Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-07
RIVER NEWS.
RoATs LEAVING THIS DAY
IN PORT.

The river at this point is % feet below
high water mark, and falling 6 inches per
day. Between ST. Lou and Caro- Pilot
VIM. Huston, of the City of Cairo, reports
5% feet at jefferson Barracks, the worst
place in the river, and 5 feet s inches at
Liberty, with s feet on all bars below
Cairo, except 81, where stick ms asurement
showed 7 feet. The Cairo cane down
without trouble, drawing 81 ieet. She
reports the Cornelia aground at the bar
racks, the Pauline Carroll at Hat Island,
the Mary Forsyth at EchOls' Bend, the
Susie Silver above "a with the Carrie
KOuntZ taking off a part of her load to let
her over; and the r. e. Lee hard and fast
crossways of the river at the foot of "a,
with a hcwser out to the foot of the island
trying to spar around so the sand would
wash out from under and relieve her. All
her deck load had been taken off by tn g
Garry Kountz, and put out at Randolph,
Lhree miles below. White river has 4 feet
to Augusta, and 3 above. Arkansas has
3 feet on the shoalest bars below Little
Rock. Both streams are falling. TIT st.
Francis is very low, and no boats are now
running there, owing TO low water and
dull business. Business yesterday was
light. The weather yesterday was clear
and warm, and the very kind necessary
to open cotton rapidly.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, September 6.-River has
fallen IL inches in the past twenty-four
hours, with 81 feet in the channel.
PITTsBURG, September 6.-Weather
clear. The Monongshela has 4 feet in the
chauel, and is falling.
NASHVILLE, September 6.-The river
here is falling, with 8 feet scant on Har-
peth shoals. The weather is fair and
pleasant.
LOUISVILLE, September 6.-Depsrted :
Waunita, for New Orleans The river is
falling slowly; fell 3 inches in the past
t~wenty-four hours, with 80 inches in the
chute and 8 feet on Portland bar. Wealth
er clear and warm.
NEW ORLEANS, September 6.-Arrived:
W. r. Arthur, from st. LOuis.
VICKsBURG, September Cup: st, Ma
RVS, IL last night; Commonwealth, 10
am. Down: John Kilgour, 8 pm. The
Hver is rising. Weather clear and warm.
CAIRO, September 6-Port list: Jennie
Howell, from Louisville to New Orleans,
7 am; Cornelia, from st. Louis to New
Orleans, 10 am; Colorado, from Vicks-
burg to st. Louis, 10 am: Mary Alice,
from New Orleans to st. Louis, 10 am.
Glasgow, from Louisville to Arkansas
river, 8 pm; Atlantic, from st. Louis to
New Orleans, 8 pm; Collier, from st.
Louis to New Orleans, 8 p.m.; Belle st.
Louis, from st. Louis to Memphis, Z pm.
The river rose 8 inches. Weather clear.
Mercury 73e.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The st. Joseph unloaded a good cargo
and returned to st. Louis with the us1al
con Iplament of beer kegs, and a few peo-
pie. All the other arrivals and departures
had light trips.
The City OF Alton leaves for st. Louis
this evening at 8 o'clock, as the regular
mail packet.
The A. J.. Whites crew arrived yester-
day, and report the boat hard and fast.
with no prospect of being relieved until
the next rise. The Captain and mate re-
manned with the steamer.
The SaladO, which sunk up Beouf river
last winter, has beer raised and taken to
New Orleans for repairs. The river fell
and left her a thousand feet from the wa
ter. A canal was dug, the hole stopped,
and she went out rejoicing.
The City of Vicksburg by being behind
time the other day picked up a large list
of people. She registered 1877 from st.
Louis here. Getting aground sometimes
turns a protitably.
The City of Chester will be ready for
business in about two weeks.
The Waunita, Anna and Shamrock are
due from the Ohio. The latter boat is
bringing the Phil Aliens shafts. 1t is
expected the Allen will be ready to
launch next Monday or Tuesday.
About thirty hands ara at work on the
Allen, n for the present nothing is do
ing on the Wheeler. After the Allen
slides into the river the other will be
worked on with a rush. Mechanics are
needed to work on the new boats, and
work is much retarded by their scarcity.
They make draymen get permits from
the chief of police to haul freights from
n steamer to another. Why is this
thus2
The wharfage business was dull at
Louisville during August, only s2s IS was
taken.
The Anna is up for Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The Julia passes down for Vicksburg at
10 O'Clock this morning. Captain Town
send is her commander, and James
Thompson, a resident of Memphis, pre-
sides over her exchequer.
The Columbia, Captain David Hovey,
goes to Arkansas river at 5 o'clock this
evening. ri
The Glasgow is coming down with a
good trip, for White river.
James Rees is building engines for eight
steamers at Pittsburg.
Five boats were started from Cincinnati
last week for points below the falls.
The 4. E. Lee arrived at dark last
night, having been palled of the bar at
Island "a by the Thompson Dean early
yesterday morning. An account of how
she works and what she carries will be
found in our local columns.