Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-09

June overflow. our adV1ceS from above
are full, and contain good news about the
rivers, all of which are falling, except
the Ohio, which is rising rapidly at Pitts
burg. The Arkansas is falling, with
about 5 feet to Little Rock. White river
has a good stage to all points. The wealth
er is clear and warm.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LOUISVILLE, May 8.-River falling; now
6 feet 9 inches in the canal, A feet 6 inches
in he chute Ove the falls, and 3 feet 9
in les over the rocks. Weather rainy and
C5i. Port list-EmperOr, Cincinnati to
Evansville; Silver Moon, Cincinnati to
Memphis; ~ArmadillO, Cincinnati to
Arkansas river; Leonidas, Cincinnati to
New Orleans; American, Fort Smith to
Cincinnati. Nightingale, Cincinnati to
Arkansas river.
GREENSBORO, May S.-River is rising,
with . feet 6 inches in the channel.
Rainy; thermometer, so.
PITTsBURG, MAY Staining all day,
with a fair prospect for a rise in the Mo-
nOngaheia, which is 5 feet in the channel
and rising.
BROWNSVILLE, May s.-River rising,
with 8 feet in the channel. Raining all
day, with prospects of high water; Their
mometer, So.
MoRGANTOwN, May s.-River rising,
with 3 feet in the channel. Raining;
thermometer, $50 at 7 pm.
CAIRO, May S.-The river has fallen Is
inches in the past "a hours. Weather cool
and pleasant Port list-BeIle Lee. New
Orleans to st. Louis; City of Alton, Vicks-
burg to st. Louis; Ironsides, st. Louis to
P%ittsburg; MineOla, Memphis to Cincin-
natl; Altoona, St. Louis TO Cincinnati:
City of Cairo, Memphis to st. Louis
Hope and barges, Wheeling to st. Louis:
Mary Alice, st. Louis to New Orleans;
Shreve and Paris, to Red river; Rubicon,
Louis to Vicksburg; st. Joseph, St.
Louis 70 Memphis; Church, st. Louis to
Memphis; Utah, st. Louis to Arkansas
river; Thompson Dean, st. Louis to New
Orleans; Great Republic, st. Louis TO
New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, May 8.-Clear, fine wealth
er; Thermometer, 60'; wind, southwest;
barometer, 1884. Arrived-Juniata, from
Pittsburg; she left again for Pittsburg.
with a number of passengers. The Ar
COSY passed up for P~ittsburg; she put OF
go tons of freight here. The river is fall
ing slowly, with 10 feet 10 inches in the
channel. The Glasgow, for New Orleans.
to-day.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The st. Francis gets away tomorrow
for st. Francis river. Tom. Bowman is
The magnificent Great Republic, Can
VIM. Donaldson, will pass down this
evening tor Vicksburg and the bends.
finer steamer floats than the Great
Republic. Nj. Atkinson is chief purse
The sam. ]. Hale, Captain Walker, win
get away Tomorrow for Cairo and Gin
cinnatL She came in ON yesterday. with
a big trip.
The T. F. Eckert passed down Saturday
to the wreck of the Kenton.
The r. +. Lee and Magenta were due
last night from below bound for Louis
vile. They have no doubt passed up.
The Petrol came in with a tow Of ice.
She leaves polt here and takes a barge to
Pine Bluff and One to Little Rock.
The RubioOn, with Captain William
Hlake on the roof, will pass down this
evening for Vicksburg and the bends,
Every traveller knows the Rubicon and
ALI. GrissOm, her chief clerk. ALI. h
Dne of the most popular 9f1cers on the
The Red river packet, H. NJ. shrsve,
Will pass down to-day for Shreveport and
al way landings on Red river. She goes
through without reshipp!ng. Henry Car
5er is master and ii. NJ. Worsham is
chief clerk,
The Legal Tender, Captain Elliott,
tomorrow for JacksonpoFt and all
way landings on White river.
h beautiful Belle Memphis, Capt, /
John Crane, will get away to-day Tor
Cairo and st. Louis. She is tho regular
Monday packet, and connects with the
rains North and Rast. Billy Blenker,
the beautiful is chief clerk.
b u. ). Mail packet Mary Boyd will
yet away this evening for Pine Bluff, Lit
lie Rock and all way landings on the Ar +;
KANSAS. She is a splendid passenger I
Jacket, and is very popular ia The line.
aube Haynes is masteg, and E. w. Out
aw is chief olerk.
ina rallrOad packet Gallatin goes out
O-morTOw for Devall's Bluff, on her first
rip. John Edison commands, and Char /
ey Sharp takes charge of the office.
Probably n of the greatest oatrages
If the day is the present system of en-
a wharfage tax from steamboats,,
- z wrong which would not be toll
rated n any civilized country, and
would have done ereditOto the trainers of
he blue laws of Connecticut. Every
teamer landing at our wharf is a benefit
. our city, and it would be more proper
o pay them a bonus than to make them
for a privilege which is not a privi-
eye. Why not charge every railroad
rain for entering within our city limits.
I wonld be equally as sensible as laying
tax upon the ARRIVAL of steamers. It is
10 excuse that our city wants money. It
you'd be equally as Just to arrest and
hrow into the county jail every mer-
hant in Memphis until they paid into
he city treasury whatever money il
We do not and never did believe
hat the wharfage tax was legal, and we
Ope that steamboat owners will club to-
ether and test the question, not only
ere but elsewhere. IL would no doubt
some trouble to have to return all
moneys collected in this way, but we
Y law.