales batting and fair list of people.
Mr.. Samuel Brown, OF the coal firm of
Brown & Jones, and prominent citizen of
PittSburg, came down passenger on the city
of New Orleans. Mr.. Brown will be in the
city few days.
Captain Saunders and Messrs. c. r. Van
Benthuysen and J. b. Groot, all come cted
with the New York and Albany Packet Line
on the Hudson river, are passengers this trip
on the City of New Orleans
The Cincinnati Commercial refers to Cap
tain John Cowdon the eminent disturber
and agitator of the Eads ietties, and savior
of millions of dollars to the government by
improving Lake Borgne to the condition OF
a safe outlet to the gulf.
Vicksburg Commercial Tuesday: Frank
Calhoon, employed on the steamer Tributary,
fell overheard and drowned from that steamer
last night about 10 o'clock, when oppooite
Kellogg's Landing, below this city. The
boat was stopped and every effort was made
to save him, but without avail"
Among the cotton carried to New Orleans
last trip by the r L. Lee was one bale re-
shipped by the Meridian railroad, the largest
ever received at that port. 1t lacked only
one inch of being as wide it was long, and
weighed $50 pounds. rs measurement was
SKI, 5xS and 2xS, or 50 7-12 cubic feet.
A private telegram was received in this
city yesterday from Captain Frank Hicks
stating that the Henry Frank passed Natchez
with only 300 bales of cotton, and that cot
ton had ''played out" along the river, The
Frank will probably go into New Orle ans
with the lightest load she has carried since
she went into commission.
The City of New Orleans was crowded
with passengers, besides having an immense
freight trip, when she passed down about
noon yesterday. She added to her passenger
list here Mcintyre & Heath's minstrel party,
consisting of % people, for Helena, besides
several other passenges. She also got 200
bales of hay and lot of sundries
New Orleans TIN 8 Denocra': "Wednes-
day, while passing the point five miles above
Bayou Sara, the Chouteau was fired into, one
shot striking the bar, one the forward bulk
bead, and another the texas. This is the
third time within the past two weeks that
steamboats, have been fired into, and evI-
IDENTIFY through wantonness in each instance;
but some of these days the steamboatmen
will catch some of these shootists, aid they
will be missing thereafter"
Vicksburg Herald: captains John Nc
Claim and Henry Scott, local inspectors
of steamboats,, during the past year
licensed 96 masters, "a mates, 10 first
class pilots, Is inferior pilots, AZ first
class engineers, and As inferior engineers
The record last year was 50 masters, %
mates, 20 first-class and A second-cIass pilots,
10 first-clsss and 80 second class engineers.
In 1881 they inspected 81 steamboats,, with
an aggregate tonnage Of $685. 5 tons, against
% steamers in 1880, with an aggregate ton
mage of 556S.51 tons.'
New Orleans Democrat, Tuesday: "The
sale of the Katie p. Kountz and J. E. 81.
Kehlor took place yesterday. The Kountz
was started at bid of $1,000 from Captain
Frank Beck, jr., and knocked down to Mr..
ID. c. Cam for 5000. The first bid on the
Kehlor was $4,000, from Captain George W.
Res, and was run on bids from that gentle
man, Mr.. w. r. p. Huey and Captain w.
ii. Thorwegan, 10 $4,000, at which figure
she was sold to Captain Thorwegan, who will
make a cotton boat of her for the Memphis
and bend trade. Captain Thorwegan left by
rail last evening 10 overiake the Chouteau."