Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-26

Geo. W Cheek Legal Tender 81. Franei
Sam J. Hale Ozark ST. JOSEPH
Magenta
RIVERS, WEATHER N BUSINESS.
Weather warm and sultry, with indiea
tions of rain. The river here has declin
ed 20 inches altogether, and Is d~eeliniD,
steadily. At Cairo it declined 10 inches
yesterday, and at st. Louis it is falling a
the rate of a half nch per hour. At thu
latter point it is "a feet eleven inches
above low water mark of 1868, and n fee
3 inches below high water of 1874. The
Upper Mississippi and the Missouri are
falling. The Ohio is falling from Pitts
burg to Louisville, with AZ feet in the
channel at Cincinnati and 10 feet in the
canal at Louisville. The decline in thai
stream will undoubtedly be quite as rapid
as was the recent rise. The Cumberland
and Tennessee continue to decline. White
river is stationary, with 81 feet to Jack.
sOnpOrt. The Arkansas was stationary
at Little Rock yesterday, with 3 feet {
inches In the channel TO Fort Smith, and
4 feet 6 inches from Little Rock TO its
mouth.
BY TELEGRAPH.
HOUIsvILLE, April 25.-RiVer about at a
&tand. There is 20 feet water in the chan
weather is cloudy. Thermometer $50.
Nothing but regular packets this morn
ing.
CINCINNATI, April 25.-Weather clear
and mild. Thermometer go; barometer
29.69; wind east. The river is about at a
stand, with 40 feet in channel.
NASHVILLE, April 25.-River rising
slowly. There is 81 feet scant on shoals.
Arrived: Armada, Tyrone, Umpire, Mol
lie Raglan. Departed: Armada, Tyrone,
Mollie Raglan.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Nick Longworth, with Captain
Lew Hates on the root, will pass down
this evening for Vicksburg and the
bends. She is a popular and fine packet
one deserving the good will of our peO-
pie, as Captain Lew has always been a
favOrite in the Bluff City. Eugene Bow
ers, who has no superior as a clerk, and
whose attention to passengers is proven
bal, has charge Ofthe office.
TheSt Joseph VIII get away this even
ing for Cairo and st. Louis. She is the
regular passenger packet. Captain Cor
bett, an old time steamboatman, and one
of the best in the trade, is master.
A terrible tragedy occurred on the up
trip of the towbaat Mary Alice when only
a few miles below this city. Particulars
will be found in our local columns.
Mr.. Lyon, formerly river editor of the
st. Louis Republicans; is in d city on a
brief visit. As Durff chaperoned him
around the town last night it is needless
to say that he saw all that was to be seen,
and is entirely safe from any annoyance
from the mackerels.
The Commonwealth passed down. She
added 900 bales cotton here.
The Belle Lee had a big trip. She could
only take so bales cotton, and left 100
bales on the bank.
The st. Francis, Captain Bowman, Is
the regular Tuesday st. Francis river
packet, leaving at 5 pm. Messrs. Paine
o Berry, two clever gentlemen, have
charge of the office.
The Geo. w. Cheek, Captain Marx
Cheek, is the Tuesday Friar's Point and
bends packet, leaving to-day at 5 pm.
Mr.. Rarinds is the purser.
me Q. b. Church, Captain Dave HaneyT,
caves this evening for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Mary Houston will pass up to-day
Tor Louisville, and the Henry Ames for
st. Louis.
There was a good number of boats in
port yesterday, but very little doing on
the wharf owing to the light shipments.
The Arkansas, from st. Louis, cleared
for Arkansas river drawing five and a
half feet. She will have a good time in
reaching her destination unless there is a
rise.
The Thomas H. Allen cleared for Ar
kansas river with a splendid trip of pas
sengers and freight.
The good steamer Ozark, Captain Viii
liam Nowland, is the regular Wednesday /
Arkansas river United States mail packet.
She came in yesterday with a fair trip,
and leaves tomorrow evening for ali
points cd the Arkansas through to Fort 1
William Thomas Brashear is
her attentive and courteous clerk.
The Dick Fulton, Grand luke and A.
I RmE~nr 40 Ia 49, NL@IOLa- A-1 /
south with hesvY tOws of coal.
The Mary Boyd passed Pine Bluff Sun
day, with a barge in tow, loaded with aa
engine and tender for the Little Rock
and Fort Smith railroad.
The Belle Memphis arrived from above
On Monday with 5000 sacks of grain, max
ing IN all loo sacks of grain that nave
0een anded here by thsS 4. Louis Packet
Company sirce Saturday.
Iha Crescent City is due from Evans.
aPas.
The new slde-wheel steamer Louisburg
designed for the Mobile and Fernaadina
line, wss formerly the COnfsGerats block
ade runner Conqueror, captured at VIII
mington.
The Vicksburg Herald y "Mr.
Andy GOrmly, formerly steward OF the
Hope, died a few days 9 from Injuries
received by being run over by the fire
at Yazoo City,
The Evansville Courier saws: fsFhe
Mary Miller was getting o good load for
Orleans. She was full of fur
allure all over, and had bureaus and
.afes Onthe roof. She was loaded a good
ieal after the Pittsburg style, but she
ion't step at the wharf two or three
weeks to get it,"
A correspondent ofthe Boston Traveller,
Who had evidently trsXeled upon the Al
2Ra, thus describes a Mississippi steam
The boats on the Mississippi are
and famed for their colossal pro-
The construction OF a Miss..s-
tppi steamer Is somewhat peculiar. The
ones are built with horizontal en-
anes, thus placing the machinery all be-
p and leaving the hull one immense, ]
FPendous prairie, while various parts
he cabin deck outside the saloon are !
I passengers and crew. For instance, +,
nal portion of the deck and aft of the !
wheelhouse, is the back yard, /
there the youngsters roll hoop, play mar {
les, swing jump ropes, etc. Opposite Is I
croquet grouad, whore the young I
and Adonises assemble to enjoy :
lat Jolly, ehatty, lOve-making, heart
game. AFOrward of the wheel
ouse, on the sal side, the theater is z
sually situated, accommodating from :
N to twelve hundred people, while !
q the opposite side lis the barber
lop, tobaceonist and supper rooms. In
de the saioan, one looks up about four :
Ave stories high; and at the forward z
art of the saloon is the elevator, trans :
lrting people to each ftoor almost in a
antly, The space between the sides !
the saloon is, of course, covered
: an ample roof to keep the twssther'
on top OF this we find a magnificent =
rden, in which orange and magnolia Il
ossoms MI the atmosphere with sweet =
{ fragrance. The last third portion Of
Q park Is divided into 8 sort of museum.
which Wild animals are displayed hi
Ire cages, while the fsathsred tribe finds
any representatives, of which the do
nnnltrv intandad Rnr onnanm-.s-