Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-15
RIVER NEWS.
STATE or THE WEATHER July "A.

TATE or THE JULY "A.
Augusta, clear and sultry; Buffalo,
cloudy, To; Boston, cloudy, 70S; Charles
ton, clear, $50; Cleveland, cloudy, 500;
Chicago, cloudy, 10; Chattanooga, clear,
$50; Dubuque, clO1dy and hot Jackson,
Mss clear n hot; Louisville, cloudy,
So; Montgomery, Ala, clear, Sc; Nil
waukee, rain, 700; Nashville, cloudy and
hot, So. New Orleans, clear, SO; New
York, cloudy, 769; Osyka, Miss, clear,
8Oo; Philadelphia, cloudy, IL; Plaster
Cove, n. s., overcast, Sc; P~ittsburg,
clear, so; st. Louis, clear, 81;
Vieksburg, clear and warm; Washington,
clear. 80: Mobile. clear. As; Houston,
clear and hot; Shreveport, warm and
clear, 80; Key West, clear, So Havana,
clear and calm; Fort Monroe, clear, S8';
Halifax, clear, so.
RIVERS WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
CINCINNATI, July l4-Arrived: Hale.
The river IS rising with ~ feet in n
channel.
clear and very warm
ST. Louis, July i4.-Departed: Bis
marok, City OF Cairo.
New ORLEANS, July I~4-DepaFtedl
Mississippi, for St Louis.
MEMPHIS Gas WORKS, July "A.
River rose one inch in past twenty
! four hours. Below high water mark Of
| 1857 eight feet two inches.
CHAS. GOODWIN.
We wonder whether Big Muddy will go
| up its regular one inch per day for the
next four or five days, as il did the two
inches daily for six consecutive days. BE
/ can afford it, however, and let her RIP
/ We haze still four feet to play upOn be
/ fore ruin stares Us in the face, and that
/ four feet Will mot be attained this season
The latest news from above viii be found
Al the head Of this column. white sod
the Arkansas are falling rapidly.
Weather clear and hot, business duh,
BOATS LE4vTsG TEIs nv.
BELLE 81. LOFTS st. LGais, 5 B.Bs
ARRIVALS.
steamer P. ". Strader, LouisYiIIs.
MinneOIa, Cincinnati.
Ct. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
New Era, New Orleans.
Belle St, Louis, st. Louis,
DEPARTURES.
Steamer New Era, Louisville.
G.. ". Cheek, Friar's Point
y Strs4ers SeE SEls@as
IL FeRT.
AIRaeOla, American, Belle 81. Loalz.
NIsCELLANE0Uz,
The +. v. Strader passed down vester-
day. She added two or three GYPSY fsmi-
lies 20 u floating population.
The Comet did uOt get away until yes
terday.
The New Era passed up for the Ohio.
where she will be dismanfled.
r.. Brannan, Esq, the Wen known stove
and tin ware dealer. left for Louisville
Yesterday.
lie AAeEiaaa leaTes satzraaT f
TN Minced. c,p,a IL vastsr4sv 49,.
Cincinnati with a good tdp. She leaves
for that port on Friday Capt. Miller is
master, and Charley Hall chief clerk.
The Geo, W. Cheek had a good trip for
the bends
The elegant steamer Belle 81. Louis will
get away at her usual hour to-day for
Cairo aEd st, L0uis. she aOaEects - ia
the trains North and East. heN. Ziegisf
is her popular master and Mr.. Baskette is
cleT5-
The Indiana and Lizzie Giil are past due
from below,
The Gov. Allen and Mayhawer eoIIided
a few DAYS ago in the Buachita. The latter
lost her cOOkh0uSe and had q wheel
broken badly.
The Friendship has been chartered to
take the place Of the Bon Accord in the
ST. Louis and Metropolis trade.
The City of Alton is the next boat after
the Bismarck for New Orleans, and she
viii be followed by the Thompson Dean,
ald the Thompson Dean viii De foI1we
by the Great Republic, .
The W. A. Caldwell leaves 0n Friday
for the Arkansas.
John D. Paul, the well-knOW Cincin-
natl and New Orleans pilot, died at New
port, Saturday, OF erysipeias, aged 2
wears.
The bridge across the Mississippi above
St. Paul will be lone within two months.
The st. Louis Republican saws the river
is stationary Rfter a swell Of two inches.
All intelligence from the north represents
q continued decline of the upper rivers at
all points. cut generally r. a goa co..
dition Tor navigation still. THE hsE
weather has a powerful effect on the
waters, causing them tn rapidly decline.
Business among the boats continues fair
for the season.. Our tonnage could OF
course do three times as much business as
they are doing, but there is still little rea-
son to complain, as busy times are near
at hand.