Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-19

hours. and there Is no doubt but what
this rise will be the highest ever known
by any one of the present age. The city
between Main street and the river Is al
under water. Buildings only accessible
by boats. -Four inches more will put the
water beyond high water mark Of 1883,
and it viii probably rise more than that
Tonight. The Chippewa, Wisconsin, st.
Croix and Black rivers reported still ris-
in I, while the Mississippi Is falling at St.
Paul. Steamers from above to-day say
there is at leasr q foot more of a rise 70
come down.
NASHVILLE, April ls.--Arrived: Ar
maua, from Paducah; Tyrone, from Cairoi
Umpire, from Burksvile; Burksyilie,
from Kanawha; Petrol No. 2, from COney
Fork. Departures: Armada, for Padu-
cab; Tyrone, for Cairo. River falling; 7
feet on the shoals. Business on the lsvee
brisk. Weather clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, April 18.-Westher cool
and cloudy; thermometer SIC; wind n.
W; barometer %. 10; river at a stand still,
with q feet 8 inches in the channel. Ar
rivals: Packets and Dove No. 2 from
Kentucky river; Ohio No. 4 from Mari
eta; st. Charles from Pittsburg; Hudson
from Wheeling; Red Wing from Pitts
burg; Silver Moon from Memphis. De-
partures this evening: Charmer for Ma
rietta; Ohio No. 4 for POmeroy. and local
packets. Shipments light to-day; rates
unchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The ship carpenters and eaulkers of the
Memphis Dry Dock Company nave struck
tor 81 per day.
The Legal Tender, from White river.
had a splendid trip.
The Ozark went out for the Arkansas
with all she could carry.
The Belle Lee WaQ dine last niUhf She
no doubt passed up.
Captain Tom Berry left for below Its
night, to be absent a few DAYS. HIS
packet, the Celeste, will be ready for
business in a day or two.
The Des Arc came in yesterday, and Is
laying up below the dry docks.
A negro deck hand on the Mary For
syth, named Ben May, struck a white
deck hand with a billet of wood. just be-
fore the boat reached our levee last night,
The white man was instantly killed. A
COrOnsr's Jury Investigated the matter
and the negro is here in Jail. We could
not learn The murdered mans name.
Henry Reyes, steward of the steamer
Kate Putnam, in attempting TO Jump
from the Belle Vernon, at P~ittsburg, on
Saturday, missed his fOOthOld, and, strik-
ing the guards, fell Into the water and
sunk Immediately.
Peter VandevOort and Jamas h. Mo
Cord, Local Inspectors Of st. Louis, bGye
recently been on a tour to Omaha and
SiouX City. At the latter place they in
spected ten mountain steamers and one
ferrybOat. The steamers mostly belonged
to the JORb Lawrence line. Four steam
ers were ordered by the Board on the
ways for repairs, viz: The Huntsville, the
Farragut, the North Alabama
and the Fanny Barker. At Omaha. thew
inspected one passenger steamer, the Elk
horn, and n ferry steamer, the p. +.
Geisse. Five pilot licenses were issued,
two at Omaha, and three at Sioux Cityi
also, two engineers licenses at Omaha.
The Geo. W, Cheek, with Captain Geo.
Malone on the roof, and Messrs. Barney
Barinds and Charley JacksOuin the ONCE,
leaves to-day for all landiuGs between
this city and Frisr's Point.
The good steamer 81. Francis. Captain
Tom Bowman, will bsek out to-day for
all landings GA ths st. Francis river. She
IS n Of our hnest local packets. sam
Paine - clerk, and his associates are
Messrs. Berry and Levy.
The Legal Tender, Captain John Elliott,
will get away to-day for Augusta, Jack
sOnpOrt and ali way landings on White
river. She carries the United States mail.
and IS a popular packet. Arthur Field Is
her clerk.
The D~srdsnelleIs the next regular packet
for the Arkansas. She leaves tomorrow
st5 pm. Captain James BOwIin COM
mands, and Geo. A. Dttton is clerk.
The following dispatch was received
last night:
CAIRO, April Is. 1870.
To Richard W. Lightburns, Memphis:
The Pauline Carroll will arrive Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock, for New Or
leans. E. r. POWELL, Clerk.
The Robert Burns, Captain Stien, will
Aa4.n - n
Power is her chief secretary.
The Mary Forsyth, Captain James F.
Luker, will leave this morning for Vicks-
burg and the bends ,Charles Hough is
her ,h'ef clerk. She z the United States
mail packet.