Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-26
RIVER NEWS.
noArs LEAvINa rH1s 30.

BOAtS LEAVING THIS DAY..
THos. n. ALLES4.Arkansas river, 5 pm.
GEO. w. CHEEK ~Friar's Point, 5 pm.
RUBIcoN 1900. ..-... ........ Vicksburg. 5 pm.
Louis, ) pm.
GREAT REPUBLIc..-.,New Orleans, 6 pm.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Lotus No. 3, Pittsburq.
G. w. Cheek, Friar's Point.
T. H. Allen, Arkansas river.
st. Francis, st. Francis river,
Z" Julia, Nicksburg.
Des Are, White river.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Lotus no. 3, Red river.
IN PORT.
7. III. Allen, G. W. Cheek, ST. Francis,
Julia and Des Are.
RIVERS WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
LOUISVILLE, July %. Down Hale.
River falling; eight feet ten inches in the
canal.
CAIRO, July 25.-Up-Robert Burns, IL
last night; Luminary, IL am. Down
Rubicon, 2 pm. River rose eight inches.
Mercury $40.
CINCINNATI, July 25.-Arrived-Leoni-
das. River falling; twenty-five feet in
the channel. Weather clear and warm.
ST. LoCIs, July 25.-Arrived-BeIIe 81.
Louis, Commo nwealth. River falling
slowly. Weather warm.
MEMPHIS GAS WoRKs, July %.
River rose six inches in past twenty
four hours. Below high-waJer mark of
1867, nine feet nine inches.
The upper streams are all declining
once more, and the Ohio is falling to Lou
1svllIe. From thence to Cairo il is swell
ing, but will soon run out. The swell
here will become less thSn we expected.
The Arkansas and White are falling
steadily. The Cumberland has about
thirty inches on the shoals, and falling.
Without heavy rains intervene, We pre-
dict very low water at an early day
in all directions. Weather clear and
warm. Very quiet on the landing yester-
day.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The new steamer Lotus passed down
yesterday. She is a fine packet.
The Legal Tender leaves tomorrow for
White river.
The United States mail packet Thomas
II. Allen, Capt. Reese Pritchard, viii
back out to-day for Little Rock and way
points on the Arkansas. She connects
with the Fort Smith packets. Jimmy
Thompson and Charley Sharpe are her
clerks.
The. st. Francis, Capt. Bowman, leaves
lO-LlOllbN AOl dAA JULIUS Gu ~ 8 LdliAt-
river. She is the only packet in the
trade.
The Julia viii get away to-day for Cairo
and st. Louis. She is an elegant paSsen-
ger packet, and connects with the trains
North and East. Capt. Callahan is mas
ter, and Andy lsaacs, q number n OIL
Ger, is clerk.
The elegant Rubicon, of which our ethe-
rial friend VIM. Blake is master, gets
away to-day for Ficksburg and the bends.
She is the regular L. ). mail packet. She
has made twenty-siX fourteen day trips in
the trade in the past twelve months, and
has fairly won the title of old reliable"
During ALI. GrissOm's absence Mr.. John
Blake viii attend to the office duties and
viii be fOunda competent officer.
The magnificent Great Republic win
pass down to-day for New Orleans. She
IS regal in every apartment. Capt. Van
Hook is master and James Kerr, ir.,
clerk.
At Dubuque IMAM named MCGEE, while
in a small boat in the Mississippi, was run
down by the teamer Tom Jasper and
dr9waeQ.
Work on tke government bridge across
the Mississippi, at Rock Island, has heeg
suspended by an order from Washington.
Gen. G.. X. Warren Is expected there In a
~" days, when it is hoped the work will
be revived.
The st. Louis Times says a III AhoNn
river pilot. who figured couspicuousiy
many months ago il a divorce suit, has
been arrested fer passing a counterfeit
twenty dollar bill on a Green street cyp-
rian, receiving in change fifteen dollar
in good money. 81