Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-21
GENERAL NEWS.

BUSINESS quiet yesterday.
The Sam Roberts and barges passed south
yesterday.
JOHN NAssENGALE is chief in the Office Of
the John B. Msude,
The Will s. Hays, for Cincinnati, left at
o'clock yesterday morning.
THE U. P Srheuck passed up last night
with good trip for Ohio river points.
The feIryboat John Overton is running
through 10 Marion-a pleasant excursion of
few hours.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, $50 bales of
cotton, IS bags OF Sc ID cotton and 1859 sacks
OF cotton seed.
IT is said thai Com. Parisot contemplates
building large boat for the New Orle aus,
Vicksburg and bends trade.
G. w. HUNTER, Wolf river, has a lot of
skifs for sale. Parties 10 overhowed dis
tricts should make a note Of it.
IT will take a foot and a half more water
to stop the running of trains on this end of
the Memphis and Little Rock railway.
The Centennial cleaned out here and
passed up for St. Louis with 700 tons freight
yesterday morning, after dischargiug here 225
pack ages sundries.
The Joha g. Maude had 1915 pack ges of
freight 10 from st. Louis yesterday, and left
last night with 81 bales OF cotton, several
wagons AMI teams, and good lot of suDdries.
The John B. Msude met with considerable
trouble from the shore ice in her trip down
the river from st. Louis to Cairo, and was
compelled TO run by nearly all her landings.
The John B. Maude arrived from St.
Louis yesterday morning with part of her
cargo in a damaged condition, caused by an
sccident, the details of which are printed
below.
The Central City, the propeller which has
been laid no here some time, left for Hick-
man yesterday 10 gel load OF corn, and the
tug Vandenburg has gone to Tennessee river
for tow of slaves.
Mr.. ALBERT PARR, lighthouse tender,
writes from Hsles Point, asking us TO notify
all pilots that he has moved the government
light down the river 400 yards TO the upper
corner OF the warehouse at Hsles Point, on
account of the ov rfow.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River SO feet 9
inches-rise 5 .inches yesterday. At Cairo
the rice was only 10 inches; at Helena,
inches; and at Vicksburg, 7 inches. The
upper Mississippi fell ! an inch an hour yes
terday, and there was stage of water of but
feet al Lacrosse.
CAPT. THoRwEGAN's mammoth steamer
| Helena had TO Cairo The biggest trip ever
brought up the river by a steamboat. She
brought 10 that point, besides lot of mis-
| cellaneous eight, 1878 bales of cotton, 1854
bales of which were fer st. Louis. Capt
Crane expected to arrive at st. Louis by
Monday.
| SOME malicious party cut loose the tug
| Nghthawk and her tow OF empty barges IL.
ing up in Wolf river at II O'Clock Monda
night, and but for the promptness of the tus
| Desoto In rescuiug them would have beer
swept down the raging tide of the Mississip
| pi. The Nighthawk left for s.. Francis rivei
after tow of slaves.
Now, you see, we begin TO feel better. III,
river is falling rapidly all along the OhiC
and at 81. Louis; the rise ia checking up il
the Mississippi-ouly a few inches at al
points-so that within day or two we hop,
to be able to chronicle regular decline al
along the line. We are sorry for the sensa
ton writers, but entertain charity in view 0
the fact that the honor belonging to a reliable
food prophet was the priz. sought for. w
wish Them better luck next lime with thei
guessing machine.
The John B. Maude, of the Anchor Line
met with what came near proving a seriou
accident al Hathaway's Landing, above here
Sunday night. She had laid up during
| log, anu Oh monusy molnlng, "heu oackln
out, she struck some hidden obstruction
which tore hole in her stern, causing tn
water TO flow in freely. This was not notice.
until the boat got TO Gayoso, 10 miles be
low, when there was fully 2 feet OF wafer i
the hold. Capt. Sam McPheeters immedi
ately ordered the passengers ashore, and tb
clerk took charge oil the books and valuable
of the office. The pumps were then put I
work and the boat run on to a bar, but b
the time she reached the bar the water va
up TO the guards, and, by the strenuous e
forts of the captain and his crew, the wate
was pumped out of the hold, repairs mad
passengers taken on board and the boat pre-
ceeded on her way to this port. There wi
considerable -four 10 the hold, which WI
dam aged, and the boat entered protest.