Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-18

CINCIsNATI, October l7.-River falling,
7 feet s inches in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, October r7.-River faling'
3 feet 10 inches In canal.
CAIRo. October lT.-Down-Belle Mem
phis, 10 last night. Up-Belle st. LOUIS,
10 last night. River fell 3inches; weather
clear and mild.
ST.. Louis. October IT.-Arrived-Belle
st. Louis, Bismarck, F~orsythe. Departed
Commonwealth. River falling; weather
clear and pleasant.
The river declined 2K inches in the pre-
yious twenty-four hours. 1t stood y feet
/ inch below the high water mark OF
1867 tlis morning.
The Arkansas Is very low; 80 inches il
ALI reDOrted to Little Rock, and 10 inches
TO Fort Smith. White river Is falling
slowly, with something over 5 feet To Au-
gUsta.
Weather pleasant and hazy-something
like Indian summer.
The Geo. W. Check, Capt. Malone,
leaves on Tuesday for Osceola ana way
Thp ban Able leaves tomorrow AT Up.
m. for Friar's Point and all way landings
on the big river. Capt. Jim Lee Is master.
The Virginia, Lawrence anu Nauhits
are due from Ohio.
The magnificent passenger steamer
lady Cav. Isaac Jones master, owen
Gates CLERK, will pass down Tuesday
evening for the Crescent City and bends.
The Hamilton gets away today Tor
Vicksburg and the azoo. inns Is an eA-
ceIlent chance To ship direct TO ! AGO
civ Greenwood and other points on the
Mississippi. Capt. Bill Hardwick VIII
command the Hamilton In her new trade,
and is well known i'll that region.
The Dexter has been chartered at the rate
of 5000 per month, by Capt. Tom Leath-
ers. to run in the V~icksburg n New o.
leans trade. She is now on her way Out
of the Ohio.
THE Cora s, having her shaft aboard,
and ali o. X, will back out to-day for
Cincinnati and all way points: hleks
King is master. and Al CroXall Is her
chief clerk. She will run hereafter from
Cincinnati to the Arkansas river.
The Era No. -, orth TWeiitn Fra as
she is called, Capt. own new heu riNef
racket. is coming from the ONO.
The new st. Francis, Capt. Tom BOW
man. backs ont tomorrow for all points
on the st. Francis river. She Is an cie-
gan. nacket. Paine and Clark are CLERKS.
The splendid Belle Memphis, Capt
John Crane will be in port 10 leave to-dSy
for Cairo and st. Louis. h Is the taVor'
tie packet of The line. Billy blehker L
, her popular secretary.
Capt. jim Chenoweth will back ont lht
Emma FLOYD to-day for Cairo and Cin
cinnati. She is Il good steamer ana ma
her cargo nearly all aboard. Mr.. Wise Is
clerk. pnAon
Cant VIM. Blake, is the regular NlckS'
6ur.r nacket today. She carries The
= TrniJed States mail aud makes all way
landings. Our good looking friend, All
Grissom, is her purser. r.,
iTbe GnidOn will back out this pm. FOL
ali points on the Arkansas. She connects
/, at Little Rock with the Fort Smith pack
/ cts, and is a No. l passenger packet. zap
CLAY Rice. VIM. Morrison ana Alex
Waddell are the choice spirits o. 'hi'
Gideon's Band.
. Tic w II. Arthur was reported in
sinking condition at Cape GiraFdeau 10y
orr dispatches yesterday. Since then WI
learn that she has gone 10 the bottom, am
= that much of her cargo has been lost. Sh'
was but recently put IN me oruet, VI
was owned by Cspt. Rusk, her com
maeler, and other parties in st. Louis
The boat can. no doubt, be raised.
The magnificent low pressure steatne'
Richmond, Capt. j. tut Neal, will pas
down to-day for N~icksbnrg and New Or
: leans. She is one Of tho most elegah
rarkets ahoat, and looks particularly re
sn1cndent now. after going through
course of rejuvenation- capt; BROOKS,
well known river man and ola sleanlo"a
master, is her chief clerk.
An owner is wanted for fifty barrels o
=. whisky on board the steamer Emm
FLOYD. No consigned.
$ The Linton, Capt. R~easoner, leaves 20
morrow for Fort Smith and way point
on the Arkansas.
THE 0allatin made a trip to Pacific Plsc
Yesterday, and will make one, We learn
ON each coming Sunday while the weathe
il pleasant. IL is a nice trip, and VIII 500
become popular.
The Mohawk and tow passed up yes
day. ur,... ,..uos 70
morrow for all points on White River
She makes all connections. Billy Mile
Is chief clerk.
Our informant was in error in Stain
that the 4. L. McGill enters the Memphi
s and st. Louis trade under the auspices {
the Barge line. She comes as an lndepeu
u dent packet, and relies solely on her Owl
merits for success.
y & Carroll & Co, Of N~icksburg, hav
purchased the wharf-buIt recently owhe
bv the Mississippi Nal:ey Transfer Con
pany NJ st. Louis. -,
The /, l.. Graham was due last nigh
5 from above. She Is bOnnd to some rave
in Texas, aud was recently purchased
: Evansville for 81, 200.
Capts. Thomas and Thorn have pun
:" chased the Enterprise. They will plac
her in the New Orleans ana Arkaisa
river trade.
The Evansville Journal has been show
a letter from Capt. Albert Stein, OF IN
Strader. to n gentlemen In that city,
which he proposes to sell One-haIt or W.
thirds of The boat to parties IN thai city
for the purpose of placing the L. W
Stradcr in the Evansville n Memphl
= trade his season. He thinks that q goo
trade can be built up between EvansViii
and this citY, and says that the Strade
cal fill the bill az a first-class boat forthf
trade.
h ltManifest steamer Dan Able, from Friar
q Point, October 18th, 1859:
81 Thos II Allen & Co % bis cotton; Clarl
Ely & Co a do; Forster, Kealho1ler Z
do: Newton, Ford & Co do; + NJ Al
person & Co so do; Partee q Harbert 5 dc
Galbreath, Stewart Il Co 8 do; Dillart
$ Prinson 4 Co 10 do; Price & Terry 30 dc
!, Blakemore & Co 3 do; burlington & How
q ell 30 do; II Fitzgerald X Co Sdo; Andei
son. Read IL Buckham I do; James Rope
AZ Co do; Smith Il Neel 5 do; A Roac
* Co l9do; Taylor h Rutland 7 do; w ]
Il Andrews & Co 3 do; Thos Fox 3 do; Too
Phillips & Co 6 do; Partee, Burleson ~
II do; Hill, Fontaine * Co 80 dogs
Webb IL Co II do; Dane. Moore & Co 4 DC
Keel AZ Co 10 do; Petit 4 simpson 9 dc
Wilson button | do; S Erodley l do;
Brodley / so: David p Hidden 4 Co dc
OwenMcNutt Il Co 2 do; Goodlett * Co
do: Gen J Pillowl do; Jones, Brown
Co 81 SKIS corn; Beaumont, Lanier 4 {
326 SKIS cotton seed; Panola Gil Works q
do; Memphis Oil Co 4s9 do. Total cotton
AL bales. Total cotton seed, 1913 aeks.