Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-24
RIVER NEWS.
Steamers G.. w. Cheek, st. Francis.
RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.


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RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, May %.
River fell 9inches in past q hours. Be
low city high water mark, 8 feet 6 inches;
below high water of 1867. g feet @ inches.
CHAS. GOODWIN.
The news from above remains favorable
for low water. The Ohio is falling. The
Upper Mississippi is falling, while the
Missouri is nearly at low water mark. The
Arkansas Is low and declining. White
river Is also falling rapidly. See our tele-
graphic columns for latest news from
hove. Weather clear and warm. Bust
ness on ieTee very quiet, as is usual on
Sunday.
MISCELLANEOUS
The John Kilgour passed mp yesterday
evening for st. Louis.
The Cora $. came in with a big trip for
the Arkansas. She left last evening.
Seaman, who was murdered in a house
of III fame in this city, yesterday morn
ing, was formerly river porter of the Over
ton Hotel.
If our City Fathers w-uld grade or ter
race the blun between o and Madison
streets, and plant it with shrubbery, il
would make a pleasant resort for thOus-
ands of our citizens, and be an ornament
to Memphis.
The Yicksburg people are about to kill
their goose which lays the golden eggs.
They talk of Increasing their wharfage.
Memphis tried it only last season, and
very soon found that it was bad policy.
For the benefit Of river towns, generally,
we will state hat the day is near at hand
when they Will not only learn that they
AVE 40 right to tax steamers for landing,
but will be compelled to refund all they
nave already collected. Mark it.
There are beautiful waterfalls in Wis
consin, twelve miles from Superior City,
ome of them three hundred feet high.
They 90 under the name of Black River
Falls.
The magnificent low pressure Richmond,
Capt. j. Slut Neal, will pass up for Louis
Vile to-day. She wants Il little cotton.
Voolfolk and Lodge are her clerks.
The tine steamer Julia, Capt. Callahan,
with Lee Finney in the office, leaves To-
dav for Vicksburg and the bends. She is
the regular T.. :. mail packet.
The elegant Rubicon, Capt. Bill Blake,
viii pass up to-day for Cairo and 81.
Louis She is n superior passenger pack
ct. ALI GrisSom is her popular chief clerk.
The bodies Of DR.. NRrkey and Sam Acre,
the soR of DIR. Acre, lost in the Alpha dis
aster, ave not been recovered. Persons
on the river below would confer a great
favor on the friends of DR.. Garkey and
parents of The little Joy for any informa-
ton that will lead to their recovery.
The Doctor has just returned from a
search below, and LEFT again on a similar
errand.
Capt. David Gibson and wife left Gin
cinHati Wednesday evening, for q trip
over the Pacific Railroad.
The Des Arc is the regular White river
packet for Tuesday.
The Thos II. Allen leaves Tomorrow
for all points on the Arkansas. Reese
Pritchard is master.
The CAV Geo. w. Cheek backs out to-
day for Friar's Point and way landings.
Capt. Jim Lee is master. Tip Fields. and
Stack Lee, clerks.
\ correspondent Of the st. Louis Repaid
licaH says Of Arkansas and her means of
travel: Were it not for the n~avigable riv-
ers of Arkansas, traffic and travel would
he much obstructed. There is but ons
railroad, and that with a hiatus OF forty
miles-irnpassable, except in summer, by
any Conference.-The Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad; and there are 50 few stage
or hack lines that il one is DESTROYS of VS.
iting the counties lyingOff from the rivers,
he can only do so by a chance ride IN a
wagon, or on horseDack-and eYenthelat-
ter Is difficult, unless he should purchase
a horse, az livery stables are scarce. But
the State is Fortunate in rivers, and their
direction, as z map VIII readily show.
White river isnaVigable all the year round,
~ ~ 4 tHAAa 4IEE AAI WI nAAAA III
Black, are nayigable some distance in the
season of high waters. The St. Francis IS
also nayigable nearly all the year. The
Arkansas is a broad and beautiful stream,
hut unfortunately snbject to much, and in
its upper portion almost total, obstruction
in the summer. Then thereis the Wachi-
ia, and, adding to these the Mississippi,
for her eastern limits, IL may DE said hat
Arkansas is better provided with natural
channels for traffic than any other state.
The Nicksburg Times says the toWboats
Ajax and Dick Fulton No. 3, passed down
Friday, for New Orleans. The former
had a very large tow, containing I, 400, 600
bushels of coal, the latter had 2,4G0, 600. |
As the Ajax had twenty-five coal boats
and barges in tow when she passed here, |
with less than half a million bushels of
coal on board, we wan to know where she
got the additional 800, 600 bushels, or 1000
tons of freight. The Dick Fulton passed
here with 240,O0 bushels; she. also. it
seems, picked up over 1000, 900 bushels.
We think these were very large t0ws in
deed.