Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-25
RNERs, WEATHER ARD BusIaEss.

hitEhSs HEalhEh Anu BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS Gas WORKS, May q.
River fell II inches in past "a hours. Be-
low city high water mark, 9 feet 6 inekes
below high water of 1867, 10 feet 9 inches.
CHAS. GOODWIN.
The decline goes on rapidly with us,
and the news from all directions is Of the
same nature. The Arkansas IS nearly at
low water stage. White river is falling.
Our Geographic adyices OF last night viii
be found elsewhere. The weather is clear
and pleasant. Business only moderately
active on the levee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 tOwboat passed down yesterday, with
a coal heet....--..Capt Sam. Hambleton
informs us hat there Is now no doubt
about the removal of the dry docks from
Cairo. They will either come TO Memphis
or go to St. Louis, mex What
about the barge liner Is it about to die
out?..-.~.The LightwOod. Capt. Scott,
VIII load to-day for the Ohio, going as far
as Cincinnati. To-day the Belle Mem
phis leaves for Cairo and st. Louis. She
IS an elegant packet, commanded by Capt.
John Crane, with Billy Banker in the
leaves to-day for White river. She con-
meets with the Little Rock train. The
splendid ThOs. II. Allen, Capt. Pritchard.
viii get away to-day for Little Rock and
way points on the Arkansas Passengers
for the Hot Springs make no change ex-
cept at Little Rock. She IS
the United States mail packet.......
The new steamer st. Francis, Capt.
Bowman, with Paine and Clark in the
office, gets away to-day for all points on
st. Francis river. She Is the only packet
in the trade..-....The RObt. r. Lee. Can't.
Cannon, will pass down this evening for
New Orleans. She needs no praise. Rob-
erts, Mossop and Sullivan are her clerks.
1.-THE Commonwealth leaves ar 2 pm.
to-day for Nicksburg and New Orleans.
She is an excellent packet.-.....The stock
holders of the defunct st. Louis and
Quincy Packet Company advertise $500 0
of stock in. the Northwestern Union
Packet Company and $500 in notes for
sale at auction on June 3d. There are
twenty-seven barges now lying at
Carondolet, below st. Louis, loading or
laden with iron ore for Pittsburg and
other pOints-~-...SupervisO Nash, of
Tennessee, who is at present in Washing
ton, has submitted 10 Commissioner De-
lanO a proposition TO extend the revenue
marine into the naFigable waters of the
Ohio, Mississippi. and Missouri rivers
and their tributaries, in aid of the inter
nal revenue He proposes that these
streams be patrOlled with swift-sail-
ing steam tugs, duly equipped, with g
view to checkmate frauds in whisky and
tobacco, which, it is believed, are carried
on upon these Iivers to an alarming ex-
tent. He is of opinion that such service
would be of as much benefit to the Inter
nal Revenue as 1t is to the Customs De-
partment.-..-.The Nick LOngworth left
Louisville last night for New Orleans.
Two small steamers are being built at
Aberdeen, Ohio, one for tine YazoO river,
and the other for Big Sandy river. One
of these has been launched and the other
is still on the ways...~..The CouTi6r-JouT-
nat of Sunday says: We visited the Silver
Moon aground on the falls yesterday, and
found her in about the same condition as
reported in yesterdays issue. She is stii
leaking, but the doctor pump keeps the
water below her ~dunnage. She has set
tied several inches, and a big rock is COM
ing up Though her keisOn Just beneath
her ash-pan. Capt. G, W. Neare and
Samuel C~OvingtOn, Esq, of the Cincinnati
underwriters, arrived here yesterday.
They do not consider her lost, and have
not taken charge of her. Her stern j.
about two feet highesnhan her bow. There
is no hope of getting ~ of until the river
rises at least two feet.