Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-15
GENERAL NEWS.

signal SERVICE report: River 29 feet s
inches-rise Is inches yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, All bales of
cotton, SO bags of seduction and 2244 sacks
OF cotton-seed.
The Hard Cash came in from White river
yesterday morning and returned in the
evening-goOd trips both ways.
The Signal Service issues an official
warning to planters in the lowlands, printed
elsewhere in this mornings issue.
TIE John B. Msude was advertised 10
leave st. Louis for Memphis yesterday even.
ing, navigation having been declared open
again.
THE John A. Scudder, from Cairo, passed
down late last night for New Orleans with
100 tons of freight, principally for way
landings.
The Ohio left for Cincinnati yesterday
evening with HOO tales of cotton, 500 bar
rels of oil, % hogsheads of sugar, so bales
of batting and good lot of way freight.
The james Lee, from Friars Point, and
Coahoma, from Osceola, both had good trips
in yesterday, the frst-nsmed having an IN
usually good passenger trip. Both returned
with the usual bend business in the after
noon.
ST. LOUIS Republican, Tuesday: "The St.
Louis and Vicksburg Anchor Line have
opened the seasons business in earnest and
will have the boats OF their line running out
from this point regularly hereafter The
Memphis packets every Monday and Fri
day and the Vicksburg packets every Tues.
day, Thursday and Saturday. The fret
Memphis packet will be the John B. Maude,
leaving the wharfboai, foot of Pine street,
at O'Clock pm. Wednesday, to De followed
al 5 O'Clock IN. Thursday bv the stauuch
and true Commonwealth for Vicksburg."
The New Orleans inspectors have con-
cluded their investigation into the Lee
Greenville disaster with the following re-
suit: "We, ther. fore, conclude that Mr.. A.
p. Readman, the pilot of the steamboat
Laura Lee, was guilty of negligence in not
making the first signal, as required by pilot
rule l, and in not stopping the engines of
his boat, as required by pilot rule 2; for all
of which we do hereby suspend his license
for a period Of 80 days from date hereof,
under section 1850 Revised Statutes. Mr.. ].
L. Reed, the pilot of the City Of Greenyille,
is found guilty of negligence in not stopping
the engines of his boat at the time prescribed
by pilot rule 2; for which we suspend his
license for a period of 80 days from the date
| hereof, in accordance with the section afore-
said"
OUR Signal Service report below shows an
alarming condition of the Ohio, with the
Tennessee and Cumberland booming A
rapid decline at Pittsburg is apparent, but
rising at all other points. There ia an abb
sence of tidings from The upper Mississippi
above st. Louis and the Missouri, where all
| eyes are now directed. A rise Of any pro-
portions in those streams would make dis
aster in this valley inevitable. The Missis-
| sippi is at stage now that will require ten
| fold more water to cause an inch rise than
when it is in its banks. There is a chance
| of the Ohio floods rur ling out without rails
| ing the. Mississippi more than or 5 feet
above the tide reported yesterday. In that
| case, without any freshet in the Missouri
and upper Mississippi, the food will pass of
in time TO allow planters to begin work.
| There is no doubt but levee work will be
greatly interfered with.
PILOT CARROLL, OF the Anchor Line packet
Belle Memphis, states that the bank at Al
satia on the 9Th instant, could stand another
| foot OF water tefere the river passes over the
| top to the levee. The levee is not as We,
| complete at this point. At Goodrich Land
| ing, where the levee is alec open, the bank
| is 80 far about feet clear of water; at Mil
hken's Bend, or Omega, the same may be
| said as TO the incompleteness of the levee
and the amoInt of clear bank, and at Skip.
| with's and at Longwood, La, the same. Col
| r. G. Houst ou has 600 men at work on
| Goodrich's levee, and with any sort OF favor
able weather he will be enabled 10 complete
his contract in the next ten days. Notwith-
standing there is quite gap reported in the
levee at Chotsrd, Miss, II feet of clear bank
is report-J, so that there is no immediate
danger in that locality. The levee at Area.
dia will soon be completed. The Delta levee
| is progressing favorably.