Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-18
GENER Al NEWS

Our dispatches report inches decline at
Helena yesterday.
The tide is tumbling, and the valley
planters are again happy.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 81 leet 10
irches-decline foot inches yesterday.
The Mississippi spent day here aud left
yesterday evening for the works at Lake
Providence.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, ZIG bales OF
cotton, SO bags OF seduction and 81 eacks
OF cotton-eeed.
TEE J osie Harry left for White river YES
terday evening with good trip Of freight
and passengers.
The Kate Adams ID going to do it over
this evening, sure enough. See telegram
elsewhere. We bet she wine.
The Bransford came out OF the St. Francis
river with 479 bales of cotton, of which 263
bales we're left at Helena to be reshipped TO
New Orleans.
CAPT. J. D. RANDALL has purchased the
Ida Lee, which formerly ran N upper White
river. He Will probably hold her for low
water in the ST. Francis river.
The sultana exploded just above Memphis
in 1865, soon after the cessation of HOSTILE
ties, having on board 1900 soldiers, either
ulFCndTPeu JTOm bcTNiCc VI SOlpS " tO"c
point on the Ohio to be mustered out of SER
vice. OF these between 1900 and 1700 were
lost.
CAPT. JOHN j. DARRAGH arrived home
from up the Ohio by rail yesterday, looking
the extreme of good health and as happy as
a lord. He has contracted with Capt. Jas.
Rees for a new towboat, 10 be built for har-
Dor purposes at Memphis, and to be ready in
go days. The boat will be l25 feet long, %
feet beam and feet depth of hold, with en-
giues having cylinders IS inches in
diameter, fee, stroke, supplied with steam
by two steel boilers % feet long and A
inches in diameter.
The remains of the late Capt. John L.
Morgan, the pilot of the tug Vandenburg,
who died of a congestiye chill above VIcks-
burg a few days ago, arrived by rail yester-
day, and were inferred 10 Elmwood, large
number Of his friends attending the funeral.
Those most intimate with Capt. Morgan in
life, say he has no relatives living except a
sister-in-law, who lives in or near Baltimore.
| He had about $1,000 of his savings deposited
with a prominent merchant in this city.
Morgan was highly esteemed by his &C.
| quaintances. He was an Evansville and
NV Orleans pilot, principally on towboats.
| HIS funeral was arranged by Capt. Gas
| Coleman, W. D. Lucas and Mr.. J. F. Frank.
LOUISVILLE dispatch 10 Cincinnati Com
merciat- Gazette, Thursday: "W. h. c. Will
liams, familiarly known as Capt. Billy Will
| liams, died yesterday of old age, aud was
buried to-day. He was the Oldest pilot in
this region, and wss in his ninety first year
at the time Of his death. He was born il
Baltimore, and led sailors life, well know
ing how TO reef a block and handle a sal
| He went 10 New Orleans, and had his first
pilot license in 1924, as pilot from Ner Or
leans TO the Bslize. From tberce he came
to This city, aud fer many years before ih'
late war wss pilot on Louisville and Ne'
Orleans boats, including the Fanny Smith
Fanny BulIitt, Margaret and Alice. During
the war he had retired from the river ant
opened The Msgen MIA Cofieehouse. Since thei
his plotting days were over. When Capt
Cannon built the Ed Richardson, he EN-
ployed Capt. Williams as watchmsn on tn
boat and took him down the river on he
first trip, 10 stand watch with him. 1t wa
his last steamboat trip and his last watch
He was one 6f the old-lime boatmeD, all G
whom are now fact passing away. He leave
one SOD, a resident Of this city"
| Tire ate's COMM with the BIZ I'm H e
| Teeth and the b ems Under Her all.
Special to the Appeal
HELENA, March 1.-THE Kate Adam
now at our wharf, will leave at 5 o'clock IL
morrow morning on fast run against th
time of the James Lee. A large delegstio
from this place will accompany her.
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