Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-21
RIVERS, WEATHER AID BUSINESS.

MEMFHLs GAS WORKS, January %.
River rose . It. s IN. IN past "A hours.
Below high water mark Of 1867, IL feet
9 inches. CHAS. GOODWIN.
Superintendent Of Gas Works.
PIrTsBURG, January 20.-The river has
IA feet and railing rapidly. Steamer Bal
tic departed for Memphis. The weather
is clear M pleasant.
NEW OELEANs, January 20.-Arrived:
Groesbeck. Departed: Great Republic
for st. Louis. Champion for Cincinnati
CAIRO, January 2O.-fns steamer Lady
Gay, from S.. LouistO New Orleans, sunk
i've miles below Grand Tower. Fifty
mules were drowned but no human lives
lost. The boat Is probably a total loss.
Down-Clara, Il o'clock last night;
Continental, 4 am RubicOn, 8 pm; En-
perOr, t am
ST. LOUIS, January 2~0.-Departed: La
Barge. The river IS rising slowly, aud
the ice is thinning out rapidly. The
weather Is clear and mild.
CINCINNATI, January 4-Arrlved:
Ebert and Liberty. Departed: Argosy
and Sallie Y. The river is reoeding with
80 feet in the channel.
The rise at this point is very rapid
more so than we can remember. A swell
Of over . feet In u hours at the present
stage of the rivert Is almost unprecedented.
The Arkansas il falling with 5 feet 10 Lit
tie Rock. White river is rising slowly.
Our dispatches give the latest news from
all points along the Ohio. and from st.
Louis on the Upper Mississippi. The
weather is pleasant, though the nights are
dark and fOggy. business is brisk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Olive Branch, Thompson Dean and
Silver Spray are due fr1cs below.
The Mississippi broke e crank above
Fort Pillow, on Thursday morning. John
Langlois, her second CLERK, arrived here
yesterday.
The General Anderson, Capt. jim Lee,
viii back cut for Friar's Point, and al
way landings on the big river. Stack
Lee and Mr.. OOker are her clerks.
Our dispatches give particulars Of the
loss Of the Lady Gay a. Grand Tower, be-
low 81. Louis.
The new steamer r. P. Walt made her
appearance ~ our landing yesterday fore
noon, IA curing the ddy was visited by
a large EumbsrOf ladies and gentlamsu,
friends and acq]uaintance5 Of her owners,
and the worthy citizen whose name she
bears. Last evening q handsome COLA
ton was spread along her CapaciOUs cab
ms, and a number Of PrOmiueAC citizens
gathered around tie festive board 20 en-
joy IL. Wine was distributed freely, and
many tOasts were drank To the success Of
the new vessel Is we'll as her namesAke.
the Walt Is really a handsome steamer.
and In every respect we'll adapted 20 the
trade for which sue was constructed. Her
cabin Is covered With the finest of velvet
carpet, and ner furniture is of the very
latest paJtern-yary rich and slabOraI5ly
carved. A magnificent Uhree-square
grand piano, costing $50, grac5s her la
dies saloon. Her ware is Of pure silver
and China, and was mace expressly for
the boat. Her ball, which islGZ fcetIoug,
342 feet beam, and with a depth OF 5H
feet, Is constructed OF the very b5sJ mate
rial, and Is stauuch as suy 5sIIuer aGO4t.
Her machinery, all new, comprises "a Bat
terry Of 4 boilers, s. inches in diameter,
and = feet long, the cylinders being IS
inches in diameter, with : iset length 0j
stroke, working d pair of water-wheels IS
feet III diameter. with 10 feet length Of
buckets. II was built by DumOnJ, and Is
probably d fine work as was ever turned
out of a shop. She has capacity for 100
tons, aud trims on y inches water Light,
with water in her boilers ana fuel on
board. TAKE her all in all, the Z. 2. Walt
il not only an honor to our city and to
the well known Iuerchs0t after whom
she is named, bu- Is g CrCdiJ TO the line tor
which she was built, anu 10 iJs suterpr.s-
ing President, Capt. JUuu d. Adams, who
has ever shown 4 disposition 10 meet the
wants Of the people OF our city aud our
neiybburiug State Of Arkansas. She was
built under the personal supervision OF
Capt. John WOodbuTn.
