Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-11
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NEW ORLEANS, August l0.-No arrivals
and no departures.
vIcKsBURG, August 10.-Down-City OF
Vicksburg, 8 d. m. River falling. Wealth
er clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, August 1O.-The river has
fallen six inches in the last twenty-four
hours, with three feet in the chute, eve
and a half feet on Portland bar. Heavy
rains yersterday and to-day. 1t is still
cloudy, with indications of more rain.
Mercury 94o at 2 pm.
C~INcINNATI, August 10.-The river fell
ten inches to-day, with nine feet and
nine inches water in the channel. Wealth
er showery and cooler this evening. The
thermometer stood at $50 at noon.
PIrTsBURG, August 10. Weather
cloudy, with frequent showers. The
Monongahela has fallen two feet. The
upper Monongahela falling. Weather
cloudy at noon.
CAIRO, August1O.-Tom Rees, Cincin-
natl to New Orleans, z am; City of Alton,
Memphis to st. Louis, 8 am; Burks-
vile, Nashville packet, noon; Sam.
Brown, St. Louis TO Louisville, 6 pm.
Mollie Able, New Orleans to st. Louis, Z
pm; Mary Miller, Evansville packet, {
pm. River stationary. Weather cloudy,
Mercurys0'
ST. LOUIS, August 10.--Arrlved, Pau
line Carol and Olive Branch, from New
Orleans; Rubican, from Vieksburg
Grand Tower, from Memphis. The river
is still falling slowly. Weather clear,
but a heavy rain this morning. Their
mometer $50. tal
MISCELLANEOUS.
The City of Cairo came In from above
after a tedious trip. She grounded at the
Barracks, at Liberty and DEVILS Island.
Five and a half feet seant is all that can
be found at these points, and she was
drawing more water than there was in the
river.
Captain J. r. Washington was able TO
be out yesterday evening.
Captain 81. Hemenway left for st. Louis
by train this morning.
The Pat Cleburne leaves tomorrow for
Napoleon and all way landings on the Mis-
sissippi, including Friar's Point, Helena,
etc. She connects with low water packets
for Little Rock and all landings on the
Arkansas. . Reese PritchRrd is master,
Garrett Huls clerk.
The Belle st. Louis, Captain Alexander
Ziegler, will get away to-day for Cairo and
st. Louis. She connects with the trains
North and East. Mr.. Baskette has charge
of the office. aa~gaaE
The Julia, in all her new paint and fur
niture, will pass down to-day for Vicks-
burg and the bends. Captain Tom Town
bcub lA4dSlCIs III Jul MolL-A uOMh 1911
low-eitizsn, Jimmy Thompson, is in the
Office.
Southern bound freights have advanced
in St. Louis, as follows: To Memphis,
flour, 80 cents; pork, 81; bacon, % cents;
oats and corn, 22Hc; hay, 35e. Vicksburg,
flour, Use; pork, 81 20; oats and corn, 37Hc;
whisky, s.; bacon, 40c.
Some st. Louisian has telegrapbed that
by order of NJ. Olivier, he is at work on
Tho f,rf; - aafiNpo ernnaI Da-;e o-l fk1r-h
anxious to come home, he cant at pres
ent. AT least, so says Ryland, of the
Democrat, who never was sold on an item
in his life.
Gerge I. Duncan, Esq, is now river edi-
tor of the New Orleans BnuetiR. 90
The light draft boats of st. Louis are
getting ready to enter the New Orleans
trade. The Mary Forsyth and T. L. Me-
GIL are spoken of as about to start first
in the feet.
The Continental, Captain MoCioy, will
pass down this evening for New Orleans.
Tom English will be found at the foot of
Monroe street to-day, to receive freight
for all points below.
River business Is dull at Louisville.
Twelve thousand barrels of oil were
shipped from Burning Springs, on the
Little Kanawha river, on the recent rise.
A meeting OF the Board of Directors of
the Louisville and Arkansas Packet Conn
pany convened on Monday, when they
decided not to send out any of the packets
of the line until there was sufficient bust
ness to justify it. Sensible directors.
The CbHrier-JoHTaGL says: /" Between
this and the LIST day of September, the fol-
lowing new boats viii be completed at
this port and ready to leave for the trades
for which they are being built, viz: Cheek
q Malone hoat A. j. White, for the
Memphis and Friar's Point trade; Captain
Thornton Jacobs boat Southwestern, for
the New Orleans and Red river trade; Cap
tain Hodges boat Bertha, for the New Or
leans and Red river trade; Captain Trini-
dads boat New Iberia, for the Bayou
Teche trade; City Of Chester, for the st.
Louis Packet Company; and Captain Red
mons boat Lightest, for the New Orleans
and Red river trade. Captains Cheek q
Malone's, Jacobs and Trinidad's boats
will raise steam the latter part of this
week, and will leave mex week" sm5
For SA~LE.-Steamer r. p. Converse.
For terms see Wyeth, st Commercial
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