Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-04
RIYERs. WEATaER AaO BUSHES.

River fell 4 inches in past As hours.
Below high water mark Of 1867 10 feet
5 inches. CHAS. GOODWIN.
Superintendent OF Gas Works.
CAIRO, January 3.-Down: Mary HOus-
ton, At y last night; Colossal at 9 AM,
and Garrett at 1 pm. Up: Lorena at 3
an. and st. Luke at noon. Tho river
fell 6 inches. The weather. cloudy, with
alight snow last night and to-day.
NEW ORLEANS, January 3.-Arrived:
Great Republic and Lady Gay, from ST.
Louis; Nick LOngwOrth and p. ~. Stra-
der, from Louisville; Alaska and Belle
F%ernOE, from Cincinnati; w I. Curtis,
from Wheeling. Departed: Nick Long
worth, for Louisville.
Our last adTices from the Arkansas re-
ported 4 feet TO Little Rock, with a light
rise coming, but the present cold wealth
er has 10 doubt put a stop to II upward
movement, and Our next advices may re-
port q decline. White river is stationary,
with about I feet to Jacks0nport. From
St. Louis TO Cairo it is difficult 10 find 6
feet. Our dipafches give the latest river
news from ali points above. Tho St.
Francis has plenty Of water TO Wittsburg.
Weather cold, with strong winds. Bust
ness fair.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The particulars OF the accident to the
Silver Moon are about as follows: She
6aA4LA = Ak=s Q AkAG q AtAU III Nv q
at the Outlets, forty miles above this city,
which caused her to I'LL in a few minutes.
bus the hold being fuil Of cotton baoyed
her up, she reached shore, landed her pas
seDgers safely. aud threw of her deck
load, vi h the assistance OF the Thompson
Dean. This brought the hole 70 the sur
face Of the water, when the boat was
pumped out aud the hole repaired. No
freight was lost, as the cotton was rolled
into an eddy between the boat and the
shore. and on the Thompson Dean. She
would have been a total loss but for her
cotton as she filed so fast that she could
not get to the bar, and the water was very
deep where the accident occurred. The
water was one foot deep on her main deck
when she reached shore.
Capt. viii L. Trask, with the Hanil-
ton, arrived yesterday from the mouth OF
Red river. He has been on a cruise Of
some months in the bayOus and other
Fstreams OF Mississippi and Louisiana, and
returns in excellent health.
JeC. King, . river man. was robbed Of 2
valise at Mrs. Elliott's clearinghouse,
on Sunday night. Jas. D~ayeaney and
Brady Martin, who are said 10 be steau-
boat mates, are accused OF rObbing him.
The Liberty, Capt. John B. Davis, leaves
for all points on White river this even
ing, carrying the United States mails.
Johnny Thompson, Jack Horne and John
Darby are the clerks of this fine steamer.
Close connections are mad with the Lit
tie Rock railroad at DevalIs Bluff. and
stages for the interior of Arkansas in all
directions. Capt. John Davis is too well
known by the travelling public 10 need
praise from the news reporters.
The Bismarck, Virginia and Louisville
are due from below,
The Glasgow has been chartered by
Capt. Brinker for the 0uachita trade.
The Charles Durfee, bound from ST.
Louis to Shreveport, broke a shaft near
St. Genevieve, and laid up there for re-
pairs.
The Commonwealth stopped here
raj hours Yesterday, to repair wheels dam
aged By heavy Diff. logs in coming I'D
this trip.
The riot at Dardapels. Ark. was a more
serious aInT Ian at hrst reported. About
-.Sty negroes, led by seven whites, at
tackled the citizens, and were repulsed.
When he Guidon passed Dardanelie,
there was much excitement. The negroes
rallied below the town, and another at
tack was anticipated. a young man was
killed by the negroes in cold blood.
Thad. Conant, our juvenile friend, takes
the place of VIII Clark on the steamer So.
Francis, and his many friends in the benz
trade will welcome him rs usual. While be
has refused the position of second clerk
on one Of our most popular packets, we
can but congratulate Capt. Bowman (Of
the old reliable) on his success in secur-
ing so worthy a successor to VIII Clark.
Long may you wave, y Old boy.
The Clara is the regular Cairo and st.
Louis packet to-day. She leaves at . Pun,
and connects with the trains North and
East. Joe Dill is her chief clerk.
The ArmadiliO will pass up to-day for
Cairo and Cincinnati at 5 PM.
The Mary Houston, Capt.. Durham,
with Harry Walker in the office, leaves
at 9 am to-day Tor New Orleans.
The st. Francis, Capt. Thos. Bowman,
leaves for NittsburE, Madison, Mariana
and all way findings 81 the st. Francis
river this afternoon NJ her regular hour, 3
pm. Messrs. sam PAYNE, Thad COnaut
and Mr.. Berry are clerks on this fine
steamer. In addition to Other4attractiOns,
several hright-eved ladies from the noted
Blue Grass country ARE 70 90 around this
"trip under tLe especial care OF Aunty
Bowman.
The Legal Tender, Capt. Jno. Elliott,
Joe Elliott and Arthur Fields, clerks,
will leave for White river this evening,
connecting with Nit. Harry's handsome
Fairy Queen 1T J~ael1sOnp0rt for all points
on Rel river and upper White. 1t also
connects with the train for Little Rock.
The Tom Morgan is now running from
Devall's Bluff mp Cache river.
The Seminole L. now in White river
loading for New Orleans. SHE got $50
bales of cotton at -JscksOnp0vt.
The Fairy Queen. Capt. Harry, is very
popular in upper White river. Milt is
one of the best fellows in the world, and
would make any steamer pOpulir.
Canada Bill, the noted gambler, has
been located at the mouth of Rod river
for soma months back. He has cleared
$4,000 this season at rhree-card onte
The Geo. w. Cheek, Capt. Malone, will
back out to-day for Friar's Point and all
way landings. We learn that B.. E. Ba-
rinds, a well known clerk, has taken
charge of the Office. Barney is a eOmpe-
tent officer, and is the right man in the
right place. He is assisted by Frank
GOnterman.
The Mississippi will be in port early
this morning, aud will lay over till 8 pm.
TO give cur people a chance to learn Chi
nese. The Mississippi is one of the finest
passenger steamers alOat. Capt. Nat
Green is master, and in her Office are
Creighton and John LangstOn, both
competent clerks.