Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-05
RIVER NEWS.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
DEPARTURES

RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
GAS WORKS, May 4, 1870.
The river rose l inch in the past
twenty-fOur hours. Below high water
mark of 1867, 2 feet 10 inches.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas VSyks.
Our dispatches give full reports 6from
above. The news is flattering f0a low
water. The Arkansas is falling, and White
river is also declining slowly. Weather
clear and warm. Business moderate.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LOUISVILLE, May 4.-The river is falling
with s feet in the canal, and 6 feet
in the chueI over the falls. Weather
warm, with indications of rain. Down:
Mollie Ebbert, Pittsburg to New Orleans;
Silver Spray, Cincinnati to New Orleans;
Champion, Cincinnati to st. Louis. Up:
Shamrock, st. Louis to Cincinnati; St.
Marys, Louisville to Wheeling,
NASHVILLE, May 4.-River still rising
slowly, with u feet on the shoals. Wealth
er very warm, and at night some indica-
tiOns of rain. The Reserve, from Pitts
burg, arrived to-day; also the Umpire,
from the Upper Conference.-The latter
brought l47 hhds. tobacco for shipment to
New Orleans. The VIII S. Hays, Dan
RIce's circus boat, also arrived late this
evening. The John Lumsden cleared for
Cairo with good trip.
CINcINEATI, May 4, 8 p.m.-The river
has fallen l foot @ inches, with
10 feet inches in the channel. Weather
clear and pleasant; barometer 29.33; mer-
curry, 75o; wind southwest. Arrived:
Kate Putnam from st. Louis, and local
packets. Departed: st. Charles, for Pitts
burg; Kate Putnam for Pittsburg; Nor
man, for Evansvillej Sam. j. Hale, for
Memphis. Trade is gradually slackening
up. Rates on pound lots per hundred to
Pittsburg, 20 cents; st. Louis, % cents;
Memphis, 80 cents; New Orleans, 35 cents
The Fleetwood had $50 passengers out to-
night. The safe of the tOwboat Raven
was recovered to-day. The Emperor will
come in tomorrow morning. The Rock
Island is loading in the Express Line for
st. Louis, and leaves Friday. The Hope
passed down from Wheeling with a tow
of 1000 kegs of nails.
CAIRO, May 4.-The river has fallen 6
inches in the past "a hours. Weather
clear and warm. Up: Belle Memphis,
Memphis to st. Bouis; Alaska, Memphis
to Cincinnati; Argosy, St. Louis to Pitts
burg; Mollie Able, New Orleans to st.
Louis. Down: Marble City, st. Louis to
Vicksburg; Kenton, Cincinnati to New
Orleans; Indiana, Louisville to New Or
leans.
MISC CELLANEOUS.
The towbost Atlantic passed down yes
terday.
The General Anderson did not 90 out
yesterday. Some slight repairs were
necessary, causing her 10 lose trip.
Captain Larry Harmstad returned home
yesterday from Philadelphia. He looks
in the best of health.
The Dardanelle is lying at the dry docks.
1t is sald that John Sullivan has pur-
chased Captain CanOnn's interest in the
Belle Lee. So we learn from the PicdVltae.
Captain John Edison, who is well known
here and along White river as an ener-
getic, live steamboat man, has chartered
the Gallatin, and will put her in the trade
from this port to Devall's Bluff, on White
river, as regular semi-weekly packet,
leaving here Tuesdays and Fridays. She
Will be the railroad packet, making close
connection with the road at the Bluff. and
will put passengers through to Little
Rock in thirty-six hours; while passen-
gers coming this way will make the trip
in thirty hours. The Gallatin is fast, and
can make it easily. Mr.. Waggener will
go out in the office, and he will be as
sisted by Beave Williams, popular and
efficient young officer. She goes on her
first trip on Tuesday next.
The Minneola, Captain Miller, will get
away tomorrow for all landings on the
Ohio to cincinnati.
the machinery of the Only Chance from
the wrecking boat Eckert, and will put it
in one of the new boats now building at
this port instead of that of the Van Bu-
ren, as at first contemplated. This will
give both boats the same power, and they
will be built of the same dimensions in |
all respects, with san feet beam. The |
Linton's machinery goes into enc Of the |
boats.
Captain Pomp Armstead. agent of the |
Choctaws and Chickasaws, was in our |
city yesterday. He left for St. Louis
The Belle st. Louis, Captain Alexander |
Zeigler, with Mr.. Baskette in the office. |
leaves to-day for Cairo and st. Louis. |
She makes all railroad connections,
The fine steamer. Geo. w. Cheek will |
get away to-day for Helena and Friar's ]
Point. She is the regular mail packet. |
Geo. w. Cheek is her popular master and |
Messrs. Barinds and Jackson are in the |
office.
The Marble City Captain Dan Conway.
viii pass down day for Yieksburg and |
the bends. viii T. Power is clerk.
The splendid passenger packet Indiana,
Captain Rube Neal, will pass down this J
evening for New Orleans. She is a No. "a
steamer. Mr.. Miller and brother are ~
clerks, SOD
The w. A. Caldwell, Captain Clay Sal II
VIII get away tomorrow for the Arkasd II
Garrett Huls is chief clerk
The suit of Mrs. Eliza Speigleberp /
against the United States Mail lime Com. /
pany tor $4,000, for the loss Of her hus-
band, who lost his life in the disaster to |
the America and United States, was de- /
cided in favor of the company.
The r. p. Walt will leave on Saturday |
for White river as usual.
The New Orleans Bulletin saws; "a
man named L. B. Je1<he fell from the |
staging of the Eteames Miller into the /
river on Sunday night. and was drowned ); |
The IacGynHe of Tuesday saws: "Tbe |
Longworth, Magenta and Edinburgh. for
the Ohio river, and Commonwealth. for
st. Louis, are receiving to-day to leave |
this evening positively"
The following original ~ and witty "a |
paragraph we take from the st. Louis
Democrat. Captain Taylor is the Demo-
cratic candidate for City Treasurer of that
city, and the Democrat favors Radical of
the Suisky stripe, hence the Joke: "In
reply TO the inquiry of B. Jabers. ESQ.
we would state that it was not CAPTAIN
Dan. q. Taylor who, while commanding |
sternwheel dugout ON one OF our western
rivers, when the boat grounded on a sand
bar, ordered his deck hands to carry the
cabin doors, blinds and furniture into the
hold of the vessel in order to tighten her
over the bar. II was countryman of his
grandtather's who solved the problem.u
The New Orleans Times saws of tha loss
of the Annie Wagley; Mr. d. NJ. Shap-
ley, carpenter on board the steamer Annie
Magley, arrived here last evening, from
Lafourche Crossing, on the line Of Nor
gan's Louisiana and Texas railroad. and
informs Us that the steamer Annie Wag-