Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-16
GENERAL NJ EWS.

The weather problem is difficult to solve.
Ice running heavy at St. Louis Sunday
night.
les was considerably heavy at Evansville
Sunday.
CAPT. MARK K. CHEEK and lady left for
Hot Springs Sunday.
The Port Eads and barges passed down for
New Orleans last evening.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River feet
iHches-rise l inch yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 900 bales of
cotton, "a bags of seed-cotton and 1918 sacks
Of cotton-seed.
CAPT. JAMES THOMPSON has command of
the Ida Darrsgh, IN the Arkansas river
trade. Good man!
WALKER OUTLAW has charge of the Office
OF the Kate AID ms in place Of Capt. A. l..
Cummins, resigned.
NAVIGATION hsz ardous; ice running heavy
and the canal lroz.n over, was the ne VS. from
Louisville Sunday night.
The David r. Powell, with barge in tow,
passed up for Cairo yesterday evening, taking
on 1000 bales OF cotton here.
WILL LASH has resigned his place as bill
clerk on the Kate Adams, Will Darragh GO
ing out in his place yesterday.
THERE was no impediment 10 navigation
| at Pittsburg, though ice was running light
| night before last. Weather was very cold.
The Charles Mcdonald, with couple of
| empty barges, arrived lsst evening from be-
low, and laid al the island above Last night.
THE Mary Houston, loaded Nat, passed
| down from Cincinnati Sunday evening, for
New Orleans, dischargiug here about IS
| tone, and adding so tons and several passen-
gers.
| THE Oakland and barges, from New Or
leans for Cairo, passed up Sunday evening,
dropping barge and cleaning boilers. She
| added barge loaded with 1855 bales Of
Esstern-bound cotton.
THE Helena, from New Orleans, arrived
yesterday with about 200 tons, and returned
last night with It's bales Of cotton, 1000
sacks of oil meal and lot of other freight
Her officers are pleased with her movements.
The rumor that an opposition boat would
be placed in the Arkansas City trade, with
Mark Cheek in command and A. l.. Cum
Minis in the Office, falls Hat in The face of the
positive contradiction of both those gentle
men.
The City of Baton Rouge, with 1900 tons
aud full of people, passed down for New Or
leans yesterday afternoon, dischargiug 40
packages and adding 125 tons for points be-
low. She got $4,000 sacks of corn below
Cairo
THE Iron Duke, which passed here Satur-
day evening with barges loaded with
merchandise and railway iron, for New Or
leans, got aground at Reeves, sbou' 10 miles
below here, and they were still there at lsst
accounts. One fuel barge has been sunk in
The effort TO get the boat and tow out Of
their difficulty. A barge was secured here
yesterday and taken down to the scene of
the trouble.
NEW ORLEANS is making a desperate
effort TO secure the trade of Arkansas river.
The Chamber of Commerce of that city held
meeting Friday night before which a COM
mitiee made report on the subject. from
which We make tine following romantic ex-
cerpt: when the Kountz M AIDE her appear.
snce in the Arkansas river, as a pioneer in
the interests Of New Orleans, she found
Memphis naturally aroused over what wss
considered an invasion of her territory, and
prepared at once 10 inaugurate cut-tnroat
rates that would dishearteu and demoraiizs
tbs Kounz and drive her out of this trade
Several additional boats were placed on the
riEer in the interest OF Memphis, who offered
TO transport cotton from Little Rock, Oar
danelle, Pine Buff and other Arkausa:
towns to Memphis. and thence trsnship it tc
New Orleans, for 81, and even rs cents
baie-iess than it could possibly be carried
for-sgains. the very low rate which the
Koun'z was Offering of 81 So The ArPEA1
has kept a correct record OF steamers run
ming up Arkansas river the.past year, and 10
that time We faIl TO discern that any olhel
boat than those belonging regularly TO tn,
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Lin,
has ever run up that stream. The balancs
OF the report is off the came piece, the en-
tirety OF which makes RS sick to read. Bu
there seems to be no doubt but the enthusi
asm Of New Orleans merchants will result il
fat private subsidy for the Kouniz owners
which will be bloEed in, perhaps, by fytime
As Jackson said to Packenh am, several year
ago-"Come on, if you think there's no hell