Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-29

BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW ORLEANS, May 8-Arriyed: Mary
Alice and bsrgss, st. Louis. Departed.
MOlli5 Ebert, Pittsburg; Mary Alice and
Darges, st. Louis. Been raining nearly all
day.
vICKsBURe, May 2s-Up: Grand Lake,
Jpn. City OF V~icksburg, 5 pm; simp-
son Homer 3 pm. Weather warm and
clear. River rising slowly.
CAIRO. May 23-Port list. Olive
Branch, Sc. Louis 70 New Orleans, fam:
Julia, Vicksburg to st. Louis. 5 am: J.
Baker, Baton Rouge to Louisville, 8 am;
Baltic Memphis to Cairo, 6 am; Alps,
Memphis TO st. Louis, l p m. r J. Lock
wood, St. Louis 20 Red river, I I'm Co
lumDis, St. Eouis TO Arkansas river. 8
pm J. i. Hyatt, Louisville 20 Memphis,
5 pm Olive Branch, cleared at S pm.
Grand Tower, Memphis to 81. Louis 5
. N. River fell 8 inches Light rain this
afternoon; weather now clear. Mercury
so.
LOUISVILLE, May 23-Ths river still
r~ecsding, with 2 feet s inches in the chute
and 4 feet s inch5s in the canal. Weather
cloudy and very warm; light shower this
evening Arrived MiuusOla, Memphis.
Departed: sam J.. Hale, Memphis; Ediu-
burg, Red river; JOhn r.. Grossbsek, New
Orlsaus. Tbs kauaWha got through the
canal with a tow OF salt, early this morn
ing.
CNCrEvATI, MAY 28-Rfvsr g feet 6
inches in the channel, having fallen 8
inches IN the past a hours. Weather
clear and warm.
ST. LOUIS, May 28.-Arrived: Pauline
Carroll, New Orleans; City of Chester.
Memphis. River stationary. Weather
cloudy and warm, with a heavy rain this
afternoon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A rain storm prevailed last evening.
The r. @. Gray, from Arkansas river.
putOf here 3 bales Of cotton. % bales Of
rags and added 25I bales of cotton. She
nd, also, 33l bales Of cotton for New Al
blay.
The river continues to decline rapidly.
The Phil AlLinr Captain James Lee, is
the regular Monday, Friar's Point and
bends packet, leaving at 5 pm. Stack
Lee does tbs hOnCrs Of The Office.
The James Howard, Captain Psgram.
leaves tomorrow 81 y pm for New Orleans.
The MARITIME, Captain Sands, came in
from the bends with q fair trip and leaves
this evening with a return trip for OsceO-
Ia and the bends.
The Indiana, for Louisville, had a fair
passenger list, buLittle freight.
The Belle st. Lo6is put of here Is bales
bales cotton and so sacks seed.
The Al White, Captain George Ma
lone, is the regular Monday Napoleon and
bends packet, leaving at pm. Barney
Barriuds O6iciatss in the ONCE.
The Olive Branch, Captain John Nc
Cord, leave to-day, at 5 pm, for New
Orleans and the bends.
The Mary Boyd, Captain Rube Haiues
in command, viii probably 20 out today.
in plscs Of the Celeste.
Steamer Dexter, Captain J. Il. Jones.
arrived az our wharf sarly yesterday, only
@ few hOurs over three DAYS out. from
New Orleans, with q cargo of eight hun
drsd tons, mostly Of railroad iron and
sugar, for st. Louis. Among the articles
Of freight she discharged here, we noticed
quite au assortment OF fruits and early
vegetables, which looked as nice and fresh
as though just brought TO market from the
country.
That old veteran and popular steamboat
commander st. Clair ThOmmsssOu. of
COnc0rdis and Magnolia fame, was passen-
ger on the Dexter en- route for his fav0rits
summer rendezvous, Niagara Falls. He
sppesrs IS active and puhs his cigar as
vigorously as in days Of yors.
The Dexter passed st6a~ ers Belfast.
Bismarck Indians aud Belle st. Louis
on their winding way up the river, all
stsaming and dashing the water from
their prows as if ~endsavOring TO win the
horns from OF the Lee.
+4- C4.aaagH Ag4 ALA1AIna ALNELH .
brought in 40 bales Of cotton and 500
saCas Of seed, and rsshippsd at the mouth
100 bales for New Orleans.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane, sails
at 5 pm. for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Colorado, Captain Mckee, backs out
to-day at 5 O'Clock for Vicksburg and the
bends
The Robert Mitchell will leave the
wharf to-day aE y 70, for Louisville and
Cincinnati.
TIE yirginia viii be down tomorrow
for New Orleans.
The Belfast, Captain Sedan. will be
found at tbs wharf this morning to re-
csive for Cincinnati and viii leave al I2 ~.
The Columbia, Captain Tildsr. leaves
to-day az s pm, for Arkansas river and
al way points.
The st. Francis, Captain Bowman, Is
the regular Tuesday st. Francis river
packet. Messrs. Paine and CLARK are her
clerks.
The Lady Lee passed up from Red river
for st. Louis.
The Legal Tender, Captain William FL
liot5, is the regular Tuesday White river
mail packet, Messrs Ed. Postal, Arthur
Fields and Dan Sullivan have charge Of
the office.
The St. Francis brought in $50 bales cot
ton and 447 sacks seed.
The Potomac put OF here IS barrels Of /
-four sud a lot Of misceIsns U freight,
snd added 1S9 bales Of cotton, 20 barrels
Of whisky, Us sacks Of bran and II barrels I
of eggs.
The City Of Cairo, for y~ieksburg, had q
good trip.
The Groesbeek, for New Orleans, and
Edinburg, for Red river, will be down to-
morrow.
The Hale left Cincinnati, Saturday eve
ming, for Memphis.
TL. Tr-.gl-a T. - nj ]
msrck are due to day from New Orleans.
The r, J. Lockwood, Captain COghilI, |
viii leave this evening for Red river and
way points through 70 Shreveport.