Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-10

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LITTLE Rock, September 9.-weather cleai
and pleasant; light rain last night. River is
NASHVILLE, September 0.-The river is sta.
tiOnaIy, with IL inches water on Harpeth
Shoals. Weather very warm; fine shower OF
Sr. LOUIS. September 9.-Arrived: City OF
Vicksburg, from Vicksburg. Departed: City
Of Chester, for Memphis. The river is falling.
Weather clear and cooler.
LOUISVILLE, September 9.-The river is fall
ing, with Y inches water in the chute, feet
on Portland bar, and % inches TO French Is
land. The channel to Cincinnati is better
than below. The weather is clear and hot to-
day, but cloudy and threatening a storm to-
G1Sc1NNArI, september 9.-The river is
falling, with 4 feet 2 inches water in the chan
mel.
P~ITrsBURG, September 9-The MOnOngahela
river is about stationary, with 70 inches water
in the channel by the metal marks.
EVANSVILLE, September 9.-Heavy rain,
with and lightning at noon. The river has
fallen 3 inches. Mercury $50. Business light.
X ORLEANS, September 9.-Arrived: Jas.
Howard, Crescent City and barges, from 81.
Louis. Departed: Continental, for 81. Louis.
Weather clear and warm.
N-ICKsBURG, September 9.-BOats down: SUI
sic Silver. Up: J. II. Johnson, Belle ST. Louis
and Julia. Weather clear II warm. River
CAIRO, September g.-Arrived: Grand
Tower, from Memphis 10 am; Belfast, from
st. Louis, > pm. Departed: st. Joseph, for
Memphis, midnight; Grand Tower, for st.
Louis, l pm; J. n. Kellogg, for New Orleans,
7 pm. Riverhas fallen 4 inches. Weather
clear and pleasant.
Miscellaneous.
The A J.. White brought in thirty-hve bales
of new cotton and two hundred and seven
teen sacks of cotton seed. This is the largest
manifest of new cotton this season.
The Memphis and st. Louis packet, Belle
Memphis, arrived yesterday morning and dis
charged at the elevator three hundred and
forty-hve tons of miscellaneous freight;
among which were nineteen hundred and
ninety-hve dry barrels and one hundre and
sixty-nine kegs of beer.
The popular and efficient wharf and barbor
master, r. W. L~ightburne, will, some time
during the week, remove his office to the cor
ner Of Front and Madison streets, TO the
premises lately occupied by Messrs. weston
The Belle Memphis departed on time with
a fair way trip Of freight and passengers.
The towboat Mary Alice and barges passed
yesterday afternoon.
The Pat Cleburne, from the lower coast,
came in with a moderate trip.
The Phil Allin, for Friars Point, got of at
dark with a good "Trip of freight and people.
The Mary Miller, from the ohio, came in
during the forenoon, discharged forty tons OF
freight for this point and had a light trip for
The elegant steamer ]. L. johnson, will be
at the landing to-day from below, and Will
leave ut five o'clock this evening for st. Louis
and ali way landings. Mr.. W. J,Burlin. her
chief clerk. arrived by rail from NlckSDurg
yesterday, and will join his boat to-day.
Ile passenger stehlAeI Al. W nue. II Gull
mand OF Captain Mark Cheek, leaves this
evening at hve O'Clock for Napoleon, Chicot
and all bend landings. B. p. Shields. Billy
Smithers u Charles sharpe are her popular
secretaries.
The regular tri-weekly coast packet Pat Gle
IN command of Captain james Lee,
leaves this evening at hye O'Clock for FriaTs
Point and all the usual way landings. MI. ].
.. Harris is her prime minister.
The semi-weekly passenger steamer =
Francis, Captain T.. r. Bowman, leaves this
at II We O'Clock for Helena. Mariana Z
all the usual way landings. Captain sam
=. Paine is her chief secretary.
The st. Joseph, Captain Corbett, Will leave
evening at five o'clock for Cairo and St.
LOuis.
The regular Unied States mail packet ThOs.I
Allen, with Commodore Reese Pritchard
IN the roof. leaves at five o'clock this evening |
or Pin Bluff, Little Rock and all points on
he Arkansas. Mr.. Holmes and Billy Nuckles
ire her clerks.
The passenger steamer R. P. Walt leaves as
above this evening at five O'Clock, for DU- /
1all's Bluff, Jacksonport and all the usual
way landings. Captain William Ashford
as-Ed. c. Postel and Dan. Sullivan
rce her clerks, /
DriftwOOd.
Captain Joe Carleton, formerly of the May
Flower, will command the Katie, and John
dassOp will take charge Of the Office. Cap
Campbell viii remain in charge of the
:. e. Lee, and Captain Cannon viii supertn-
end the running Of both
The dam at the head OF sand Island, Ohlo
Is now completed, which makes the
urrent down the chute much more difficult
o ascend.
The river holds out six feet from st. Louis to
afro.
We learn from Louisville that the Louisville
nd L~esvenworth packet Silver Moon struck
log near the mouth Of salt river and sunk in
leep water. 1t is thought her bottom is torn
ut and that she cannot be raised.
The Evansville Journal wants the authori-
les of that city to have the young cottonwood
grubbed up that are growing on the bar
n front of that city, believing that in con-
eQuence the bar would disappear entirely, as
did in 1865.
Mr.. George Todd the popular steward of the
ellie ST. LOnis is lying sick at st. Louis.
The st. Louis Times of Saturday says: "The
teamboatmen's Association held a meeting
j the Office of the Memphis Packet Compa-
VS. Wharfboat, yesterday afternoon, and
nd George H. Rea as delegates to the National
teamboatmen's Convention, which meets at
leveland, Ohio, September oath. John a.
was elected an alternate delegate"
The st. Louis and Arkansas Packet COmpa-t
y sold the steamer Little Rock on Friday last
st. Louis, TO John ID. Adams, of Memphis,
ennesSee, for twelve thousand dollars. The
little Rock win remain in.the upper Arkan-
Is trade, in connection with boats from Mem
his, which in turn connect with the steamers
the Memphis and st. Louis Packet COmpa-
shippers cheap rates, coupled with great
The wharfboat at Lake Providence, Louisi-
IA, has sunk. =
Kountz is going to great expense to {
ave his boats enlarged. The Mary LOury IS ]
lie next in order to be elongated. She goes
l the docks at st. Louis for that purpose.