Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-26

RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
GAS WORKS, March Is, 1870.
The river fell five inches in
the past twenty-four hours. Below high
water mark of 1867, twelve feet nine
inches. CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
There is no change to note since our
last in the Arkansas. Scant 80 inches is
all that can be found in that stream to
Little Rock. White river is falling slow
Iy, with about I feet to ~Jacksonport. Our
dispatches give the latest news from all
points above and below. Rain set in be-
fore daylight yesterday, and it continued
ness is only moderately active on the
levee.
C~INSCINNATI, March 25, 1 p.m.-Clear
and pleasant, thermometer $50; wind sc.
1854. River % feet 8 inches; risen l foot.
J. W. Garrett, New Orleans; Champion,
st. Louis, and packets arrived. De-
parted: Abeons,St Louis and Endinburg,
for New Orleans; Major Anderson
for Wheeling. Arlington, for P%ittsburg.
LETT at noon, five minutes after the An
derson. The tOw-boat Sam Parker was
sold by Nathan Parker for 5000.
~CINcINNATI, March 25.-The river is
rising with tweuty-seven feet in the
channel. Weather clear. Business mod
crate at reduced rates south. Arrived:
Garrett and Minneola. Departed: Edin-
burg, for New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, March 25.-Weather clear:
thermometer $50. River % feet 3 inches;
Is duei Champion, from st. Louis, has ar
rived. The Wheeling, Parkersburg and
Cincinnati Transportation Company
bought the wreck of the steamer Rebecca
for $45l0, and VIII build for her machine
~. Rates to Pittsburg, 10 to 20 cents per
pound; to st. Louis, 25 to 30 cents. The
Edinburg has secured within 10 tons of n
full cargo. Captain Boardman has con-
trscted with the Swift Iron Work for an
iron steamer for the New Orleans and
Shreveport rrade; hull all frame work.
wheels and Outriggen of iron; length, I76
by IL, and 6 feet hold; to be completed by
July lst, at a cost of $4,000.
LOUISVILLE, March 25.-The river is
rising, with 8 feet in the canal.
NASHVILLE, March 2j.-The river is
rising, Z feet large on Harpeth Shoals.
Weather is clear and pleasant. with indi-
cations of rain.
CAIRO, March 25.-Down: CITY of Cairo.
st. Louis to Memphis, IL PM; Belle Lee.
Cairo to New Orleans, IL pm. Little
Alps, Pittsburg to Memphis am. Mary
Houston, Louisville to New Orleans, s
a.m. Glasgow, st. Louis to New Orleans.
9 Am. Utah, st. Louis 10 Arkansas Riv-
err, IL am; MOllie Ebert, st. Louis TO
New Orleans, l pm; Little Condor,
Pomeroy to Nicksburg, 3p.m.; Pauline
Carroll, st. LOuis to New Orleans, 4 pm.
Up: Olive Branch, New Orleans to st.
Louis, II midnight; Bee, New Orleans to
81. Louis, 9 am. Sam j. Hale, Memphis
to Cincinnati, IL am. Messenger, New
Orleans TO Cincinnati, pm.
The river has fallen three inches. The
weather rainy. Mercury 81.
NEW ORLEANS, March 25.-Arrived
Alaska, Cincinnati; Bismark, Columbian 1
and Arthur, st. Louis. Departed: Tom
Jasper, for st. Louis.
N~ICKsBURG, March 25.-Up: Great Re
public, 6 am Virginia 10 am; Lucy
Bertram, 6 pm. Down: Wieks, S pm.
Curtis, 4p.m.; Pargoud. Z pm. I
River falling slowly. Weather cloudy
and pleasant.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The W. A. Caldwell came of the docks
yesterday.
The George w. Cheek leaves for Friar's
Point to-day at 5 pm.
The r. p. Walt, Captain Morg. Bate
man, will, as usual, get away to-day for
all landings on White river. She carries
the U. S. mail and connects with the Lit
tie Rock train. Mr.. Ernest Wslworth is
her chief clerk, and his assistants are
VIM. Hall and Billy Willis.
The towboat Mohawk passed down yes
terday.
The wrecking boat, T. f. Eckert. came
down yesterday from the wreck Of the
Emma No. 3. She saved some cotton, pig
iron, machinery, etc, from the wreck, and
ro-shipped it at this port to Cincinnati on
the Leo1idas. She leaves to-day for the
wreck of the Guidon.
Capt. Tom Berry is sloshing around
town. He will be on the roof Of a fine
steamer in a few days.
The Glasgow and Belle Vernon. for New
Orleans, and the Utah, for the Arkansas,
are due.
The Thompson Dean passed down late
last night. She added 200 bales OF cotton
here.
Captain Ben NJ. Merrilees will back out
his fine steamer Silver Moon to-day, at
five pm, for Cairo, Evansville, Louis
Vile and Cincinnati. If we were going
that way We should certainly go on the
Silver Moon, and we are very careful
about whom we travel with. George w.
Higgins, a careful and competent clerk,
has charge of the office.
Captain Andy Dearth will back out the
Noble Gratz to-day for Osceola and way
points. She is the regular packet. Gus.
De Archie is her clerk.
Owing to the weather and the impossi-
bility of shipping. the Celeste concluded
to lay over until to-day. She gets away
at 5 pm. for Little Rock and all way
landings on the Arkansas. Ed. Rowland
is master and John N. Hardin is chief
clerk.
w. Fl. Carver, the well known boat
store proprietor and liquor dealer of this
city, has, we learn, offered fifteen thou
sand dollars for the bar of Captain Pc
grams new boat now building. This of
course includes the privilege fOrthe boats
time.
To-day, at 8 pm, Captain Blake will
back out the Rubicon for Vleksburg and
the bends. She is the regular United
mail packet, and makes all way ]
landings. Captain Blake is one OF the !
best and most popular officers a1oat, and !
bis chief of staff, ALI. GrissOm, has no SUI
perior as a careful, attentive and reliable ,
clerk. We commend the Rubicon to \
bound south. /
The Mary Houston, Captain Durham, I
Henry Walker in the office, passes :
down for New Orleans at 8 am. to-day.
The beautiful passenger steamer Belle :
Lee, with Captain j. NJ. White on the Z
roof, leaves at 10 am. FOR New Orleans. v
She is one of the finest passenger packets 5
and makes all way landings. A. =
and James Crindell are her popu- ,
ar secretaries. e
The Henry Ames, Captain J. II. Burk.
will get away at IL am. for New Orleans
md the bends. VIM. NJ. Tompkins. Jr.. V
s her competent chief clerk. a
TIL City of Cairo, Captain Lennox, will e
ret away to-day at SPIN. for Cairo and st. 4
4ouis. Thos. White is her secretary. y
A late Fort Smith Herald reports the Il
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