Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-03
superintendent Gas Works

mark of 1867, 3 feet.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
The swell goes on slowly at this point,
and will not amount to much this time
without some sudden change occurs in
the streams above. Our dispatches give
full reports from all sections. The Ar
kansas is rising, with about I feet from
Little Rock to ne MOUTH White river is
at a good stage to J~acksOnport. Weather
clear and very warm. Business on the
levee is moderstely active.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, May 2.-River rising, with
81 feet on the shoals. Arrived: Tyrone,
from Cairo; Alpha, from the upper Cum
berland; Emma Floyd, from Cincinnati.
Departed: Tyrone, for Cairo; lobe Hunt,
for the Upper Cumberland; Ella Hughes,
for the upper Cumberland.
ST PAUL, May 1.-The thermometer to-
day touched 1909 in the sun. Weather
sultry and prospects of rain.
CINCINNATI, May 2-The river stands
q feet l inch in the channel. Weather
clear. Barometer 20. Mercury, 700.
cts, Sam j. Hale, from Memphis and the
Nightingale, from Arkansas river. De-
parted, four packets. The Spray VIII
run as a Saturday packet to Kama
wha. The new steamer Rock Island is in,
securing an outfit. Captain Sedall's
steamer, building at Hambleton's Yards,
is to be 30 feet beam, and 8 foot hold.
Rates to New Orleans unchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The good steamer Robert Burns, Cap
tain Stein, will back out to-day for Cairo.
Louisville and Cincinnati. She makes ali
way landings. A. F. Power is her popu-
lar clerk.
The C. B. Church, Captain Haney, with
Major. c.. s. Hart, and Alex Stewart in
the office, leaves for Cairo and st. Louis
to-day.
The good steamer st. Francis, Captain
Tom Bowman, will back out to-day for
all landings on the st. Francis river. She
is n of our finest local packets. Sam
Paine is clerk and his associates are
Messrs. Berry and Levy.
The George w. Cheek gets away, as
usual, to-day for Helena, Friar's Point.
and all intermediate landings, CARRYING
the United States mail. George Malone
Barney Barinds and Charley
Jackson are clerks.
The st. Joseph will get away to-day for
and st. Louis. She is a popular
passenger packet. Captain Corbett, a
weE known and careful master, has com
mand, and the office is in charge of Mr..
Lyle, who is also a competentraficer.
The Legal Tender, Captain John Elliott.
will get away to-day for Augusta, jack
sonport and all way landings on White
She carries the United States mail.
and is a popular packet. B. P. Field and
Field do the honors of the Off q
n their own agreeable way.
The Virginia, Captain Charley Shultz.
will get away at 10 a.m. to-day for the
City. She is a popular packet,
makes all way landings. Len S
it chief clerk.
b elegant low-pressure packet Rich
nond will pass down to-day at Ia.m.
or Vicksburg and New Orleans She
Richmond is now a finer boat, If ) y a
hing Is possible, than when she
toated on the water, and has been -
reprinted from stem to 81
)apt. Nat Green is master, and too we'll
here to need any praises as a care
competent master. Luther 7. Woods
3 her chief clerk, and Is assisted by John
4anglois.
The Belle Lee is due to-day from below
n her way to st. Louis. Frank Hicks
ommands, and Alex. McYay is in charge
I the Office.
The big Louisville will pass up to-mor-
DIV at moo for the Ohio.
The Alaska was due last night from be-
Nv, and no doubt passed mp.
The Great Republic is due to-day on
er way to st. Louis.
The Mollie Able was due last night on
way to st. Louis.
ID. >; Rarmore Is building a mammoth
for Wade Hampton & Co..
Ihich viii De placed at Skipwith's Land
lg, Mississippi. 1t will have a cabin on
!, with all the c~onveniences of a first
lass live steamboat.
The report of the st. Louis Merchants
.xchange, recently published, shows the
lumber OF tons of freight sent Southwark
y New Orleans, Memphis and Vicksburo
ackets last rear to have been greater
ian ever known. THE following Is the
Ible: