Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-05

Hamilton, Cobwebb.
RIVERS, WEATHER ssD BUSINESS.
GAIRe. October 4.-Down: RubieOn at
Q O'Clock last night: StoneWall and Olive
Branch at 10 am; Flirt II am. Up: Iu-
diana t p,m.; Lady Gay d pm; Luminary
and City of Cairo 10 pm: Emma No. 3 ut
g pm. The river fell four inches. The
weather is clear and cool.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, October 4.
The river declined 3 inches the previ-
Gus q hOars. 1t stood % feet 4 inches be-
low the high water mark of 1867 this
morning. CHAS. GOODWIN.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Messrs. Levy & Robbins, steamboat
agents, have had n large new sign placed
in front OF their Office, No. IS Jefferson
street.
T. A. Kendig, ESQ has resigned his po-
sltiun rs local agenLa The Memphis snd
Arkauaas river Us. mai line Of packets,
and Mr.. Graham has been installed as
successor. Mr.. Kendig has done much
towards building up the business Of the
line and bringing it TO its present posi-
ton, and in him Capt. Adams has lost a
powerful auxiliary. Whatever business
he may embark in be carries with him
the best wishes Of many friends. Mr..
Graham is said to possess all the attri-
DAbtN VI a 1AtLNn6AuA dEEAAf ana Will NJ
doubt soon become as we'll known to
shippers as was his predecessor.
The Flirt, bound from st Louis 20 Red
river, will pass down to-day.
The StonewaIl is due to-day from above
on her way to New Orleans. John Shaw
is master. She leaves at O
The Arkansas VIII be III part to-day on
her way TO Fort Smith.
The I. l.. McGill Will pass up This even
- - Ge aWvs
The Virginia viii pass up tomorrow at
noon for Louisville.
The little steamer CObwebb came in yes
terday from Cairo bound for the Arkan-
sas or White riYsr.
The Geo. W. Cheek enters the Osceola
trsde as a regular packet, and viii leave
here three times q week, commencing on
Thursday next. Capt. Geo. Malone Will
command, as usual,
The gallant Mississippi, Capt. Green, no
doubt passed up during the night for st.
Louis. She could not get a trip here, and
goes there to seek one.
The Sam Hale left Cincinnati Saturday
for this port. She has recently been yer
hauled and repaired, and is now as good
az new.
The Groesbeek Is OF her way out of the
Ohio bound for New Orleans, and the
Laura Is coming down from Cincinnati to
this port.
An epidemic of dumping" vessels
lust a. they are shout leaving port il lust
now prevailing 10 an alarming extent NJ
this and other ports. The jumping bust
ness Is INDUCED in generally by the deck
crews When boats hay steam up ready
to back out the men Jump ashore and
thus cause deteHtia9.
The Belle Memphis brought down a
large number of parcel express carts.
4 Fg,1raN 49, Na-~maszl. LII -.
held at Louisville tomorrow. Capt. sam
Shock, General Agent of the Ar
kansas Packet Company, left last night to
be present.
The fine steamer ST. Francis, Capt. Tom
Bowman, leaves to-day for all points on
st. Francis river. Sam Paine and Billy
Clark are her PURSES,
The Olive Branch, with Capt John Me-
Cord ON the roof, leaves this evening for
Ficksburg and New Orleans. She has
splendid accommodations for passengers.
Geo. O'Neil has charge of the Office.
The Cora ). did not get away last
ing. She leaves to-day for Cairo and Gin
cinuati. Hicks King commands, al.
Croxall, or Dr. Croxail, as he Is most gen
orally known, is in the Office.
dublin Tricks the buffer, passed
down the river on the Pauline Carroll
night before last.
AO1A LLAat SdPt. l. ~ hruttA udS
purchased the steamer Clarksvilie Of the
Arkansas River Packet Company. We
could not ascertain the price paid.
4 chap made the descent and ascent of
the falls at Louisville the other day in a
single scnl hell boat. Another attempt
ed the feat, but upset in the effort.
InspectorSa San Houston recently ordered
promoters to be used in testing refined
oils, or other products Of petroleum, that
u.,zv ha EkfVW.a1 ar nugaI g. uFOraa. 90. h,,.l
of steamers carrying passengers. All sueh
oils or products found on board Of such
steamers, which will ignite at q tempera-
ture less than one hundred degrees by the
Fahrenheit thermometer, will class among
explosive burning fluids.
A meeting Ofcoal dealers was recently
held in Pittsburg, and measures were ta-
ken TO restrain the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company from building bridge
piers across the Ohio less than 400 feet
aparti also protesting against permitting
bridges ut any point on the Ohio to be
erected with spans less than 400 feet. II
was stated that the bridge at Parkersburg
had a pier directly in the channel.
Freights from st. Louis to Memphis
are; On -four, 30c; pork, soc; corn. 20c
per sack; pound freight, Zoe. To Yicks-
burg and New orleans-FlOur 45ci pork,
70c; whisky, 81 IS ; corn, SOC per sack
hay, 35c per 100 lbs; oats, etc., pc per lOd
lbs. The barges load at DC per Dbl, ana
nc per sack and per 100 lbs less, hay ex-
The Commonwealth left New Orleans
last night.
Capt. Bill Hardwick will back out his
pet, the Hamilton, for Randolph and Os-
to-day at her usual hour. Frank
Gonterman Is secretary.
The Legal Tender, Capt. Green Snow,
will get away for all points on White river !