Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-21

| high wind; weather cleari mercury %.
Sr. LOUIS, April 20.-Arrived: Belle
/ Memphis, Lockwood and Utah. Depart
/ ed: John Kyle and Pauline Carroll, for
| New Orleans City Of Cairo, for Ficksburg.
! The river is falling. The weather is clear,
| cold and windy.
CNCNNATI, April 2O.-The river has
II feet water. The Sam J. Hale and Alice
Dean, from Memphis, arrived. High
| winds, cool and cloudy.
PITTsBURG, April 20-W Gather is clear.
The MOnOngahela river is rising, and has
three feet five inches water.
LOUISVILLE, April 20 The river Is still
falling, with feet inches in the chute
and feet 8 inches in the canal. Weather
is pleasant but quite windy. Arrived !:
LeOnidas and bargas, and Robert Burns,
from Cincinnati; p. W. Strsder, from
New Orleans; Champion, from st. Louis
Departed: Le1nidas and Nick LongwOrth,
for New Orleans; Robert Burns, for Mem
phis. The Edinburg is advertised to leave
for Red river tomorrow.
VICKsBURG, April 2O.-DOwn: st. Ma
rvs, last night; Continental, pm. Up:
Robt. Mitchell, pm; Dexter 2 p m. The
weather is warm and clear. The river is
falling.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Bismarck and Julia are due from
below. Doubtless the former passed up
during the night.
The river is falling at Vicksburg.
YszOO river is falling rapidly, and light
draught boats are in demand.
The Robert Mitchell will be up tO-mOr
row.
A new cylinder for the Geo. ". Cheek
was cast at Rumble & Hsath's foundry.
The operation was witnessed by a number
Of spectators.
The drawbridgs at Dsvan's Bluff is
said to work like 3 charm.
Captain Merrilles, Of the Silver Moon,
states that Tuesday night and Wednes-
day was the toughest night and day he
has ever experienced on the Mississippi.
The wind, ne says, blew almost hurri-
cane, and it was with no little difficulty
the Silver Noon could make any hesdWsy
so great was the fOrcs of the wind.
The Silver Moon came in st daylight
yesterday, and gOss out tomorrow even
ing for Cincinnati.
The Belle Lee passed up early yesterday
morning, after putting out here "A barrels
sweet potatoes, so sacks coffee, l27 barrels
mOlases, 3 hoRsheads sugar, 80 bundles
ties, 20 boxes lemons, casks, barrels
cider, l iron shaft, 10 race horses, 10 bar
rsls onions, SO bundles hides, so boxes
clsret and 29 bales cotton. She had 500
tons of freight for st. Louis.
Frank Smith, who is acknowledged the
up the best of the season to the Belle
Lees passengers, has our thanks for sp-
prsciaJsd fsvors.
Joseph T. Nimms, of the Treasury De-
partment, has been appointed General
Supervising Inspector Of steamboats,.
The office has recently been created by
Congress.
HOrner passed up yesterday with empty
barges.
The little MARITIME came down from Full
ton yesterday with 275 sacks of cotton
seed, 50 bales and Is sacks Of cotton.
The Julia, Captain Townsend on the
roof and James Thompson clerk, will
pass up at p IN. today for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Arkansas river fell eighteen inches
yesterday, and is declining rapidly.
The great lOw-Pressure steamer Rich
mOnd, Capt. Nat Green in command, will
depsr5 at noon to-day f New Orleans
and all way landings. She is without ex-
ceptiOn one of the finest boats that plies
in Western waters, and her fare is unsur-
passed by any hotel. Cook Creighton
and John Lsnglois are clerks.
The sold reliable" Pat Cleburne, Reese
PritChard master, gets away st p N to-
day for all points on the Arkansas, con-
Meeting at Little Rock with the packets
for Fort Smith and stages for Hot Springs.
Creed Walker and Joe Thomas are clerks.
The Shannon passed up last night for
the Ohio with about 400 tons of freight.
The Pink Varble passed down last
night for the Arkansas with fair freight
list.
The City of Vicksburg, from st. Louis,
passed down last night well laden.
The A. J. White came up yesterday
with I2I bales of cotton and 155 sacks
seed.
Hon. John Morrissey was a passenger
on the Belle Lee yesterday, snd is at the
OvertOn.
The Indiana passed up at dark for the
Ohio river.
The United States mail packet A. J.
White, Captain George Malone master,
departs at ) pm. tO-dsy for Helena,
Frisr's Point and Napoleon. Barney
Bsrinds is at the desk.
The r. P. Walt leaves tomorrow for all
points on White river.
The United States mail steamer Phil.
Allin leaves at p m. to-day, for Helena,
Friar's Point and all way landings. Stack
Lee, J. O. Harris and Neil Booker are her
clerks.
The neat and comfortable packet Bates
vile, Captain Smith in command, will get
away &C O'Clock this evening, for all
points on White, Black ana Little Red
rivers. Gus. D'Arche is her secretary.
Kramer, Miller & Co, Of Little Rock,
lost a safe weighing $500 pounds on the
Dunham.
The st. Louis Times says! Business
ruled dull. a sort Of spring fever seems
to have taken possession Of shipments, as
they show a decided lack Of animation, as
though disposed to lay by ia the shade and |
not venture out upon the hot and dusty /
leveen
The Susie Silver Is overdue from above /
Il Il Il
The City Of Cairo will pass down to- /
morrow for Vicksburg
The Dexter is coming up with 2500 bars 4
Of railroad iron.
The NJ. J. Wicks has 217O bars of iron 4
and a cargo of wine and liquors.
on Wednesday seven hsrges Of coal, in /
tow Of the steamer Gilmore, sunk in If |
teen feet water, near Caledonia.
The st, Louis RepUb tcdB says: "The 1
Great Republics difficulties viii not be
removed. Il is now conceded on all hands i
that she must change owners. Captain
Donaldson has been exceedingly WnfOr-
.unste in this venture. When he COM
menced building that magnificent steam
or be was the pOssessOr Of no less than
S10O, 600 in cash. This is gone, and four
years of hard labor, and Captain Donald
son Is f0ar years older, snd has that mugh
less time in which to ascend the difficult |
hill of fortune. We hope Captain DON
3ldsOn will not experience the same re-
Outfs, which most men receive when
clouds lower and fortune frOwns."