Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-29

MEMPHIS GAS WORKS December Y.
River rgss I iooE ? inches in past y
hours. i stood below high water mark
Of 1867 Il feet s inches this morning.
CHAS. GOODWIN.
Superintendent Of Gas Works.
CAIRO, December 2S.-D0wn: Long
worth, at 9 O'Clock last night; Alice Dean.
al 70 am. Up: Forsyth a. q. and Groes-
beck and Olive Branch, at 10 am; Nick
AVAIL, az 3 pm. TIE river Tell ? inches.
The weather is clear and mild.
LOUISVILLE. December q. -Down:
Alaska and Henry lite. Up: Moore.
The weather Is clear and mild. The river
IS falling, with l. feet in tbs canal.
C~ISCINSAIl, September &.-Arrived:
Nightingale. Departed: Emperor and
Garrett, for New Orleans. The weather
is clear and moderate. The river j. TALL
ing, with feet in the channel.
ST. LOUIS, December &-The river Is
falling with Is ioos TO Cairo.
ST. LOUIS, December &-Arrived: Co
lOssal, McGiI and NcPiks. Departed:
Charles II. Durfee. Tom Jasper. LaBsrge
and 81. Luke. The river is stiil falling.
with O1Iy tive feet of water on tha worst
bars % Cairo. The weather is clear and
mild.
PrrTsBURe. December 22.-The MOnon-
gahola river is stationary.
NEW ORLEANS. December 2S-Arrived:
-AHEEAAaA ALOA4 A~LElAtHAlNs ana AELAll6
from Louisville. Departed: Common
wealth and Henry Ames, for st. Louis;
Liberty and barges. for Cincinnati; Sallie
and WauuitI, for Pitssburg- The Tunes
Bayou Sara special reports the burning
Of the steamer Tempest, with 500 bales Of
cotton, near Trinity yesterday. No lives
lost.
The river swells rapidly at this pOinr,
and is covered with DRIFT and foam. The
fr-rr-- - ne "a 49, hrrH Sc - T-~,---H
ing daily. Steamboat gangways do not
incline so much outward as they did e
week or 81 ago, and freight Is more easily
put ashore. Dur dispatches give the
latest news from points above. We have
no change TO note Ia the Arkansas or
White rivers Weather clear and BUSH
ness Sc-Iye.
MIscL &SEoCs.
Henry NJ. Hampton. clerk at Larry
Harmstad's, found on the floor of the
Ds5Oto bank yesterday, d thousand dol
lar bill. L was supposed to belong to tho
steamer s.. Joseph, having probably been
dropped IN the bank by h-r clerk. Mr.
Hampton delivered it 20 Henry E Cor
byn, clerk Memphis and St. Louis Pack
o. Company.
Ali OF our local packets hadagood trips
yesterday, going out.
Our prediction about a daily line Of
boats hence 20 White river, will soon be
fulfilled. We COW have i've boats in that
riVer-twO on Tuesdays, u Thursdays,
one Fridays and one SATURDAYS.
Capt. J. NJ. V~dndegrid, clerk OF the Lo-
reua, came up by raid yesterday frOmNs
Orleans, end awaits hrs boat here. She is
due from below to-day, and is bound for
Cincinnati.
The Silver Noon, Captain Ben. Msr-
rifles, leaves to-day for Louisville and
Cincinnati. Sac is one Of the finest boats
the line, and very popular as a psssen-
les and Clerk George Higgins are atteL-
tive 10 the wants Oftheir guests and never
cease seeing after their comfort.
The unsurpassed passenger packet
Great Republic. with ". h. Donaldson on
the roof. leaves to-day as the REGULAR
Wednesday packet for New Orleans. She
IS superior in every respect, and Is known
the world over as the finest boat afoat.
She leaves At . pm. Mr.. Atkinson is her
chief clerk.
The Mollie Gratz is the regular semi
weekly OSccola packet, and leaves here
On Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Ozark, Captain AID. Storm, leaves
Thursday for al points on the Arkan-
sas to Fort Smith.
The collision between the Richmond
and Wild Wagner was quite a serious
-A@At. Inc d[uDtE tore the guards OIL [
he Richmond nearly half her length on
one side, but in so doing injured herself
90 badly Is TO commence going down.
The Richmond was signalled, and had
work 10 save her. Capt. Neal claims
on the boat and her cargo of 900
bales Of cotton, and win get it. The acct
dent, it Is said, was the result of careless
ness on the part Of the Wagousr's pilot.
By a dispatch received yesterday from
Capt. Bill Blake we learn that navigation
8 agaiu resumed between Cairo and ST.
Louis. The RubicOn passed up and viii
20 through.
The Gen. Anderson, Capt. Jim Lee.
will back out to-day for Friar's Point and
III way landings on the lower river. She
5 a tip-top passenger packet. stack Lee
= her polite and attentive secretary.
The NatOma leaves on Friday for Jack
onport and way points on White river.
Ii will be seen BY q card elsewhere that
he Des Arc enters the White river trade,
commencing on Thursday tomorrow,
nd GOES through to J~acksOnport and
3atesville, making al way landings on
little Red river. Matt GlasSwin com
0and.
The new steamer Natchez was present.
at Natchez, with a set of eOlOrs. The
resentation speech was made by Mr..
Douglas WalwOrih. and was handsomely
3plied to BY Rev. W. II. Watkins, in be J
AFT OF Capt. Leathers-
The tom Jasper, with Judd West in