Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-28

Boats In Port.
Darling, ]. S. Nj Cune.
MIsCELLANEGra.

The Darling, owing to the rain, did not
get away last evening. Capt. Hates will
however back out at noon to-day, and
will go through to Cincinnati sure. Mr..
Powers, her chief clerk, viii be found an
agreeable and pleasant gentleman to
travel with.
The Welcome, Capt. Johns6h, will
leave the city wharf-Doat on tomorrow
evening for Vicksburg and the bends.
There are several parties bidding for
the transportation Of material for the
NicOlSOn pavement. 100000 cubic yards
Of sand, 500, 600 cubic yards of gravel and
100000 feet Of lumber will be required
to finish the work.
The paving of the levee between Court
and Union streets should be prosecuted
forthwith. Business will revive very
soon, and this work is needed quite as
badly as any other. 1t can be done now
at less expense to the contractor than
later in the season. There are plenty of
idle hands who would be glad to get
work. Let it GO on by all means.
A towbost and bsrges of the NJ. V. T.
company passed up yesterday.
The steamer MOllie HambletOn, Capt.
Bowman, will leave as usual for st.
Francis river on Tuesday. Capt. Tom
Day is her chief clerk.
The gay Belle Memphis, Capt. Hemin-
way, with Geo. Deane in the office, goes
out for Cairo and st. Louis tomorrow at
5 pm.
The " old reliable is again on the war
path. This favorite packet, rugged out
in splendor, will leave on her regular
day, Tuesday next, for all points on {" old
White.D Capt. Ashford has given his
especial attention to her outfit, and has
made her look very handsome, indeed.
The City of Cairo departed for st.
Louis last evening. Among her psssen-
gers was Capt. James o. Durff, of the
Avalanche. He spends a few days with
his family in Metropolis, and then goes
to New York via Niagara Falls. We
know what his business is at the latter
place, but are not at liberty to say more
than that Bennett, jr., Of the Herald,
has sent for Jim to consult about q new
yacht now in course of construction.
We wish him well, and hope his route
may be strewn with pleasantness. Capt.
Bob Riley is welcome back into his old
trade, and will, we hope, continue in it,
as be is q popular and competent officer.
His boat is one of the finest in the packet
line, and every n speaks in terms of
highest praise of the excellence arrived at
by his able steward, Mr.. Pat Ryan. AS
- Clttl OC CAtctftCr ~ anu a. tue ucAu
of his profession, and no weary traveller
can leave the Cairo without feeling the
good effects of Ryan's substantial favors.
Passengers down from Harker, report
the sickness on the increase, averaging
from ten to twelve cases per day, with a
greater number of deaths in proportion
than heretofore. Some of the physicians
still pronounce it Asiatic cholera, though
from all accounts it lacks several
features pertaining to that disease.
E. II. Durfee's mountaintFad steamer,
Jennie Brown, left the trading post on
the upper Missouri on July 7th, and ar
rived at Leavenworth on the ODD. She
brought for her owner, Mr.. Durfee. 800
bales of buffalo robes and urs, eight
buffalo calves, an antelope and white
bear cub. From Mr.. Durfee's dusky
friends he received numerous gifts Of
bows and arrows, mOceasins, pipes and
tobacco. Among other articles is a
medicine pipe, presented by Wa-ah-
chunk-ak. The gifts are too numerous
to mention in detail, but all 90 to show
that the red men do not forget one who
does not rob them. No unfriendly In
dams were seen anywhere along the
route. The trip was both pleasant and
profitable. The Jennie Brown will
make q second trip to the mountains.
Vail. Entrieken and Ed. Sparhawk. !
who are well known on the river, have
become connected with a new ENTERPRISE
at st. Louis-a Journal called the Ner-
chants Indicator.
Capt. II. w. Symmes has sold the
steamer Dora for $1,000 to Capt. K. Led
wick.
The st. Paul Press, of Tuesday, has the
following in regard to the great flood in
the upper river: The river is now at the
very least a foot higher than it has been
this year, and is still rising slowly. The
floors of the warehouses on the levee are
all under water, except some of the high
est, and if 1t rises much more they also
will be submerged. Hundreds and hum
dreds of cords of wood have fOated
down, and numbers of men, women and
boys nave been busy with spears, rakes
other implements, gathering as
much of it as they could, and have sue
ceeded IN saving large quantities. Old
river men say we may expect three feet
of water, if the reports OF the heavy
rains on the upper Minnesota are true.
as yet nothing is positively
A wild rumor, yesterday after
noon, was in circulation to the effect
that the MinnesOts had risen fourteen
feet at fort Ridgely, but it could o be
traced to any reliable source, and is prob
q mistake.
Fridays st. Louis Democrat SAYS
Last evening there fell a heavy shower,
which was very welcome, the day having
been still hotter than previously. The
liver continued falling. Wharfboats and
frequently require the use of
heir spars to keep themselves Off the
bank. The Illinois is low above Naples,
falling rapidly there and below.
The canalboat towing business of the Il ,
inois Is seemingly over for the season.
At several places in the lower Missouri
is not as much water as five and a
lalf feet, and still falling. The same
will apply to this river below
.eokuk. There was a rush Of freight to
New Orleans boats yesterday.