Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-19

Yesterday was clear ana pleasant. a
heavy white frost was visible in the
morning. The river at this point is about
on q staud-if anything it rose some, but
not enough TO be p~eTceptiOie. Ia con-
DeGliOn with the river, we are glad TO be
able to announce that We have at last
awakened the Board to the necessity Of
having permanent water marks estab-
lished, and in 2 few days We will be able
to give accurate snd full reports s5Ou,
tbs rise and fall at this plsc5. There il
an abundance Of water in the Arkansas
and White rivers. Tne latest news from
above will be found in our Geographic
columns.
Arrivals.
Steamer Ruth, St. Louis.
John kilgouT, Louisville.
q. w. Cheek, Hsle's Point.
Malta, Wheeling.
CITY Of Alton, New Orleans.
Magenta,
Des Arc, White river.
Departures.
Steamer City of Alton, st. Louis.
i" Norman, Evansville.
" Ruth, New Orleans.
In Port.
G. ". Cheek, Ben Campbell, NatOms,
Darling, st. Fr=ncis, Dss Arc, Magenta,
Acgosy, Malta,
EzsgELL& ANGUS.
Capt. Mark Cheek will put another
boat in place CT the Geo. w. Cheek, from
this place 70 Mound City, and viii con
tinus the latter boat IN the Memphis
AID Oscsola trade. Capt. Malone backs
her out to-day for Randolph, O.ce0la and
all way landings at pm. Frank Con
terman is clerk.
Hereafter the Memphis and Arkansas
River Packet Company will have three
boats per week, Instead OF two as hereto
fore. The days viii be Tuesdays, Thurs
Days and Saturdays, and the bos.s viii
for the present consist Of The Argosy,
TaOs. &. Allen and w. 4. Caldwell.
The Lady Gay, Capt. Burke, with
John LehmneT IN the Office, VIII pass
down to-day ct , pm. for Vlcksburg and
New Orleans, making all way landings,
The Ruth passed down yesterday for
New Orleans drawing nearly % feet and
with the biggest trip she mas had fST
twelve months.
Capt. Frank Hicks has no idea Of
leaving the Memphis trade ct present,
but viii lOsd the Magenta here for New
Orleans and will back her out tO-mOr-
row. She has nOsuperi2r ne q passenger
packet snd we hope viii be p~atronissd to
the fullest extent Of the ability Of our
merchants in the way Of freights. John
Sullivan and Green srs the popular
clerks and Frank Smith is as usual the
e~aTtsrer Of solid comforts.
The Uoited States mail packet Des
Are came IN yesterday with $50 bales Of
cotton, 80 cabin passengers, and 700
packages Ofsuudries. This ia one of the |
rest trips Of the sesson- She back out
again TO day for Augusta ard al way
points On White river, c9nG5e.ing with
the Little Rock tTainand with the Arg0e
'Or ~Jscksonport. John Ell.ostis master.
Joe Elliott, Matt Glass and Andy Gran
ger are her clerks
A little sternWheeler with one engine, |
named the Malta, came in yesterday |
from Wheeling. She will 90 to upper
Whits river to make e subsistence for
officers and crew, consisting Of two men.
The Argosy did not get away last
night. She delayed in order to get some
freight and people from the ArgOnsut,
but will positively leave this evening for
Little Rock and all way points on the
Arkansas, carrying the u. 5. mail.
Capt. Tom Berry IS master, Morrison
and Robards are clerks.
Ths Guidon, Capt. Clay Rice, with
Garrett Huls in the office, backs Gut to-
morrow for Pine Bluff end all way points.
ans WA G4Al I-ffnA tCG A@5G OkCLALE AOl
Evansville with 500 bales Of cotton.
&The h. S. Turner, Capt. Yore, lays over
Until this evening at4 O'clock. She con
meets with the trains at Cairo and 81.
Louis for all points North and E3sS, and
is p good passenger packet.
The Darling, Capt. Carter, goes out on
Wednesday for Cincinnati. She is a
splendid packet. Mr.. Power is chief
clerk.
The ST. F,aue;s, Capt. Tom Bowman,
will get away to-day fer Wtbtsburg ard
sll points on st. Ffabcis river. she Is
the f8est local packet coming TO this
port. Paine and Clark havs charge of
The Office.
The Natoms, Capt. Jim Lee will get
away today for FciaI's PJins and al way
landings or the big drink. The NatoUa
IS q prompt aud reliable steamer. Billy
FIELDS Whitehead and Salisbury are her
Secretaries.
The Arg0naut viii be here to-day. she
has no agent and We dOn't know where
she is bound Tor.
The Mississippi, Capt Ma. Green, will
in port 20 leave for New Orleans to-
She is too well known to cur
travelling public to need especial notice.
Cook Creighton is clerk.
A tow boat came in from above with
several berges Of coal for this citv. She i.
landed at the mouth Of Wolf.
The Office Of Larry Hsrmstsd was
down yesterday, and that gentle
man had TO remove to the whaffooat for d.
he present. Fire could not move him q
bot when the bricks and mortar COM
nenctd falling he concluded 10 vamose.
The Davenport G0sette describes q
TO Sycamore Chain. Some 500 Wis .
fr,ra uT1Vn prcuanf uNh. H.. Z
structure OF timber and nIank 7
framed together, having on its q
utter faces q heavy embankment of r15b- v
DE stone, gravel snd earth; leaving the
LIMOS shore at about q right ANGLE. ~ .
uts Outinto the river 1000 feet, where If
makes another similar angle and rnrs
or more than 2C00 fest down streen =
hence back TO the shores Of the Prairie .
STATE; thus enclosing IA irregular paral.
elogrsm, containing nearly 80 acres =
y hen this area had been penned in. the
ieXt thing to be done was TO get The
satef palled out. Accordingly, on II
IAN dsy o: last December, the :
1o great steam pumps, located on tbo
over cress section of the dam. were sat I
t work, and there, like two giants et u
heir j1leps, they kept on their sueking r
nth about he closing up ofthe old vear
'aen they found the bottom of Their
owl. Having thus found the bottom If
be river, we would proceed 10 deseriba Al
as well as we can, from what little Of Go
was visible. Visible, we say, for mpch r
IL was invis DE on account Of the ica Il
'1ieh 10y around pretty thiekly. HsvI
lg formed before the water was draw
u, II has fallen upon the river bed IN
immense cakes Ike fisgstones of crystal :
lsny OF us expected, perhaps, too
i~ucn-expected the river bed TO be omen
lannels Of dried up trout brooks IN ! -
cry dry time. Instead, however Nc
,uid see very little more than Svos.
ore Chain, This is the outcron- -
llg edge OF successive layers of lime =
one OF the SIurian period, runs verv IL
5afiy parallel to the shore slopgsIde halo
channel, from the upper end ~
the Golfer dam to q point about 5000 III