Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-13
RIVER NEWS.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY,
IN PORT.
Thomas n, Allen. Silver Moon.

RIVERS, WEATHER n BUSINESS.
Gas WORKS, May Il, 1870.
The river fell Is inches in the past "A
hours. Below high water mark Of 1867, :
CHARLES GOODWIN,
superintendent Gas Works.
Our dispatches from above give the
latest news from the Ohio, its tributaries,
and from the upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri,. b Arkansas Is falling, and White
river Is about on a stand. The former has
about 5 feet to Little Rock. The weather
is clear and cold. Business moderately
active.
BY TELEGRAPH. w.
NASHVILLE, May 1.-THE river Is fall
ing, with 4 feet 10 the channel. The ar
rivals were the TObe Hart, from the up
per Cumberland, and Camelia, from Pitts
burg; the former had 81 hogsheads tObac-
co for New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, May I2.-The river has
fallen 2 inches; now 9 teek2 inches in the
canal, aud 4 fest 2 inches in the chute over
the falls. Weather cloudy, windy and
cool; Thermometer, 6Is. Arrived-ROb-
ert Burns, Cincinnati to Memphis; Ma
genta, New Orleans to Louisville.
PrTTsBURs, May l2.-Arrived-ArgOsy,
from st. Louis; J~Hniata, from Cincinnati;
Granite State, from Portsmouth. The
Collier will start for st. Louis this even
ing. Her cargo will create a sensation
when it arrives at the st. Louis wharf.
The keystone and her tow ofcOal viii not
get away Kill there is more water.
ST. LOUIS. May I2.-Arrived-H. 5. Tur-
ner, Omaha; Rock Island, Pittsburg;
Alice, Cambridge; Adam Jacobs, Grand
Tower; Belle Memphis, Memphis; Bay
ard, Scott's Landing; j. II. johnson,
T.-l-,l. C.rnnaon noaIfh NnU nrlaanE-
Illinois, Peoria; Bengal Tiger, Cairo;
MOUntaineer, Kansas CITY. Departed
Adam Jacobs, Grand Tower; Harry John
son, Keokuk; City of Alton, Nicksburg;
Dubuque, ST. Paul; T. L. MCGill, Omaha;
Nile, Fort SrAith.
CAIRO, May I2.-Riyer fallen7 inches in
the past "A hours. Weather clear and
cool. Port list-Grand Tower, Louisville
to st. Louis
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Belle Lee passed down yesterday.
She had a fair trip and added some cotton
here as well as people.
The Richmond, Capt. Nat. Green, will
pass down tomorrow for New Orleans.
She leaves at 5 pm.
The Pauline Carroll Will leave for New
Orleans to-day, at o Henry c.. Car
son is master. The Carroll Is a Nc. l
packet, and makes all way landings.
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The splendid passenger packet Dexter
will leave this evening fer V~icksburg and
New Orleans. She has few equals In point
of comfort, and in speed stands second to
no boat on the river. Capt. Isaac Jones
Is her popular master, and Owen G.. Gates
has charge OF the ofice-a model clerk.
The Gallatin, now in port, has made
splendid time on her round trip to De-
wallis Bluff. She made the trip hence to
the Bluff in twenty-three hours, and her
passengers arrived in Little Rock in
twenty-six hours from this city. The
dallatin leaves again to-day as the
lar rsilaoad packet, leaving at four pm.
Capt. John Edison commands, and Char
lev Sharpe is chief clerk, assisted by
Beave Williams.
The Colorado, Capt. Mckee, VIII get
.away Today for Cairo and st. Louis. She
makes all way landings and
with the trains North and East.
The gay and dashing Silver Moon, with
the equally dashing Ben. Merrilees on
the roof, will get away to-day for Cairo,
Evansville, Louisville and
She is the regular packet, and Is an ele-
CANT passenger teamer. George Higgins
Is her popular chief secretary.
We are SFined to learn that Captain
r. j.. Lakeland Is the name selected for
Captain A. Conkle's new steamer intend
ed for the Missouri and Red river trade.
She will be ready for business by the LIST
of JuEe.
The towboat Grand Lake No. 2 passed
up.
VILE to Captain John James for the Kan
awha river trade.
The r. E. Lee, Captain Cannon, passes
down tomorrow at 8 pm. for New Or
leans.
The United States mail packet Thomas
II. Allen, with Captain Ed. N0wland on
the ROOT, leaves to-day for Helena, Pine
Bluff. Little Rock and all way landings
on the Arkansas. She makes close con-
nections with the packets for Fort Smith
and beyond. VIM. Morrison, Dan Sulli-
van and Charlie Musselman are her
clerks.
The new steamboat being built at Gin
elnnati for the Merchants st. Louis, Ar
kansas and White RIVER Packet Company
is to be named the Little Rock.
The st. Louis Times says Captain
Prime Emerson, OF Memphis, b well
known boat builder, and Captain James