Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-02
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Il. u. LUDWIG, Sergeant

BY TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, December 1.-River is
falling, with Is feet on Harpeth shoals.
New ORLEANS, December AR.
! rived: commonwealth, st. Louis. Weather
! rainy.
VICKsBURG, December I.-River
! rose inches. Down: James Howard; II. s,
! Turner, Arrived: Colorado.
PITTsBURG, December 1.-RivGr
| cold..-... Night--River s feet and falling.
| Weather cloudy and cold,
EVANSVILLE, December 1.-Westh-
er cloudy till noon, but now clear. Mercury
81 TO as. River stationary, with % and 2-l0
feet on the gauge. Up. Ashland, l am.
Business light.
ST. LOUIS, December 1.-River fallen
l inches, with considerable slush ice running
Weather cloudy and warmer. Departed:
Belle OF Shreveport and May Lawrie, New
Orleans; Fannie Tatum, Memphis.
LOUISVILLE, December 1.--River
falling, with IL feet inches in the canal,
and feet inches on the falls. Weather clear
and warmer. Arrived: Louisville, New Or
leans. Departed Louisville, Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, December 1.-River
falling. Weather clear and moderating....
Night-River q feet inches. and falling.
Weather cloudy and moderating. Arrived:
Mfnneola, Memphis. Departed: Vint Shin
kle, Memphis.
CAIRO, December 1-Noon.-Arriv-
ed c. b. Church, Cincinnati, midnight;
Robert Semple. New Orleans, 2 am; M6llie
Moore, New Orl, ans, am; Belle Memphis,
Memphis, ami e. Pore, south, noon. De-
Robert Semple, Cincinnati, pm; Mollie
Moore, st. Louis, am. Weather clear and
.Night-Arrived: Arlington, New Or
leans pm. City of Quincy, 81. Louis, pm.
Departed: Arlington, Cincinnati. River %
feet 10 inches and rising. Weather clear.
Mercury 462.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Phil AlIin, Frlars Point; Mary Bell, New
Orleans; Geo. W. Cheek, Helenai st, Joseph,
st. Louis; Baton Rouge, Louisville; Charles
Morgan, New Orleans; Osceola, White river;
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Phil Allin, Friars Point; Geo. W. Cheek,
Helena; James ID. Parker, Cincinnati; st.
Joseph, st. Louis; Mary Bell, New Orleans;
Legal Tender, Mouth White river; Charles
Morgan, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
BOATS DUE.
Julia, c. B. Church, A. j. White, City of
Chester, City of Quincy, Belle OF Texas.
BOATS LEAVING THURSDAY.
FoR NAPoLEoN-The Cheek-Liner A. ].
White, Captain Malone, master, leaves at the
usual hour this evening for Napoleon and
all way landings. Captain A. S. Cummins Is
cnleI cleIEs
For ST, IoUIs-The Anchor Liner, City
OF Chester, Captain Zeigler, master, slips her
cable at five o'clock this evening, taking BUSH
ness for all way landings between Memphis
aud st. Louis.
For ST. FRANCIS RIyER.-The Osceola,
Captain Bowman, master, departs for Mari
ana, WittsDurg, and all way landings on st.
Francis and L'Anguille rivers at five O'Clock
this evening. A. HaycOck, popular st.
Francis river scribe, has charge of the office.
Receipts Yesterday.
The following comprises the receipts by river
since last report:
gar, IS barrels molasses, 3 hogsheads cocoanuts,
2shrimps, 10 barrels oranges, Il barrels mack
erel and lot of sundries.
Phil Allin-l62 bales cotton, 50 sacks corn,
AIS sacks cotton-seed and 10 packages sun
dries.
st. Jogeph-lQO tons miscellaneous freight,
IL bales cotton, IS bags seed. cotton 2S4 sacks
cotton-seed, 300 empty barrels and - head cat
tie.
George W. Checklist bales cotton, 6 bags
seduction, Il bags corn, 1913 sacks cotton
seed and % packages sundries.
Osceola-27 bales cotton, $40 sacks cotton
seed and 30 packages sundries.
Cons Millar- l50 tons miscellaneous freight
and bales cotton.
Levee Paragraphs.
The present rise in the Ohio will let cut over
five million bushels OF coal.
Produce, boats are passing every day for
Mr.. James Wilson came down as clerk of
the Cons MiIiar this trip.
The Ruth passed Duvalls Bluff yesterday,
with 800 bales cotton for this port.
The Mary Bell departed for New Orleans
with fair passenger trip and 100 bales OF cot
ton.
The upper Mississippi is already frozen so
tight that loaded wagons may cross 1t with
safety.
White and Arkansas rivers, below, and
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, above, are
falling.
The City of Augusta passed Duvalls Bluff
yesterday, with GOO bales cotton, en- route to
The towboat Fox recently sunk, and is a
total loss, at the confluence of the Allegheny
and Monongahela rivers.
The Tom Jasper is to be remodeled at st.
Louis, one alteration to be an addition of
thirty feet longitudinal dimension.
The James ID. Parker departed for Cincin-
nati with S5 cabin passengers, $50 barrels Oil,
50 bales cotton, and q lot OF old iron.
The weather yesterday looked like Indian
summer Indian summer lingering in the lap
of the autumnGl season of rain and mud.
The big Mary Bell was the sensation at the
levee yesterday. Her big white chimneyS
doomed up majestlcally above the level OF the
bluffs.
The Charles Morgan passed up from New
Orleans for Cincinnati with 100 tons and 40
cabin passengers. She was four and a half
days out
The A. ]. White has become a Monday and
Thursday packet instead OF Tuesday and Sat
urday, as therefore. She goes down as far as
Napoleon.
The marine nOndescript steamer Baton
Rouge, u cThlI, p4sSeU JulS port
yesterday. Her peculiar appearance attracted
much attention, and excited the curiosity
even of the oldest salts of these bluffs.
Judging from the fact the Grand Tower has
laid up at Cairo, the ADchor-Line is preparing
for an early freeZe-up Ia the river at st. Louis.
And yet that city claims to be the head of
navigation on the Mississippi the year round.
Thousands OF people, ladies, gentlemen and
children, visited the great Mary Bell yester-
day, and were struck with astonishment at
the rapidity with which Gray loads of cotton
disappeared under the sklllful and rapid
manipulations of her crew, directed by her
mate. ii at. Reynold s band, the members of
which all reside here, played several beauti-
full airs during the afternoon, which might be
closed delightful open-air concert. We are
authorized by Captain GrissOm, her chief
clerk, to say that the Mary Bell will make
regular trips from this port the remainder of
the season.