Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-22
RIVER MATTERS.
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MEMPHIS, September Alt diI not rain yes.
tetday, for . wonder, but It WIS cloudy, and
Threatened 70 do so several times.
4he river a, this point Is rising fast, with not
lsss than IA est 20 Cairo. A Sc. Louis the iveE
s sra tlnary, with about feet TO Gallo.
rhe Upper OHIO Is faiIfug, but from Louisville
down ~ riding, With considerable drift toward
the mo All.
Wnts nver is stationary, with s feet to Au-
Ths Arkansas is falling. with feet 10 Little
Rocs,
Arrivals.
Steamer Belle Memphis, 5 Louis.
Liberty, Whue River.
Les arc, White River.
Lady Gay, ST. Louiz-
huta, New Orleans,
City OF CairO, ST. Louis.
Lotawanna, cincinnati.
success,
Departures.
Steiner Lady Gay, New Orleans.
Lctawanna, Z"
Success,
Ruth, 81. Louis.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Hatoma, Napoleon
In Port.
Darling, Liberty, Dss Arc, Peerless. City Of
Cairo, ", a. Caldwell, Moiiie HAmb.sVon.
HIsCEgLAHEOUs Us.
Our ievee was alive yesterday, and boats
lined the bank as IN days OF yore. We had Lbs
great kntn and Lady Gay al the same hOur, a.
well a. several other me PACKETS.
The Liberty Is having 3 set OF new chimneys
Put up, They viii be in place at an early hoar
sam. Wood, ore of the Oldest as well an best
Arkansas river clerks, returned nome yaster-
day from a visit TO tne blue Ersss regions OF
The W. A. Caldwell, Capt. Rube HAYNES
backs out on Thursday FOR Little Rock and ali
in her new orsss, AID will be the pioneer boat
this season in the Adams line. Jack m
Wild continue In the office.
The Lout5tanG Legislature have paSgad a hill
providing for the i'm rovement OF Red river.
IDjancionS without numbsr Haye been
81 out agsinst the city or Sc. Louis in refer
encs 70 the proposed extension or their wharf
Oar city viii not be represented at the steam
boat convention 70 be nsla in LsuisviIle TO-
morrow.
MEMPHIS, September 2lst.
Editors Appeal: II e few days I VIII give you
soRle statistics showing that out OF seventy
men employed upon our local packets, twelve
only live in Memphis. OF every $50 paid out
by these packets, $50 goes up the river; ana
Memphis. BrAFISTICS,
The Lotawanna passed down yesterday. she
poKed her nose into the bank, went ahead on
ner wheel, Put cut a few people, did not put
out > ltne-neilher did she q any whardase
The success passed down without landing.
She only had q small safe IN her office, ana
feared u might De taken for wharfage.
We learn that when the Legal Tender and
LoUlziaRR return they are to be seized by orjer
OF tee Mayor, for daFtag 10 paIs our city with
ont putting OUT q line.
This 81. Msrys will psss down this morning at
10 O'Clock. Capt. Sweeney Is master. Shs viii
hereafter ply between White river anu New
The Darling, Capt. Lew Hates. gsts away to-
dsy at The usual hour, for LoUisyILe and GIN
einnati She viii 90 through On time, and 5 a
superior PASSENGER PACKET. Mr. Power, her
chief clerk, is 3 heavy weight" among gentle
men.
IRE Independent Des Arc, Capt. Joha Elliott
leaves 81 her usual hour to-day for Ja~cksonport
and Intermedtats ports on White river. M. 10.
Elliott Is enlet CLERK, aRd krssicent Glass Is his
able assistant
Ths els giant q. s. mail packet Liberty, Capt.
Rice, VIII back out this evening for White
river, connecting at Deyalits Bluff wItn The Lit |
tie Rock train, and making every way landing.
she also Counsel with steamers Tor all the up
per streams. Mnt barry and Charley sharp
are the capable secrsta les
The City OF Cairo, with Capt. John ". Malin
on the root, leaves to-day Tor ST. Louis. Tne
Cairo, since her last visit here, has been over
ua1led and repainLed, and pot IN tip top order
for business. sac viii nsrearteT be the Tuesday \
packet. Ben Ilark Is her clerk
The Noble HEubIeton, Zap. Bowman. backs
To-Day a. 5 pm Tor the st Francis river, |
Messrs. Pslne, Clark and Shell are her officers.
There are no passenger steamers in the Alls- |
gheDY river trade now, and there h "a been
little or no steambo3ting done on his stream
SINCE the competition OF the Allegheny Valley
The Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Com
any have been sued n st. Louis, by a man
McGoyle. for 5000. ne alleges that l
they did not properly TAKE care Of s lot of cat
tie shipped on Their boats.
Capt Jos. B. Holland died at st. Louis on
Thursday last.