Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-01
GENERAINE WS

| BUSINESS lar yesterday.
| LOCAL packets had good trips out yester-
day.
THE Hard Cash had good load out for
| White river.
| SIGNAL SERVICE report: River % feet 5
inches-rise 10 inches yesterday.
The barge line was expected 10 begin
loading at ST. Louis for New Orleans yesLer-
day.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 726 bales of
cotton, los bags of seduction and 2544 sacks
of cotton-seed.
| CHIPS" afoat are kept busy building new
wheels aud repairing old ones in the Ohio and
upper Mississippi.
The government steamer Mississippi left
barges of stone at Plum Point, came down
here and passed on down to Wilson's Point
yesterday morning with barges of coal.
The Andy Baum left for the Ohio yesier-
day evening with 793 bales of cotton, 450
barrels of oil, 8 bales of rags, 10 tons OF old
iror, 10000 caue-poles snd good lot of SUM-
dries.
CAPT. VIM. HAMILTON died at Cairo
Monday evening. Capt. Ham bletou leaves
a wife and six children, two sons aud four
daughters one of the latter married. He
was 5S years CT age the 18th of last Novem-
Der, and has been twice married. The de-
ceased was we'll known throughout the whole
Mississippi valley.
ST LOUIS Republican, Tuesday: "Informa-
ton was received here yesterday morning
that the gorge above Grand Tower com.
mencsd moving Sunday night and passed out
early yesterday morning, thus giving us q
clear river to Cairo. There is hardly any
likelihood that the river will be closed again
this season south of us, though a gorge has
1 h1arz L..
March 9th. Capt. George Keith telegraphed
jenkins & Sass yesterday to send his mate
and engineers down 10 Cape GiraIdeau al
once 10 bring the Montana up here. Capt
Nick Buesen was down from A ton yesterday
and reports the gorge still firm there and
heavy teams crossing on the ice yesterday
morning"
A WASHINGTON special TO the St. Louis
Republican, of Tuesday, save: Though in
bad health, Capt. E ads was before the spe
cial committee on The Mississippi river this
morning and again tonight. The examiua
| tIon was IN the nature OF a cross.exsmina
ton, conducted in an unfriendy spirit to.
ward the Mississippi improvement BY Robin
son, OF Massachusetts, and Burrows, o.
!. Michigan. Robinson badgered the wilnes,
provokingly by advancing crude scientific
theories in relation 10 the phenomena of the
river in the form OF questions 10 which b,
. insisted upon receiving categorical answers
questions which could not be properly an
swered without explanation or qualification
by any eminent scientifi; no an who cared fol
his reputation. Capt Eads, however, KEEP
his temper and clearly expressed his views
beirg well equipped by thorough knewl
edge of the subject under consideration. Tn
inquiry was chiefly directed toward breakin;
;. down the theory that levees would tend t.
increase the efficiency of the works for i'm
provement of the channel. Tonight the in
curry related to Capt. Eids's responsibility
n for K, eping open the Southwest PAss. CapI
. Eads fully explained the nature OF his coz
tract with the government"
CINCINNATI Enquirer, Saturday: "The En-
} qaifer special from Washington yesterda
. gave the news OF the restoration Of the oil
signal code by the supervising inspectors fC
passing steamers, and which now needs br
the approval OF the Secretary of the Trea
, ury 10 become law. The news will
bsiled with delight By the boatmen Of tt
: West and South, who have chafed under Il
rule inflicted upon them by parties entirel
| ignorant OF the first rules Of the law of ii
, road The credit of the restoration of IL
: old law-the natural LAWS due entirely
: Pitsburg and Cincinnati representative
! and IN no small degree TO Capts. Nc Michae
, and Marsiliett, of the Pttsburg A
ISOLATION, and Capt. r. G. ShinKle, ne
rotary of the Cincinnati Pilots Associaiio
all of whom have been unremitting 10 the
efforts to have the outrage righled. o.
&. singular thing about the whole affair is tn;
= while the different steamboat lines al
u owners have fully appreciated the impo
\. lance of the change, they have made lit
or no effort (Pittsburg excepted) to have
corrected, but have left it entirely to tbs
workingmen to accomplish the work. T
change is highly appreciated by all part
- having the commerce OF the West and Sou
at heart and to the gallant men who ha
stood by their guns during the fight let |
honor due be given"