Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-21
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RIVERS, WEATHER n BUSINESS.
The river at this point is about at a
stand. The rise in the past twenty-four
hours was very light. The Arkansas is
falling with nearly 5 feet to Little Rock.
White river is rising Slowly but has
enough water for the packets. Our dis
patches give th6 la&9st news from above.
The rise at St.. Louis, SO far, amounts to
about five feet. The weatf8ris clear and
warm and business on the levee is brisk,
with fair arrivals and departures for the
season. EaH sa
BY TELEGRAPH. &a
NEwORLEANs September 2O.-Arrived:
Commercial, Gs3cinnaIil Departed; Con
Wauanita, Cipcinnati. =
VIcKsBURo8 Sepember Cup : T. L.
McGiIl, nine last nighta Olive Branch, 4
an Downs Nick LoAgworth, 9 am. /;
Grand Era, 4 am; Natchsz, 7 pm. Riv-
or rising; weather olsaf and warm.
NASHVILLE, Septembes 1.-THE river
is falling very slowly, with 26 inches on
Harpeth Shoals
ST.. LOUIS, September S0.-Arrived:
Lockwood, Shreveport; Colossal, Vicks-
burg; Susie Silver, Sew Orleans. De-
parted: Arthur, New Orleans; Julia,
Vicksburg. The river = stationary and
the weather, clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, September 20.-The river
has five feet even inches in the channel !;
weather clear; thermemetor 73o.
PITTsBURG, September 20.-The weather
is clear; M~onOngahela has 10 inches, metal
marx. .Aaa .F1aHHE atHN eds
PITTsBURG, Pa, September 20.-River
falling, with I6 inches in the channel.
There is nothing doing on the landing.
No arrivals or depaI tires. Weather clear
and cool. ThermQmeter ".
LOUISVILLE, September 20.-The river
is falling, with 20 inches in the chute and
4 feet ON Portland bar. The lower Ohio.
is falling slowly, with 81 feet large on
CaseXille bar, snd 4$set scant, on Flint
IslandS.
CAIRO, September 20.-Departed: Iberia,
Louisville to New Orleans Am; CollOs-
sal, White river to st. Louis, l pm. /;
Pink Marble, Louisville to White river, 3
pm. Minneola, Louisville to Memphis,
SPIN. Belle st. &dasis, 81. Louis to Mem
phis, 4 pm; LaCl&re No. 2, Louisville
and return, Z pm. River rose 2 inches;
weather clear and mercury 74o.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Legal Tender for White river, the
A. J. White for Friaf's Point, and the st,
Joseph for st. Louis, left with good trips.
The City Of Alton, Captain A. Jack
Carter, leaves to-day for Cairo and St.
IOuHs oAb OOllubCbA Will . Inc LIdlUS
North and East. Garrett Huls and Char
ley Parsons are her clerks.
To-day the magnificent low-pressure
passenger packet Richmond will be in
port to leave as adgeStised tor Vicksburg
and New Orleans. She needs no praise.
as she is well known to be one of the
finest packets afloat. She has, while ly-
ing up, been repainted inside and out, and
Is really handsomer In appearance than
auar hnTnra ~ lr..-I ---.H.
We need only say that no floating palace
excels her. Captain Nat s.. Green is a
Memphian and is proud of his boat, and
very justly. Cook Creighton, also a citi-
zen of our city, has the Office in charge
and is assisted by John Langlois.
The NJ. j. Wicks was hard aground at
Cstharine's Bend, near Natchez, on
Saturday.
The Commercial enters the Vicksburg
and Greenville trade. Captain Billy
Smith will command.
The new City of Chester is at st. Louis.
and is said to be a beauty.
Captain John s. Patterson is quite ill at
his home in New port.
The Ensley passed down for White
Monday night.
Tom ZeDor was pilot Of the S. @. Day
when she struck a snag and sunk. She
had but one pilot on board.
LAO OUNcInOI ALUM On u6I AdSL IT'D 10
New Orleans, had l041 bales of new co t.
The E%dinburg, at last report, was hard
aground in the Ohio. she is bound to
New Orleans.
The Oil City, Captain Randall. gets
to-day, for Shawnee Village and all
way landings. She is the regular packet.
The Utah passed down yesterday for the
Arkansas. a
Tho S-ontbu,ast- NJ. a.. 1on4 -L4
from above, bound to Red river.
The new United States mail packet
ID. Allen, Captain Clay Rice, with
Walworth, Alex. Waddell and
Charley Mussalman in the Office, leaves
,o-day for Little Rock apd all way land
lngs on the Arkansas. She connects with
packets for Fort Smith.
The Julia goes down to-morrow for
Vicksburg and the bends.
Ernest Walworth, aowell known and
popular Arkansas river clerk, has taken
of the oficeof the Thos. H. Allen,
The Magenta will enter the Memphis
md New Orleans trade early next month.
She is in elegant condition, and is lying
Il Psducah.
The Liberty will have her cabin taken
If and be turned into a toNboat.
Ice is scarce at this port. Boats bound
louth can only get a smaA amount here.
There Is plenty, however, at Helena.
Many mon make thea hesdquar-
ers at Durtfs.
John Fenwick is now chief clerk of
captain John 7. Washington, and will be
on the leves at all Tours attending
0 The business of the Iine.-
twill belseen that the veteran. steam
,oat agent, Capt. james T.. Bourne, has
gain entered the arena. For the past
ear and a half he has been engsgsd in
he railroad interest, bug he has turned
o his first love and will hereafter devote
the energy and influence he is so well
for to his old time friends, on the
iver. His office is in the new Magnolia
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