Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-23
CHARLES GOODWIN.

INC IlNtI EO5o III AuCu51 III bll6 Ddst ~
hours. Below high water mark Of 1867,
IA feet s inches.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
The Arkansas is falling. White and st.
Francis rivers are In good boating condi-
ton, and all the rivers above are deelin-
ing. The weather yesterday was hot and
sultry, and the hottest day of the season
by considerable. In the shade about the
river the thermometer reported the tenn
p~erature at $50. Business was extremely
dull on the wharf yesterday. None OF
the passing steamers did anything worth
reporting. and there were no regular
packets in port.
BY T~ELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, Juno A-ArriVed: II. NJ.
Shreve, from st. Louis for Shreveport, 10
am; MinneOla, from Cincinnati for
Memphis, 3 pm. The river is stationary.
Weather clear; mercury 90S. The Magen-
ia has laid up mere.
NEW ORLEANs,June 22.-The Bismarck
arrived from st. Louis, and the Virginia
departed for Louisville. Weather cloudy.
Thermometer, So
VIcKsBURG, June 22.-Down: Nick
LOngwOrth, 3 a N. The river is falling.
Thermometer, $50.
NASHVILLE, June 22-River rising.
fourteen feet on the Harpeth shoals.
Weather hot and clear. Departed: John
Lumsden, for Cairo.
LOUISVILLE, June 22-Arriyed: Night
ingale, from Arkansas river. Departed:
r. +. Lee, for New Orleans. The river
fell ) inches in the last "A hours, with !
feet 8 inches in the canal, and 8 feet q
inches in the chute. Weather clear and
hot.
ST. LOUIS, June 22.-Arrived: Allan
tic and barges; Natchez, New Orleans;
Belle Memphis, Memphis. Departed:
Mary Alice and barges and Great Repub-
lie, New Orleans. The river is falling,
with 8 feet to Cairo. Allthe upper streams
are declining except the Missouri, which
is rising above.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The towboat J.. NJ. Kellogg passed
down yesterday, and the Robert Fulton
The &. W. Cheek, Captain George W.
Cheek, leaves this evening for FFiar's
Point, Helena and all plantation land
ings. Barney Barinds and Charley Jack
son are her efficient clerks.
The Belle st. Louis, Captain Alex.
Ziegler, leaves for st. Louis this evening
at 8 O'Clock, from the foot of Jefferson
street. Mr.. Baskstte is clerk and Will
Dill passenger agent.
The Henry NJ. Shreve, Captain H. S.
carter, leaves To-Day Al noon IOE SnreN6-
port and all points on Red river.
The X. G. Gray, Captain r. =. Ysrkes
viii be here to-day from Arkansas river,
and will leave at noon for Cincinnati and
all points on the Ohio.
The Fort Gibson came of the docks
yesterday after a thorough o%verhsuIing-
and the Tensas was taken on. The TeR-
sas came up from Rodney, Miss, q day or
two since TO be repaired. She is a ferry
boat at that point.
The NatcheZ, on her recent trip, made
the run to Baton Rouge ten minutes
quIcker than the famous Princess, fast
time. To Natchez her run was IL hours
5lH minutes, which was 2lH minutes be-
hind the time of the Princess. The Match
ez reached V~icksburg in % hours, the
quickest run on record. To Cairo her run
was three days four hours and thirty-fve
minutes. She made sixteen landings on
the way. This is extraordinary running
and the Natchez is fairly entitled to the
honor of being called the champion of
the river"
Our dispatches report the Magenta laid
up at Cairo.
Captain ]. NJ. White has chartered the
Grand Era to run in the New Orleans and
Greenville trade during the summer.
The Virginia was advertised to leave
New Orleans last Tuesday. Also the
Richmond for st. Louis.