Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-09
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OF good business during the week, as it
opened out brisk.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Nav ORLEANS, May S.-Arrived: Glen
coe, Robert Mitchell, Louisville; City OF
Cairo, st. Louis; Alaska, Cincinnati. De-
parted Commonwealth, ST, Louis.
CAIRO, May S.-POrJ list: Virginia,
New Orleans to Louisville, pm; Mime
ola, Memphis TO Cincinnati, Up. m; James
Howard, St. Louis 70 New Orleans, 2 pm:
City Cf Ficksburg, NicksbUrg to st. Lou
is, p n. River rose inches. Heavy
showers st noon. ThermOmsr, "A deg.
LOUISVILLE, May S.-The river is rising
slowly. with feet 10 inches in the chute
feet 10 in the canal, @ feet 10 on the rocks
and 81 feet under the bridge. II is raining
tonight. Business active. Arrived h.
:. Turner. Departed: Il. S. Turner, Susie
Silver, New Orleans; Nightingale, Ar6an-
sas river The Kate Kinney loads for New
Orleans tomorrow.
ST LOUIS, May S.-Arrived: Belle St.
Louis, NicksDurg; Grand Tower, Mem
pbis. River swelling slowly, with IA feet
70 Cairo. Heavy rains.
NASHVILLE. May s.-Ths river is rising
slowly, with eight feet on Hsrpeth Shoals.
The weather is warm snd c-oUJy.
CINgINSATI, May 8.-The river is % feet
o inches in the channel; Y feet inches
bridge space. Arrived: Belfast and Shan
non, Louisville. Weather cloudy and
threatening. The Tom Reese ran against
Newport bridge last night, and knocked
down her chimnsys and damaged her
pilot house.
VICKsBURG, May 8 Down: Kate. 4 o.
IA NJ. j. WIcks, 2 pm ; Mary Houston, /
am. Up: Henry Ames, 10 pm. J. II. /
Groesbeck, . am. Boats up to-day: De1-
ter, l p m; Edinburg, II "a. Weather
warm and clear. River rising.
usCELLANEoUs.
The A. J. White brought in 81 bales of
cotton and 295 sacks Of seed. She returned
to Napoleon last evening with an excel /
lent trip.
The Mary Miller is checking a stump
again st Evansville.
The Ocesnus, from Red river for St.
Lous. discharged here 80 head of cattle
and 200 head Of sheep.
The Legal Tender, from White river,
bad 2l7 bales Of cotton ia sacks Of seed.
She also re-shipped les bales at the mouth
of the river for New Orleans.
The G asROW, Captain n. @. Selby, with I
r. f. Fuller in the Office, leaves this
morning at 10 O'Clock for Louisville and
Cincinnati.
The George ". Check, Captain Mark
Cheek, from Frisr's Point, had 40 barrels
OF whisky and l24 sacks Of seed. She is
6 hs regular Tuesday Friar's Point packet, |
leaving at pm, attending TO all way
business in the bends. Frank GOBterman |
is her attentive purser.
During the storm, Tuesday evening, the |
schOOnsrs Rosa and Geo. Eike cOllided |
near the mouth of Bayou st. John. The |
Eike was sunk and the Rosa only slightly |
damaged.
The elegant steamer Legal Tender, Cap |
tain william Elliott, is the regular Tues |
day White river United States mail packet |
leaving to-day at pm. for all points on /
White river, connecting at DeValps Bluff |
with the Little Rock railroad. Messrs. Ed |
Postal, Arthur Fields and Dan Sullivan, q |
trio of clever gentlemen, have charge Of /
the Office.
The steamers Utah and Little Rock have |
exchanged places. The former is to run 4
from Little Rock to Fort Smith, and the !
latter from Little Rock to St. Louis.
The James Howard, Captain George Pc
gram, leaves tomorrow morning at 8 1
o'clock for New Orleans.
The Nashville, Captain Ben Mirrielees, !
G me in at noon from Cincinnati, with /
fuII cargo Of Western products. She leaves 1
tomorrow evening with 8 return trip for |
Messrs. @. s. Hart and George /
Higgins, formerly the polite purser of the /
silver Moon, has charge Of the office.
The Robert Burns will arrive tomorrow /
from Cincinnati.
The John II. Groesbeck and Henry |
Anes are due to- day from New Orleans. |
The Clarksville left Little Rock on FRI /
day for New Orleans, with 800 bales OF 1
cotton.
Morris Hsrman, the expsrionoed and |
steward Of the A. ]. White, who /
has been up the country on visit, re- |
turned yesterday morning and resumed /
his duties. Norris is not only clever /
gentleman, but practical steward.
The Julia, Captain Townsend, leaves /
TO day, at 10 O'Clock, for Nicksburg and /
the bends. Jimmy Thompson is her /
fnancier.
The OIL City, for shawnee Village, had /
a good trip of way freight.
The Arkansas carried 1893 bales Of cot /
ton into New Orleans on Wednesday last /
from the Arkansas river.
The st. Francis, Captain Bowman. is the 1
regular Tuesday st. Francis river packet,
leaving at . pm. =. c. Paine does the 4
honors Of the Office, assisted by Messrs.
Berry and Clarke.
The Belle Lee passed up last evening for
st. Louis, with a fine trip Of freight and |
people. She discharged here 40 bales OF 4
cotton, a large lot OF groceries and 30 |
crates Of QueensWare, and had for Sc.
Louis 750 tons Of misoella lansous freiRht.
9he left New Orleans with 1000 tons 81
good upstream trip. Captain
Hicks. her commander, was suffering from
! severe attack Of scarlet fever.
The City OF CsirOi Captain Luker. leaves
.o- dav al S D. N. for Cairo and st. Louis,
THE Nightingale Ia due tomorrow frOua /
bound for ArkaHaas river.
The Suzie. p. W. Strader. 9. B. Church
md Ar0osv are due on Wednesday from
en- route for New Orteaua,