Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-13

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River rose - inches in past twenty
four hours. Below high water mark Of
1867, 10 feet So inches.
superintendent OF Gas Works.
Cairo, December u. - Down; Silver
Spray, z a.m.; Olive Branch, 10 am.
NstcheZ, Liberty MOI, IL am; Lumln2-
~, 3 pm; Belle Memphis, 4 pin. Up;
Louisville, S am; 81. Joseph, Z pm.
River rose 3 inches in the past "A hours.
Weather clear.
ST. LOUIS, December l2.-Arrived: Bee,
Shreve, Belle Memphis. Departed: Pau
line Carroll. The liver Is swelling slowly.
Weather cloudy ana damp. All Arihur's
passengers were transferred 20 the Olive
Branch: the stock will be put on the Pau
line Carroll. i IS Opined that the boat
cannot be raised.
LOUISVILLE, December l2-DOwn: Min
nicola, Kenton, Lorena. The river is fall
ing, with feet 6 Inches in the canal
PITrsBURG, December 12-ATrived:
MOnongahela. The river is rising-an-
other rise is expected.
-CECIygATI, DECEMBER l2.-Departed
Wild Duck, for New Orleans. The river
is falling, with twenty feet Two inches III
the channel. The weather IS cloudy.
The Mississippi is falling from st. Louis
out. with about g feet TO Cairo. The Ohio
continues " HF E-As GIN - fA FrAA-4NAAA
boating order. me ATkansasis declining.
with about . feet to Little Rock, and
White river is falling slowly, with plenty
of water to all points. Weather beautiful
and clear.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Richmond passed up yesterday.
She added here nine hundred bales cotton
for Evansville, aud viii turn back from
That point, to leave here On Saturday next
for New Orleans.
The Rubieon passed up yesterday with
a fine trip. All, GrissOn, her chief clerk,
LETT the boat at this point, and went TO 81.
Louis by rail.
The elegant Belle Memphis. Captain
Crane, leaves to-day for Cairo and ST.
Louis, making all way connections. Billy
Banker is her chief clerk.
The Luminary, Capt. Conway, will pass
down to-day for Nicksburg and the bends.
She Is the regular United states mail
packet.
The splendid passenger packet General
Anderson VIII back out to-day for Friar's
Point and all way landings. She goes
promptly at . PIN. Capt. Jim Lee is
master, and Stack Lee is chiefclerk.
Our steamboat readers should bear in
mind the Hebrew Fair, which is now in
progress at the Memphis Club Hall. This
Is the last night, ana every one should at
tend, as the object IS a worthy One. We
would suggest that a few handsome cakes
would bring money into the treasury.
The Alice Dean will be in port to-day.
She is the next regular Cincinnati packet,
Tlin Commercial, Capt. j. B. Davis, will
leave Tomorrow for all ports on White
river to J~acksonport.
The legal Tender viii get away tO-mOr-
row for Augusta and way landings on
White river. capt. mo-. Elliott COM
mands.
The st. Francis, Capt. Bowman, with
Lew. Bowman on the roof, leaves to-mOr-
row for the St. Francis river. Paine, I
Clark, C0nant and Barry are in the office.
Capt. Tom. feathers magnificent New
Natchez is due this evening from Cairo, /
bound to New Orleans. She is spoken of
by tho press az the finest passenger
packet ever built, and we rave no doubt
that she viii prove a clipper to run. Tom.
feathers knows how to build a boat, and
knows no such word as fail.
The Des Arc gets away tomorrow fer
Friar's Point, as usual. Marsh Miller
commands.
1t is thought that the W. r. ArthurwiH
prove a total loss.
The Virginia passed up last night for
Louisville. She added 800 bales cotton
here,
Capt. George Alban reports that he has
driven several rows of piles across Red
river DelON SCOpinl Cut-Oi, dhu Will
finish piie-driving in a few days, lie ex-
poets to completes the dam in one month,
if the water continues low,
A lot of Virginia negroes came in by
train yesterday, on their way to North
Louisiana.
An English mathematician has figured
up the weight, size, etc., Of the animals
that he says entered Eoah's ark, aud the
room required for provisions, and he
finds that the ark was four miles long
and halfa mile wide.
The Gen. Anderson brought In lot Of
cotton and seed.
The Des Arc also had a lot Of cotton and
miscellaneous freight.
Wisconsin, if she has no mountains,
does something in the way o. drivers. Ths
following is a list of those within the
State, their length and outlet;