Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-14
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RIVERS, WEATHER ~ BUSINESS.
The river at this port is rising slowly
/ and has gone up about 2 feet In all. Hence
to Cairo there is 9 feet, and above to st
Louis about o feet. The Arkansas is fall.
ing, with 30 inches to Little Rock, and
White river has scant 3 feet to Augusta
The weather is dark and cool. Business
active. Our dispatches give the latest
news from all points above.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, September I3.-The river
has fallen 2 inches, with s feet l inch in
the channel. Weather cloudy. Their.
mometer 75o.
P~rTrsBURa, September I3.-The Monon.
gshela is falling, with p inches in the
channel. Business on the wharf very
duh. Weather clear and pleasant. Their
mometer 76e. Captain w. s. Packer has
contracted for a propeller, to be built en-
tirely of IRON, length IS feet, beam II feet
hold IA feet. The engines will be bull
by Robinson, Rea q Co. W. Robinson
senior member of the firm, built, at Val
ley Forge, the first iron steamer con-
structed west of the Allegheny Noun.
tains. The tug is intended for towing
barges of coal az Baton Rouge. Herown-
eas are j. NJ. and w. d. Peterson, of New
Orleans.
NASHVILLE, September I3.-The river
is falling, with 26 inches on Harpeth
shoals. Weather rainy.
New ORLEANS September 13.-Arrived
Jennie Howell, from Cincinnati; Leoni.
das, from Louisville; Cornelis, from st,
Louis; Mollie Moore, from Pittsburg.
Departed: Susie Silver, for st. Louis.
CAIRO, September 13 Port list: Mary
Alice, from st. Louis to New Orleans, s
am; Southwestern, from New Orleans
to st. Louis, 3 am; City of Cairo, from
Vicksburg to s.. Louis, 8 pm; Belle st.
Louis, from st. Louis to Memphis, 5 pm.
). N. Kellogg, from New Orleans to st.
Louis, 5 pm. The river is stationary.
Weather cloudy, with occasional showers.
Mercury go.
VICKsBURG, September Is. - Down:
Grand Era, o am; John Kilgour, Z pm.
Up: Bismarck. 5 am. The river is falling
fast. Weather clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, September I3.-No arrivals
or departures. The river continues to re-
cede, with q inches in the chute, and Al
feet on Portland bar. Weather warm and
cloudy, with prospects of rain.
ST. LOUIs, September I3.-Arrived,
Grand Tower, from Memphis; City OF
N~icksburg, from Vicksburg; Emile La
Barge, from New Orleans. Departed :
Nick Wall, for Red river; st. Mary's, for
New Orleans. The river is still rising
slowly. Total rise, 3 feet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The towboats Little Alps and Grand
Lake left Wednesday with coal for the
mouth of White river, and points below.
Messrs. Phillips & st. John, of the Mt.
Carbon Coal Company, nave an immense
stock at this point. tl-
We regret to record the death of Mrs.
Hicks, wife of Captain J.. Frank Hicks,
which occurred yesterday, at the family
residence, about twenty miles east of this
city, on the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road. She died suddenly of congestion,
and will be buried in the ElmwOod to-
day. Mrs. Hicks was an estimable lady,
beloved by a large circle of friends, and
her death will create a void in our com
munity. Captain Hicks has the sympa-
thy of all who know him, in this sad af-
Fiction.
Tho Petrolia leaves tomorrow for all
landings on Black river to P~ocahontas.
The Continental passed down yester-
day. She brought two barges, and I'M
loaded n here. The other she took
below.
The W. Il. Arthur passed up yesterday.
She discharged a lot of freight here.
The Richmond and Belle Lee are in ele-
giant condition, having been put through
a full course of repairs for the fall cam
paign. They both cave 81. Louis for New
Orleans on saturday.
Cook Creighton comes out as CHIEF
clerk of the Richmond.
The Great Republic is on the docks at
st. Louis.
The owners of big boats are much trou-
bled about the low water. Several st.
Louis captains talk of coming out with
their steamers 10 select good points be-
low on the river and start boarding
houses.
lie Able this season.
Captain Dan. Able is in New Orleans.
1t is rumored that he has purchased the
st. Charles Hotel.
Charley Sharpe, second clerk of the
Julia, laid over IN st. Louis this trip. He
has had the chills.
Captain J. B Davis will command the
NOTbHSFuI Inc St6dInef d. h. stewart, now
being finished in the Ohio.
The Pauline Carroll. Captain Henry
Carson, will pass down to-day for Vicks-
burg and New Orleans. She is an excel
lent packet. Ross Powell is her clerk.
The Oil City, Captain J.. d. Randall,
leaves at 4 pm. for Shawnee Village and
all way landings. She goes promptly as
above.
The Julia passes up to-day for Cairo
and st. Louis. She is the regular packet,
and connects with all the trains north
and east. Thomas Townsend is master,
and Jimmy Thompson is clerk.
The packets left last evening with fine
trips OF freight and people.
Sam Shock and Garrett Huls are in st.
Louis. Thery leave there to-day for
homo.
Harry Hall, a we'll known river man.
opens an elegant saloon to-day at No. 3I3
Olive street, st. Louis.
Carroll Green q Co., of Vicksburg. sold
their wharf boat to J. p. Crosby IL Co,
who will move it to Delta Landing; 3d.
800 was the price paid.
The Texarkana sunk a few days since
In Red river by collision with the Era
No. 9-was worth $4,000, and insured for
10000. .
A writer in the Scientifc American, of
late date, speaks of the race between the
steamers Il. e. Lee and Cincinnati. This,
however. Is only a part of the ignorance
displayed by the writer. He SAYS the ram
Vindicater was the fastest boat ever built
on the western waters.
The new steamer Durham, leaves to-
morrow for Fort Smith and all way
points on the Arkansas.