Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-31

to Little Rock, and 20 inches from there
up. White river is receding, with 8 feet
in the channel from Devalrs Bluff out,
and 3 feet above there. There was very
little doing on h wharf yesterday.
BIZ TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, July S0.-Port list: Belle
Memphis, st. Louis to Memphis, 8 pm.
City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg To st. Louis,
2 AM; Carrie V. Kountz, 81. Louis to
New Orleans, 10 am; Belle St Louis, st.
Louis to Vicksburg, 4p.m. Lady Lee, st.
Louis to Red river, 4 pm; Sallie, st.
louis to Arkansas river, 4 pm; J.. AZ.
kellogg, st. Louis to New Orleans, 8 pm.
River fell 2 inches. Westher clear.
Mercury, $40.
PTTTsBURa, July 30.-Wsather warm
and clear, The Monongahala has 80
inches in the channel, and is stationary.
CINCINNATI, July SO.-River 5 feet
in the channel, having fallen about 5
inches in the past "a hours. Weather
clear and warm.
EVANSVILLE, IND, July SQ.-Weather
clear and hot. Mercury $40. River has
fallen 13 inches. Port list: Up: R. @.
Gray and Warren Belle, 3 pm. Down:
Leclaire No. 2, 4 p.m.-au with moderate
trips.
LOUISVILLE, July 9O.-TEle river is
slowly declining, with Is inches in the
-ANC 1L0 y W. va - VI AA-GA@ gaLH ~ I
weather is clear, but hot. Mercury, IS
degrees. n. 8. Turner and Mary Miller
loading for New Orleans.
ST.. LOUIS, July 30.-Arrived: City
of Chester, Emile LAbarge and Sioux
City, from Memphis. Departed: The
James Howard and Pauline Carroll, for
New Orleans. River still falling, and ali
the upper streams on the decline.
Weather fair, but very warm,
AIsCELLANEOUs.
The wharf presented rather q dull ep-
pearance yesterday.
A pair Of horses attached To a hack run
away on the levee last evening. The
horses made for the tarpsuline shed which
came in contact with the hack, smashing
the same considerable.
The Belle st. Louis, Capt. ALI. GrissOm,
sails this evening for Vicksburg and the
bends. join Blake, clerk.
The Ju'is put of here Ice barrels hOur
and 90 sacks oats.
The Bardstown discharged. hers 100 bap-
rels pork 50 barrels -four, 20 barrels meal,
4 bales cotton and IT'S packages m6rchan-
disc. Tha BesrdstoWn goes to Galveston
via the Red river route.
The Usage, Capt. JnO. B. Davis, leaves
Devalps Bluff this evening on arrival of
the Memphis train for JaclKsOnpOrt and
upper White river. Charley Smithers,
clerk.
The Oil City, Captain Randall, backs
out to-day at 8 pm, for Shawnee Village
and the Bends.
A striker of the ferryboat Excelsior
known as Dutchy, borrowed a rope yes
tsrdsy and hung himself lt Hopetield,
Arkansas. He was cut down when life
was almost extinct. DutehJ has worked
here for several years on the coal tugs
and other water craft. Tie suicidist is
about twenty years of age
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
leaves for st. Louis to-day at 8 pm.
The Phil Allin brought in 80 bales cot
ton, 1868 sacks seed and So barrels high
wines. The Allin, Captain James Lee,
TO Frisr's POinJ this evening at 8
Stack Lee, clerk.
The Belfast passed down for New Or
leans we'll laden.
The Lady Lee, Captain Carter, leaves
to-day at B p.m. for Red river.
The Continental will psss Town this
morning for New Orleans.
A large amount Of. reshipIing.freight for
South, has been accommodating at
Cairo.
The Bismarck passed up last night for
Louis, with a large trip One item of
her cargo IS 5000 bars of railroad iron.
The Dardanelle, Captain Ed. Rowland,
to-day at 5 pm for Little Rock
and Fort Smith. Greed Walker, purser. s
The Greenback commences next week
70 remove Instructions in the lower !
ohio.
The A. ]. White, Captain George Ma
one backs out this evening for Napoleon /
nd the bends. Barney BsriRds has c
charge of the office.
The James Howard and MoIis Moore
will be down tomorrow for New Orleans. =
The Ssllie, Captain Johnson, leaves to-
at 5 pm. for Arkansas and White
George Stiles, clerk.
The Pauline Carroll will be down this :
tor New Orleans. '
The Dexter will pass up tomorrow for ,
It. Louis. !
The Glencoe is loading Al; Cairo for New c
and will be down tomorrow. :
The NJ. J.. Wieks and Carrie KoEntz
lass down this morning for New Orleans.
Captain Sam Shock returned yesterday I
rom an Eastern tour. \
The United States local inspector is In
Evansville, winding up the business of =
he old board. In answe TO q letter from Z
Phil. Hornbrock, aurVeyOrOf Evans =
lille, to the Secretary of the Treasury, =
lr. Boutwell, instructs the surveyor of :
Evansville and the local. board Of in
that any steamer with high
ressure boilers and carrying a pressure
f steam above sixty pounds to the square s
lch, must be designated rs a high press
re boat, and that the steamer Quickstep, v
at Evansville, having high pressure p
oilers and earring One hundred and forty =
ounds of steam, is a high pressure boat,
must takethe words Glow pressure" =
ON the Wheelhouse. y
The New Orleans PicGg8Gne of Friday
sys: "Last evening, shortly after the
San Nicolas, Captain Gus Rich
-ds, returning from Grand Isle, had tied {
p to her wharf at the head of Hsrvey's q
anal, there was an explosion that fairly VI,
nook the vessel and created for the time ~.
sing the greatest excitement, as many
srsons fsncied the boiler had burst. It 4
1pears, however, that the noise was =
fused by the explosion of a small whis-
y barrel in the bar-room, which had -
been ignited by 4 lighted match
lrown carelessly under it. The flames &c
lYelOped the room In a moment, burn
z the lower clothing of the bartender
fore he could get out.
Standing at the bar at the moment were
veral members of Jackson Fire Com
my No. Is composing a committee who a.,
Vi visited Grand Isle to make arrange
ents for an excursioT) IA Captain :
himself. These gentlemen at <
ice partially smothered the fire with
and the bOai's hose being =
up, the flames were soon sub
led, with scarcely any loss other than FL
mage to the extent of about 500.
Quiet a number of laden and gentlemen
d been on board, but fortunately most q
them had gained the shore before the
plOsiOn occurred, or the excitement on
ard WOuId haVa haau depidadlU OraQtar lie,