Capt. Ad. Storm, a popular steam
boatman. will command the Walt,
while her Office viii be IN charge Of Messrs.
+. w. Walyorth, e. G.. Smither aud VIM.
Willis, allOf whom are welI-kuOwp in tie
trade; while her Jap.e VIII be catered for
10y Mr.. Garrett S5imOud, who has world
wide reputation as A competent steward.
HHA- L-
Is owned by Messrs. Dan. Cunningham
and Joe WetJer- Her pilots will be Billy
and jim KinmaH. Sac leaves on her Gfst
tEip for White river to-day at 8 pm.
There are three boats running from New
Orleans to Bayou Mac0n-Jhe TaIequah,
Enterprise and some other craft. That's
enough Tor the business,
Ou3chita river is rising at Camden, and
at Monroe the water IS twelve fee5 below
high water marx Of last year.
The attemp t to make weekly trips from
New Orleans 20 Camden has proved q fail
ure. The distance is 100 miles, and aoi.her
the Gov. Allen or MayhOwer were equal
to the task.
The @. W. DOrrance was sunk 4 few
days sipce in AlAbsmAElysr.
There are DOW four boats running from
New Orleans to OuGcbita and The Bayou
Bartholomew. They are OVERRIDING the
business.
The Pioneer and Economist are battling
supremacy IN Bayou d'Arbonns, an
atdueut OF the Oudchita.
TLeC Carrie Poole IS the packet from New
QrisGnS TO Saline, another aausnt Of the
Ouschita.
The PsrgOud left New Orleans last Sat
urd5y twenty minutes ahead OF the
An immense multitude gath
cred AZ the laDiigs. to witness theic de-
nTC 'Fhn AnrAHn2 fnnrLynA A.4r-u 80 b
Jackson Square, and when opposite Canal
street, nrGd a gun. She weu5 ont Of sigh5
In 81 minutes, passed THO FargoUd under
WaT = beat her 10 S4tcbcz two hours.
During a heavy rain storm, the other
night, d hay barge was sunk opposite I
Eicksburg. The hay was only slightly
damaged.
Tie splendid MoIie Able, Captain Dan
Able, will pass down to-day for VicksbUrg
and New Orleans. She is a most excellent
vessel, and has unsurpassed aecomaoda-
ions for passengers.
The Sallie v, Captain Miller, did not
get away yesterday, but leaves to-day for
U~yersburg and all landings on the tOrked
Deer. Mr.. Rhasa Parker IS her chief
The st. Luke leaves to-day for Cairo and
Louis. She is the regular packet, and
connects with the trains North and East.
The Dardanelle is due from The Arkan-
Captain John Woodb1Tn viii take
of her, and Jack Chambers will 20
n the office.
dispatch from Jefferson. Texas. dated
January lS-h, says there is a big rise ia
Red river above the raft.
Mr.. ). Huntington, a pilot on the St.
died suddenly IN his chair on
'oard that steamer, up the OuchiLa river
Sunday.
The Talequah left New Orleans for
Macon, last Tuesday, with all tn
She could handle.
ALBERT d. richardson. the victim of
he Mcfarland Richardson tragedy in
New York, was. for a time after be first
anne West, q cabinbov on the steamboat
Helen Mar, running between PittsDurg
nd GAINESVILLE"
The above paragraph is true, and while
richardson was on the Helen Maran Incl
lent occurred somewhat similar TO tho
ne which cost him his life. II bad a less
termination, however. Richardson
vas not connected with the affair, bat he
grote it up sensationally, and it went the
ounds.
The St. Louis Journal Of Commerce
ays: II Ia reported that the Floating
lock Insurance Company, OF this city,
7ill abandon b business of wriUiug on
teambOat bulls after this month. That
resumed the practice, after
lany years OF cessation, about one year
in the hope thst a carefully selected
me Of hulls, IN good hands, would WELD
profit. The expectation proved q dslu-
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