Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-04

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parted: Julia, Vicksburg, 10 pm;
Grand Tower, st. Louis, / am; Colo
RADIO, st. Louis, 2 pm. The steamer
Robert Mitchell reports the James How
ard hard aground near Caseyville. She
had about 1900 tons Of freight, and was
tightening off. River has fallen inches.
Fine shower this afternoon. Weather
warm.
PTTTsBURG, June 3.-WeatheF cloudy.
Monongahela seant 3 feet and falling.
CINCINNATI, June3.-The river is sta
tionary, 8 feet 3 inches.
ST. LOUIS, June 5.-ArFived: Capt.
toll City, New Orleans; City of Helena,
Vicksburg; Grand Tower, Memphis.
Departed: City of Alton, New Orleans;
City of Chester, Memphis. River has
risen 20 inches. Weather cloudy and
close. The Northwestern, of the st.
Louis and st. Paul line, struck a rock in
the lower rapids Sunday morning and
sunk. Her passengers and deck freight
were taken off and she will be raised.
NASHVILLE, June 3.-River falling, 2S
inches on Harpeth shoals. Weather
dry and hot.
EVANSVILLE, June 3.-Heayy rain
last night, north and east. Deluging
rains here this evening. River has fallen
s inches. Up: Sam. j. Hale, II pm;
Fayette, 8 am; Arkansas Belle, II
am. Tarascon, II am; Florence Lee
and Evansville, 5 pm. Down; MOllie
Raglan, Z am; MinneOla, 10a.m.; Kate
Kinney and Mary Ament, 4 pm.
Quiekstep, 5 am with good trips.
LOUISVILLE, June 3.-The river has
risen 8 inches; 5 feet g inches in canal,
8 feet 3 inches in the canal. Heavy
rain and thunder storm the greater part
of last night, and similar storm this af-
%ternoOn; cloudy at 6 pm, and signs of
more rain tonight. Weather close and
sultry. Mercury ranged from S0o to 9Oo.
Freights scarce. Arrived: Grand Lake
No. ?, John A. Wood, Nick ongworth,
Alice Dean, New Orleans. Departed:
Alice Dean, Nick Longworth, Cincin-
natl; Grand Lake No. 2, Pittsburg.
LITTLE Rock, June 3.-Weather clear
and warm. River declining; y feet at
this point. Departed: Pat Cleburne,
Memphis.
NEW ORLEANS, June 3.-Arrived:
Mary Houston, Louisville; Louisville,
Cincinnati; Great Republic, st. Louis.
Departed: Henry Ames, st. Louis.
Weather clear and warm.
VICKsBURG, June 3.-BOats down:
Lady Lee, II last night; Ajax, 10 Am.
Boats up: John KilgOur, IL all. River
rising.
Miscellaneous.
The Thompson Dean, three days and
thirteen hours out from New Orleans,
came in yesterday morning, put off
thirty tons of freight, and had n hum
bred tons for st. Louis. She took the
Robert E. Lee trip at New Orleans and
made siXty-ffve mail landings coming
up, and was crowded with people.
The Nile, Tom Jasper, and Continent
tai are all due from above; also the City
of Quincy and City of Vicksburg.
The Glasgow, from Red river, arrived
at noon, cOaled here, and left for above
light.
The John Kilgour leaves tomorrow
afternoon for the Ohio river.
The A. J. White, from Chicot City,
came in with twenty-five bales of cot
ton, two hundred and ten sacks Of seed,
and a lot of sundries to order.
The Pauline Carroll. from New Or
leans, four days out, passed up early
Yesterday morning, before daylight, with
q good trip.
The John F. TOIle, from New Orleans,
passed up during the afternoon, loaded
with railroad iron.
The Thomas H. Allen, from Little
arrived with a fair trip of freight
and passengers.
The Continental, from st. Louis, came
in at dark, coaled here, and departed for
New Orleans, loaded to the guards.
The regular semi-weekiy coast packet,
J. White, Captain John Washington,
Lawns fhfg 1rrnnfnn Of Eva n1n1Onl- for
Chieot City, and all way
landings. She connects at the mouth Of
White river with the steamer Batesville
for all points ON White river. B. P.
and Charley Sharpe are her pop
ular clerks.
The fleet passenger steamer Thomas
H. Allen, in command of Captain
Eugene Smith, leaves this evening at
five o'clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock
and all the usual way landings. Colonel
Pat Morrison and Billy Willis are her
The fleet passenger steamer st. Fran
els, Captain L. r. Bowman, leaves this
evening at five o'clock for Helena, Ma
Wittsburg and all the usual way
landings. Sam Paine and Billy Dean
are clerks.
IL "0hCS 0OhaAh5 VIVA Ndpldn
gram on the roof, leaves this evening at
six o'clock for New Orleans. Charles
Chasing is clerk.
The greatest flood of which we have
recorded or traditionary account in the
Ohio, is the famous rise of February,
1882, when the river attained a hight Of
lhirty-one feet at Pittsburg, forty-tive
ieet at Wheeling and sixty-three feet at
Cincinnati, above its summer surface.
This flood reached its highest mark from
place to place along the river, at the
following dates: