Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-12
RIVER NEWS.

RIVER NEWS.
STATE OF THE WEATHER AUeUsT IL.
Augusta, clear and calm, 75'; Bal
timOre, clear, IL; Buffalo, cloudy,
74o; Boston, clear, 73'; Charleston,
clear, s0o; Cleveland, clear, 50; Chi
cago, fOggy, u; Chattanooga, clear,
"a; Cincinnati, cloudy, 1'; Jackson,
clear, To; Louisville, hay, 68'; Mil
waukee. clear and pleasant, 70'; Nat
chez, clear, S02; New Orleans, clear,
80; New York, clear, l6s; ,Osyka,
clear and calm, 76S; Philadelphia,
clear, go; Plaster Cove, cloudy, 69
Pittsburg, clear and pleasant, Y; st.
Louis, clear, 49, Vieksburg, clear ana
pleasant; Washington, clear, 70;
Shreveport, clear, pleasant and calm,
so; Mobile, clear, pleasantand Warn,
$50; Houston, cloudy and rain, 81
Key West, clear and calm, So Ha-
vana, clear and calm, So.
BoATs LEAVING THIs DAY.
BELLE ST. LOUIs-----St Louis, 3 pm.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Bismarck, 81. Louis.
Indiana, New Orleans,
DEPARTURES,
Steamer Indiana, Louisville.
d" G.. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
4" Bismarck, New Orleans.
N n
Natoma.
RIVERS WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
LOUISVILLE, August 11.-Up: Min
nicola.
The river is fAlIigg with 4 feet 8
inches in the canal.
CINCINNATI, August 1.-THE river
is falling, with : feet 6 inches in the
channel.
ST. LOUIS, August u.-Departed:
City of Cairo, for Memphis.
The river is falling steadily.
The weather is cloudy and very
sultry.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS August ~.
River fell one foot three and a half
inches in the past "A hours. Below
high water mark of 1867, fifteen feet
CHAs. GOODWIN.
We have 40 later Eems from the
| @IhulETl1 ~ " AAAAE Nv CATu EAANF AAE
both falling, and viii soon let Us hear
from them in the way Of sandbars, etc.
The latest from above will be found in
our dispatches.
Weather warm, and business very
moderate
MISCELLANEOUS
4 merchant of New Orleans named
| AlOnZO Gaines committed suicide by
jumping overheard of the steamer
Indiana Oh her way up. Particulars
will be found in our local columns.
The attention of bar keepers, restau-
rateUrs, ETC., is called 10 the sale Of
sLanl5 ct JGmes Park on the occasion
| of the Confederate Picnic OF tie 2.st
inst. See advertisement,
We are informed by Billy Dill, the
indefatigable. that the St. Joseph will
| certainly enter the Memphis and
| Hale's Point trade as advertised. She
is at present assisting the Adam ia
| cobs in the Chester trade carrying
grain. We ieagp that Charley Norris
of the Devils ElboW,i is a eandidatefn
Master Of the st. Joseph and we hope
he will get the position.
The Indiana passed up last evening
with a good TRIP.
The Robert Burns, Capt. Stein.
| leaves Oh Friday fer Cairo and Gin
clnnati. She makes all way landings.
The Ozark, Capt. Blasdell, will get
away tomorrow for Little Rock and
way points on the Arkansas. She car
ries the L. s. mail, and is a splendid
passenger packet.
The gay Belle st. Louis win leave
the WhartbGat I6-lay Er Cairo ard 3
| Louis. She makes all railroad con-
nections North and East. Alex Zei-
| gler is master and Mr.. Baskette is
| clerk.
The NatOma is the regular Q. S.
mail packet fer White river, and
leaves on Saturday.
1t is said that nearly all the ware
| houses on the Missouri river, from
Kansas City down, are full of grain
| awaiting shipment.
The huD Of Capt. ReXteris new
Evansville and Memphis packet,
huiIdisg at Pittsburg, will be com
pleted ny the ldtil of October. The
boat will cost $i5,0G0.
On Friday VerhOeff & Bro, of Louis
vile, sold one half Of the steamer
Peytona and barges to Capt. Green B.
Taylor for 5000. Capt. Yves. Con-
ner has been placed In command.
The Grey Eagle has been crossed
out at Pittsburg.
The Thompson Dean leaves st.
Louis to-day for Eiew Orleans.
The Bismarck passed down yester-
day with a full trip. She reshipped
her Helena passengers at this port,
being toe heavily laden to make the
landing.
The Cincinnati Commercial saws.
"The following boats, most nfthem IN
dergOing repairs, are laid up above the
Water Works: America, Glasgow,
Maggie Hays, Wauanita, ArmadillO,
Alice Dean, Swallow, Golden Eagle.
Major Anderson, Edinburgh, Robert
Moore, Emma Floyd, Allegheny Belle,
Rose HambletOn. The Anna, COosa
and wren are in Licking, and the
Havana and West Wind at the Gov
ington wharf,
A correspondent, signing himself
" Boat Hand, " writes from New Or
leans to the Commercial and says:
"Our large steamboats, are all laying
up forrepairs, and from the present
prospects tor next season, Think they
will make money. There will be
quite q light in tho yicksburg and
Bends trade. A ring composed Of
Sinnott & Adams, kennett & Bell.
Capts Cannon, TObin, and Others, /
am afraid viii try to control the trade
by running opposition ia every one,
and especially to Capt. feathers, who,
by the way, IS building his new boat
in your city. There is some talk of a
new daily paper to be started here