Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-10
RIVERS WEATHER aaD BUSINESS

Louisville. July 9.-The riveris dech-
ming with Z feet inches in the canal.
Departed, p. w. Strader.
Clear ana very warm.
CAIRO, July 9.-The river rose 3 inches.
Up, Silver Spray, I a.H.} Thompson
Dean, 8 am.
Down. Marble City, 1 p.In. ..I
There was a heavy rain last night, hqt 1t
is clear aud warm to-day.
ST. Louis, July a.-Fke river Is Iaihng
Departed, Commonwealth, Molne AEe.
ana Belle Memphis.
Weather Very warm.
NEW ORLEANS, J4ly a-Arrtved, Il. r..
Lee and Indianas
MEMPHIS GAS WQRKs, July 9, 1876.
Pie river rose , inches 10 the past
d hours. Belog' the high water marx
u i'' CHAS. GOODWIN.
The rise goes On slowly, aRd will nos
last much longer. Predictions are t4at
we viii soon baye dead low water, ana we
for one must confess that We would Ake
10 see a. The river lRs been on "A hlgh
Tor co long that we have a curiosity % see
the top of a sand bar once more. ihe
Missouri and Upper Mississippi are fall,
ing. Tine latest news from the Ohio n
uCi.rts above will be found at the head OF
thig ca,ulns, The Arkansas is falling.
IT declined incAe e9terdaY at ihtI!e
Rock. White river Is Tely Aghi but Is
no doubt falling by this time
The weather i clear and hot, bhsnlaas
moderately active.
MISCELLANEOUS.
70 MeCullock, Of New Orleans, passed
through osl ST. on Wednesday, bound
for LOUISVILLE.
EL, .,.s - MI I'D.
hdauehter of Gen. Albert Pike, was taken
TO Little Rock last evening on The Cald-
well, for burial III the family b~urying
grounds.
The Ozark win come Off the docks to-
dav. and alter receiving a coat Of paint
she will take the place of the Caldwell,
which boat viii also receive a general
overhauling preparatory to the fail cam
paigpi
The tQw boat sam Brown, with - big
coal tow, passed down Yesterday,
The Great Republic is due from below
to-day, and the MoLie Able VIII be due
in the morning from above.
Wolf Il Hynes, of st. Louis. own the
bars on about fifty steamboats,.
The fine steamer City Of Cairo leaves
to-day for Cairo and St. Louis. She Is a
splendid packet, and connects with trains
North apd East, Alex Zicgler is master,
and Henry GorSPn ia ehiei clerk.
CAPT. Elem Calvert, Superintendent OF
the Memphis and ST. Louis Packet Com
ranv. returned Yesterday from the Hot
Springs. lie, like Or. Creighton. has
dropped all superhuOus flesh, and has
bleached ont amazingly. lie IS in excel
lent health. and thinks the Springs are
hard 10 beat.
The Marble City, Capt. Carter, goes
down to-day for Vicksburg and the bends,
making all landings. She is the United
States mail packet.
Corey & Griffen continue to keep up
their reputation as No. / caterers, and
their handsome restaurant on Court street
is headquarters for hundreds Of White
river visitors.
The elegant Natoma, Capt. VIM. Ash
ford. hacks out to-day for White river.
She connects with the Little Rock train
and with packets for ~JaCksOBpOrt, She Is
a splendid local packet. Garrett Huls ard
John Smither are her well known clerks.
The sale of the Belle Lee has been con-
frmed and Capt. Smoker has taken pos
session.
Capt. Roots new boat, now building ct
stew arts shipyard, Madison, will be
called the "TraYilla,'
Capt. Kouns' new boat. the Gyand Era,
VIII be launched at RarmOre's %shipyard,
Jacksonville, to-day,
The Louisville C0iG{6T says witt lie
departure OF tie - W otA aver Lo-ttN
the Louisville and New Orleans Packet
Company will close their office until the
opening of the fall trade. Nearly All Of
the boats of the line have laid up for the
summer. and there is no necessity for the
active operations of the company. Capt.
Il. 7. Sturgeon, the Superintendent, is in
feeble health, and left Yesterday for Or.
Caspart's water cure F4r tFeatMeut, The
company viii he roorganiZed for business
early IN the fall. The organization has
been productive of good results, and has
demonstrated the fact that the only way
that steamboating can be successfully
conducted IN this age of railroads and
barge lines is by acting in unison with
each other.
The st. Louis Democrat says: River
falling at the rate of i've inches in twenty
four hours, that icing the amount OF de-
cline during the tContF=f0iG hours end
ing at dusk last evening, Only three and
a half feet water Is reported above Hast
ings, and the river falling. The upper
Missouri is falling, and the swollen I'LL |
nOis is steadily declining. Prospects for
Mountains very bad. Only two feet of
water on DOphan'S rapids, and il is pre-
suned that the Columbia, Tempest and
st. Johns will not reach Benton this sea-
son. Everywhere the upper rivers are re-
ported on the decline. There are two
large steamers. the Mollie Able and Com
~nOwloading for New Orleans, /
and find freight scarce for that point, The
Memphis and VicksbuTg packets leave
regularly with fair trips. The trade be-
tween this point and st. Paul is very light
at present, but in the Illinois and Mis-
souri, there is q fair business doing.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the 9th say
contrary to our expectations the river
commenced rising again OF Saturday
morning, and up to u O'Clock yesterday
had risen about five feet. 1t came tOa
stand in the afternoon, and nOtwithstand-
ing tile heavy rain we have had, il It has
commenced falling above, the rain is not
sufficient to keep it up. tits now within
twenty inches Of the high water mark Of
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