Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-06
RIVER MATTERS.
WEATHER AND v

WEATHER AND RIVERS.
MEMPHIS, October 6.-Weather clear and
beautiful. The river is rising ct this point. bu.
not very rapidly. 1t has yet some 10 or IA feet
10 rise before 1t reaches high water mark. The
Arkansas Is falling, with eight feet 70 Little
Rock, and four feet TO Fort smith. White river
Is falling slowly. All the upper streams are
declining.
Arrivals.
Steamer Olive Branch. New Orleans.
Luminary, Vtcksburg.
Louisville, New Orleans.
City OF Cairo, st Louis.
H. N. Shreve,
I" Ozark, Arkansas river.
Departures.
Steamer Olive Branch, st. Louis.
Belle Memphis "
Louisville. Louisville.
Ruth, New Orleans.
Mayhower, White river
Ozark, Arkansas, river.
Natoma, Frlar's Point
n. NJ. Shrove, Vicksburg.
In Port.
City of Cairo, Liberty, Des Arc, Silver Moon
and Mollie Hambleton.
HIsCELLANEOUB.
Business was lively on the levse yesterday,
AID the port list was very respectable.
The towboet Grand Lake passed down yester-
The Little Condor arrived with three barses
OF salt from above.
1AC j. ~. hclCkSf WHICH DuEuCQ ucT DOlicfh
on her up trip, repaired and lett last Light for
above.
The elegant passenger steamer City of Alton,
CAPT. BIZ Thompson, with Jim White in the
office, will pass down at nlOn to-day for Vicks-
burg and New Orleans. Passengers should take
tie Alton by all means.
q The H. N. Shreve passed down last night. and
She Luminary passed up in the morning.
= Inc ozark was repairing her chimney yes
line never fail to send out their packets leEu-
larry.
capt; Isaac jones, of the Olive Branch, Is laid
The United Staten mail packet Liberty, Capt.
Jim Rice, backs out at pm. for White river.
she makes all way landings, eonnecgs with the
packet for al points above Jacksonport and
with the train at Dsvalfs Bluff for Little Rock.
Mill. Harry and Charley Sharpe are her clerks.
me sP enoIo passenger packet CITY OF Cairo,
Capt Main, with the popular Ben. Clark in
the Office, backs ont to-day tor Cairo and ct.
Louis, where she connect for the North and
the Cairo.
The friends OF Capt. Tom. Bay, who are
legtons especially along the classic st. Francis,
VIII be glad 10 know that tine house OF Forster,
RealhoIer & Co, OF which he IS q partner,
hAyejust received large additions 20 their stock.
The silver Moon, Capt. Ben @errislees, whoi Is
oolh master and clerk, and Is competent to fill
bOtn positions, viii leave this day at 5 pm. Tor
Cairo and Cincinnati. She Is the only packet
for the Ohi0 to-day.
The - arms and ammunition for the trulv
Ion OF Arkansas, are now on the landing.
They viii md 1t hard 20 get transportation,
however,, 10 tnelT OesI4n9Jlou1 as our river men
will not lend themselves or their boats to fur
tner the ends OF Radlcalism. All the boats in
port yesterday refused to touch such T eight.
The Mississippi, Capt. Mats Green, will leave
FOR New Orleans on Wednesday. She is a mag
nlhcent passenger packet.
The handsome steamer Des Arc is the inde-
prudent White river packet to-day. Capt. Jno.
Elliott VIII back her cut on time, and goes 10
~Jaeksonport, making all way landings. Joe FL
Lott and Mai Glass are her clerks.
The gay Mollie Hambleton. of which Tom
Bowman Is master, goes cut to-day for all
points on at. Francis river. She is the only
packet for that stream, and goes to Madison
this trip. Paine, Clark and she are clerks.
This City Of Cairo, which left 81. Louis on SAT-
urday evening, arrived here at II O'Clock, or in
forty hours. This is the quickest tripsor many
months. Under the restaurant system n cost
her passengers but 50 70, from port to port,
The Liberty, on her down trip, made the RIM
from Devall's Bluff to the mouth Of White River
In ten hours, making eight landiBg[ Quick
time.
The Cora 8. win be In port, to leave for Fort
Smith to morrow ct 2 pm.
The Mississippi is due from below,
The Ruth passed down yesterday.
Capt. smith and Mr., Watson. who yuara an.
gagged in the late shooting affair az ViekshuTe
We are glad to learn, are improving. with fair
prospects of recovery.
We regret to record the death of c Y. An
thony, batter known In Memphis as Tony"
ne aled IN 81, Louis on Wednesday last. Tony
was wei Known IN river circles, aud especially
around this city, where he had many frienGs
who VIII regret 10 hear OF his demise. He kept
OAR on several packets, and at one time was
proprietor OF the "O11ce" saloon, corner of
Madisoa ana Front streets
The Vicksburg Herald saws. The Mvrtis met
with an accident last Wednesday morning.
when within twelve miles OF Yszoo City, run
ming through herself, bursting a cylinder head
and breaking a shaft.