Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-20

Usage. Natoma.
RIVERS. WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKs, November 10.
The river declined ~ inches in the past
n hours. and is nov al a stand, y feet y
inch below the high water mark Of 1867.
CHAS. GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
NEW ORLEANS, November ly.-ArriYsd
Lizzie Gill from st. Louis. Departed
Magenta for Memphis.
PfTTsBURG, November I9.-rhe Monon-
gahela is rising, with "a inches in The
channel.
ST. LouIs, November I9.-The river is
rising slowly at this point.
LOUISVILLE. November 1.-THE river
is rising, with ) feet : inches in the canal.
NASHVILLE, November l9.-There was
rain and snow to-day, with strong winds.
The river is STATIONARY, with twenty
inches on Harpeth Shoals.
CAIRO, November l9.-Up: City of Al
ton, 8 last night. Down: Olive Branch,
noon; Colossal and Columbia, 1 pm.
City of Cairo, I pm. The river has risen
two inches.
LOUISVILLE, November l9-Departed:
Edinburg for New Orleans. The weather
is wretched.
CINCISNATL, November I9.-The river is
stationary. with o.. feet la the channel
Arrived Emma Floyd. Departed
Nightingale.
ST.. Louis, November l9.-Arrived:
Belle Memphis and Julia. Departed:
Kellogg, Louisville, Commonwealth and
bismarck. The river has fallen & inches.
The weather is clear aud cold.
Our dispatches from the Ohio no doubt
announce 4 riSe in that stream, a. heavy
rains and SHOWS have fallen to the north
of us. At last report there was 1 feet on
Walkers bar. Hence Ia Cairo ~ feet
scant is found, and d feet is all that is re-
ported above to II. Louis. The Arkansas
inches on Rob Roy bar, below Pine Blum,
and 3 feet from there out. Four feet scant
is all that can be found at Little Island, in
White river, with a ntt bed river towards
the mouth. Horn Lake, below this city,
is getting troublesome, and "a above Is
still a resting place for down stream boats.
TIL weather is very changeahle, with
high cold winds. business active on the
levee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Leonidas came up from New Or
leans yesterday. A robbery occurred on
her below here. The clerk, Mr.. Mccall
lum, by accident left his keys under his
pillow. They were found by the porter,
who went to the safe and distracted a
package containing ~ 600, and hen re-
turned the keys to the place he found
] lltHls 1ut NAGEh SUM uEsthNtftu the
loss, and suspecting the porter, locked
him up in a stateroOm under guard. Dur
ing the night the accused had a dream, in
which be says he saw his coffin walking
across the cabin. It affected him so thai
he sent for Mr.. MGUallum and told him
where he would lind the money, sewed
up ia a mattress in n OF the stateroOms.
Mack lost no time In securing the prize,
and il now the hGppiest clerk on the
river.
A miniature riot occurred on the Dex-
ter at our landing yesterday, between the
white and black deck crew. One man had
his cheek cut open with "A knife, and the
whites were compelled to jump overheard
10 save their lives. Particulars elsewhere.
The Kate Kinney is aground at Horn
Lake bar.
The Mary Houston is aground at Island
"a.
The Argosy and tow passed up, and the
towboat Bee passed down yesterday with
barges.
The W. A. Caldwell got away last night
for White river with a good trim.
The nes Arc brought up 2aG bales OF cot
ton and 1900 sacks seed.
The Legal Tender came in with Us bales
OfcOtton n l2S sacks seed. We received
the following note from Capt. Elliott:
" Ri0er Editor -Appeal, The steamer
Legal Tender Will lay over until Tuesday,
the L5u-OHE regular udls 1OufS truly,
-. ID. ELLIOTT, Captain"
The Liberty came in yesterday, with
S32 bales cotton and 600 sacks seed. She
also had a big lot of game for Capt. LoUis
and Charley Martin.
The Mary Roya Leaves Gn Monday for
White river,
The Satons, Capt. Ashford, goes out to-
day for the mouth of White river and all
way landings. She connects with the
Fort Gibson for Pine Bluff and the Amer
lean for Little Rock, and carries the
United States mail. Mr.. jim I~isenbarry,
a popular clerk and ~well-known Mem
phian, goes in the office.
The Olive Branch, Capt. McCord, passes
down Tomorrow for New Orleans.
Tne fine little steamer Belle came in
yesterday from the Ohio, Inc will prob-
ably ply in some of our local trades.
The ten. Anderson. capt, Lee, goes out
ON Monday for Eriar's Point.
The Mary Forsyth, Capt. Fisher, with
BILLY White in the office, leaves to-day
for Vickshurg aud the bends. She is the
q, 8. mail market.
The Usage gets away to-day for upper
White river. She viii run in connection
with the ''Dayis Line" of White river
packets from Augusta to JacksOnport and
all points on Black and upper White
rivers.
The u. 5. mail packet Liberty, Capt.
Pat. Wheat, will get away to-day for
Augusta and way points on White river.
She connects with the Little Rock Rail-.
road, and is a No. | passenger packet.
Jimmy Thompson aud Charley Sharpe are
clerks.
Attention is called to the card Of Capt.
John B. Davis, in our local columns.
The elegant City of Cairo, Capt. MalIn,
st. Louis. She is the regular Saturday
packet, and her Office is in charge of a
competent clerk.
A compromisehas been effected at New
Orleans, and the Post Boy and Gov. Allen
have been Withdrawn from the New Or
leans and Natchez trade.
All the Government snagbOats have
been ordered to the lower Mississippi for
q winter campaign,
The Great Republic name UP Gu Thurs
day and laid over here to repair. She
gets away to-day at 5 pm. for st. Louis.
1t need not be said that she is a fine
steamer, as her fame is worldwide. Tx
President Davis came up on her from
Nicksburg, and we learn declares her to
be the finest vessel be ever beheld. Capt.
w. B. Donaldson, her master, Is a genial
host and pleasant companion, with whom
1t is q pleasure to travel. Mr.. Atkinson
is chief clerk.
The recent storms were heavy, both In
Mobile, New Orleans, and along the Ohio.
At mobile houses were demolished. The
shipping at New Orleans was considerably
damaged, and at Evansville the steamers
Armada, Louisa, and New Camden were
struck by the wind, and their upper works
completely destroyed, and Capt. Mont
gomery's boat, the New Camden, just
built, had her main deck swept Of every
stick of timber, and her pilotrhouse, texas,
hurricane deck and cabin fiooEiie piled to-
gether upon the beach. The Louisa lost
her starboard upper guard and hurricane,
and her entire cabin was wrenched over
the shore; her cbimneys went
overboard. The Armada presents the
most unsightiy appearance of ali. Her
entire cabin forward OF her gangway. and
the starboard back to her wheel is ut
terry demolished, and the hurricane roof
is crushed down into the cabin. The big
bell was carried aft rs feet and landed in
an old flat on shore. It viii cost ten
dollars or more to repair it.
Capt. Lawrence Carter viii back ont the
Leonidas to-day for Cairo and Cincinnati.
He has barges at Cairo and viii Rothrough
without trouble.
The pot" a noted whirlpool Ia the
river, strong enough at all
times to engulf a canoe, producing crosse
currents which made navigation danger
Gus even for steamboats, ct high water,
and often destroying large vessels IN time
of flood, has ceased to exist. The plan Of
was 70 cut downa point OF
land that projected into the river, and
kh1a cauaa a donQo4ion of the cllrTouf 40