Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-03
marine CHRONICLE
aeteoroIex.caI and Aquar,c.

5eteOrOIexscaI sad Aquatic.
The meteorological department Of the
| signal service bureau has been wrong
side up the past forty eight hours The
Almanac says the month OF August mas
just set in, but the weather indicates
the last glimmerings of October, or
theTeabouts. According to the weather
| Observers report yesterday the they
mOmeter exerted itself, bat only &c 2om-
p!i5hed the IS hole, the highest reached
during the day. On Sunday 81 was the
highest mercurial altitude. At other
| points yesterday the thermometers were
eOrrespOndingly low, except IndianOls,
! Texas, go; Galveston, 90o; aud Shreve-
port, 81 The only rain noted fell at
| Nashville, which was very light
shower.
Tue conGItion Of the rivers is not very
hopeful from the latest reports, aud we
| begin 10 weaken on the farmers pros
! poets. The following Is summary OF the
| signal officers reports OF the e0nui ton of
| rivers at all points UP 20 six o'clock
laet night: Cairo, ~ feet inches; rise
| S inches. Cincinnati, As feet inches;
| rise feet 6 inches. KeOkuk, feet 3
! inches; fall 7 inches Lesver worth, u
! feet inches; fall l inch. Louisville,
| 19 feet inches; rise feet inches.
| Memphis, 80 feet 7 inches; rise i inch.
! New Orleans, 6 feet inches below bench
mark; stationary. Pittsburg, II feet
! inches; rise 3 feet inches. ST. Louis,
| 80 feet inch; rise feet inches. Vicks-
burg, So feet 10 inches; rise 2 inches.
BY TELEGRAPH.
VICKsBURG, August 2.-River rose 2
inches. Weather clear and warm, Up:
| Illinois. No boats down. Arrived: City
| Of VIcksburg.
NEW ORLEANS, August 2.-Weather
| clear and warm. Arrived: Indiana,
Ohio river; James Howard, st. Louis.
No departures.
CINCINNATI, August 2.-N00H-River
rising, with 46 feet water in the channel;
rising at the rate of 3 inches per hour.
Weather cloudy.
NASHVILLE, August 2 River falling,
with II feet 10 inches water on the shosl4.
Weather cloudy, damp and cold. No
arrivals or departures except local pack
etc.
PITTsBURG, August Moon. River
rising, with Is feet water in the channel.
At Brownsville the river is rising, with
50 feet 8 inches in the channel, and ris-
irg st the rate of inches per hour. At
OH City the river is rising slowly with
feet inches in the channel.
ST. LOUIS, August 2.-River rose
about feet, aud still swelling, but more
elOwly. 1t is expected that it will COM
mence to decline tomorrow. The
weather cleared up last night, and DO
T5in has fallen to-day; tenn erature cool.
Arrived: City OF Helena, Vicksburg;
Grand Tower, Memphis. Departed:
City Of Chester, Memphis.
CAIRO, August -.NOOn-Weather
cloudy aud warm. River rising, with AZ
feet 8 inches water in the channel.
Arrived: Grand Tower, Mem phis, II
am; Simpson Homer, Pittsburg, II
am. Departed: Simpson Homer, New
Orleans .Night-Westher cloudy and
cool. Arrived: Julia, Vickshurg, pm.
Departed: Julia, st. Louis, pm.
Movements as she ksyee.
ARRIVED.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis; Capitol
City, st. Louis; G. w. Cheek, Napoleon;
Osceola, st. Francis river.
DEPARTED.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis; Capital |
City, ViCksburg; Phil Allin, Friars |
Point; Frank Forrest, Ashport.
Cons Millar, g. w. Cheek.
BOATS LEAVING MONDAY.
For CINCINNATI-The Cons Millar, |
Captain Pepper, ct five pm.
For NAPoLEoN-Tne Geo. w. Cheek,
Captain Green, at five pm.
For ST. LOUIs-The Ste. Genevieve,
Captain Vickers, at five Pm.
Aevee Paragraphs.
p No bottom!
The weather boss has grudge against !
the ice-dealers.
The mercury has been away down In |
the sixties the past two days.
II Il in order now for the "1-tOld-yOu- |
so" river pr0gnOsticat0rs to put in.
OvercOst5 were in demand down about |
the levee the past forty-eIght hours.
"Wh1t are the wild waves doing, |
Mister" is the song of the planters il |
the bends.
The Mary Houston viii not 90 to Gu
cinnati this trip, but viii load at Louis
vile for New Orleans.
The Cons Millar brought down the re-
mainder Of the water pipe from LOUIS
vile, left by the Parker.
The VinT Shinkle left Cincinnati for |
Memphis last Saturday, and will be fol-
loved by the Fl. s. Turner tomorrow
evening.
IL another column Of this mornings
APPEAL will be found a careful COM
pi!atiOn Of the latest particulars from
the rivers above and below this port
The st. Genevieve, for st. Louis, is
the only Anchor Liner leaving the ele-
Vator this evening, and the only packet
going above Cairo On the Mississippi.
A velOcipede rink has been established
at Cincinnati, for the express benefit of
Memphis and Cincinnati pilots. There
will be some One-legged pilots, then, be-
fore long, If not funeral.
The g. w. Cheek is the packet out
for the lower bends this evening, as far
down as Napoleon. Captain Nat Green
and Charley Smithers are SO well known
in the trade that it would be presumptu-
Gus in us 10 say word in their behalf.
Billy Willis, of the Aliin, is grievlng
over the destruction of several big
watermelon patches below here, he had
been keeping his weather-eye on. AS
he had promised US specimen berry 8s
soon as they had matured, we are also
victim.
1t depends altogether on how many
acres of cotton subject to overflow q
man has whether or not he can see any
grandeur in the present condition Of the
"deep rolling river" Another instance
"uSlC ANU AiIOlA Tic ItNSl bdLh |
lends enchantment.
Cairo Bulletin, Saturday: "Diver John
Gwyer, OF the 7. F. EcKert, is at the |
sunkeD steamer w. J. Behan, near
Shreveport, and telegraphs that he can
raise her, and yesterday Captain Dugsn
sent him pump in charge OF Engineer
Ike Valdez, together with all things
necessary for the work"
Those who have held to the opinion
that there will be no serious overflow |
may have TO sing 'She's not what fancy
painted her," yet. The latest kilograms
from above have tendency 10 weaken
previous opinions. We learn from the
officers of the Allin that the farmers in
the bends arc as industrious as bees pre-
pariDg Iheir levees to receive the tiOod.
The Cons Millar Is on berth for Gin
cinnati this evening. Those contem-
plating trip by river cannot avail
Of a more favorable OppOr-
tuniLy, as the Cons Millsr is q new
packet, elegantly appointed and
equipped, and there are no cleverer
men ia the marine service than Captain
Pepper, her master, and Mr.. Reister, her
chief clerk.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, of Saturday,
he's he following it6mg. HpiIOt John