Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-18
MARINE CHRONICLE.


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Lesvenworth, SO; Vicksburg, SO. The
reports from all other stations within
the radius Of this department of the sig.
naIservice bureau were more moderate.
Fresh TO light and gentle winds to calm,
with generally fair weather, is the sub
stance Of the reports at all points.
The following is g summary OF the
signal officers reports Of the condition Of
rivers at all points up to six O'Clock last
night: Cincinnati, 10 feet inches in
the channel; fall 3 inches. KeOkuk, 8
feet; stationery. Leavenworth, II feet 8
inches; fall inches. Louisville, 6 feet;
fall l inch. Memphis, Is feet 8
inches; fall 5 inches. New Orleans,
feet inches below bench mark
stationary. Pittsburg, 8 feet; fall
inches. st. Louis, Il feet S inches; rise
inches. Vicksburg, Is feet inches;
fall ] inch.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LITTLE Rock, June 17.-Rfvey falling,
v Gather clear and warm. Arrived:
Ella Hughes, Memphis.
VICKsBURG, June .17-Weather warm
and clear. River fell inch. Up: City
ofVicksburg. No boats down.
NASHVILLE, June l7.-River rising,
with feet 2 inches water on Harpeth
shoals. Weather cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI, June 17.-River 10 feet
6 inches and falling. Weather cloudy
and sultry; heavy showers morning and
noon.
NEW ORLEANS, June 17.--Weather
clear and hot. Arrived: Thompson
Dean, Ohio river. Departed: Cherokee,
/ Ohio river.
PIFTsBURG.' June I7-NOon.-River
falling, with feet II inches water in the
channel. Heavy rain this morning..
Night-River3 feet and falling. Weather
clear and warm.
EVANSVILLE, June 17.-Weather:
Rained here at 2 am: now clear and
hot; mercury 10 to $50. River fall
! ing, with 4 10 feet water in the chan
mel by the government gauge. Port
| Iist-Up: Arkansas Belle and Bermuda,
SPIN. Down: Bowling Green, 2 pm;
Morning Star, 2:3O P m. Business very
light.
| LOUISVILLE, June 17.-River falling,
with feet l inch in the canal and
feet l inch in the Indiana chute.
Arrived: J. D. Parker. Fawn and Kitty
Hegler, Cincinnati; Cons Millar, Mem
phis; Mary Houston, Cincinnati. De-
parted: Fawn and Kitty Hegler, Evans
vile; James D. Parker, Memphis; Mary
Houston, New Orleans; Cons Millar,
Cincinnati.
CAIRO, June 17-NoOn.-Heavy rain
last night; now cloudy and warm. Ar
rived: City OF Alton, New Orleans, 4 a.
NJ; Vint ShinkIe and Indiana, Cincin-
natl, am; Atlantic, New Orleans,
am; Charles Brown, st. Louis, 8 am.
Departed: Capital City, Vicksburg. 9 p.
M; John F. TOlle, New Orleans, IL p.
M; City of Alton, st. Louis, 4 am.
Indiana, New Orleans, am; Vint
Shinkle, Memphis, am; Atlantic,St.
Louis, a.m.........N ight-RiVer 20 feet
and rising. Weather cloudy; mercury
$40 Arrived: Grand Tower, ST. Louis,
SPIN; Julia, Vicksburg, pm. De-
parted: Charles Brown, st. Louis, 3p.m.;
| Grand Tower, Memphis, pm.
Movements al the Levee.
Below we give the arrivals and de-
partures since last report, boats in port,
and packets leaving to-day:
ARRIVED.
City of Chester, st. Louis; Capitol
City, st. Louis; Frank Forrest, Ash
port.
DEPARTED.
ClIJ VI Cu6SlcIy EOLs hOuiSI CdplLUl
City, Vieksburg; Osceola, st. Francis
river.
Frank Forrest, Illinois.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For ST.. LOUIs-The Ste. Genevieve,
Captain Vickers, at five pm.
For VICKSBURG-The Illinois, Cap
tain Cheek, at five pm.
For AsHPORT-The Frank Forrest,
Captain Joplin, at five pm.
For FRIARs PoINT-The Phil Allin,
Captain Lee, at five pm.
LeVee Reflections.
Melting hot......The blessing Of cool
breezes from the southwest kept marine
temperaments in this latitude at rea-
Sensible figure yesterday. IA Pittsburg
paper has the following: Captain John
WOODBURY. was in town to-day. The
hull of his new boat was launched at
Freedom on Saturday, and will arrive
here tonight or tomorrow. 1t is one
hundred and fifty feet in length, twenty
six feet beam, and four feet hold; draws
six inches, and Captain WOODBURY.
thinks she will not draw over twelve
! inches when completed. Captain T. J.
Darragh, late clerk of the Paragon, has
| taken an interest in this new boat Of
Captain Woodburn's, and will be clerk
of her. Captain Darragh is here,
and will remain until the boat
is completed" 1.-The river pirates
went through Jake Fox's bar yes
terday morning, on the Laura No.
2, and got away with about twenty
! dollars worth of whisky and cigars.
Intelligence has been received in Gin
cinnati that the well.known and extern
sive coal operator, Mr.. w. II. Brown,
was an inmate of an insane asylum.
Mr.. Jones has been in feeble health for
several months, which is attributable to
| overtaXed brain-wOrk.. rise is
looked for in the Ohio, but from
what source we are unable to state.
Notwithstanding the terrible warning
in the circumstance that q Racine mer-
chant saying, "I'll be darned if l ad-
vertise in any newspaper and the next
morning was found dead in his bed,
there are merchants as well as steamers
here whose cards do not appear in the col
umns of any Of the city pspers......A
steamer recently launched on lake in
Maine is called the MOllymachunk.....
Frank Smith, formerly of the Illinois,
will go steward on Captain Hicks's new
ANY one who knows, will con-
IC1 o 6HCC10A lawn I'll AhO ALChl Ohl0 anu
Vicksburg steamboat line by informing
Joe Speers and Owen Jemison when the
Beecher .Tilton trial will end. Each of
the parties in the trial has champion
in the above named The
Illinois was receiving quite literally yes
terday, and the prospects are fine for a
good trip Of freight for the lower bends.
The Jennie D. run through herself
on her way up the river, and had to tie
up at Borum's landing, five or six
miles above OsceOls, for repairs. The
Frank Forrest will carry up material to
set her going again.. Captain John
TschudI, Of st. Louis, is in the city, a
guest Of Captain Storm. The two are
even on jokes. Captain Storm alluded
to the Ksnkakee pill agency, and Cap
tain Tschudi merely referred to the Linn
G Doyle atfair-ice-water and chewing
gum for twO.......The marines rejoice at
the marvellous fact that the big pile Of
salt is rapidly disappearing from the
landing Digging for sand in the
bluffs is begun again, which will
play hook with somebody the first high
water. The levee wore holiday ap-
pearance yesterday. 1.-THE City of Ches-
ter took on, among other items, quite
number of barrels of new potatoes from
here to st. Louis. She put off about
three hundred tons OF miscellaneous