Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-04-25

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RIVER
WEATHER AND RIVERS.
Weather cloudy ard rain imminent.
A shower yesterday evening laid the
dust and did q little towards cooling the
atmosphere. The river at this point is
rising, hut not rapidly. The swell In the
past twenty.four hours amounts to four
and 3 half inches, hut three and z half
Inches Of that occurred 10 the twelve
hours up to s o'clock In the morning. It
Is now six and three-fourths inches above
the late high water, and seventeen and
o1e.fourth inches bsiowthat Of last year,
aud twenty and one-fcurth below that OF
1852. AS will be seen 10 our telegraphic
columns, the Ohio IL about the same az
at our last report. The Surveyors report
st Cairo for the twenty-four hours end.
irg 1t dark on the 23j, is az follows
Above ordinary low water mark, SO feet
81 inches; below high water mark Of
March, 1867, 8 feet s inches rise thelsst
q hours, II inches. The Arkansas is
falling, a. is also White river.>We would
say to friends below in the bends that
our next report will no doubt chronicle
the commencement OF q decline st this
port.
Arrivals
Steamer Liberty, White River.
4" W. r. Arthur, st, Louis.
a." Julia, VIeksburg.
" Mississippi, New Orleans.
Indiana, "
f" Dora,
" Belle S.. Louis, st. Louis.
DeRardaFes.
Steamer w. R. Arthur, New Orleans.
" Mississippi, st. Louis.
" Julia,
" Dora,
/" Natoma, Friar's Point.
+" Indians, Louisville.
Boats in Po=t.
Liberty, Celeste, Clifton, Des Are,
Bellies i. Louis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Capt. Jim Lee has purchased from Mr..
Ellerton One-half interest 10 the steamer
Nstome, at the rate OF $4,000 for the
whole boat This is much below her
value, but Mr.. El5rton would no doubt
ure.er to have given an interest to the
Old veteran than to have sold at a good
price to aBy one else. She will be laid
up ia a few weeks for and undergo a
thorough overhsuling, preparatory to
resuming her place in the FriaT's Point
trade, where she will s.sy-liVe or die,
sink or swim, survive or perish.
TIE Indiana brought from New Or
leans tie stables Of Messrs. Brsdy, Pat
teTsoa and Wsrrick. The horses OF mT.
Moore went on TO Louisville.
The Clifton, Capt. Stein, does not get
away until to-day st . pm. She lays
over 10 await passengers who wish to at
tend the ceremonies At ElmwOod.
The rise in the river has backed the
wster into Bayou Gsy0so, and fish, in
S-gs numbers, are finding their way
into the center OF the city. Dsrkeys, Of
sll ages and sexes, are catehing fish to
their hearts content
The great Belle ST. Louis, Capt. Zsigler,
with Ad Storm at the desk, is the regu-
lar st. Louis packet to-day for that port
and all way landings. She connects at
Cairo with trains for all points North
and East.
The Great Republic, Capt. Donaldson,
leaves for New Orleans to-day at 5 pm.
SAN. Barr is clerk.
The Belle Lee Capt. MeGiII, leaves
for Louisville on Sunday.
Tee magnificent steamer MOllie Able,
with the popular and careful Capt. Nat.
Greeu on the roof, will pass up this even
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Creighton and John Langiois, are clerks.
The M0Iiie has no superior as q passenger
packet, and her officers are chief among
ten thousand.
The United States mail packet Rubi-
con, Capt. VIM. Blake, with Aft. Girls.
! som IN the office, passes down at 5 pm.
60 day for NicksburE and all way points.
The Celeste, Capt. Prttchard, leaves on
Monday for the Arkansas river.
The SPLENDID Uoited States mail packet
Liberty, Capt. John 3. Davis, leaves a.
usual, 10 day for every lSading on White
river to Jacks0npOTt. She makes close
eSnuCCti0u with special trains TO Little
Rcck. Fare by this route has been re-
dueed from SIS to $40 to the Rock. Milt
harry and Charley Sharpe are secre-
taries.
A 5. Mansfield, formerly Of the First
National Bank Of New OleaUs aud part
owuer of the r. E Lee and other boats
on the Mississippi, Was arrested IN tnat
city a day or two ago, by order OF o.. ;.
Commissioners Weller, on q charge OF
completely ia burning the steamer Shoot
Ing Star, on which $i00,OG9 insurance
was collected,
A few days ago the "spiriisn COM
manGed an old man to embark at Char
lotte, on Lake Ontario, for Oswego, in a
small and rickeLy boat. The boat came
ashore 3 day or two later minus its 0ccu-
pant.
There are eight boats in the Memphis
and Arkansas Packet Line The Clean
er, Capt. Blaisdell CeDtralis, W. 3.
! Rowland ; Celeste, Reese Pritchard w.
A. Caldwell, r. L. Haines Ozark W.T..
Berry; American, Z. G.. Morton Fort
Il EasrL F1-a-= R-urfcr . nnN Van RrrQu
Eugene Smith.
The Tahlequah struck 9 snagjust below
| Fort Smith on the Arkansas river on the
! 18th inst, and broke several timbers.
She shipped some water and entered pro-
| test at Fort Smith. She arrived st Little
| Rock on her return trip,
The Mary Erwin, We learn by q dis
patch to Mart Walt, left Little Rock
| yesterday at nOO for this port.
Hubs, Patrick & Co.'s whsrfbOat at
| Evansville, was burned on the Ed by
the explosion Of q coal oil lamp. The
| cargo box, with ten hundred and ufty
| sacks Of corn, ZU0 sacks of wheat, 20 bar
rels Of whisky and some miscellaneous
freight, and ll6 bales Of hay on the
wharf, were burned. Mr.. Hubbs was
slightly burned. The boat vas insured
for IS. 600.
The Ida left st. Louis for the Arkansas
on Thursday evening.
The Commons ealth 10 now st the st.
| Louis wharf, looking very elegant in her
new dress. SBs formerly had but three
boilers, she has new six Of a smaller size,
and admitting Of q heavier pressure Of
| steam-tbirty pounds per inch addition
a.. She Is therefore greatly b better boat
than previously. she has been locked,
| repainted, rehtted generally, and de,
lights the hearts Of her friends.
Thers&Fe twenty-five bidders for con-
tracts, in whole or in part, upon the ina
| ur0vement Of the Dssmoines rapids 10
the Mississippi river.
The shipping merchants Of st. Louis
/ contemplate menoriaIizing Congress to
open Bayou Manchsc, which was closed
| BY Gen. jackson in the war OF 1872 1t
is estimated that a quarter Of q million
| dollars will accomplish this work. II
/ this were done steamers navigating the
Mississippi could go to Mobile and any
point on the Alabama river.
A strong party is now organizing In st.
| Louis Ia connection with q party in Liv-
erpool, to ship grain in bulk to the latter
point, and opsu up q direct import trade
| between the Two cities. The first ship
meat Of wheat in bulk left the former
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