Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-12
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BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
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The river rose 8 inches yesterday. and
has advanced about IA inches during the
last few days. The Arkansas Is filling
slowly, with SO inches on the shoaiest
bars below Little Rock, and Is inches
through to Fort Smith. The channel
cuts out as fast az The river falls, and
navigation for ten days past has been
little changed. White river has 4 feet to
DeValls Bluh, 81 feet to Augusta and 3
feet to Jacksonport. Above DeVaIPs
Bluff b channel is very narrow, and the
packets rub On every shoal. The st.
Francis Is too low for navigation at pres
ent.
Business yesterday was very light, and
the few passing steamers attracted little
attention. The Wauanita lay here an
hour or so, putting out freight. The
Southwestern passed up for st. Louis.
She was built for the Red river trade, but
finding little to do in that stream. goes
above in search of business. The Allen,
from Arkansas, the Anderson, from
Friar's Point, and the Anna, from the
Ohio, all had fair trips. The McGiI
passed down with a good load for New
Orleans.
The weather yesterday was cloudy all
day, shOwery at intervals, and s~urcharged
with electricity every now and then. A
cool breeze blew all day.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ST. LOUIS, September II.-Arrived:
Nick Wall, Red river; City of Alton,
Vlcksburg: Arkansas, Little Rock; st.
Marys and Commonwealth, New Or
leans. Departed: Pauline Carroll and
Mary Alice and barges, New Orleans; st.
Joseph, Memphis; RubicOn, Vicksburg;
Bon Accord, Memphis; Thompson Dean,
New Orleans. River slowly rising.
CAIRO. September u-Port list: Mary
Miller, Evansville packet, 10 pm; Colo
RADIO, st. Louis to Vieksburg, IL pm:
Continental, Cairo to New Orleans, Il D.
M. st. Joseph, st. Louis to Memphis, 3;
Rubicon, st. Louis To Vicksburg, 5. River
rose 3 inches; weather cloudy; mercury
TSe. A locomotive with a tender and two
ears, consigned to the st. L. rs. E. R. R.,
ShawneetoWn, ILL.,, while being loaded
from the inclined plane of the Illinois
Central to a barge this morning broke its
couplings and ran into the river where the
water is thirty feet deep. They viii be
recovered.
LOUISVILLE, September II-River rising
again, with % inches in the chute and 5
feet large on Portland bar. Weather clear
and pleasant.
C~INCIENATI, September 1.-THE river is
8 feet 2 inches, and nearly stationary.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Travel on the river is rapidly increas-
ing. The movement southwark is getting
lively. The Olive Branch, for New or.
leans last Saturday, had a fair list of cabin
passengers. The Cheek also went out
full, and several other passing boats had
good lists.
The present rise in the river will be like
ly to relieve the A. ]. White. Its stage is
now about the same as when she got fast.
1t is to be hoped that she will he adoat
and at work before the close of the pres
ent week.
The Anna, Captain A. Stein, leaves at 5
p. m. for Cincinnati, Louisville and all
way points. Captain A. T. Power is her
polite and affable clerk.
The T. H. Allen, Captain Clay Rice,
leaves this evening at 5 O'Clock for Little
Rock, Pine Bluff and all points on the
Arkansas.
The Belle Memphis, Captain John C..
Crane, leaves for st. Louis at 5 o'clock D.
m, as the regular mail packet. The pop
ular Billy Blenker is chief clerk OF this
favorite steamer.
There is to be a tremendous lunch of
-quail-On-toast, frogs, crabs, shrimps and
other waterfowl at the Crystal Palace
saloon to-day at noon. Captain James
Durff wants all the river boys, aldermen,
citizens, everybody, to come and drink
hearty, eat plenty, and have a big time.
The Rubicon had not arrived from st.
Louis IN her way to Yicksburg at the
hour of ten last night. She will doubt
less pass down at an early hOur this morn
ing.
The j. s. Durham makes a trial trip
this afternoon.
The river from here to st. Louis has inn
proved considerably.
John Sullivan was in st. Louis Satur-
day attending to the advertising of the
Belle Lee.
The bar of the Utah has been sold to
Wolf & Hynes for $4,000. This is for the
boats lifetime.
The st. Joseph will be the st. Louis
packet tomorrow.
The Morgan line of Texas steamers from
New Orleans notify s-teambOatmen up this
way that they win not receive any more
dry goods boxes that are not well strap
ped. This should be required on all our
rivers. Boats should not be made to pay
for goods stolen from u~nstrapped boxes.
Capt. Jack Chambers ornaments the
laid up at Cincinnati.
The T. +. Eckert, now lying here, will
work in a few days ON the wreck
Of the Emma.
The Southwestern had among her items
l,264 boxes sugar, 1000 bundles iron ties,
10 casks soda ash, and about 500 packages.
LADIEs-Call at the Southern Palace.
332 Main street, for your Dry Goods.