Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-18
RIVER NEWS.
TAT OF THE WEATHER AUGUST II.

RIVER NEWS.
STATE OF THE WEATHER AUGUST IL.
Augusta, clear, 8O0; Boston, cloudy,
640; Charleston, clear, 80; Cleveland,
cloudy, 1872; Chattanooga, clear, S4o;
Cincinnati, cloudy, 75o; Dubuque,
clear and cool; Jackson, clear, 790;
clear and warm, $40; Nashville,
So; New Orleans, clear and showery,
$40; New York, cloudy, So; Osyka,
clear and calm, 79'; Philadelphia,
cloudy, GO; Plaster Cove, cloudy,
640; Pittsburg, cloudy, 760; st. Louis,
cloudy, 80'; V~icksburg, clear and
warm; Washington, cloudy, 800;
Key West, cloudy and calm, SO; Ha-
vana, wet, so; Fortress Monroe,
clear, so; Mobile, cloudy, $50; Hous-
ton, clear, S6'; Shreveport, clear and
calm, $40; Portland, cloudy, so; Will
mingtOn, cloudy, 760.
BOATs LEAVING THIs DAY.
GEO. W. CHEEK..-.....Fr iar's Paint 5 pm.
GREAT REPUBLIC-~.New Orleans 10 am.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Julia, st. Louis.
Thompson Dean, st. Louis.
" Emma No. 3, New Orleans.
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
Alaska, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
{" Mary Houston, Louisville.
Emma No. 8, Cincinnati.
Z" st. Francis, st. Francis river.
- TaUaI Tandar Whffa rivar
" Julia, Vicksburg.
I" Thompson Dean, New Orleans.
/" Alaska, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Steamer w. A. Caldwell.
RIVERS WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
LOUISVILLE, August 1.-THE river
is falling with three feet eight inches
in the canal.
New ORLEANS, August Arrived
City of Alton, from st Louis. De-
parted: p. w. Strader, for Louisville.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS August Il.
River fell S inches in past "a hours.
Below high water mark of 1867 p feet
2E inches.
CHAs. GOODWIN.
A dispatch received yesterday an
nounced a six feet rise at Little Rock
and still swelling. White river is
about on a stand with scant four feet
to Jacksonport. Our dispatches give
the latest news from all points above.
The weather continues intensely hot.
A heavy cloud passed over in the
afternoon, but no rain fell here. Bust
ness very good on the river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There is a growing disposition on
the part of our merchants to put at
least two fine new packets in the
Vicksburg trade, and we predict that
by the middle of September the mat
ter will be a fixed fact. The spirit of
enterprise is abroad, and our people
will not rest until they regain the
trade which was lost owing to u
impoverished condition for the past
two years.
We are glad to learn that Capt.
Frank Hicks is as yet undecided about
putting his boat into the trade from
the mouth of White river to New Or
leans. His doing so would do more
to injure Memphis than our people
are aware of. 1t would effectually cut
US OFF from all the patronage we now
enjoy below the mouth of White and
the Arkansas, and would draw away
much of the trade of both these rivers
which now comes to Memphis.
An eight foot rise is reported at Fort
Smith, on the Arkansas, but it has not
yet reached Van Buren,.
White river continues to decline
| slowly with four feet 10 ,IaoksoppCTt,
The safe of the burned steamer,
| Louisiana, was fished up at Cairo
! Monday and the money, about $3.50,
/ very much damaged, but it will not,
however, have besent to the Treas
ury for Identification.
The Arkansas River Packet Compa-
, nyts -'~~rnsr. ClaEksVIIle, viii, 1t Is
said, soon be sent to CincinnalI l0r a
new cabin.
The Great Republic, after taking
aboard q large list of freight at Cairo,
will add something like 10000 sacks Of
grain between Cairo and this point.
The Commonwealth is due to-day
from below.
The Tom Stevens struck a root in
the Upper Missouri and was only
saved by throwing her cargo over
board.
The Cora, recently sunk near the
mouth of the Missouri, is again afioat.
The Ozark leaves on Frfday.for the
Arkansas.
The Belle st. Louis leaves tO-mor-
row for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Thompson Dean passed down
yesterday. She added 500 sacks oil
cake at this port.
South Bend, Ind, has a champion
Laughter who claims that he can laugh
louder, longer, heartier, and more
scientifically than any other man.
What Say you, Maj. John2 Shall we
bet our clothes on you and banter this
chap from South Bend?
Water is very low in the Missouri,
and navigation is difficult, even be-
tween st. Joseph and Omaha.
The Commissioner of Internal ReVe-
nue. viii, in a few days, issue a circu-
lar to the Assessors throughout the
country, instructing them that all YES
sells, steamboats, and barges engaged
in the carrying trade, whether on the
sea or rivers, are liable to tax as eT-
press carriers,
A well known river clerk who has
been on the town for some time and
consequently in that state of impecu-
mostly not unknown to many of them
Just at present, was seated yesterday
on a lumber pile on the bluff, and was
heard to soliloquize-
1.-THE skunk one point of merit has,
Mark that, you fools who fout him,
He never yet was quite dead broke
Without a (s)cent about him."
The Geo. w. Cheek, Capt. Malone,
leaves to-day for Friar's Point and ali
way landings. She is a favorite local
packet. Charley Smither and Char
ley Jackson are her clerks.
The magnificent Great Republic
will pass down to-day for Vieks6uFg
and New Orleans. She has no equal
as a regular passenger packet. Capt.
Van Hook Is master, and Jas. Kern
is chief clerk.