Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-03
RIVER MATTERS.
wEATHER AHn RIVERs.


CAIRO, August 2.-Luminary passed
down st pm. The river has risen eight
inches.
CINCINNATI. August 2.-River rising,
with fourteen feet in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, August 2.-RiVer rising,
with four feet in the canal.
ST. LOUIS, August 2.-Arrived: Gem
mOnwealth, David Watts. Departed
Bismarck and Shark. River declining,
with eight feet six inches to Cairo. Up
per streams falling.
MEMPHIS, August 3.-The river at this
point is rising slowly.
The weather since midnight Saturday
has been wet-rain falling in torrents for
several hours during the night and until
nearly noon yesterday.
Arrivals.
Steamer w. r. Arthur, New Orleans.
Nstoma, Napoleon.
Same Hale, Cincinnati.
City OF Cairo, st. Louis.
DeRartures.
Steamer w. r. Arthur, ST. Louis.
In Pert.
Natoma, City Of Cairo, Same Hale.
HIsCELLANEOUs.
Capt. ]. P. Fitzgerald, Superintendent
Of the Atlantic and Mississippi Steam-
ship Company, arrived yesterday by rail
from st. Louie, to attend the sale Of the
City whsrfboat to-day. He will remain
in the city day or two.
The tOwbOat Mohawk passed up yes
terday. She had barge load OF coal tar
for this port.
The w. R. Arthur also passed up yes
terday. She was light.
Nathan Hoff heimer, formerly of this
city, but now of 81. Louis, and who has
| been here on a short business visit, left
for home yesterday. In him st. Louis
has acquired an irreproRchable citizen.
The PeOsta makes her last trip to
Mound City daily at 3 D. N. instead of 0
pm as erroneOdsly stated by all our CO.
temporaries. Parties going fishing
should bear this in mind.
The Natoms, Capt. Jim Lee, backs out
to-day at p m. for Napoleon and all
way points, carrying the Arkansas mail
and connecting with the American for
that stream at Napoleon. Fields, White
head and Lee are clerks.
The L. 8. mail packet Commercial,
Capt. Ashford, Charley Smithers, clerk,
leaves 10 morrow for all points on White
river.
The City OF Cairo, Cspt. Crane, leaves
at 5 p IN. to-day for Cairo and ST. Louis.
She is No. l steamer and makes express
time, connecting with trains for the
North and East. Billy Blenker is the
polite ladies' man of the Cairo.
The Sam J. Hale, Capt. Miller, leaves
to-day promptly at 5 pm. for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati, making ali
way landings, except at Portland bar
there she wont stop.
The fine steamer Luminary, Capt. Lu-
ker, with Jas. Lee Finney in the office,
passes down to-day for Vicksbars and
the Bends. She will leave the City
Whsrf-boat at P. M, and will make all
way landings.
4 nesting OF the Stesmboatmen's
Seymour CLUB will take place this even
ing in the hall over the engine house,
corner Of Second aud Adams streets, at
which every member Is expected to be
present. All river men or others in the
city wishing to enroll their names are
invited to be present.
We learn that Capt. John B. Davis
will have a new packet at our landing
within the next week, to take the plsce
of the Commercial, which latter will go
new. What would the White river folks
do without the old reliable'
Capt. Mark Cheeks new ferry-bOst
will be here by the 18th inst. The ms
chinery of the Peosta will be transferred
to the new boat, and the former will be
placed at our wharf ss a ferry. dock.
The new boat, it is said, will be a clip
per, and will make the trip to Mound
City il twenty minutes.
The City whaTfoOst will be sold to-day
to the highest bidder for cash. The
transfer of ownership will be made out
Immediately If Capt. Larry Harmstsd
don't buy her in.
Several river men are now daily seek
ing the shades of Hopefeld, and there,
under the spreading branches of some
tall forest tree, are reheRrsing speeches
which they will in due time deliver at
the CLUB.
The Tempest reshipped at Cairo and
turned back to Louisville. Louisville
freight bound for White river now comes
here by rail, and is reshipped on our
White river line.
The Argonaut left Louisville on Satur-
day for New Orleans.
The Pink Varble is advertised to leave
Louisville for this port to-day.
By passenger who came up on the
Natoms, we learn that the Mollie Ham
bleton was hard aground at Widow
FOrd's bar, on the st. Francis, Saturday
morning. She will no doubt be in to
leave st her regular hour tomorrow.
Capt. Tom Bowman can work her off if
it Is possible to do so.
We learn from Mr.. John DurfK, Of the
post office, that Captain J. B. Davis has
notified the Postmaster at this port that
he has affected a contract with the de-
psrtment, giving the people in the
bends, IS far as Vicksburg, two mails
per week, instead OF one, as heretofore.
This will be coed news to them. The
mails will leave here on Mondays and
Saturdays.
The New York left Cincinnati for this
port on Saturday. One item Of her
freight Is 1900 barrels pork.
Captain Jim Peppers new boat has
made a trial trip and works well.
They have had q slight rise in the
upper Ohio. They have thirty inches in
the channel at Pittsburg. A seven foot
rise is reported In the KaDawha.
A legal gentleman csnvassed an upper
river steamb boat lately, and found but
one Grant voter on board. They frster-
nlZed, slept in the same stateroom, and
in the morning the man with the inqui-
ring mind woke up without 3 pocket
book.
Up to ten o'clock Wednesday the Ten
nessee river had risen ten feet, and was
still swelling at the rate Of hslf an inch
per hour. Fears were entertained that
the fine crops aud the creek bottoms
would be overlooked and badly dam
aged. The rains Of Saturday and Sun |
day nights were among the heaviest ever
known in that region.
The following boats are laid up at New |
Albany, nearly all Of them undergoing |
thorough repairs: John Kilgour, P. w. |
Ssrader, Cora s., w. +. Curtiss, Dick |
Eulton Sinpson HOrner AlDs, Comet, !