Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-22

came in with tWenLy-One Da4eSOL cOItOnf
fifty sacks Of seed and a lot of sundries
to order.
The H. NJ. Shreve, from Red river for
st. Louis, passed up at daylight yester-
day morning with q light trip.
The Julia, from below, arrived during
the morning, added one hundred and
fifteen bars of railroad iron and left for
above with a fair trip.
The City Of Helena and Richmond
are the next boats due from below.
Captain Tom Berry, the tallest steam
boatman in the Arkansas river trade,
returned yesterday from a visit to his
plantation in Walnut Bend, where he
gained about twenty pounds avordupois-
All the lscal packets got off with fair
trips Of freight and people.
The Belle Lee leaves tomorrow at
noon for New Orleans and the bends.
The Legal Tender, from White river,
brought in thirty-eight bales of cotton,
one hundred and five sacks of seed, fifty
head of cattle, and a lot of sundries.
The Phil AIlin, from Friars Point,
came in with a fair trip Of freight and
people.
We are pleased to note that Mr.. Charlie
Collins, who wa for many years in the
service of the st. Louis and Keokuk
Packet Company, is now d Of the
pilots of the St. Joseph.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain A. j..
Carter, leaves at five o'clock this even
ing for Vicksburg and the usual way
landings. Garrett Hulls is purser.
The Pat. Cleburne, Captain Reese
Pritehard, departs at five o'clock this
evening, sharp, for Pine Bluff, Little
Rock and all points on the Arkansas
river. w. H. Kennedy and Bob Shields
are her secretaries.
The st. Joseph, Captain Corbett,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The United States mail packet Legal
Tender, in command Of Captain VIII
liam Ashford, leaves this evening at five
o'clock for JacksOnpOrt and all points on
White river. +. C.. Postal and Dan.
Sullivan are clerks.
The st. Louis Republican, Of the
twentieth, says: 1.-THE rivers are gener-
ally shrinking into the usual summer
stage Of low water. All the upper trib-
utaries Of the Mississippi are now rapid
ly declining. There now seems but lit
tie cause to believe that the Upper Mis-
souri, is going to give US much of a rise
here. At this place the river is steadily
falling. The levee was a most disagree
able place yesterday. The sun poured
down its hot rays on the rOck-paved
space, and the heat wasintense for many
hours. Business was exceedingly dull
under the influence of the hottest day of
the year. Men did not like to venture
abroad. The time for sunstFOkes seems
to have arrived. Little call for ton
mage, and steambOatmen have
enough work to perform in securing
good trips of freight to entitle them tC
all the clear money they can make. The
Grand Tower was lowed to the work
house, where she will undergo repairs.
The Continental was also taken down
in the same neighbOrhOOd to await hei
turn in the New Orleans line, while the
Henry Ames was brought down TO the
New Orleans wharfbOat, where she in
tends lying until her turn comes around.
The MOllie Moore was towed up to the
bridge, where she will have her Chin
neys erected. She will be ready for
business next week. Theodore
Phillips, second clerk Of the Dexter,
left for Cincinnati last evening.
The Thompson Deans turn comes about
the middle of next week. The John
Means went down to the ore pile where
she gets fifteen hundred tons of ore fol
Anton of Cincinnati. On her route VI
from Cairo she broke a wrist at Chester
which only delayed her a few hours
General Ranney says in 1855 the New
Orleans wharfbOat called the Gem
mOored at the foot Of Market street, wa,
high and dry in the month of May OF
account Of a rapid decline in the river
and was not floated off till the thirtietl
of July, the June rise not arriving unit
then. He predicts the same this year
that is, the June rise will not reach III
till the latter part Of next month Their
was no insurance on either coal or barg,
sunk at the elevator and belonging t
Captain Lowry"