Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-26
GENERAL NEWS.

CAPT. FRANK ELLISON returned yesterday |
from trip up the river.
THE Future City and barges passed down |
at noon yesterday for New Orleans.
RECEIPTS by river yesterd ay, 81 bales of
cotton and 1889 sacks of seed-cUiton.
The Diamond, with tow of empty coal
barg 5, passed up Sunday for the Ohio river
THE tug Tilds, C,pt. Jake Faux, departed
Saturday with 6 barses of slaves for New
Orleans.
CAPT. w. P. HALLS new boat, now being
built at Brownsville, Pa, will be launched
this week.
The Raymond Homer passed up yester.
day evening with low of empty coal barges
| for The OHIO river.
The City of Vicksburg arrived yesterday
evening from Vicksburg, and leaves this
morning for ST.. Louis.
THE propeller Dyersburg, now 10 port, has
been cold to parties 10 New Orieans to be
| used in the lumber business OF. IKE PJnl-
chartrair.
The Cons Mllsr, Capt. Joseph D Moore,
arrived yesterday morning IRON the Ohio
river wIta 450 tons of miscellaneous freight
for this port.
The New Mary Houston passed down yes.
terday evenisg for New Orleans with 400
tons of freight and fair list OF people. She
added here 1900 sacks of oil-cake.
The City of Cairo passed down Sunday
morning for Vicksburg. She put of 1928
packages of freight for this place and sdded
so kegs of beer and 10 tons Of sundriss.
The W. P. Halliday, on her fourth day
out from New Orleans, passed up Sunday
evening for st. Louis with fair trip. She
cleaned out here and pat of 4l6 packages of
freight.
THE Co nmonweaih passed up Sunday
morning for ST. Louis. She added here 800
barrels of oil, 125 packages of buckets, 126
barrels of potatoes and a lot of sundries and
way freight.
A VICKsBURG dispatch, of Sunday, says:
"The Joseph B. Williams, which passed up
Yesterday returned here az 9 O'Clock am to.
day with burnt boiler. She left her tow 20
miles south OF Arkansas City. She expects
to leave at O'Clock pm. Monday"
THERE is row SO inches OF water over the
track OF the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
} ciic railroad in Louisiana between Tullulah
and Waverly Stations, and the water is rising
st the rate of Il inches IN "a hours. 1t is
thought, from present indications, that it
will be 80 days before through trains will be
resumed.
UNDER the head "a Warning to Clerks, y
the New Orleans States says: "There is a
special officer here from Washington City, by
the name of Spalding who is going on board
the steamboats,, examining the crews portage
book, relative to hospital dues, etc. Itwould
be well enough for all clerks 10 have their
books properly and closely written up OF
they may get in;o trouble"
, VIcKsBURG Herald, Saturday: "From the
United Sta'es Engineer 10 charge of the
t levee work being Done By the United State,
government in the Third District, be having
: lost completed detailed inspection Of al
the levees from the mouth of White river Il
= Wsuenton, this Stst, his entire district, il il
learned that in the opinion Of that officer th,
grestsr portion of the damages done Il
levees ia by their being used for roadways
thereby making low places and destroying
the sod that is Of the greatest protection Il
the levees during high water. In Louisian
there is no State law that protect the leveef
but in Mississippi there is a statute law m Ak
ing vioators liable to fine and imprisonmeu
TO use any levee as roadway. In the cour
ties Of Iseaquens, Washington and Bolivar
which compose the Mississippi Levee Di
trict, there is guard placed on the leve'
every or s miles to prevent them fror
damsge."