Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-30
RIVER MATTERS.
wEATHER Avn RIvrRs.

canal The weather is clear aud mode
rately warm.
MEMPHIS, July 9O.-Yeeterday was
clear and warm until towards evening,
| when thunder shower came up, which
cooled things considerably. The river
falls at the rate Of three to fur inches
/ per day. Arkansas has thirty-six inches
% Pine Bluff, thirty inches to Little
Rock, and is ankle deep at least, to Spa
/ dra, but Capt. John Adams sends freight
through 10 Fort Smith on his boats,
without delay. White River is falling,
With four and half feet to Augusta.
Arrivals,
Steamer Marble City, St. Louis.
Natoma, Napoleon.
Departures.
Steamer Cleaner, Cincinnati.
In Port.
Marble City and NatomA.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We hope that every steambOatman in
port will attend the meeting to- night st
StiIlman Hall. At all other ports river
men have organised, and will work with
a will for the white mans ticket in No
| vemoer, and as few men WELD more in
iiuence than they do, it is TO be hoped
that none will fsil to be present at the
( organization of Bostmanis Democratic
Club tonight. Speeches will be made by
several gentlemen.
The light drsught steamer American.
| leaves Napoleon to morrow, on the ar
I rival OF the Nstoma, for Little Rock
| Bill Rowland Is master, and Ed OUTLAW
/ clerk. They will both enrsll their names
by deputy, as members Of the club, to-
| night.
The Cleaner departed last evening for
Cincinnati with the best trip that has
/ eft for that port for some weeks.
| The Liberty is the regular L. s. mail
/ steamer for White river on Saturday.
| The handsome NatOma, Cspt. Lee,
| leaves to-day for Napoleon, where she
/ connects with the American for Little
/ Rock. Billy Fields has charge Of the
| Nationals office, aud is ably assisted by
| Messrs. Whitehead aud Lee.
/ Tho Marble City, Capt. Conway, hacks
out at pm. to=day for Cairo and St.
! Louis.
The steamer Dexter, which was sunk
ii storm at South Point, above Ciu-
einuati, on Monday, and by which
! several lives were lost, was not Capt.
| MOntgOmery's steamer Of that name
At the adjournment Of the House, the
Dill relating TO bridges over the Ohio,
/ goes over till nezt session, Rnd this will
prevent any further work Ell the New
port, Cincinnati and Paducsh bridges.
The bridge at Louisville can be provided
for by changing the main span to 400
! feet. The Chairman Of the Senate Postal
COMMITTEES declares he will report no bill
for the construction Ct any bridge over
the Ohio river until questions now pend
ing are decided by Congress.
The Submarine No. II has arrived at
VieksbuTg, says the Herald, from the
rallshatchie river, where she has been
wfecking several OF the steamboats, sunk
up that stream during the late war. She
brought down machinery CT the Par
you'd, Magenta, Magnolia, l.. NJ. Ken
nett, Edward J. Gay and the Prince u
Wales.
The steamboat channel at Sycamore
Chain, upper Mississippi, will be entirely
closed on the 2i day OF August. The
Davenport Gazette says thelight draught
sternwheelers Of the Northwestern line
will attempt to pass by way Of the raft
channel, but unless there is rise, OF
which there is no pit sent prospect, il is
not at all probable they will succeed.
The hindranee OF this year, however
will be the means Of benefitting naviga-
ton forever hereafter. There il some
consolation in that.
The st. Joseph (Mo) Herald says :
The Union Pacific Road now employs in
It's transfer business at this point four
hundred men, eighty teams, three steam
boats and two barges- This force is kept
constantly at work transferring iron and
other materials for the Union Pacific
Roads employed upon the eOmpany's
freight exelusively-lOcal freights being
handled by the NJ. r. Transfer Coma
pany.
Tine steamer Veteran will be sold at
public auction, at Gallipolis, on Satur-
day next, by the United States nnarshR ST.
A desperate ARRAY occurred at War
wick, r. L, on the 9th, arising out OF
resistance to an attempt OF Sheriff HOl-
den, Of Kent county, assisted by four
or five deputies, to arrest Capt. Belts, OF
the steamer Ella, and Edward Johnson,
clerk, on the charge Of running the boat
on Sunday, and bringing crowds OF dis
orderly persons to disturb the peace and
quiet Of the town of Warwick. During
the fight the Sheriff was struck q terri
bic blow on the head with q heavy club
and frightfully wounded. Finally the
officers were Overpogered, but suisse
quently. on the arrival of the boat at
Providence, strong force Of police cap
tured the Captain, clerk, engineer, Gre
man and three OF the deck hands
The Monitor Furnace, located at Pitts
burg, opposite Ashland, KY, together
with its contents, was totally consumed
by fire on Friday morning last The
Are originated from the bursting of 8
tank filed with melted ore. Tae furnacs
was owned by Messrs. John Peters &
Co., and the loss is estimated az between
sixty and seyenty-dvs thousand dollars.
The lower Ohio is in 3 terrible condi-
ton, especially at Portland bar, at which
place there is not over three feet water
aud the channel SO filed up with Jumps
that the chances Of a boat going through
without sticking is very doubtful.
The st. Louis Times of Sunday says /:
A distinguighed negfo lady," of this
city, q few days since went GbOard Of one
OF our local packets, and being thickly
yelled and elegantly attired, procured
one OF the finest ststeToOnns on the boat.
She had her meals served ia her room,
and the clerk OF the boat did not dis
cover that he had "nizgeFn in his
" best rooI1 Until she was ready to 90
ashore. When he did ascertain the fact
his French blood rose TO boiling heat.
Government dredgebORts have i'm
proved the chsnnel at Frenchman's bar
50 that boats GOw reach st. Paul without
difficulty, but crossing the lower rapids
Is still troublesome, and nearly every
steamer that attempts it is either driven
aground or knocks chunk out OF the
Golfer dam,
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