Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-07
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LITTLE Rock, July 6.-Weather clea
and very warm; light rain to-day. Rive
very low.
PIrTsBURG, July 6-Noon. River
falling, with 2 feet s inches in the
channel. Weather cloudy and very
hot.
VICKsBURG, July 6.-Weather warm
and clear. River rose 4 inches. Up
Belle Of Shreveport and Julia. No boats
down.
NEW ORLEANS, July 6.-Weathel
warm and shoWery. No arrivals. De.
parted: Future City and barges, St
Louis.
NASHVILLE, July 6.-River falling
with feet 10 inches water on Harpett
shoals. Weather stormy, with consid.
cradle rain. No arrivals or departures
except local packets.
CINCINNATI, July 6.-River falling
Weather clear and hot. Night-Rivel
falling, with IA feet inches in the chan.
nel. Weather cloudy and hot. Arrived
Cons, Millar, Memphis.
LOUISVILLE, July g. River rising
again, with 8 feet in the canal and Z
feet in the Indian chute. A very heavy
rsin-stOrm tonight. Arrived: MARY
Houston, New Orleans. No departures
ST. LOUIS, July 6.-Weather cloudy
and very warm. River rising rapidly;
quite fIeshet in the Missouri from re.
cent heavy rains in the western part OF
the State. Arrived: Bon Accord, Padu.
cab; Grand Tower, Memphis. Depart
ed: City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg.
EVANSVILLE, July 6.-Weather clear
before noon; cloudy since, with rain to
the north and east. River falling, with
IL $40 feet water in the channel by the
government gauge. Port list-Up: Ar
lingtOn and Arkansas Belle, am.
Down: Vint Shinkle, 6 pm. Business
very light.
CAIRO, July 6-Noon.-Weather clear
and hot. Arrived: Grand Lake No. 2, st.
Louis, 10 pm. E NJ. Norton, Memphis,
IL p.n.; Charles Morgan, New Orleans,
0 am. Departed: Grand Lake No. 2,
New Orleans, am; Charles Morgan,
Cincinnati, 8 a.m......Night-Riy 80
feet s inches and rising. Weather
cloudy; mercury $40; light rain this
afternoon. Arrived: City of Chester,
st. Louis, 4 pm. Departed: Idlewild,
Evansville, l pm; City of Chester,
Memphis, pm.
Movements at the Levee.
The Greyhound, from White river.
was the only arrival, and the A. J..
White, for Napoleon, and Greyhound,
for Cincinnati, were the only departures
from this port yesterday.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For ST. LoUIs.-The City OF Helena,
Captain M'Kee, at ten am.
For FRIARs PoINT-The Phil AIlir,
Captain Lee, at five pm.
LeVee Reflections.
Yesterday was hot and juicy-every-
body was in melting humOr. ..... II srdy
Wilson, negro, Jump from the boom
Of the Great Republic into the river, at
st. Louis, Sunday, distance of sixty
five feet, and came up all right. He
will attempt the perilOus feat Of Jump
ing from the bridge before long, after
which it may be he will do no more
jumping this side Of the day Of final
reckoning st. Louis marines con-
sumed Sunday in Fourth of July excur-
si0ns, and other pleasureable induIg-
eDces peculiar to the occasion, The
st. Louis Republican marine architect
saw a boat-load Of teetotaIlers on the
Fourth, and TejOices that there was not
a drunken man among them; also that
they behaved themselves. Surely good
behavior is not 20 great a rarity
in the great city OF iron bridges. 49,.
abrams" a correspondent Of the st.
Louis Times, claims superiority for Cap
tain w. D. Smiths "Angle wheeln over
the Dowler patent. After elongating
upon the relative merits of the two pat
ents he speaks thusIy of the "Angle:"
81 have handled boats propelled by
every known description OF wheel, yet
never have seen boat handled with
such force and rapidity. Put her head
to the bank when the heaviest current
passes, go ahead on outside and back
the other wheel, and, in the shortest
imaginable time, the position Of the
boat will be reversed-What sidewheeI
boat will accomplish such feat?" .....
The Grand Lake No. 2, en- route to New
Orleans, was due at midnight last night
from above The A. J. White was the
only steamer advertised to leave our
landing yesterday. II she did not make
her own rates it was her own fault.
The suns rays were hot enough down
by the river yesterday to cook eggs. The
fact was not practically demonstrated,
however, as there are but few eggs in
that locality, and they are generally
considered bad Ones......The present rise
is carrying away the levee at the foot
OF Washington street. II our levee
authorities do not move, and move
quickly, in the matter Of re-
pairing the levee front there will be no
levee front to repair, and then Othello's
occupation will be gone, as to the levee
commissioners. We hear that confer
ence meeting was held yesterday NOM
ing between the levee commissioners
and city-engineer, but presumiBg that it
was for the discussion OF ways and
means to proceed with the work, and
that nothing definite would be adopted,
we did not venture upon the meeting. 1000.
We hear of big scheme on foot TO con-
vert Presidents island into an immense
farm, upon which convict labor alone
will be employed. 1t is also thought that
the offenders g4inst the mu nicipal laws
of Memphis will also find employment