Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-23
RIVER MATTERS.
ur.rHER AND RIVERS.

WEATHER AND RIVERS.
MEMPHIS, October 23.-It was cool
Yesterday, and occasionally cloudy, but
the sun also made its appearance, and
during the latter part Of the day seemed
determined to have the last wore"
Ike a WiIful woman The creek dimln-
ishes in volume every succeeding day,
and the sand bar opposite now resembles
q Utah desert in its proportions. From
st. Louis to Cairo five feet is sLl that can
be found in the channel, while the lower
Ohio is beginning to show bottom In va
rious places. The Arkansas is low, but
the regular packets get through without
much trouble.
Arrivals.
Steamer Lexington, New Orleans.
Louisiana,
Marble City, st. Louis.
Natoma, Friar's Point.
WA. Caldwell, Arkansas river.
/" City OF Alton, New Orleans.
Departures.
Steamer Lexington, st. Louis.
Louisiana, Louisville.
City of Alton, st. Louis.
4" Silver Moon, Cincinnati.
Marble City, st. Louis.
In Port.
Natoms and W. A. Caldwell.
MIsCELLANEOUs.
Cotton wss moving around at q rapid
rate on the ievee yesterday, and the Sill
yer Moon departed for Cincinnati with
1926 bales.
Capt. s.. P. Dushane, q wen-kBov ii
s~tesmboatman Of New Orleans, and pas
A., A 3 NJ . = COnn-
pany in that city, is ia Memphis on q
business visit. He VIII remain q week
or two.
Billy Dill's horse, "Crsam," was not
entered at the fair as reported, hut is In
training for the trottiDg race on Satur-
day
Elem Calvert shipped ten bales Of cot
ton via the Diamond Line to Alaska
yesterday. The cotton, mixed with
dough, will be used as bait to catch
! whales. which abound among the ice
bergs of that fertile region.
The Julia, Capt. LOckhsrs, will pass
up % dsy for Cairo and st. Louis. Andy
Isaacs is chief Of the office and is a
pleasant gentleman TO travel with.
The w. A. Caldwell came In at a late
hour last night.
The United States mail packet May
flower, Capt. Jim Rice, backs out on Sat-
urday for all points on White liver. She
is the only packet for that stream.
Charley Smithers is her Secretary.
The wIecking fiat Fip-fap Ia at work
~ the old wreck at the foot Of Beal
street.
The gay n atoma, Capt. Lee, leaves to-
day for Friar's Point and all way land
ings. She is prompt as a clock. Billy
MIL xA--1s-. NTAffnhnaA ond GFonB
Stack Lee are Clerks.
The Commonwealth, Capt. Conley,
will be here to leave for New Orleans
this day at four pm. She Is q good
packet snd g safe one.
The fine Uoited States mail packet,
Ru6icon, Capt. VIM. Blake, will pass
down at five pm, to-day, for Vicksburg
and the bends. She is a popular and
handsome packet. All. GrissOm is her
efficient chief Clerk.
The towboat A. J. Baker, came up
yesterday, and lays over here to clean
out her boilers.
The Hesper still seeks 8 purchaser or q
load of guns, we don'tkDow which. She
gives through bills of lading to Hsrkle-
roads. We want to knew which wing
of the Radical party the laugh would
have been on had the Hesper made q
landing in sh0al water where a tug
drawing six or seven feet could not reach
her?
The H. S. Turner will be in port to
leave for Cairo and st. Louis tomorrow.
She ruus under the auspices of the st.
Louis Packet Company.
The City of Pekin, from Tennessee
river, met with q serious accident on
Tuesday night when opposite Greenfield
ferry. The rivets of the starboard boiler
gave way, causing an explosion. A fire.
man was severely scalded.
Capt. J.. NJ. BrRinard, a well-known
steamboat master, died in Mobile a few
days ago. The Tribune says of him
Capt. Brainsrd vent to Mobile near forty
years ago, and has either been steam
boating in person or mixed up with
STEAMBOATS, ever since, having risen from
the most subordinate position, through
merit alone, TO be master and owner
and was, at the time of his death, with
out dOubt, the most popular and res
pected man among them.
The safe of the R r. Hudson was
blown open ST Wheeling, Va, and robbed
OF $500 to $1,000.
Green, the celebrated submarine diver,
died at Buffalo the other day.
The Magenta went into New Orleans
with 2G69 bsles-of cotton and $50 tons Of
produce.
The receipts Of cotton In New Orleans
Tuesday last were 0,400 bales.
Mr.. Jim Hall, well known in this
city, is now q passenger sgent ct Vicks-
burg.
Capt. Dunham's new boat, the Mary
Houston, was successfully launched from
the ship yard Of Messrs. Stewart & Bar !
more, at J~effersonville, on Tuesday after.
noon.
Portsmouth, o hiss refused to respond
to the cali for $1,000 assessed by the Gin
Congressional Excursion Com.
toward d~efrsying the expenses Of
the excursion. New Albany has virtu-
ally did the same thing.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: On the
lsst up trip of the j. n. Mccullough, |
which was announced for P~ittsburg, She
took aboard 8 lot OF mules st MaysviIle, |
for the former point. There
was no probability that the MCCULLOUGH
would he able to reach Pittsburg, but she
expected to reship the mules by rail to
Upon reaching Parkersburg the
boat laid up. Capt. Moore informed the
owner of the mules, who was on board,
be could take the animals no fur
Their, and offered TO pro-rate for the dis
they had been carried. This was
Capt. NJ. then told the owner
the mules might remain aboard IN.
81 there was sufficient water in the river
the boat to get to Pittsburg. The
owner would not permit this. 1t was af-
agreed that they should be re-
on the VIM. Butler for Wheel
Ing, but the owner would not in any way
assist in their transfer. They were safely
got aboard ne Butler, however, and
arrived at Wheeling. But before
hey were got ashore the boat caught
ire, and the mules were burnt. The
)wner now contemplstes bringing suit
the J. N. Mccullough for the
of the mules. We look for the re-
iult with come interest.