Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-19
RTVER MATTERS.
MEAruER An RIEERs.

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ST. LOUIS, September IS.-The river is 81 feet
CIECIvEATI, septem ber is.-Ths river is fall
ing. Weather clear. Another white frost last
LOUISVILLE. September Is.-The river is re-
cedtug slowly with fest ) incnes in the canal
Uy the mark. The weather is clear and cool.
MEMPHIS. September lg.-9he weather yes
teruay was clear and very Peasant. The iYeri Is
rising very slowly AZ THIS Polnf. Waite liver is
rising from Augusta down, but falling above,
with marx twain to the former place The Ar
kansas IS aI1ng II rose Il teet IL all at LltL g
Rock. but had fallen eight inches when the
Peerless left On Thursday night. The Gdzeue CT
Wednesday says: A. rundown yesterday the
river was Ut q stand opposite this point,
with fully twslVe feet Waier in the chan
mel to Napoleon, and eight feet 70 Fort
smith. The heavy rains throughout the
indian Nations and the Western part OF
The state has occasloned this rise. The Ohio Is
fallL 3 at Pittsbnrg, but is rising at Cincinnati
slowly. AT Cairo a. - Eslng about2O inches in
"A hours.
Arrivals.
steamer Belle Lee, Cairo.
Rubicon, Ficksburg.
Peerless, Arkansas Iiyer.
Tempest. Louisville.
MaydOwer, White r4ver.
Juua, ct. Louis.
Ctty Of Alton. st. Louis.
Pick Valley, Louisville.
Departures.
steamer Belle Lee, New Orleans.
RubicOn, -. Louis.
Teupes White liver.
Pink Valley, New Orleans.
NatOma, Napoleon.
14 Port.
Msyhower, Peerless. City OF Alton, Julia,
nIsCEsALAHEOUs.
Business was fair on the Ievee yesterday. The
Nasoms had a good TRIP, and took several
sPeazers ard a band to be present at a grand
btrbecue, which comes OF to day at a point o.
The river below. The Belle Lee also had q good
trip.
lie Belle Lee will be back, to leave for New
an nrH Enfrnr az IaH 1000 t. 49,
season Will be 4 eyy & Sharpe. Jas. l.. Bourne Z
Co and Larry
hives Iasey, ESD a young gentleman for
some months connected with The house Of
Glars & Druty, OF this city, left Tor Now Or
leans on the Belle Lee yesterday, where he goes
Into business y itA the house OF ChenOwe b,
in The C-escent Iity,
The Peerless, which a~rriveIIast night from
Lutte Rock, has IN Ger Office Maj. Frank Wa.
son, the gprizhtiy river editor Of Ice Little Rock
Gazette. If Mr.. Watson Is as successful 81 rat
"a ne was indefatigab g In the wharf improve
UenLmatJer at LIT e ROCK, we could wisu him
no better luck. the PeerIets enters Jne trade
ss an n pendent boat from this point to Lat
tie Rock. t'apt. HOustoE as master.
Larry Ha mstad mas taken the Office, No, ~
Madison street, recently astld up by ". jay
Johnson. He vii retain his wharIboat busi-
ness.
L ne, WILSON be il tue ring, hunting cotton,
ana viii put 1t Though IN a hurry.
Has thele been any sody appointed by our
river Aeu 70 tbpEG-euL L1m - the steamboat
convention, 10 be held al louisville on Nednes-
day nexJ@
:. Y. Caulk, ESQ OF ths house of Mart Walt
& Co returned yesterday from q visit 70 Ar
kansas.
K ties at Cincinnati were cut down TO 3oc on
Memphis freight N ednesday.
Particulars OF the sinking Of the Mississippi
Will he found in our telegraphic column.
The WtsGnOreiand he been sold 10 Capts.
Rusk ano Byers, late o. the Emperor.
apt. A. q ROs3 and John Z. Reno have been
apPoiuted aCClncinna1 to represent that city
III the effort to carry out the contemplated Con-
OCCASIONAL excursion.
The regatta comes of al Mound City to-day.
Toe rne steam n Cay OF AlJOn will get away
TO day 81 D pm for Cairo AID ~. Louis. POssI-
oly, no boat On the river is as popular as the
Alton. she mas Always been in chl ge OF gal
liant gentlemen, among wnom Elem Calvert,
sam McPheeters and capt. BIZ Thompson, her
p eseut master, are the ones woo are best
known 10 travellers. TIE alton Is a super or
passenger pacEef. Mr.. White Is the Ob.iging
anu attentive chief clerk.
Ihe L.. :. mail packet Mayfower, Can't, Ash
foro, backs out at , pm. to-day for ali points
on WINE river, connecting with the train Tor
Little Rock at Dev8lIs Bluff. she Ia prompt.
reliable, and travelling on her Is a luxury.
Charley emither IL clerk.
The managers OF the Eeokuk Packet Com
pany, NOtthern Line snd MhlJe Collar Line.
Warren. by winch they secure the loan OF one
OF Longs crapers to be Used in deepening The
channel over the various sandbars between st
Johns and keokuk.
suppose every Northern man at the South
should Withdraw All Patronage rrum Demo-
cratic steamboats,, and invite others from Inc
OhlJ TO eoIae IN and 10 their hasinGss."
VIC tasp the absVe from the ST. Louis Demo-
erat Ohio river mboat men will rot thank
that pSper Tor CHASING them among Radicals.