Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-07
RIVER NEWS.
noArs LEAVING THIs pAY.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
GRAY EAGLE. Cincinnati, 5 pm.
GEO. w. CHEEK. .....Friars Point, 5 pm
JULIA,.--.-.~...-......... Vicksburg, 5 pm
WEATHER RIvRRs.
CAIRO, June 6.-Up-Marble City, (;
I'm. DOwn-Lizzie Gill, 2 am; Julia, 4
pm; Houston. s pm.
River rose 6 inches. Clear and DOL
LOUISVILLE, June 6.-Up-Minneola.
Down-Matamoras. Alaska and Burns.
River rising, with 9 feet 2 inches in the
canal. Clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, june 6.-The river is falling
slowly with q feet in the channel.
ARRIVALS.
steamer q. w. Cheek, Friar's Point.
4" Cora s., Arkansas River.
st. Francis, st. Francis River.
-" Dexter, New Orleans.
Commonwealth, New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Commonwealth, st. Louis.
Dexter, Louisville.
Cora s., Cincinnati.
Guidon, Cairo.
IN PORT.
G.. w. Cheek and st. Francis.
RIVERS, WEATHER N BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, June 8.
River rose l foot 5inches in past "a hours.
1t stood 10 feet IL inches, or IL feet IL
inches below the high water mark of 1867
this morning. CHAS. GOODWIN.
The swell abates not one jot in speed.
1t climbs up the bank handsomely, but it
has not a long ways to go TO become
threatening.
We give the latest news by telegraph
at the head of this column.
The Arkansas is falling The total rise
in that stream amounted to 10 feet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Guidon left for Cairo to tow the dry
docks to this port.
The Cora $. passed up yesterday for
Louisville and Cincinnati. She gees on
the docks at the latter place. Her dam
ages do not amount to over two hundred
dollars. Al. CroxaIl remains at Little
Rock to settle up some business.
We nave no st. Louis packet to-day.
The Grey Eagle will pass NJ for all
points along the Ohio to-day. Capt.
Kountzis master.
By the Monongahela Navigation Com
pany's report, 4,425,2 200 bushels of coal
have been shipped during the month of
May.
The elegant Julia, Capt. Callahan will
pass down to-day for Vicksburg and the
bends. n IS the United States mail
packet, and connects at Vicksburg with
the Frank Pargoud for New Orleans.
Andy Isaacs, a popular and efficient clerk,
has charge of her Office.
The United States mail packet, Thos. H.
Allen, Capt. Pritchard, leaves tomorrow
for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and way points
on the Arkansas. Passengers for Hot
Springs make no change on this line.
The Des Are, Capt. Elliott, backs out to-
morrow for all points on White river.
The Geo. w. Cheek with Jas. Lee on
the root and Messf. Fields and Lee
at the desk viii back out to-day for Friar's
Point and all landings intermediate.
The Robt. Burns, Capt. Stein, will back
on Wednesday for Cairo and Cincin-
natl. .
Capt. Jerry Coats died at Cairo Thursday
morning from injuries received on the
steamer Mollie Able, near St. Louis, three
months ago.
The Ohio Legislature last session adopt
ed a law forbidding the construction of
any bridge over the Ohio, with a terminus
in that State, with a less span than four
feet. Notwithstanding this, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
have a large force.a work on the piers of
their new bridge Overthe river at Parkers-
burg, and the bridge is being built upon
the original plan of three hundred feet
spans. The question how they propose to
the effect of this law is answered.:
that Ohio has no jurisdiction in the mat
as West Virginia OWNS the river be-
low low water mark on the Ohio side.
near Pittsburg to the Kentucky line,
over three hundred miles.