Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-14

boat, was seized by the sheriff for debt
yesterday. The claim amounts to $4,000,
and that officer viii, we fear, not be able
10 come out yer when he puts her up for
sale. She is now, therefore, in the
clutches of the law.
The Belle st. Louis departed last even
ing with several more families bound to
Minnesota. The agent of the st. Louis
packet line in this city tickets through to
st. Paul, via the northern line steamers,
from st, Louis, thereby avoiding all
trouble on the route, and making the
trip n continuous panorama, as it were.
OF the most beautiful scenery in the
world, not equaled even ia Italy or on
the Rhine. Our friend ByingtOn aud his
able chief Of staff and representative in
this city, Mr.. Speed, have by their en-
ergy secured this connection atSt. Louis,
and many Of our people arc taking adj
vantage Of it.
W. Smith, agent of the American ex-
press and st. Joseph packet line atCoun-
ell Bluffs, was killed at Chat place on the
9th inst, by the accidental discharge Of
his pistol.
The st. Louis Times says that the Great
Republic will be taken across the river
and laid up for a week, in order to I'M
dergO some slight repairs or changes in
her furnaces and heaters. She will leave
that port for New Orleans on Thursday
Of next week, the Goth inst.
The wreck of the steamer John r. Nc
Combs, as it lies on the wharf at Louis
vile, was sold last Saturday TO Can't.
George McCullum, for $3.50. The Me-
Combs is lying twenty feet above the
water.
At Omaha on the 10th, the Missouri
had gone up fully three feet in two days
and was rising fasr with heavy rains.
A dispatch ron Salina, Kansas, of the
1lth, says: A gentleman who came from
Ellsworth this morning, states that the
water was about six feet deep within the
town. Several buildings have fOated
away and others have been moved from
their foundations. There is but one
building above the water. Large guam
titles Of goods have been destroyed. Some
lumber has passed here to-day, also pOr-
tons Of buildings. The water is four feet
above the railroad track.
It is reported that Mr.. Bayer, OF Leav-
enworth, is drowned.
The Smoky Hill is within its banks
here, but it is impossible to get either
way. The railroad is inundated a large
portion Of the way between here and
Ellsworth. This is the highess flood
since 1853. The flood Of 1874 was about
four feet higher.
The st. Louis Democrat Of Wednesday
says A heavy rain washed the streets
yesterday. River falling, and is soon to
rise. On Saturday the river at st. Paul
was rising rapidly, and a large number
OF logs were floating past. At Minneap-
oils, above st. Paul, the rise was three
FnaN - #kmaa Anru nnA tho kw4hHn~naTan
still farther up were higher than the year
before. The rains had been tremendous.
The river at st. Cloud had swollen seven
feet, and the fe%rryboat was compelled to
stop running. All the bridges on Sank
river were swept away. The Minnesota
was overlooking its banks. Away below
all this there is a swell of large proper
ton rushing on to the south, and the be-
ginning of it may be at st. Louis to-day
The Muscatine, which arrived from the
upper Mississippi yesterday, reports " big
water coming behind.n Now, we turn
anxiOusly to the Missouri, anticipating a
freshet from the mountains, and an old
fashioned June rise generally. In view
of these facts, we expect to see precau-
tionary measures instantly adopted 70
prevent the injury Of property along the
banks, here and below. Business quiet.
Receipts fair. Shipments to New Or,
leans dull. This trade cOntinUesremark
ably feeble.
The Louisville Courier Of Wednesday
says The river was falling rather faster
yesterday than the day previous, with
six feet ten inches water in the canal in
the evening by the mark. During the
previous tWenty-fOUr hours it had fallen
four inches at the head of the falls, and
one foot at Portland. The weather con-
tinues warm, and was cloudy aliday, the
thermometer ranging at eighty-seven in
the shade. The barometer indications
last evening were slightly in favor OF
rain. On the falls last evening there
were four feet ten inches water in the
pass down the Indian chute and falling.
The Charleston Mercury says The
steam tug Alex. Oldham has passed
through a new channel about one and a
half miles southwest Of the old bar. 1t
has been known for some time, but had
not sufficient depth of water to allow the
passage of large vessels. Now, however,
twelve feet of water has been found all
the way at flood tide, and as the channel
is perfectly straight and very favorable
with the wind in some quarters, it is
likely to be of great benefit.
A new Albany paper says: We learn
from a note received from Hon. Ben.
Egglest0n, chairman Of the congressional
committee on commerce, that a party OF
engineers appointed by the proper
authorities at Washington, viii, during
the present or next week, arrive here,
for the purpose of making a survey for
a canal around the falls of the Ohio on
the Indiana side. Their report with the
plans, specification, and other details Of
The work, will be submitted at the next
session Of congress, and the friends OF
the improvement are confident that q
liberal appropriation will be made by
congress for the Construct of the
canal. IF this canal is built, twill give
New Albany ~ unlimited water power,
zERSZjLF bt, make her one Of the
e1fdsf Inf Aanufacturing points in