Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15

GAS WoRKs, May IA, 1870.
The river fell Is inches in the past "a
hours. Below high water mark of 1867, 10
feet Z inches.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
Our dispatches give the latest news
from all points. We have no later in
formation from the Arkansas. Weather
clear: business brisk.
BY TELEGRAPH. y
LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE river is rising
slowly, with feet 3 inches in the canal,
and feet 3 inches in the chute over
the falls. Weather clear and warm. Up:
Edinburg, New Orleans to Cincinnati
Liberty No. and barges, st. Louis to
Wheeling. Down: Shamrock, Cincinnati
to st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE river is falling,
having declined AZ inches in the past "a
hours. Arrived: W. r. Arthur, New
Orleans; Marble City, Nicksburg; Ar
kansas, Little Rock st. Joseph, Mem
phis. Departed; Bee and barges, for New
Orleans; Mollie Able, Memphis; G. B.
Church and st. Joseph, Vicksburg; H. S.
Turner, Fort Smith.
CAIRO, May H.-River fallen inches in
the past "a hours. Weather clear and
pleasant. Up: Belle st. Louis, Memphis
to st. Louis; Armadillo, Memphis to Gin
cinnati; ArgOsy, Cincinnati to st. Louis
Mollie McPike, Arkansas river to St.
Louis. Down: Belle Memphis, st. Louis
to Memphis; Robt. Burns, Cincinnati to
Memphis; Shock, st. Louis to New Or
leans.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Alice Dean left for Cincinnati with
200 bales cotton.
The Legal Tender leaves on Tuesday for
all landings on White river.
The Indiana, Captain Rubo Neal, win
pass up for Louisville this day at 2. m.
Charly Miller is clerk.
The Mary Houston, Captain Dunham,
leaves for Louisville Tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock.
The Gallatin leaves on Tuesday foy.De-
Wallis Bluffs.
The Belle Memphis gets away on Mon
day for st. Louis.
The United States Custom-house and
office of the Local Inspectors for this
port has been removed to No. AZ Madi-
son street.
The steamer Mary Byrd sunk in the
Tennessee river on the 10th. She struck
a snag and went down in thirty feet
water, proving a total loss. She was four
years old, and was bnilt by Captain r. K.
Byrd, of Kingston.
The st. Francis will get away on Tues
day for st. Francis river.
Captain John A. Washington, formerly
of Cairo and st. Louis, has arrived in our
city, and will locate here as agent of the
St,12ouis and New Orleans Packet Line.
on 9sin Washington is an energetic bust
~ Us man and well known to our people.
ss;fe welcome him to Memphis.
" The Mary Boyd leaves on Monday for
Little Rock and way landings on the
Arkansas.
The towboat, J. N. Kellogg, passed up
yesterday.
The City of Alton, Capt. A. ]. Carter,
will pass down at 10 am. for Vieksburg
and the Bends. James H. Gore and
Charley Parsons are clerks.
The gallant Rubicon, Capt. William
Blake, will pass up to-day for Cairo and
st. Louis. She is the regular packet. ALI.
Grissom is her chief CLERK, and is one OF
the most popular officers on the river.
Upper White and Black rivers are in
good hoatable order, with five feet in the
latter from Pocahontas down. The Bates
Vile loaded at Jacksonport last week for
Buffalo Shoals, one hundred miles above
Batesyille, on Upper White river. She
carried a good freight, and there was
every prospect that she would take it
through without detention.