Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-07

IN PORT.
Belle Memphis, Legal Tender, st. Fran
els.
RIVERS WEATHER AM BUSINESS.
CAIRO, September Cup, City Of
Cairo Fam, Luminary 3 am, Glas-
gov AZ noon. Down, Dick Fulton Z
am, POstboy 8 am, Alton II am,
Atlantic 1 pm. River fell , inches.
Raining. Mercury 780.
LOUISVILLE, September 6.-River
stationary; 3 feet 3 inches nthe canal.
Departed, Ella Hughes for New Or
leans.
NASHVILLE, September 6.-River
rising slowly. 1t rained finely to-day.
Weather moderate.
ST. LOUIS, September 6.-River fall
ing.
NEW ORLEANS, September 6.-Ar-
rived, Commonwealth from st. Louis,
Flavella from Louisville. Weather
clear. Thermometer 8G0.
The equinOxial storm, with rain
which prevailed for sixteen hours,
ceased at 9 o'clock lastnight. COnsid-
cradle damage was done in this vi
entity.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, September 6.
The river rose 1 inch the past
twenty-fOur hours. II stood Il feet 5
inches below the high water mark Of
1867 this morning.
CHAs. GOODWIN.
The weather was warm yesterday.
During the afternoon a shower ap-
peared probable, but clouds cleared
away without the much desired rain.
Business at the landing was quite
active, the arrivals were quite numer-
Gus, and receipts of freight quite libe-
raj. All the local packets brought
more or less new cotton, and the re-
ceipts Of the heecy staple by river was
forty bales.
The Belle Memphis failed to arrive
until u late hour in the afternoon. She
came In with q heavy load of Western
produce, which WAS %anxiOusly needed
by numerous merchants. Several ar
ticles brought in by her were scarce in
our market, and will sell readily at
remunerative prices. The Belle Mem
phis returns to st. Louis this afternoon
at 5 O'clock as theregUlar mail packet,
Capt. John Craine in command, Billy
Blenker, clerk, and VIII Dill, passen-
ger agent.
News from the White and Arkan-
sas report those streams declining
steadily, but as the water falls the
channel cuts out and becomes better
defined. The latest news from above
will be found In u dispatches.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The RubicOn passed down last night
with agOod trip Tor Vicksburg.
The st. Francis leaves for the st.
Francis river this afternoon. She is q
handsome, COmmOdiOus and comfort
bic steamer, the best boat ever in the
st. Francis trade, and everybody
should patr0niZe her. The veteran
commander, ThOs Bowman, controls
her handsomely, and Sam c.. Paine,
VIII Clark and W. b. Berry are her
efficient clerks.
Mart Walt is putting the rear office
of his former headquarters in a tidy
condition, and appearances indicate
that he will enjoy his ease during the
buying season, unless business crowds
upon him too heavily. Easy chairs.
painted walls, fancy pictures, rose
wood desks, bank safes full of valua-
bles inside, and covered with dancing
jimmies outside, together with all
kinds of fancy things + expected to
be seen all the season at Martins.
Captains Tom Bowman and ". 3.
Berry yesterday purchashed one-haIf
of the steamer Lady Withaup. She
will enter the upper st. Francis river
trade and run in connection with the
st. Francis.
Capt. John Oliver, a seaman of 1872,
a sufferer at DartmOor, and the pilot
who conducted the first steamship
into Boston harbOr, died near SILVIA
ter, Mimi, last week.
The Continental lost eighteen hours
at the foot of So repairing machinery.
She was also detained at Vicksburg
for the same reason. She put out a
number of cotton gins here.
The Cora S. is hourly expected from
Cincinnati. She will return from this
point.
The R. E. Lee leaves Cairo for New
Orleans on Saturday next.
Capt. ThOs. Metzler is still in the
city. be is making efforts to obtain a
boat for the low water tradein YazOO. /
The produce barge sunk while in
tow of the Mohawk, at the foot of
Presidents Island, has been raised.
The barge is almost uninjured, having
only sprung her butts. The freight, |
consisting Of corn, hay and produce, |
is, of course, badly damaged. The
work OF raising the sunken barge was
performed by John Golsen and sam
Evans, levee freight men, who ex-
hibited skill, energy and familiarity
with nautical affaiEs in saving the
barge. The tug Nettie Jones rendered
great assistance in the work.
The Legal Tender came in with six
bales Of new cotton, some 800 sacks Of
Arkansas corn, and several lots of
hides and sundries, besides a good
list of passengers who report good
prospects for cotton along the White
The Tender returns to White
river this afternoon, Capt. John Eli
OFT in command.
Advices by people arrived yester-
day from Arkansas report splendid
prospects for a large yield of cotton
along that stream.
The Lady Withaup, Capt. Bow
mans new purchase, viii leave here
On Wednesday, at II O'Clock. for
direct, and all points on the
St. Francis river. She viii run regu-
.arly in connection with the st.
Francis during the low water season.
The new eteamer Travis Wright
down yesterday.
The Lady Gay left New Orleans on
Saturday, and the MOllie Able ar.
lived there on Friday.
The tow boat Ike Hammitt passed
I'D Yesterday,