Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-08

RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
GAS Works, May Z, 1870.
! The river fell ~ inches in the past "A
/ hours. Below high water mark of 1867, 8
feet ~ inches.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
The decline has set in at last, and this
time at least it will be permanent, at least
! for some weeks to come. Our dispatches
| give full reports from all sections. Nc
| later news from the Arkansas or White
rivers. Business brisk on the leS ..
| Weather cool and cloudy.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CIxCINNATI, May 7.-Cloudy; light
/ driZzle; barometer, 1927; thermometer,
| 81. River fallen Is inches in the past "A
hours; Is feet inches in the channel.
Arrived-paeket Argosy, from st. Louis
J. 81. Groesbeck, from New Orleans. De-
parted-paokets Armadillo and Nightin-
gale, for Arkansas river; Silver Moon, tor
Memphis; Emperor, for Evansville; Le-
Onidas, for New Orleans; Argosy, for
Pittsburg.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, May River sta
tiOnary, with feet water in the channel.
Weather cloudy; Thermometer, 59' at
5 pm.
MoRGANTowN, May River station
ary, with 80 inches water in the channel,
Weather clear; thermometer, SO at 4 pm.
LOUISVILLE, May Port list-Alaska,
New Orleans to Cincinnati; Camelia,
Pittsburg to Nashville; Robert Moore
| Cincinnati to Nashville. River still fall
ing; now 7 feet 8 inches in the canal, and
8 feet in the chute over the falls. Wealth
er cool and showery; thermometer, 6I0.
CAIRO, May THE river has fallen 2
feet IN the last "a hours, Weather rainy
and unusually cold. ArriVed-Belle St.
/ Louis, from Memphis to st. Louis; Gray,
| for Cincinnati and Louisville; Champion,
| from Cincinnati to st. Louis; Sam. j.
/ Hale, from Cincinnati to Membhis; Belle
/ Memphis, from st. Louis to Memphis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Legal Tender, Captain Elliott,
| leaves on Thursday for Rll landings on
/ White River.
The r. Z. Lee, Captain Canson, passed
| up to-day, for Cairo and louisville,
| AdOlph Martin is chief CLERK.
| The Magenta, Captain Frank Hicks,
| with John Sullivan in the office, leaves
to-day at pm. for Cairo, Evansville and
| Louisville,
The towb9ats Bee and Grand Lake
passed up yesterday.
| Edward Gallup, Esq, passenger agent
of the Louisville and Cincinnati United
| States Mail Line of steamers was in our
| city yesterday.
The Mary boyd is the regular Monday
/ PaeE Tor Little Rock and all way land
| ings on the Arkansas.
| The Rubicou passes down tomorrow
/ evening for Vicksburg.
| The II. W. Shreve, bound for Vicksburg
and all landings on Red river, passes
| down tomorrow.
| The GalIatin leaves on Tuesday for De-
/ wallis Bluff; 80 hours to Little Rock.
Shoe Fly"
The Great Republic, Capt, VIM. Don
/ aldson, Will pass down this evening for
| Vicksburg and New Orleans. She is an
! elegant packet,
Fhe 7. F. Ecker. is on her way down
! from Cairo to wreck the Kenton, recently
sunk near Helena.
/ The Thompson Dean will be due to-
morrow for New Orleans,
I Randall, of the st. Louis Times, is after
/ Ryland, of the Democrat, with a sharp
| stick. !" Hot Seoatchr won't save the
/ latter.
The Mary Forsyth, Capt. Luker, with
Mr.. Hough in the Office, leaves to-day for
Cairo and st. Louis. She is the regular
packet.
!, The Relic Memphis leaves tomorrow
/ for St. Louis.
A family in Florida lost their little boy,
and they advertised for him in the daily
paper. That very afternoon an alligator
erawled up out of the swamp and died
on the front door step. In his stomach
were found a handful of red hair, some
bone buttons, glass alley, brass bar
relied pistol, a Sunday school book, and a
| pair of check pants. The advertisement
| did it.
James Kerr, jr., has quit the Grand
Era, and now occupies place in the office
of Kounz Bros, in New Orleans.
A lot of lime got wet On the Bismarck
above Cairo on Thursday, and but for the
watchfulness of Captain William ThOmp-
son, that fine steamer would have been
destroyed by fire. The lime was thrown
| overheard.
From the PledglfRs we learn that the
Era No has been sold to parties in New
| Orleans. She goes to the SobiRe river,
/ Texas,