Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-10

! r. z. Lee. Up: Mollie MOoIe, John
/ Kyle, City of Cairo, Bee and barges
Weather clear. River fell inches.
PITTsBURG, August 9.-The Monon-
gahela river is falling, with / foot 10
| inches water in the channel by the
metal mark.
CAIRO, August 9.-Arrived: Henry
Ames, from New Orleans, at am.
Departed Grand Tower, for Memphis,
at am; Gore. for Red river, at 10 am;
Hbnry Ames, for st. Louis, at 10 am.
Weather clear and warm. Evening
report-Arrived Belle st. Louis, from
st. Louis, at pm. River has fallen IL
inches in the last twenty-four hours.
Weather clear and hot. & q
ST. LOUIS, August 9.-Arrived: Julia,
srom Vicksburg; Ames, from New Or
leans. Departed: Belle Memphis, for
Memphis. River falling. Weather
clear and hot.
clear till this afternoon; cloudy this
evening, with rain all around but meme
EVANSVILLE, August 9.-Weather
clear and hot Mercury, $50. The river
has fallen inches since last report.
Business moderate.
LITTLE Rock, August 9.-Weather
cloudy and rainy. River falling, with 81
! feet water in the channel at this point.
LOUISVILLE, August 9.-The river is
with indications of rain this evening.
stationary, with feet inches water
in the canal, and 2 feet inches in
the chute. Weather clear and warm.
No arrivals or departures, outside of
local packets.
Miscellaneous.
The G. w. Cheek, from Chicot,
h.nT 80
dred and sixty-One sacks of seed and a
| fair passenger list. a.#
The City of Helena, from Vicksburg
| for St. Louis, passed up light. -l.
The Tom Jasper, from above, arrived
during the afternoon, coaled here, and
| departed for New Orleans with all the
| freight she wanted
The Phil Allin, from the lower coast,
came in with one hundred sacks seed
and cabin full of people.
| The Pauline Carroll, from New Or
leans, arrived at noon. She put off six
! teen hundred and sixty-five bars Of rail-
road iron at Helena coming up, dis
charged here four hundred and fifty bum
dies cotton ties and one hundred boxes
tin, and had sixteen hundred bars rail-
road iron for st. Louis. H
The City of Vicksburg, from st. Louis,
passed south late Thursday night, with
a fair cargo.
The Seneca and Belle st. Louis are
due from above to-day.
The regular st. Louis and Vicksburg
| United States mail packet Belle st.
Louis, Captain William Blake, leaves
this evening at five o'clock for Vicks-
burg and all the bend landings. She
has superior accommodations and fare.
Mr.. John Blake is her chief purser.
| The regular United States mail packet
ThOs. H. Allen, Captain Eugene Smith,
leaves at five o'clock this evening for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points on
the Arkansas river. Colonel Pat Nor
risOn holds forth at the desk. af
AThe Grand Tower, Captain LennOx,
leaves at five o'clock this evening for
Cairo and st. Louis. Mr.. White is her
chief clerk. - rrd
AThe Pink Varble, in command Of
Captain Thomas Hunt, departs at four
o'clock this evening sharp, for Louis
vile and all points on the Ohio.
The St. Louis Republican of the
eighth says: "The river here is falling
gradually, and the stage of water to
| Cairo is becoming less every day. All
| the streams we have heard from are de-
clining. The big June rise, which came
as in 1S4S, in the latter part of July, is
all gone. It wasn't a very large one,
though, to go. Business is dull, but we
think slight picking up in the ship
ments south can be noticed. The
weather yesterday was warm, with very
/ little breeze stirring"