Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-30
ARRIVALS.
RIVERS, wEGTHER AND BUSINESS

RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, November %.
The river rose ~ inches in the previous
d hours. 1t stood 20 feet 2 inches below
the high water mark of 1867.
CHAS. GOODWIN.
superintendent Gas Works.
Our dispatches viii give the latest
news from all points:
CAIRO, November %. - Down: Rich
mond, 10 last night; Julia, 7 am. MoIIie
Able, S am. Nightingale and Swallow, 10
am. Up: Belle st. Louis, 8 am; Emile
Labarge, IL AIM; City of Cairo, noon;
Lawrence, 4 pm. Kenton, Z pm. River
fallen two inches. 1t has been raining
almost incessantly since Sunday morning
and is still raining with the mercury at 81.
ST. LOUIS, November 29.-NO arrivals or
departures. Raining.
LOUISVILLE, November 29.-Up: Groes-
beck and Argosy. 1t is raining tonight.
NEW ORLEANS, November 29.-Arrived:
Bismarck and barges from st. Louis.
Departed: Pauline Carroll for st. Louis.
ST. Louis, November 29.-The river is
falling steadily.
CINCINNATI, November 2q.-The river
is falling with Z feet in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, November 29.-The river
is falling with 5 feet 7 inches in the canal.
PITTsBURG, November 29.-The river is
stationary with 5 feet IL inches in the
channel. No coal has left yet.
The Arkansas is about the same as at
our last report. There is about 81 feet to
Pine Bluff, and probably3 feet to Little
Rock. White river has 5 feet to Augusta.
Weather sultry and rain is imminent
Butiness active.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The ". A.Caldwell brought in 34l bales
of cotton.
TLo To~o1 mo,da. =, Z, u-;tL OLE
bales of cotton.
The Des Arc brought up PSI bales of
cotton and III sacks of seed.
The Spray, for Cincinnati, got away
with 200 bales of cotton.
The Commercial came in from White
river with 425 bales of cotton.
The Ozark. from the Arkansas, had $50
bales of cotton.
The fine steamer st. Joseph leaves his
evening for Cairo and st. Louis. She is
the regular packet.
We would call the attention of our
readers to the changes in the advertise
ment of the Memphis and Arkansas River
Packet Company, as well as the White
River Line.
Capt. Bob GOOde, our present efficient
Wharfmaster, 1t will be seen
himself as a candidate for reelection. A
good officer and popular gentleman, he
will, no doubt, command a large vote.
Emigrants on their way West would do
we'll to remember that Capt. Sam Shock
is the only person in this city authorized
to take up tickets of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad. Travellers should
beware of impostors who flock around
our depOts and live by swindling.
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
tickets passengers through from Augusta,
Ga, to Shreveport, La, at ten dollars per
head. This is cheap travelling, and it is
no wonder that a large number of emil
grants are taking advantage of the liberal
terms offered.
EMany emigrants bound to Texas, who
arrive here by wagon, sell teams and
go by boat from this port to Shreveport.
They go through at the rate of s. 90 each.
Messrs. Shock, Herman or Sayres are, we
believe, authorized to ticket through, and
are sending on an average nearly one
hundred per day.
The Clara passed down last night. She
added 2O0 bales of cotton at this port.
The Natoma goes out on Friday for
White river.
Col. Gus Signaigo and wife will go to
Natchez on the Great Republic to-mor-
row.
The Mississippi passed up yesterday
morning. A party Of Memphians intend
ed going on her to meet the MOllie Able, |
but were too slow in reaching the levee.
lntN WENT W luG NdllDIal ~ an q LOuY I
and of course got left.
The George w. Cheek enters the Friar's
Point trade to-day as a regular packet.
She is well adapted and elegantly fitted
up for passengers, and VIII nc doubt soon
become a favorite in h bends. George
Malone is master and Frank Gonterman
is chief clerk.
The Minneola, Captain Miller, backs
out tomorrow for Cincinnati and inter
mediate landings on the Ohio.
The Ida Reese, Capt. Horn, leaves to-
day for Fort Smith II way points on the
Arkansas.
The Mary Houston passed up to-day
for Cairo and Louisville. She leaves at
4 pm. Capt. Durham is master.-
The Richmond will be in port to-mor-
morning, and leaves at SPIN. for
Vicksburg and New Orleans.
The Great Republic will be in port to
leave tomorrow for New Orleans as a
Wednesday packet.
The elegant passenger steamer Mollie
Able, with Capt, Dan Able on the roof,
leaves at 5 pm. to-day for Vicksburg and
New Orleans. The Able is in every re-
spect a splendid packet, and her COM
is well-known in this city as a
popula: officer. John ~Leayenworth is her
The u. s. mail packet Commercial,
Capt. ]. b. Davis, leaves to-day for Au-
gusta and way landings on White river.
She connects with the Little Rock train,
and is a popular passenger packet.
Charley Sharpe, a competent and well
known White river clerk, goes in the
office.
The Legal Tender, Capt, John Elliott,
gets away to-day for Augusta and points
intermediate on White river, connecting
also with the Little Rock train.
The handsome st. Francis, Capt. Bow
man, with Sam Paine, Billy Clark, Thad
Conant and Mr.. Berry in the office,
leaves to-day for st. Francis river and all
way landings. We are indebted to Thad
Conant for her manifest, which was nj
voidably crowded out of our last issue.
The Des Arc, Capt. Marsh Miller, leaves
for Friar's Point and all way land
ings on the big river. She is the regular
Billy Miller and Tip Fields are
her clerks.
The elegant steamer w. A.. Caldwell,
Capt. Blasdell on the roof, leaves to-
for Little Rock and way ports on the
Arkansas. She is the u. s. mail packet,
md is one of the best passenger steamers
float. Garrett Huls and Mr.. Dean are
Ter clerks.
We learn that the Norman is in some
)eeuniaFy trouble. and is tied up.
The Dubuque Times of Saturday says;
although the whistle of some adVen-
urOuS steamer Is now occasionally heard
'esounding over our bluffs, yet naviga-
on the upper river has practically
losed for the year 1869. Lake Pepin has
losed up for the winter, and this of course
,uts a stop to all through line move
The La Crosse Leader says: '"The past
ieason has not been a very favorable one |
or steamboat men. There has been an
unusually good stage of water and the
competition has not been strong, but
a large part OF the season the ,
ravel was small and freights light. There
las been a better supply and a better class !
# boats than ever before, and travel
RS and shippers were never so well ac-
;ommodated as during the season
closed. The various lines are emit
led to great credit for the fairness and
,romptness with which they have trans :
Icted their business. There has been :
much less complaint of mistakes and ir-
egulaTities than ever before. But very
ew accidents have occurred, and the loss :
# life and property has been unusually |
mall. Taken as a whole, the rec
I'D of the season Of navigation !
been a good one-the travelling a
nd business public have had but
title cause for dissatisfaction, and steam s
oatmen can show, the stringency of the L
and the stagnation OF business con-
comfortable balanoe-shesss, The