Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-23

] fore the 0rSt or september. fFelgnCS Tor
all points are scarce. The st. Louis
packet brought in q large cargo of mis-
Ecellaneous freight, and business in that
quarter shows a slight Improvement.
The river here is steadily declining. At
st. Louis the river is falling. The Ohio
is declining with 81 feet in the canal, and
5 feet in the channel in the lower Ohio.
White river is receding with % feet to
Augusta. The Lrkansas is falling with
So feet TO Little Rock, and p feet from
there to Fort smith.
Arrivals.
Steamer May Mcdonald, Little Rock.
" Starlight, Little Rock.
" Leonidas, New Orleans.
City of Alton, st. Louis.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
J. s. McCune, White river.
{" ROwe2a, White river.
" Welcome, Vicksburg.
+" Lady, st. Francis river.
+" MOllie HambletOn, do.
" Continental, st. Louis.
" Great Republic, New Orleans.
Departures.
Steamer May Mcdonald, st. Louis.
" Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
4" Leonidas, Cincinnati.
" Starlight, Cincinnati.
4" Welcome, st. Louis.
" Continental, New Orleans.
Heats In Port.
Rowena, City Of Alton, MoIlie Ham
bletOn, Lady, Cleaner, MeGune.
MIsCELLANBOUs.
The Rowena will run through to Jack
ssnport, taking freight for all way points
on Black and Little Red NAers.
The Mary Swan, Capt. Hukilb will be
| found at the levee this evening to receive
for Cairo and Evansville, and will leave
tomorrow at 3 pm.
The May Mcdonald, from Little Rock
for st. Louis, and the Starlight, from
Little Rock for Cincinnati, passed up
Monday morning.
The Continental, from st. Louis for
New Orleans, passed down yesterday at
noon with a large cargo.
The Great Republic will pass down
his morning from st. Louis for New Or
leans, with a full load of miscellaneous
freight.
The John s. McCune arrived from
White river yesterday. Her captain is
prospecting for a trip from here to White
river.
The Leonidas, from New Orleans for
Cincinnati, passed up on Sunday night.
The Commercial will esum her regu-
lar trips in the White river trade on
Tuesday next. She will come out in a
new dress, and an entire new outfit.
The Rowena, Capt. John Davis, the
regular White river mail packet, arrived
from White river on Sunday evening,
with a splendid passenger trip. The
passengers that came around on her were
highly pleased with the new boat. Else
where will be found a complimentary
card, published by her passengers, which
speaks in high praise of the ROwena and
her officers. She is receiving for a re-
turn trip, and leaves this evening at
5 o'clock for White river and all way
landings, and will go through to Jack
sonpOrt Capt. Morton and Milt Harry,
two courteous and attentive gentlemen,
will be found ia the Office.
The Mollie Hambleton, Capt. Bow
man, is the regular Tuesday st. Francis
river packet. She leaves at 5 pm.
The City Of Capt. Sam. Me-
Pheeters, arrived from st. Louis last
evening with oolors flying and a large
cargo Of produce, etc. She is the regular
Tuesday Cairo and st. Louis packet, and
leaves at shRrpd pm. McCreight is her
clever and gentlem8Hly purser.
The Cleaner, Capt. King, is receiving
for the Arkansas, and will leave tO-mOr-
at 5 pm.
The Lady, Capt. Ward, is the regular
Helena, MO0nlake and Mariana packet.
She leaves at ) pm, taking freight for
all way landings,
The Darling is due from Cincinnati,
and will probably be at the wharf to-
day.
The Belle Memphis cleared for st.
Louis last evening with a fair passenger
trip.
SUICIDE.-A man named John d.
deliberately iumped into the river
at Haleis Point on Saturday morning,
and drowned himself.
Work is about to be commenced on the
Rock Island rapids improvement. The
Davenport Gazette says that Messrs.
Case & Co., the contractors, are getting
everything in readiness to prosecute the
of the rocks from the channel
of the river. They are building at Lee
Claire a floating hotel, with accommoda-
for fifty men.
The late steamboat transfers at st.
are! Bridgeport, by VIM. Akin
to VIM. Pickering, Geo. II. BannOn, and
VIM. Riley, each One-third, for 5000.
Nile, July Sth, w. B. Haslet to Jas. +,
one. eighth, Chas. Z. Flaek, one
sixteenth, rate of $4,000. Ben. McCul-
Loeb, S. NJ. breckenridge sold 70 Peter
Seimers for $500; Seimers sold to Jas.
Ball for Sl375. She is q diminutlve side
wheeler, some IS tons burthen, anu goes
up the Mississippi to GAINESVILLE, to ply
in a very short trade. Sam. Clark1Jas.
II. Green and Chas. e. ball, of Keokuk,
Iowa, sold to Nelson j. Rulinson, of
Chicago, and Geo. Nicholson, Of Ottowsi
ILL.,, for $1,000.
A citizen of Cape Girardeau has con-
for the delivery of 100000 slaves
on Black river, whence they will be
taken on aatboats to New Orleans, where
sailing vessels are to take them direct to
France, for the manufacture of wine
and pipes.
The following letter is given verbatim
ct iterdttnl ct punctuatiDl, and is a very
fair specimen Of the confidential cores
Dondence of a river reporter, now on his
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