Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-27
MARINE CHRONICLE.
meteorological aad Aquatic.

The hot shOWery weather continues,
but the latest indications are favorable
to a let-up,in the damp part OF the pro-
ceedings. The report of the weather
observer yesterday shows the altitude of
the mercury as eighty-six, the highest
reached during the day being eighty
eight and tive-tenths degrees, and which
is pretty fair average OF the notations
everywhere in this department Rains
were chrOnicled at Keokuk, Louisville,
Marquette, Michigan; New Orleans and
Portland, Oregon.
The following Is o summary of the
signal officers reports OF the condition of
rivers at all points up to six o'clock
last night: Cairo, 40 feet inches; fall 2
inches; Cincinnati, 81 feet inches; fall
3 inches. KeOkuk, feet; fall l inch.
LeavenwOrth, II feet 3 inches: statiOna-
ry. Louisville, Is feet 4 inches; rise 5
inches. Memphis, 80 feet inches; rise
inches. New Orleans, feet inches
below bench mark; stationary. Pitts
burg, feet inches; fall feet IL inches.
st. Louis, % feet 5 inches; fall inches.
Vicksburg, 81 feet s inches; rise inches.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LITTLE Rock, July 26.-The river is
falling. Heavy ram this evening.
NASHVILLE, July 26.-River still ris-
ing, with 26 feet Z inches on the shoals.
Weather clear and warm.
PITTsBUBG, July 26.-River falling,
with 6 feet S inches water in the chan
mel. Weather cloudy and warm. .........
Night-River falling, with feet inches
in the channel. Weather cloudy.
CINCINNATI, July 6.-Noon-River
falling slowly. Weather fair and warmer.
...... Night-River falling, with 81 feet
in the channel. Weather fair and show
cry to night. Arrived: John l.. Rhodes,
st. Louis. Departed: John L. Rhodes,
PittsbTg.
EVANSVILLE, July 26. - Weather
cloudy with light rain st daylight, clear
iEg this evening; mercury, 70 to 81.
River rising slowly, with 80 $40 feet
water in the channel. Port List-Up:
Idlewild, 1915 a.m.; Geo. Roberts, noon.
Business moderate.
CAIRO, July 26.-Noon Arrived:
Grand Tower, Memphis, a.m.; City of
Vicksburg, Vicksburg, 10 am. James
st. Louis. Departed: Grand
Tower, st. Louis, 2 am; A. J. Baker,
st. Louis, 5 am; City OF Vicksburg,
st. Louis, ii am. Weather cloudy and
pleasant. Night-River falling, 40 feet
5 inches. Weather cloudy; mercury, 81
James Howard, New Orleans,
5 pm.
MOVements:at the Leyes.
ARRIVED.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis; Julia, st.
Louis; Ruth, New Orleans; George w.
Cheek, Napoleon.
DEPARTED.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis; Julia,
Frank Forrest, O3ceOla;
Phil Allin, Friars Point.
IN PORT.
George W. Cheek, Ruth.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For CINCINNATI-The Robert Mitch
ell: Captain Hates, at four pm.
For NAPoLEON-The G. w. Cheek,
Captain Green, at five pm.
For ST. LOUIs-The Capitol City,
Captain O'Neal, at five pm.
For New ORLEANs-The James
Captain Pegrsm, at five pm.
Levee Paragraphs.
Yesterday was hot enough for US.
The James D. Parker passed Louis
Vile Sunday evening.
Cairo was visited by q heavy rain
again Sunday morning.
TelegTams of Sunday note q rapid de-
cline in the Ohio at Pittsburg.
The Shannon leaves Cincinnati to-
morrow evening for New Orleans.
The Cons Miller passed Evansville
Sunday evening on her way to Cincin-
natl.
Captain A. J. Shenck's new boat will
De built by Captain Dan H. Morton, at
Madison.
Captain Lee, arrived from Fulton yes.
-erday, reported a hslf-inch decline in
he river at that point.
The Capital City is the AnchOr-Liner
billed to leave this evenlDg-goiDg to
81. Louis at five C'clCcG,
After all the anxiety about the high
water, the indications now are that we
will escape the threatened disaster.
The new City Of Alton has arrived at
st. Louis, and the aquati 3 OF that city
pronounce her "a beautiful thing to
look at"
Experienced steamboatmen say that
the Ruth can carry near one Thousand
bales Of cotton on depth of three and a
lslf Ieet.
1t is rumOred in Pittsburg that Com
modOre KOuntz has, or is about to, with
draw his suit for perjury against Captain
w. S. Evans.
Captain William VENTED has char
tered the Bertha Bruner for three
to run in the New Orleans and
Bayou Lafourche trade.
The James Howard, which left st.
Louis Saturday night with thirteen
hundred tons of freight, did not arrive
in time to get away for below yesterday