Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-21
RIVER MATTERS.
HEArHEn ASp aIvEs:s.

WEATHER AID RIvEsss,
Weather clear and cool, but il moders-
ting TspidIy. The river al this point
fell three inches n the past q hours
/ We have 10 later news from White
ifiver. The Arke:isas rose 6 feet on Toss
! Wednesday a1d Thursday morning, bus
/ wsz falling yesterday. There - nov
probably S feet to Little Rock. News
rom shove viii be faandi in our telegraph
ic columns
Arrivals.
Steamer CITY OF Care, St. Louis.
" linton, Evansville.
4" Com merci=i, VicksbuFg.
CQEnaiiarA e~ Orleans,
Es Maya lEeF, Ws;te River.
Ees.
Steamer City OF Cairo, st. Luls.
I" Corneiia, s.. Loais.
" Natoms, Friar's Sat.
" Agnes, " Mite RiYsF.
" Cora s, ATksasas Rtver.
" IoGia1s, New OileaDs.
IN Port.
Clifton, w. s. Hays, Linton, Louisa,
NsyAoweT. ~
zEseElHsSEoEs.
Basiuess wss moderately active on the
( le-e- Yesterday. The City % Csir, had
: good passenger trip and 500 bale Of
cotton for s.. Louis. TIE IGai=na did
rot get away uatii last evening. She
/ was -ei! iosdsd, and added 600 bales OF
! cotton - this port.
Cact. Join Sender, Secretary o. the
( St. Louis Pocket Company, aud e B.
! ByiuEton, = agent CT The line, are IN
the cj;y. They arrived yesterday, snd
VII no i uht have 2 gay old time, as
/ neither af them are strict members Of
I the church.
J.H Wllett, Eg of Minneapolis,
birn., is H. ton, ara VIII sh0rIy en-
BARK 10 some euterp-i5s.
TIE Ruaic7u, Capt Bill Bake, viii.
pass down at CG1 TO day for Vieksb1rg.
SIS is 2 good psssenger packet. al.
Grissom Is IL be7 of8ce.
Fhe Lady Gay, Capt. john Surk,
leaves for Ne~ Orleans to-day st 5 pm.
John Ts-um is ciaTE Il! The Cay.
The dne U. s. nail steamer Conner
eizl, Capt. john Eisoa, with Jimmy
Ta@mpsca aud AiaE. Wsddell in the
ofiica, cane - Yesterday from Vicss-
burg, with ovec 100 bales IF cotton and s
fair trip. We are Teioiced 10 see the Old
Reliable winning lsursls in her new
trade. She made siEbty-ops landings on
aer 10 tip and hEought orders for 2 large.
am0Unt Of go8ds. ON shiEDsEs Hai9st not
forget that she leaves seaTn rs day Or.
Vi-szbuEr sud the bends Under the
ooulEgi OF polite and attentive officers IS
these " no nnw control her movements,
the Commercial viii prove a success
The Marble City, Capt. COnwsy, with
NIr. CureyG in The Office, leaves for Cairo
and St. Louis 10 day al 4 Q n mskiog
al railroad connections ioc the North
and East.
The City 81 Csjro win n the future
leave flr st. Louis on Thurzdsy.
TIE VIII Hays, CsDf. B=ssely, Will
positively get away today for Ci5cin
natl sna way landings She has nearly
2 fufi load engaged. Mr.. Merton il the
popular chic! ciegk Of the Hays.
T8o Des Are is the regular Monday
pec1e; T ? White river.
jhe Ozark, Capt. Bissiell, leaves on
bcU:ey i"- sll points on the Arkansas.
S1a 10 tie y S. mail packet
The foe steamgr C.:t. Frank Stein,
backs out b. dsy ST 3 . m&f fer Cane,
Louisville and Cincinnati she viii 90
through without delay. Hunter Is her
aceuInmadsjiyg secretary.
TIE u 5 mail packet Mayf7wer,
Capt. Ashford, is the regular White
river steamer to day. S2s mskss-ccn-
neotion with jhs L.tT!e Rock train and
with boats for the upper White river, az
we'll as with the h&ndsoma GuidOa,
Capt. Clay Z &c, for Pine Is Uf on the
Ar6snszs Charley Smithsr il clerk of
the MGyf9wsr, snd her table is super
vised by Mc. Griffith, g competent stew
ard.
GIr. Sam. Wood, ore of cur c~ls7erest
river clerks, iesves ts-dsy foT Cincinnati
TO join Reese PsIgoasrd's ney Arkansas
Uv.r packet.
TIE caEp-t-bazger Houston has left Us
forever. Ha IS IL Cincinnati where We
.aoya he vii. say.
Capt BEmaiis nav ST. Francis Is on /
her way b.. thls rorf. We will leuk at
her aud soy ahss ge think after she ar
riNss.
Tse Commercial connects with the
GDiion st the Mouth Of White river.
Tar Magenta went iuto Nsw Orleans
with 55l5 . IS q satan. sad LETT there
Tru-sd Y evening for ibis sort.
Toe Bsma5ck vii! pass up to day and
the Louisiana 20 murroT. The N.ck
LoogTolth win be due from below On
rue ira ice eaSss Of the season is re.
ported 1. occurred on the 17h ia the
Missouri, pOrth # Psatssrneua0.
= vigati0D has almost ceased above
-sbe TsFias % the upper Mississippi, sod
= eAtrsly ~sg-lepdeI ia the Missouri
"'rve s.. j. Boats generally have
,Wu-ht y nte7 quarters
III O8s # ma bs1Gs0mest eCuipsgas !
-iven st Newport last summer was
g1sd by a gentleman who 1--we yesls
NO Wss 6.sa2u ca oas Of the riysE
eamboats
Or 4 staam6cat twenty-five fsetin length, |
ara caFiy IS eignteea persons. has been
leui!y on Washre lake, Nevada L hiss
brass q. gine Weighing seventy-Eve
Hounds. I. Is Intended Tor . pleasure
oa., and 81 isa proposes a party TO
m.&e ths boat by wsg n and railroad to
nYadsyoTtb, thence by Tfuekse 10 Pyrs-
ord lake, the many wonders Of which
yil b. thoroughly exploded.
u G=4, Gpareys says snat contractors
Ia E!vsta9G hsSoor Isnprogardents very /
reqaenlly fail 10 c mpiy with their c5A-
especially ueisss they are greatly
10 the advantage # the contractor. A
hsUge ia the mode OF procedure is re-
:. famsndsd, and 10 is advissdth tzu:hoT-
~ 90 granted to toe engineers 10 cnsTgs
III these works TO PURCHASE material ia
even market and employ later hy the
,3zy in cases where contractors wait IN
heir cqnasets, a~sesperience has pfoyed
sb8 system or contracts prescribed 10 the
apprOpii=tiDg ac,s to be the worst posi-
tAs mode 8f carrying on the improve
meats Il rivers and haTbors.
Pcof FoatSiae, of New Orleans, Is in
0i -c~iBnati, aud has given 70 the Business
rneD Of that eiEY 8 brief e~xpisnafpo1 OF
his plan fof ~rens8vfne the ohstsecffba to
the foreign trade Of the Valley Ct the
Mississippi, at the bar Of TIE S nh vest
Pass. lnis is the deepest mouth OF thu
river, 2 there Is Only fifgesn feet depth
9f water in the eaanEel. Eighteen feet
have ben obtzk9ed teEnpOEariiy by psT-
shsteht dredging; but, Ia spite Of al The
meihods keretofore applied, IN the midst
NJ the husinaEs asagoD yeseets alter nsinv