Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-30
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CAIRO August 2a-Port list J

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CAIRO, August 29.-Port list: Norman
Evansville to Memphis, IL am. Rober
E. Lee, Mound City to Cairo, 8 am.
Grand Tower, Memphis to st. Louis, {
pm; st. Joseph, st. Louis to Memphis
8 PM; Colorado, SC. Louis to Vicksburg
Ppm; Rubicon, Arthur and Bismarck
have not yet got yer Liberty bar.
NEW ORLEANS, August 29.-Arrived:
Nick LongworGh and Thomson Dear
from st. Louis. No departures.
VIcKsBURe, August 29-Up: Julia, II
am; Pauline Carroll, 4 pm. Down,
Southwestern, SPIN. River rising. The
weather is warm.
.PITTsBURG, August 29-The Monouga.
helz is falling, win four feet in the chan
mel. There was q heavy rain here this
evening, and it is still raining. Business
is duh.
.~CINCINNATI, August 29.-The river here
has fallen i've inches in the past twenty
four hours, with seven feet in the chan
mel. Weather clear.
NAsHvILLE, August 29.-The river is
falling, with three feet on Harpeth shoals.
| Weather fair and warm. Arrived and de-
parted: Alpha and BurkesVille for Cairo.
ST., Louis, August 29.-Arriyed: City
| OF Vicksburg, from Vicksburg; Collier
and barkes, from New Orleans. Departed:
Belle st. Louis, for Memphis. River still
declining. e
LOUISVILLE, August 29.-Riyer stations
airy. Weather very hot until M pm. g
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Petrolia will be here to leave for
Black river on Thursday week. She il
undergoing repairs at Cairo,
The new steamer Durham is lying at
the foot Of Washington street. Her
owners have been offered two thousand.
dollars profit on her cost and take her OF
their hands.
The Legal Tender goes ont TODAY for
White river in place of the Des Are. She
has been undergoing a course Of repairs
Tor some weeks and is looking as hand
some as when she first struck the watsr.
Her cabin. inside and out, has bsep re-
painted, and her bedding. etc, Is entirely
new. Captain John Elliott commands,
and her office is in charge OF Joe. Elliott
and Arthur Field. The Tender connects
with the Little Rock train and with the
packets for Upper White river.
1t Is reported that freights have again
advanced at st. Louis.
The new and elegant steamer A. J..
White, Captain Geo. Malone, leaves to-
day for Helena, Friars' Point and all way
landings, carrying the U. s. mail. Charley
Smithers and Charley Jackson are her
clerks.
The Rubicon was due last night from
above. r "a
The Colorado, bound for Vicksburg and
due here on Saturday last, was still
aground a, Liberty at last report.
Ths W. r. Arthur was fast aground be-
tween Cairo and Sc. Louis when the Bale
Memphis passed down. She was in a bad
situaEion, and fears were entertained nat
she could not get of.
The Camelia has been sold to run In the
louisville and Tennessee river trade.
The David Watts, recently sank at
Prices Landing near Cairo, is a total loss.
she was valned at $4,000 and insured for
5000. -
The Rnhieon IS SIN aground At Liberty.
So says our Dispatches
The @. B. Church lsfE sor ST. Louis on
Sunday, instead Of CincinnatA Is wss re-
yesterday.
) Our local packets take ont a large
amount of baggfng md ties.
= The-St. Joseph, Captain Corbett. VIII
get away to-day for CAIRO and Sc. Louis.
shs is the regular packet, and connects