Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-26
RIVER MATTERS.
WEATHER AND RIyEKs

WEATHER AND RIFERS
GAS WORKS, April ., 1869.
River rose in, past "a hours 81 inches.
Below high.wster mark 2 feet 6
CHAs. GOODWIN.
It has rained during this month nearly
all the time. Yesterday was the fourth
wet Sunday. The river is rising less
rapidly at this poiBt. For the latest
news from above we refer to our tele-
graphic columns.
Arrivals.
Steamer Luminary, St. Louis.
Alice Dean, Cincinnati.
R0bt. Z. Lee, Louisville.
G. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
st. Francis, s.. Francis river.
Mollie Able, New Orleans.
Departures.
! Steamer Mollie Able. st. Louis.
Luminsry, Vieksburg.
g. Alice Desn, New Orleans.
Robt. E. Lee,
In Port.
G. W. Cheek, w. a. Caldwell, Mime
ola, st. Francis.
nLHUELLANEOUs.
The elegant and handsome st. Fran
els will get away tomorrow for all points
on the river of that name. Tom Bow
ma is master, Paine and Clark are
clerks.
To-day the U. S. mail steamer Rubi-
con, one Of the best boats siOst, COM
msnded by one Of natures nOblemen,
Capt. Bill Blake, will pass up for Cairo
and st. Louis. She makes all railroad
connections North and East. Sam
Weaver sells tickets at his well known
ticket office. ALI Grissom is clerk Of the
Rubicon.
The w. a. Caldw well, Capt. Rube
Haynes, with Ned Outlaw in the office,
leaves tomorrow at her usual hour for
Rock.
The splendid Mary Forsyth, Capt. Pat
Yore, will pass down to-day for Vicks-
burg and the bends. The Forsyth is a
No. l packet, and makes all way lsnd-
ings. Mr.. Yore is clerk, and is assisted
by cur old friend Briggs.
The festive and gay Dss Arc, with
Matt. Glass on the roof, will be at port
to-day at IN early hour, and leaves again
tomorrow for all points on White river.
ice Elliott Is her chief clerk.
On Wednesday the MinneOla will back
out for Cairo aud Cincinnati. She has no
superior in the trade. Capt. Miller is
master.
We believe that no action has been
taken by our authorities in reference to
the caving in OF our levee between JEFF
fsrson and Market streets. Il is q matter
Of more Importance by far than any
which could occupy the time Of our dis.
tiuguished, but not wide awake, City
Council, and in hope that some means
will be tried to preserve the property to
the city which is daily going off into the
river.
The Mississippi is due from New Or
leans. she is loaded with railroad iron.
There will be an ice famine at st.
Louis this season. We wonder if our
monopoly won't take advantage of this
fact, and raise the price.on our citizens ?
We published in our issue OF Friday
lsst the fact that the Marble City was
again s1ost. She Is due here to day on
her way up.
TIE George W. Cheek, Capt. Lee,
leaves on Tuesday for Friar's Point.
Field sud Lee are her clerks.
Bob Riley is loading the War Eagle ct
st. Louis for the mountains.
There is in stOTe at Rsd Wing, Mimi,
Just above the head OF lake P5pin,
Is, 200 barrels Of -four and 240, 600 bushels
Of wheat.
The snsg boats De Rassey and s. H.
Long, and the dredging boat O3tavis,
are still lying at H8mbleten, Collier & |
Co.'s wsys, at Mound City, undergoing
.Xtensive alterations n repairs. The |
Long will be ready for service by the |
part of this week, when she will
proceed up the Missouri river and COM
mence operations for the summer.
The Mollie Able passed up yesterday
with about 1000 tom of freight. Among
the items were 100 bars OF railroad iron,
1872 boxes sugar, 200 h~Ogshssds Of sugar,
"a casks soda ash, 900 barrels potatoes,
400 boxes wine and a lot OF other freight.
She injured her wheel on her down trip
and the heavy up freight caused con
siderable trouble. She lost thirty hours
on the way up repairing, and laid over
here about ten hours for the same pUr-
pose.
The New York Clipper ssys: calder
man Stephen Roberts, who has gained
an enviable reputation as a constructor
Of every description of racing and pleas
IRE craft used upon our waters, has just
completed at his establishment in this
g six-oared shell, 50 feet long and
p inches wide, for the Chickssaw Boat
Club, Of Memphis, Tenn" This boat
will soon arrive, asd our lovers OF water
graft willhave q chance to inspect her.