Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-06

AMI kENEBo
GAS WORKS, April S. 1863.
The river rose In the past twenty-iour
hours S inches. Below high water
mark, 4 feet 8 inches.
The rate at which the swell is now 60
ing on at this port will 500 give us too
much water. Already we learn that it lie
running over at some points 0 above
and below, and two feet more will cause
it to run over at many places. We must
again reiterate our belief, however, that
we will have no such thinR as a disas-
trOus overflow this season. While high
| rises NAV be the rule long into b sum-
mer. we think that the present one will
be the largest Iise of the season. 1t may.
and no doubt will be, greater than would
be desired, but we do not think it will at
tain within three feet Of high water
marx, and coming rs ii does this early
in the year, it can do but little harm.
White. river is bank full and rising. The
latest from the Arkansas will be fouad
Ia our teIegfaphic colUnaL The Ohio is
rising, ss is also the Missouri, upper Mis-
siss Poi and Illinois. Ths latest news
from Cairo, st. Louis, Louisville and Gin
cinnati will also be found in our tele-
graphic columns. Weather cloudy and
cool.
Arrivals
Steamer Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Rubicon,
Ben Campbell, Osceola.
Des Arc, Whits River.
Julia, V~icksburg.
I" Bismarck, New Orleans.
Guidon, Arkansas River.
Nepartures.
Steamer Bismarck, st. Louis.
{" julia, T"
Ben Campbell, Osceola.
RIbicon, Vicksburg.
In Port.
Belle Memphis, Dss Arc, T. h. Allen,
Sam. J. Hale, s.. Francis, q. w. Cheek,
Norman and GuidOn.
aEsOELLANEOUs.
We had a short list of arrivals to re-
cord yesterday. Business was only mod
erRtely active upon the levee.
The Julia, which passed up for St.
Louis yesterday, had three companies of
cavalry, en- route to Omaha. They were
from Jackson, Miss.
A free fight between some drunken
soldiers came off upon the levee yester-
day, in which one of them was 30 badly
Cut Va OCattA bhoI Az hhA ~ 0S 0OAN ~
the hospital.
The Bas Arc came in yesterday early.
She had 30I bales Of cotton, besides a
good passenger trip. The Des Arc leaves
again to-day for Augusta and all way
points on white river, connecting with
the Little r )ck trade and with the Ar
COS for J~scksoDport. Sac carries the U.
s. mail. Matt Glass is her popular
master, and Messrs. Elliott and Weddell
ire clerks. Con Kelieher, a we'll known
medicine man, taxes charge of the bar
this trip.
The Louisville is due up to day, and
the Richmond to night or in the morn
ing.
Nit Harry, q popular and well known
White River clerk, goes out to that clas-
sic stream to-day on the Des Arc, to at
tend to some business in that section.
He will, we hope, at no distant day com
mand 3 White river packet as fine al
eve turned a wheel.
The new side-Wheel packet G. w.
Cheek having been secured by Capt.
Jim Lee, will enter the Memphis and
Friar's Point trade in place OF the Nsto-
ma, She is very fast, and having some
state rooms added, has been transformed
into a comfortable passenger packet. B.
P. Field aud Stack Lee will as usual be
atthe desk.
Clay r ce's Guidon leaves for Pine
b uff Rnd way points on the Arkansas
tomorrow, sure. Huls and Wood are
clerks. go
Tho new and unsurpassed PASSENGER
packet, st. Francis, Of which Capt. Tom
r. Bowman is msster, will get away to-
day for Wittsburg and all points on st.
Francis river. She is all that could be
desired in the way of q comfortable
steamer, Sam Paine and Billy Clark are
her clerks.
The elegant u. 8. mail steamer Thos.
Allen leaves to-day for Little Rock
and all intermediate points on the Ar
kansas. At the Rock, she connects with
the Fort Smith packets, as well as with
for h Hot Springs. Reese
Pritehsrd Is her master, and her Office
is in charge Of Mr. Walker, q popular
clerk.
The splendid steamer Belle Memphis,
Capt. John Crane, came in yesterday |
morning, and will back out at 4 pm. to-
day for Cairo and ST. Louis. She makes
all way landings, offers superior accom-
mOdations to travellers, and connects
with the trains North and East. Billy
Blenker is clerk.
The Norman, with Capt. Hall on the
roof and Messrs O'Huett and Ben May
in the Office, leaves to-day for Cairo and
To. morrow, at five pm, the splendid
passenger packet Sam ]. Hale will leave
for Cincinnati. We are assured by those
who know that no better packet flats
than the Hale, and that her officers are
In every way worthy Of the popularity
already enjoy. Those, therefore,
who want TO travel up the Ohio should
fail to take this fine steamer. Capt.
Walker commands, and Mr.. Miller is
chief secretary.
The Leonidas, Cap. Evans, will pass
down for New Orleans to-day, at nine
no
The New Orleans Crescent of Sunday
The Alice, Captain Muncy, from
Manchac, laden with Lumbar for L. De-
mourelle, OF this city, and Pierre Cornet,
Of Ascension, yesterday, struck a snsg
Lske Mauripas, nea the entrance to
Pass Manchac, and was sunk. Passen-
gers all saved and resched this city by
morning train of Jackson Railroad.
Boat may be raised, and part Of the
saved. Capt. MUUcy was not on
BOARD. This is the second boat he has
ost ia the same trade within the last
year by his unavoidable absence.