Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-07

River rose one inch in past twenty
four hours. Below high water mark of
1867, twenty-seven feet four inches.
CHAS. GOOD WIN,
Superintendent of Gas Works.
There IL q rise reported in White river,
which, though not great, will permit tbs
Walt to go to Jacksonport this trip. A
similar swell may be looked for in the
Arkansas, but none had occurred up TO
last report. The Upper Mississippi is !
swelling slowly at Dubuque, but it viii
not improve matters much. Between st. /
Louis and Cairo there is but 81 to 9 feet.
The Ohio is falling to Louisville, but
rising below. There is 5 feet on the falls.
The weather is unsettled. Rain falls
every few hours. Business on the land
ing was just $3.50.
BY TELEGRAPH
CAIRO, August 6.-The port list is as
follows: Belle ST. Louis, Memphis to st.
Louis, Z am; Shark, st. Louis TO New
Orleans, noon; Pauline Carroll, New Or
leans to st. Louis, 2 pm; r. J.. Lock-
wood, st. Louis to Shreveport, 2 pm;
Sam Parker, New Orleans to Cincinnati,
4 p.m.; City of Vieksburg, st. Louis to
Vicksburg, 6 pm; City of Alton, st.
o to Memphis, 2 pm. River rose S
inches Weather clear. Mercury, $40.
NEW ORLEANS, August 6.-Departed:
Alaska. for Cincinnati and V~ieksburg.
Ops lIkluld, II ldSb ulknLs OEduu
Era, 4 pm. Mollie Able, 7 pm. Down:
Governor Allen, IL am. River falling.
Weather clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, August 6.-Departed-
Belle Vernon, New Orleans. Tom Reese
and barges did not leave as announced.
Will depart tomorrow. River has fallen
two inches IN "a hours, with 4 feet 10
inches in the chute, and 10 feet on Port
land bar. Weather clear. Mercury 90'
at 5 pm.
CINCINNATI, August6.-River has fallen
IS inches in the last "a hours, with 10 feet
in the channel. Weather clear. Mercury
S60 at o
NASHVILLE, August 6.-River falling.
Five feet on Hafpeth shoals. Weather
fair and very warm.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Captain W. C. Postal has returned from
st. Louis. ~
Captain-P Patterson, of the ill-fated Silver
Spray, arrived in our city yesterday and
left on the Grand Tower for the wreck of
his boat.
No more victims of the Silver Spray
disaster have been recovered so far.
The S. G. Day leaves on Tuesday for st.
Francis river.
The Des Arc gets away on Tuesday for
White river. she will go to ~Jacksonport.
Freigbts sOuthbound are improving in
quantity at st. Louis.
st. Louis is agitating the question of a
packet line from that city to the Ouachita.
1t won't pay. The class of steamers
which usually ply the latter stream can
carry enough over the long route. 11 a
The st. Joseph has laid up at st. Louis
for repairs.
RheBa Parker, ESQ, clerk of the Ssllie
", came up yesterday from his old home
in Natchez. He is again ready to seek the
wilds of Forked Deer as 500 as water per-
mits.
The Grand Tower brought down a set
of bridge timbers for the Little Rock rail-
road at Devalis Bluff or Little Rock.
All efforts so far have failed to find the
sunken Nettie Jones'. job Cassidy, the
diver, yesterday went down to the dis
lance of seven ty-six feet in the diving
bell. This is h greater distance than ever
before achieved without an air pump. OPP
eratiOns will be continued nearer shore.
The New Y ork World, in an editorial,
iutimates til at the ill fated Silver Spray
was racing when she exploded her boilers.
These New York scribblers are not well
posted about steamboat matters out west.
They should read Barney Hughes expla-
nation of the cause of the defeat OF the
Natchez, and learn something about
western river navigation. Fer the in
formation of tho world, we will state that
the Spray was racing with a barge she
had alongside, snd the barge was slightly
ahead at the time ofthe fearful accidsnt. A
coal fiat left u levee at the same time
with the Spray, but we learn it was some
distance behind at the time of b explo-
sion.
The Bismarck passes kown this evening
for New Orleans. Captain Ike Jones, a
welI-known master, commands this trip.
John Spain is chief clerk.
The elegant new steamer City of Yicks-
burg, Cap, C. D.. Conway, will pass down
to-day for Vicksburg and the bends. She
carries the U. 8. mail. Andy Isaacs and
George Briggs are her clerks.
The fine steamer RubicOn is due mr. to-
day, and will be in port TO leave this eve
ming for Cairo and St. Louis. She is old
reliable. Capt. Bill Blake commands, and
Alt. GrissOm is her popular chief clerk.
The City of Cairo passes down to-mor-
row for Vieksburg. weesMr-Hn
The City of Alton is the regular st.
Louis packet Tomorrow.
The splendid steamer Pat Cleburne
| leaves tomorrow for the Arkansas. She
will go through to Little Rock, if the
water permits; il not, she will connect
with light draft steamers for that port and
Fort Smith. lH =