Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-29
RIVER NEWS O.
STATE or WEATHER AT DIFFERENT
POINTS, JUNE Is, 1869.

RlVEK News.
STATE or THE WEATHER AT DIFFERENT
PoTNTS, JUNE 2S, 1869.
Augusta, cloudy, $50; Baltimore, clear,
800. Buffalo, rainy, 73o; Boston, rainy, $50
Charleston, clear, 80; Chicago, cloudy,
66o; Chattanooga, clear, 7So; Cincinnati,
cloudy, So; JacksE, Miss, cloudy, cool
Louisville, clear, 740: Montgomery, clear,
$50; Milwaukee, Wis, cloudy, GO; Nash
vile. clear and hot, 78o; New Orleans,
clear, 79o; New York, clear, 500; Osyka,
Miss, clear, 740; Philadelphia, clear, so /;
Plaster Cove, NJ H., hay, CSC Pittsburg,
Pa, clear. 800; St. Louis, clear, 78o; Yicks-
burg. cloudy and warm; Washington,
clear, $40; Key West, clear, bar. 30:02,
Their. SO; Havana, clear, bar. 30:25, Their.
so; Fort Monroe, clear, 500; Mobile, clear
and hot, So; Shreveport, clear, caHn and
warm, S2o.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Belle Memphis, ST. Louis.
Rubicon, st. Louis.
" Mary Houston, Louisville.
=" Emma No. 3, Pittsburg.
Richmond, ewOrleaus.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Julia, st. Louis.
3" Richmond. Louisville.
G.. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
RubicOn, Nicksburg.
Emma No. 3, New Orleans.
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
~ PoR
Belle Memphis, Des Arc, n. A.. Allen,
St. Francis.
RIVERS WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
CAIRO, June 2S.-Up-Star and Mime
ola, 8 am; Baker, > pm; City of Cairo,
IL last night.
The river fell five inches. Some rain
fell during the day.
ST. LOUIS, June 2S.-Arrived-LumE
nary and City of Cairo. .
Beparted-BelleSt Louis, for Memphis.
The river is again rising here, and all
the upper streams are booming.
Louisville, June 2S.-The river IS fall
ing, with six feet seven inches in the
canal.
GAS Works, June %, 1869.
The river fell 3 inches in the last "A
hours. 1t stood - feet 2 inches, or Il
feet 2 inches below the high ayater mark
of 1867; this morning.
The Arkansas river is falling with u
feet in the channel from Little Rock cut.
White river was rising at ~Jacksonport
which the Des Are came out.
The champion and swift passenger stean8-
er r. E.. Lee, Capt. John Cannon, VIII
leave the wharf at 10 ana. today for
Louisville. j. w. MassOpaa I%leyer gems
tleman, p~resides8t the ofdeg@G
The st. Francis, Capt. BoWnah, IS the.
Tuesday St. FrancisTiyer Pactlef, leaving,
at 5 pm. Messrs. Baina' aud Clark haze
charge of the Ofices
The Robert Burns is due this evening
from Cincinnati. with a cargo of merchan-
disc. H.
The magnificent passengersteamerb reat'
Republic. in command of Capt. James
Kerr, her afable and popular purser, will
leave this morning al 10 O'Clock for New
Orleans and the bendslS
The Bismarck IS due up-bOund for st.
Louis.
The Des Are is the regular Tuesday
White river mail packet. leaving to-day
at pm. for all points on White rlyer,
connecting at DeVan'fBluh with the Lit
tie, R6AA Railroad, and at Jacksonport
with. the Argosy for Upper White ri%er.
Capt. John Elliott commands with
Messrs. Joe Elliott, Matt Glass and John
Chamberlin in the Office.
The Rebecca passed down last night for
Nicksburg.
The Mary Houston aud Emma No. s
passed down for New Orleans. at noon.
well loaded.
The Belle Memphis is up Tor ST. Louis
to-day.
L it It's Az N1lltt III AAbtA HAN >
Yesterday morning with an excellent trip.
She made the run from DeNals Blum TO
Memphis in thirty-twO hours, cutting the
time down between Memphis md Little
Rock to thirty-iiVe hours. TherI little
Rock Liberal, in referring, 10. heHyquuckl
"TRIP, says: 1.-The fastest time between
Memphis and this city we kHowrof was
made by the Des Are on her last trip.
She left Memphis at six o'clock on Tues
day evening, and her freight, passengers
and mails were delivered here at twelve
o'clock m. Thursday
Business on the wharf ruled dun and
quiet, with little movement in freights.
The officers of the local packets report
the cropSon White and Arkansas rivers rs
being in a lourishing condition, with
promises of large yields.
The elegant passenger steamer Thomas
II. Allen. eCapt. Reese P%ritchard, is the
regular Tuesday Arkansas river Epited
States mail packet, leaving to-day at .
PM, for all points on the Arkansas, con
Meeting at Little Rock with stages FOR the
Hot Springs, and light dradeht boats for
Fort Smith. MeSsrs. c. II. Walker and
Joe Thomas o~fliciate in the office.
ThAgre2t lOw-pTesSure steamer Rich
mOnd passed up last night for Evansville
on one wheel. When thirty miles above
Nicksburg her larboard wheel struck an
obstruction in the river, which tore out
ali lht MtltEi aIitl>. EdAo4AlE a kIAdN VI
thirteen hours. She had a large passen-
ger trip, as usual-One hundred and sixty
cabin and one hundred and eighty deck
passengers; mostly ladies in the cabin.
The Richmond will turn back from Ev-
ansville, in order to leave New Orleans
on her advertised time.
The Nicksburg Herald of the 18th says:
"The Comet, from Big Muddy, Ohio river,
yesterday and reported having
encountered the bank, while in tow ofsix
barges of coal, at the head of ChOctaw
Bend, about ; O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing losing five of the barges at once, and
causing another to break loose. One of
the sunken boats had no sooner struck
the bottom, when it became relieved of its
contents and came up to the top with a
perfect bounce, striking the Comet with
such a force as to unship her rudder, |
which detained her an hour or two to get
to rights. She then went in pursuit of the
barge which had gotten away, and meeting |
it near Gaines Landing ~endeayored to
stop it. when ii came with csuch force
against the barge in tow of the boat as to
stave in the bow Ofthat one and sink it.
THE Comet and tow were the property
of Mr.. Walter NJ. Phillips, of New Or
leans, the steamer being commanded by
Capt. p. d. Pratt, who was commander of
the Inflated Fashion. About $500 tons of
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