Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-10

RIVERS, T AND BUSINESS.
Gas WORKS, June o, 1870.
The river rose 81 inches In the past "A
hours. Below high water mark OF 1851,
10 feet IL inches.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
superintendent Gas Works.
Our dispatches give the latest news
from points above. The Arkansas has
/ risen 10 feet at Little Rock and was still
risingdast night. The weather Is cle@
and cool. Business on the leyee mOder-
ate.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CrNCINNAr1, June 9.-Ths river is at .
stand, with 8 ieet of water in the channel;
the weather Is cloudy and rainy; Their
PIrTsRURe. June Draining; 8 feet s
inches in the MOnongahels; the river IL
| falling Notwithstanding the wet weather.
ST. LOUIS. June 9-Arrivals to-day:
| Adam Jacobs, Grand Tower. Departures:
For Vieksburg, City Of Alton.
NAsHvmLE, June 9.-The river is de-
| olining rapidly at this point, with 8 feet
reported on HarPeth Shoals. The wealth
| or is cool. cloudy and shOwery. The Ella
| Hughes and Umpire arrived from the up
perS CumberIsnd-the former with 142
hhds. Of tobacco, and the latter with 2l3
hhds. tobacco for New Orleans. The lat
ter cleared for Cairo.
LOUISVILLE, June 9.-River stations
~; 5 feet in the canal; 3 feet in the chute
| over the falls. Weather cloudy and cool.
Business improving. Port list -Lsonidas
and barges, from Cincinnati to New Or
leans; Louisville, from New Orleans TO
Louisville.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Captsiu Geo.. W. Gift returned from
New Orleans on the Bismarck. He brought
with him II Coolies, Of the lot shipped by
him from China. This dozen Celestials
are now at work on the Dardaneile as
deck hands, and are under contract to
| Capt. John d. Adams for three years at
IS per month IN gold. They are Of course
! not so effective as they will be, having
been coOped up on shipboard for the past
four months, but it Is said they W1lfmake
a model crew, and Captain Adams will
soOn have enough Of them 20 dispense
with the uncertain negro labor, upon
which he has 50 long been dependent.
The SaIIie V. left for Dyersburg with
the best trip she has ever had in the
trade.
The John Kilgour passed down yester-
day She added 167 bales Of cotton At this
| point.
The Mary Houston also passed down.
She took 274 bales cotton here. This
cleaned out the Southern bound cotton
Lying on the levee.
A private excursion party had "a good
4 time on the Excelsior last evening.
The Continental will be due up tonight
or in the morning.
The Natcnez makes one more trip IN the
Vicksburg trade, and then enters the New
Orleans and st. Lo1is trade, In which she
will make four trips.
Captain Hinde's big wharfbOat was
launched at Mound City, Ill, & few days
ago. 1t is intended for Cairo.
The towboat J. W. Garrett LEFT for be-
low yesterday morning early.
The City of K~eithsburg is offered tor
sale at st. Louis.
The Julia was due last night from
above, and the r. Z. Lee will pass down
fdANew Orleans Saturday. The Dexter
wiz be due also from above tonight or to-
morrow.
They tell a yarn about 3 countrymsn and
one Of those patent hre-extinguishers
which are now carriedo on all the Memphis
and st. Louis packets. The machine
looks something like q water cooler, and
attracted the notice of the eOuntryman,
who was evidently thirsty for a drink.
Looking the machine all over, and con-
Guiding it must be q refrigerator, y he
proceeded to investigate the method of
Attracting the fluid from its interior.
Placing the pipe in his mouth, he was
about to turn the valve, when Billy Blen-
ker yelled at him. Dropping the hose, he
turned upon the clerk and said, $50 to
thunderl If yer so durn'd stingy with
your ice water. III never ride on your
old boat sgin."
The r. P. Walt, Captain Ashford,
leaves tomorrow for all landings on
White river. She Is the regular United
States mail packet.
The keel of one Of the two Arkansas
river boats under contract at this place
for Captain John d. Adams, is already
laid. Captain Bill Rowland, who is busy
as a beaver in getting out the timbers,
says he want one Of them named the
81 Sumner" Why should It not be7
Had we not q Last Chance, an Only
Chance, q 35th Parallel, q Shoe Fly, and q
Phil Sheridsn2 The Sumner" would
be better than either.
The W. A. Caldwell, Captain Clay Rice,
will leave to-day for Pine Bluff, Little
Rock and ali way landings en- the Arksn-
sas. She connects with the packets for
Fort Smith, aud is a irst-class passenger
steamer. Tom Brashear and Walker Out
law are her clerks.
The Silver Noon, Captain Der. Merrie-
lees, will get away to-day for Cairo and
Cincinnati. Passengers bound north could
ind no better boat nor more clever OH
GERS. George ". Higgins is chief clerk.
The Colorado, Captain Mckee, with Mr..
Craig in the Office, caves to-day for Cairo
and St. Louis. Sha is the regular packet.
For boats leaving tomorrow see our ad-
vertisement columns.
The Vicksburg Times says "Mr. John
Chamberlain, clerk Of the Belle YsEoo,
left yesterday for Memphis. The Mack
erel Brigade Commander, sometimes
known as ]. o. Durf, will keep q eye
out for him."