Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-04
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Il. NJ. LUDWIG. Sergeant

H.. LUDWIG. Sergeant.
The following is the past weeks sum
mary of the dGings OF the rivers, issued
| yesterday from the Office of the signal
| service observer at Washington: "Dur-
! ing the past week the Red river has
| fallen four inches. at Shreveport, The
upper Missouri has fallen slightly. The
| Mississippi has fallen from six inches TO
one foot between ST. Paul and Daven-
port, and two feet at Keokuk; it has
risen one foot at Memphis, twenty-0ne
inches at VickshuTg, eight ct New Or
leans, and is now rising at st. Louis and
Cairo. The Cumberland is now falling
at Nashville. The Ohio is very high, and
is still rising at most points"
BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW ORL August 3.-Weather
clear and warm. No arrivals or depart
ures.
VICKsBURG, August 3.-River r07e .
inches. Weather clear and warm. Up:
City Of Vicksburg. No boats down.
CINCINNATI, August 3.-Noon-RiVer
rising, with AZ feet II inches water in the
channel; rising at the rate OF II inch per
hour. Westher cloudy.
PITTsBURG, August 3.-Noon. River
channel. Weather cloudy and cool.
At Brownsville the river is stationary,
with "a feet inches in the channel
Weather cloudy.
EVANSVILLE, August s. Weather
clearing; mercury, IS TO 70. River ris-
ing, with 81 $40 feet water in the chan
mel by the government gauge. Port list
Up: Arkansas Belle, 1890 pm; James
I INT
down. Business pretty light.
ST. LOUIS, August 3.-River rose
about s inches between last evening and
eight O'clock this morning; was station
airy from that hour till one G'c!Ccz this
afternoon, since when it has been fall
ing slOWly. The Missouri is declining
rapid J. Weather clear and pleasant
Arrived: Grand Tower, Memphis. De-
parted: City OF Alton, New Orleans;
City OF Helena, Vicksburg,
LITTLE Rock, August 3.-Westher
clear and cool. The river comm enced
rising about dark last night and CON
tiEued TO rise for several hours 3. the
rate of foot per hour Rniii this morn
ing, and Ia risen slowly ali day. Since
last night the rise reaches over 10 feet,
and it now has 7 8 feet wSteE in the chan
mel, and reported falling above. Arrived.
Fort Gibson, Memphis. Departed
Fort Gibson, Memphis.
CAIRO, August 3.-Noon-WegiheT
clear and pleasant River rising, with /
AZ feet 10 inches water in the chained. :
the rise for the last a hours average a ,
tribe less than } inch D9r uOur. The /
water now lie inches above the spring /.
rise. Arrived: Coal Hill, Pillsr.rg, = T.
am. Coal City, TittsbUTg, am. Be- /
parted: Bon Accord, 81, Louis, ) am.
Goal Hin, st. Louie, an; Goa. City, .
New Orleans, Is am; Blue Lodge, New /
Orleans, Q a.ul.......... ight-We4ther |
clear and cool. Arrived: City Of Chesl e., .
st. Louis, 2, M; Wat ShiDkle, CiGcin- .
natl, / pm; Shannon, Cincinnati, ! .
pm. Departed: City Of Chester, Mem .
phis, pm; Viut Shinkle, Memphis, /
p NJ; shannon, New Orleans. 6 pm. (
Movements s; the Asvoe.
ARRIVED.
Chas. Morgan, New Orleans; St. Ger
evieve, Vicksburg; Phil. Allin, Ffisrs
Point.
DEPARTED.
Chss. Morgan, Cincinnati; Co.'s. Mil.
lar, Cincinnati; Geo. W. Cheek, NapC-
leon; st. Genevieve, ct. Louis.
IN PORT.
Quickstep, OsceOls, Phil. Ailin.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
FOR FRIARs/PolNT-The Quickstep,
Captain Lee, 81 five pm.
For NEY ORLBANs-TEe Shannon,
Captain BsHaTt, at i've pm.
L'Vee Paragraphs.
The Cons Millar sailed for Cincinnati
yesterday evening with light cargo.
The Cheek skipped cut yesterday af-
teTncon with good showing il her
cabins.
The New Orleans Bulletin wants tG
know if the rain viii ever stop. That's
v bat we've been after finding out the I.
past eight weeks.
Captain WOOdbugn's new ATksnsas
river packet, the Rosa Miller, had steam I.
up at Pittsburg last Wednesday, and it