Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-13
RIVER MATTERS.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS

Business was dull yesterday on tn
leyee as well as on our streets. Th
weather was warm with clouds in til
morning, but strange to say, no rain. Th
Ohio is still falling at about the rate {
fourteen inches per day at Cincinnati
/ At st. Louis the decline goes on slowly
The rise reported on the upper Missis
sippi has not yet reached below keOkuA
AT this point two inches will cover th
fall in the past twenty-(Our hours.
Arrivals.
! Steamer Lady Gay, New Orleans.
" p. w. Strader, New Orleans.
+" Cora s., Louisville.
|" Clifton, Cincinnati.
/" Belle st. Louis, st. Louis.
Departures.
| Steamer Lady Gay, Sc. Louis.
P. w. Strsder, Louisville.
Gen. QHitman, New Orleans.
" Darling, Cincinnati.
Boats ia Port.
Clifton, Celeste, Cora S., Belief st. Louis
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Quitman came in yesterday from
Paducah with 8 big trip. She departed
fer New Orleans, after adding here alot
Of miscellaneous freight and a good many
people.
The Belle st. Louis, Capt. Zeigler COM
handing, is the regular st. Louis packet
for to-day. She backs out at 5 pm.
The Cora S. will leave the city wharf
boat at SPIN. this day, for Louisville.
Capt. Meekin is her commander.
The steamer Clifton shoves Off for
Cairo on Saturday at ) pm. Capt.
Frank Stein is on the roof.
The Rose Hambleton will start for
Ja~cksonpOrt and all way landings on
Saturday next at ) pm. JnO. d. Elliott
is her master.
The Vicksburg, Memphis and st. Louis
packet Rubicon will leave, in command
of Capt. w. H. Blake, to-day at 10 pm.
The fine and cOmmOdious steamer j..
d. Perry, Capt. Fiuney, leaves for Louis
vile and way places Friday, the 14th,
at 5 pm. Levy d Miller, agents.
The steamer NJ. S. Mepham, a reliable
craft, commanded by the well-known
pilot, Capt. Wood, leaves for New Or
leans and way landings Friday, the 14th,
at s am. w. J. johnson, agent.
The reliable and fast going steamer
Celeste, Reese Pritchard commander,
leaves for Arkansas river and all way
places to-day, the 18th inst, at 5 p.m.
w. j. johnson and James q. Bourn &
Co, agents.
The Silver Moon lays up at Cincinnati,
and the Golden Eagle takes her place.
Capt. John Elliot returned home yes
terday from Cairo. He reports the Des
Arc again asioat, having come off the
docks good as new. She is now reeeiy-
ing a new coat of paint, and will be
ready for business IN about two weeks.
In the meantime Capt. Elliot will put
the Rose Hambleton in the trade, leaY-
ing on Saturday next.
Americans in ChiEa have secured for
American steamboats, the exclusive use
Of two Of its rivers. The British there
cannot furnish the equal Of our boats in
speed, and SO have been shut ont, which
has awakened quite q breeze.
The yacht Henrietta, which won the
race, arrived in New York on the
leth inst, from Cowes. She made the
iRa thirty-two days and eleven
aours, beating the Vesta seventeen
aGurs.
Celios & Gwartmey, steamboat agents
,t New Orleans, have dissolved partner
~
on the Ash inst. the India rubber life
raft Nonparei started from New
York harbor on her Perilous voyage to
The raft is reconstructed of three
air cylinders, twenty-three feet
org and twenty six inches in diameter,
made of India rubber, and pointed at
he ends, these being covered with duck
,anvass. The water casks, twelve in
lumber. are also Of rubber. strapped on
side of the raft. These can also be
lsed as life prsservers, Her stores con-