Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-28

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y HlVer feil inches. Heavy rain this
!! evening. Mercury 7So.
If NASHVILLE, July 27.-River rose 6
j. inches last night; 2 feet 8 inches on
3 the shoals, with the prospect for three or
four feet. Heavy rains all day and still
raining at intervals. Arrived: Burks
vile, Cairo.
CINcTNNATI, July 27.-River II feet
and falling. Weather hot and threat
ening.
PITTsBURG, July 27.-River 8 feet
and stationary.
ST. LOUIS, July 27.-Weather clear
and very warm. River falling. Ar
rived Mohawk, Cairo; Ames and
Crescent City, New Orleans; City Of
Chester, Memphis; Lady Lee, Shreve-
por. Colorado, Nicksburg. Departed;
! lolie, New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, July Z7.-River falling
. gradually, with feet in canal and 4 feet
! in chute. Weather showery Arrived:
J Belle Vernon, Cincinnati. Departed.
Belle Vernon, Memphis.
Weather Probabilities.
! WAsHINGToN, D. G., July 27.-For
the southern States, southeast winds,
partly cloudy weather and possibly local
rains.
| For the middle and eastern States,
southeast winds backing to northwest
and west, and cloudy, followed by clear
ing weather.
For the lake region, nOrtherly winds
and partly cloudy weather.
| For the Ohio and lower Missouri
valley, nOrtheasterly winds, veering to
southeast, and falling barometer, cloudy
weather and occasional rain.
! Movement OF Boats.
There wasn't the first sign Of business
at the landing yesterday, first, for the |
reason that our steambOatmen are con-
scientiously opposed to laboring on the |
Sabbath, and nextly, because there was
no labor for them to perform. Two 10 |
cal packets arrived during the day, the
| st. Francis and Phil. Allin, the former
with a moderate trip and the latter with |
Al bales Of cotton and 40 sacks Of seed. |
The City of Vicksburg went up with
slim freight, discharging Is bales of cot
ton.
Boats TO Leave.
The Phil Allin departs at five o'clock
this afternoon for Friars Point and all
coast landings. Captain James Lee
commands, and Mr.. William Blake
more is clerk.
The first boat to leave here for Chieot,
Napoleon, Greenville and Vicksburg is
the popular City of Helena, of the An
chOr line. She takes her departure from
the elevator at six o'clock this evening.
Captain Mckee commands, and Mr..
George Walton is purser.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain Crane, leaves at five o'clock
this evening for Cairo and st. Louis.
Billy Blenker is clerk, and if there is a
nOrthward-bOund passenger in the city,
he Billy is the individual who can
give him the very best accommoda-
tions.
The great high-pressure steamer Nick
LongwOrth, Lew Hates, master, will be !
up tomorrow morning for Cincinnati,
and all way landings on the Ohio.
News Britt.
The day for the withdrawal of the
larger packets, TO be substituted by the
light-draught boats is not far distant. !
The water on the upper Mississippi rap
ids has got down to three feet eight ,
inches The J. w. Kellogg was due
up last night......The Henry Ames fol-
lows the Glencoe out of st. Louis in the
II
ton, has been libeled at New Orleans
by Frank Manatha. Captain John
WOOd6urn has about completed the re-
pairs to the Belle of Texas. She will be =
ready to load for the south, at Cincin-
natl, this week.. When she passed
here on Wednesday last the Jennie
Howell had for the Ohio 1000 sacks of
salt, 200 tons scrap-irOn, 1900 beer-kegs,
70 hogsheads sugar, 5000 boxes 7
wine and 100 bales of rags.
The bridge question now occupies the
of the average st. Louis river
man, and he agitates it something ia
this manner: "Bridge and no boats"
or mo bridge and bOats.u u........ We
lind the following in Saturdays ST. v
Louis Democrat: "Ben A. Cougar leaves
on Monday for his Fulton City home. .
He has got all his affairs of the Rich
mond's Office in perfect order, so that !
1ls successor viii be highly gratified by
The condition of books and papers......I
The Belfast is getting well known all
over the country. a reader of the DEM 9
)cTQt IN illinois has become so enam-
lred OF her from the Democrats notices
hat he has written to Captain Tom VOr-
lees, expressing great desire to pur-
chase an interest. The captain, desirous :
70 be of service to the correspondent.
advised him to stay off the river if he :
never mad been on it,. Boat owners are
not purchasing licenses to use the steam
'apstan called McMillan's, and NAV :
never be called upon by per- q
9mptory mandate of law to pay up T
Or smut OH steam. Judge McKennan'sI o
tecisIon in the United States district y
court at Pittsburg is not final, and at all
events Is limited to that district only.
Captains Rhodes and Gray, against
whom Judicial proceedings were insti- =
5uted by the claimants, will carry their A
ease before the supreme court in Wash -
ngtoni and think they can defeat the as
oirations OF Mcmillan. We have heard =
t said that John Shaffer, the well-knOwn 1
steamboat engineer, made drawing of
ms Identical Isteam-capstan, before Nc
MILAN seemed to have thought any o.
ming about 1t" .-....Says the same paper: q
If there is to be fight between steam n
BOAT owners and the bridge-builders, the
after and their powerful friends will "
lrge upon bOatmen some preposterOus ia
measures, such as shortening Vheir di
making their pilot-houses. c,
With lower ceiling, cutting off Orna-
mental tops, casting the texas over
'oard, and lowering Of boiler and hurri-
'ane roof. Such alterations as these will -
materially affect the beauty of our steam
'oats, but it is more likely that such al .,
erations will be made rather than that
my change will be made in the construc- hi
ion OF the bridge. in
Personals. tn
The Vicksburg Herald has been en- III
arged four columns. That's owing to
he energy of its river "head," O'Sulli-
Tan, the Irish lord . Captain Isaac Ba-
Ter has returned from Denver to st.
Iouis.. Captain Ike Mckee is again in
ommand Of the City of Helena, havingt A
ecovered his health. Captain Nat. pl
ireen will be down here in a few days
0 rustieate for a month or so on his
'lantation, near the city,. Captain
,alhoun will enjoy the scenery of Vir-
inia another month, during which time an
)aptain Lloyd Bell will continue in COM ne
nand of the Glencoe .... Captain Il. w. ":
fould is improving slowly, and will be NJ
ut this week.. Captain Abe Hutchin- Sc
on was in st. Paul last Wednesday,
nd remains there about week.. =
Louisville telegram of the twenty
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