Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-22
MIDDLE TENNEsSER.

/ From the Nashville Banner OF Sunday.l
The water in the sulphur spring bot
tom fell about four inches yesterday, and
the hopes Of the citizens Of North Nash
vile are consequently raised in antici-
patton CT dry land once more. Fences
! have begun TO show their tops and houses
/ to raise their heads, just a little. The
! Judges spring is now located near
/ the sulphur springhouse, but unlike
! Noah's ark, no dove will be sent out to
look for q dry place, because there will
/ be plenty, when the water recedes.
North Cherry street bridge was lined
yesterday, as usual, by ladies and gen.
tlemen, who strolled down that way to
breathe little "ses" air, and to watch
the canoes and skiffs, filled with pleas
ure-seekers, glide over the waters,
Fences still continue to shoot up in the
vicinity of Crawford street, and lodge
against the inundated houses. When
the water shall entirely disappear from
view, what a mass Of mingled cOnfu-
sion will be there. One mans fence
will be at his neighbours house, and vice
versa, ana little "unpleasantness" will
doubtless result from it. The flood is
bad enough, but to be at Ioggerheads
with ones neighbor on account of it is
perfectly unbearable.
The river has gradually receded from
the business houses On Front street, and
a person can easily walk along that por-
ton Of that thorOughfare, with the ex-
ception of about six or seven feet, which
is still slightly under water, without
much danger Of soiling his polished
boots.
The Ella Hughes arrived yesterday
from the upper Cumberland. Her Off
GERS report that day or so ago they
met the rise at Gainsboro, and that that
rise and one from the head of the river
were coming down, and would be here
some time to-day. They left Rome yes
terday morning. The river rose ten
inches at that place Friday night, and
fell one inch by the following morning.
Roaring river has fallen six inches.
Stone river is still out of its banks.
Since last report the river has fallen
fourteen inches, indicating a depth of
forty-eight feet above low water mark.
and depth Of sixty feet in the channel.
One Of the piers of the Mill-creek
bridge, on the Lebanon pike, having
been undermined, q portion of the bridge
gave way yesterday. One side can only
be used row.
The Tennessee river was on a stand at
Chattanooga yesterday. 1t rose twenty
one inches at Johnsonville Friday night,
and at last reports was still rising rapid
ly. Over one-half of Johnsonville has
been overf9wed, great distress resulting
TO the people in consequence. The river
lacked three feet at Chattanooga of be-
ing equal TO the rise of February, 1873.
The bridge over Stones river, on one
of the pixies leading south from Muir
freesboro, has suffered much damage.
Farmers report that the damage done
10 farms, to crops already planted, and
to houses and fences, are incalcuiable.
Besides, the backwsters have cut off
Communication in all directions. Steam
boats find it difficult in making a land
ing at more than half dozen points
between this city and the mob OF the
Cumberland.
FROM the shelbyviile Commercial Of Frldsy.l
The heavy fall Of rain Monday night,
Tuesday and Wednesday last, raised
Dnck river out Of its banks. The bridge
across Flat creek, one mile and quster
from town on the Lewisburg pike, and