Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-08
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Julia, from st. Louis, S pm. Departed
Smoky City, for Louisville, 8 pm; Belle
Memphis, for Memphis, 8 pm; City OF
Helena, for st. Louis, 10 pm; Robert
Mitchell, for Cincinnati, 10 pm; Mary
Houston, for New Orleans, am. The
river is stationary. Weather clear. Mer-
curry S60.
4 ST.. LOUIS, July 7.-Arrived: City oi
Chester, from Memphis; City Of Helena,
from Vieksburg. The river is falling
slowly. Weather cloudy and warm.
| LOUISVILLE, July The river is
falling, with feet inches in the canal,
and 8 feet 2 inches in the chute.
Weather clear and warm. Business
light. Lawrence and Henry s. Turner,
from Cincinnati; Belle Vernon, from
Memphis Departed: Henry S. Turner,
and City of Cairo, for New Orleans;
Belle Vernon, for Cincinnati; Law
renee, for Memphis.
/ miscellaneous.
The Phil. Allin, from FriaTs Point,
came in with eighty-seven packages and
a fair passenger list.
The C. B. Church and Emile Labarge
are due from below to-day.
| The Colorado, from Vicksburg for st.
Louis, passed up at noon with a light
trip.
The A. J. White is the United States
mail packet for Chicot tomorrow.
The towboat Clay Wilson and barges
passed plyesterday morning after day
light.
The John Kyle from st. Louis, dis
charged here one hundred barrels of
flour, and several small lots; departed
| for New Orleans at daylight with a fine
trip.
The Indiana from the Ohio, passed
South at a late hour Saturday night,
with full cargo for New Orleans. She
added one hundred and seventy-five
barrels vegetables here.
The st. Francis from below,
came in with two hundred sacks Of seed,
and lot Of sundries to order, and cabin
full of people.
The regular Ohio river packet Nash
vile, Captain Drinkwater, leaves this
evening at five O'clock positively for
Cincinnati and all points on the Ohio
river. Mr.. AL. Croxall, a clever gentle
man, has charge of the Office.
| The regular United States mail packet
Phil. Allin, Captain James Lee, leaves
! this evening at five O'Clock, sharp, for
Friars Point and all the usual way land
ings. Stack Lee and Billy Gray are her
prime ministers.
The regular tri-weekly coast packet,
| G. w. Cheek, in command of Captain
George Malone, leaves at five O'Clock
1 this evening for Friars Point and all the
usual way-landings. George Weld
berger and Charles Jackson are her
clerks.
The Julia, Captain Boyd, leaves this
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and all way-landings. Colonel James
Thompson holds forth in the Office.
The fine and fleet passenger steamer
Mary Houston leaves this morning at
] ten O'Clock for New Orleans. She has
superior accommodations and fare.
! Captain Charles Miller commands, and
Elliott Miller is her prime minister.
The st. Louis Republican of the sixth,
SAYS: "The weather for the past two
DAYS has been pleasant for midsummer.
Business here is quite dull Just at pres
ent. The national anniversary caused
the wheels of trade to stop still, and
| they have not got fairly to running
smoothly. There was not very much
activity noticeable in any quarter yes
/ terday. The following telegram was re-
ceived yesterday from New Orleans:
| Colonel Scott has contracted with Bo-
finger & Pegram for the transportation
| to Shreveport of all articles required in
the construction of the Southern Pacific
railroad, from points on the Mississippi
river and its tributaries Captain J. J.
Sylvester Is hOsne again. He visited
Boston and was delighted with
| the Jubilee. Captain Dave Campbell
sold the large doctor of the Mollie
Able last week to parties in New Alba
ny for one thousand dollars. A barge
of the Hawkeye No. ? is out on the sec
tional docks, being caulked. The An
chor line Vicksburg boats are not TAX
| ing Nstchez freight any more. KOuntz's
wharfbOat is corpOrated company, un-
der the name of KOuntz's line, with a
capital of fifteen thousand dollars.
The directors are W. Kountz, c. II.
Seamen, w. w. Alter, c. Scudder and
]. King. The John Kyle is also an in
/ corporated company, under the title Of
/ the John Kyle Steamboat Company,
with capital Of fifty thousand dollars.
The directors are W. +. Davidson, j.
Kyle, A. Hutchinson, p. S. Davidson
and F. L. Johnston. The Alice had an
excursion on the Fourth from Kansas
! City to LeavenwOrth. The Huntsville
was taken out on the CarOndelet ways
yesterday to repair hog-chain broke
on her last trip down. She will be OFF
to-day. The Great Republic has gone
into retirement temporarily after a very
successful season, owing to the low rates
from here South, and the scarcity of
freight below for the North.n
The Shreveport Southwestern of the
third says: "Since our last weekly issue
the river has fallen one foot at this point.
For the twenty-four hours ending at four
O'Clock yesterday evening it fell three
inches, which placedit, at that hour, nine
teen feet four inches above the lowest
water Of last summer, and eightfeet nine
inches below the highest water Of the
past spring. The Jefferson Democrat
Of the thirtieth ultimo reports Cypress
Bayou falling, at that point, at the rate
of three inches every twenty-four hours,
with good navigation, however, for first
class boats. We are vet without any in
formation from above the raft. The.
steamer Frank Morgan which left this
port over one month ago ls still up that
Way somewhere. Business on the levy