Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-02
RIVER MATTERS.
wEATHER AND RTEERs.

CAIRO, October L-Up-City OF Cairo, IL pm
Down-Abie, Jpn; Jdiia, 5 pm; Importer, L
pm; Mary Z. Forsyth, pm. The river rose
feet, 8 inches.
ST. LOUIS, O,tober L-Arrived-Belle Mem,
phis, Pauline Carroll and h. NJ. Shrevs.
Another sight rise in the Upper Mississippi Is
The Memphis Packet Company have sold the
steamer Golden Eagle for $500 TO Capt. Dayt.
and Duff Fletcher, to put in the Cineinnatis and
Freights have gone up to previous rates-hou,
10 New Odtsns being again 40c.
The river Is lallirg.
LOUISVILLE, October 1.-The river Is falling
slowly. The Fails are Sill naYlgabIes
The weather Is still warm and cloudy.
PIrrsBURG, October The river Is falling
with o feet 3i5ches In the channel,
MEMPHIS, October 2-Wsather warn md
some appearance OF rain.
Inc rtYer IL Fislng rapidly, or at the rate OF
or 10 inches per day. 1t Is now about rs feet be.
low high water mark.
Fhe Arkansas is falling above Little Rock,
bot Is sb3ut on q stand blow, and bank full.
White river IS iaulng very slowly, with oceans
Ths upper streams are all falling. except the
ohip, which is rising towards the meuth.
Arrivals.
steamer commonwealth, New Orleans.
Magenta, 81. Louis.
Indiana, Louisville.
W. A. Caldwell, Arkansas river.
Hatona, Pine Bud.
A~syh0ver, Waite river,
Departures.
steamer Sommonwealth. st Louis.
@iedisna, New crleanA
4" Caldwell Arkansas river.
In PorG.
Natoma, Mayhower.
MIsCELLANEoUs.
Col. O 7, Geozhegsn left on the Magenta yes.
terdsy for ~6reenvi1e,
The Salvor Il at work on the bathing hoa,
sunk atthe foot OF Washington street. b viii
The Natoma came in with a fair trim from
PIns Bun. Size resumes her Old trade fo-dav
leaving at 5 pm. @ day for Friar's Polnt and
rs a bee since Capt. LIE assumed Command ~
her and the denizens along the river helOw viii
welcome this handsome packet back ana lie
giad 10 learn that she VIII visit them semi
weekly leaving here on Mondays ana Fridavs
Biny Fields, eriirg Whitehead and Stack Lee
The splendid U. s%msfl pacret. Mavsowsr
Capt. Bills Ashford. leaves to-morrnw nor
White river. She makes every way Ianding
aud with the train for Little Rack
1ne Mary Forsyth, Capt Alex Xe,gIar VIII
besn port tonight, ard leaves o-+norr0w sua,-
ipg for Cairo and st. Louis. She Is 8 splendid
Messrs Charley Sawyer and Bob Gibson have
formed a partnership and will coaduet a 0an~
eral steamboat and railroad agency bnstness, at
goes under the style OF Sawyer 4 Gibson. Re,ne
both young and energetic, active and fnteIis
gent. they will meet with success.
J. B. sharpe. OF the steam boat agency of Tavv
& SherFe, left last evening for LoufsyiIIe ~
meet his own sndfthe family of Capt. j. q.
Davis, who are IN tbeir way home afer spend.
ing the summer amid tAesprairles and he kss n,
Minnesota and the Blue Grass regions Of Ken
lucky.
The Olive Branch left Nsw orleans wednes.
day evening.
The Mississippi arrived Ia New Orleans ON
Tuesday. She had S3 bales OF cotton. She left
last night for shis port.
The Indiana PASSED down yesterday Nsth a
good trip.
TIE Magenta also passed down for New Or
leans. she did not lave much freight. bat haa
a good passenger trip. she addea IS through
passengers here.
The &; Marys leaves New Orleans today for
Loulsvlile.
Ceton stealing Oh the leve4 at New Orleans
has become 3 serious matter. Bales are emf omen
with impunity, and sacks nlled and carried
away.
The City Of Alton has tursed her New or-
leans trip over to tae Molie.Abie, al 81, Ionis.
aud lays up fora while. CauSe-low freiehts
aud too much tonnage,
The nnsG.6 mail steamer Julia, Capt, Lock-