Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08

idence .- 1862 1872 HIP $1,000.
Vicksb'rgl iS62 1872 $40 low water, 1872 Il +
"Overfows country back OF Cairo, Forty
one feet oyertlOws the country in Kentucky
opposite. Forty-dve feet OVeTfiOws the coun.
\ try from twenty miles up the Ohio 10 Column,
| bus, Kentucky, and extending three miles
back from the river. At fOrty-seven feet it
commences overlooking the Missouri banks
and at that stage is dangerous to leveeS around
| Cairo.
| Floods about fDrty-one feet on Cairo gauge
| .Overfiows the country opposite. Thirty
| four feet seven inches floods Memphis and
Little Rock railroad.
! zLevees show weakness at this point
| When the water falls TO four or five feet above
low water it esdangers navigation.
| 'At thirty-Seven feet one inch the Bass Gre
vase formed. The gauEekat Belena showed
| foTty-one feet six inches at the t,mas
"'Danser to levees commence. Northern
| Louisiana and Texas railroad overlooked, ard
ceased running at 1885 on Nicksburg gauge.
Associated Press Dispatches.
NEW ORLEANS, August 7.-WeatEcr
warm and threatening. No arrivals. De-
parted: Indiana, Ohio river.
| PITTsBURG, August 7.-Noan-River
! falling, with feet inches water in
the channel. Weather cloudy and very
warm.
NASHVILLE, August River rising
still, with IL feet II inches water on the
shoals. Weather clear and pleasant. No
arrivals or departures except local pack.
cts.
LITTLE Rock, August 7.-Weathel
clear and warm. River falling, with q
feet water in the channel by the gauge
No arrivals or departures except local
boats.
CINCINNATI, August 7.-Noon-River
falling, with 81 feet 5iHcheS water in the
channel. Weather fair aud pleasant
Arrived: Cherokee, New Orleans. Nc
departures.
EVANSVILLE, August T. Weather
clear; mercury, 20 to 80. River rising
slowly, with Al 2-l0 feet water in the
channel by the government gauge. Port
list Up: Arkansas Belle, $50 am
Cons Millar, 8 am. None but local
boats down. Business improved.
CAIRO, August Weather
clear and warm. River stationary, with
45 feet l inch water in the channel. Ar
rived: City OF Chester, Memphis, am
Grand Lake No. 2, New Orleans, IL
am. Departed: City OF Chester, st.
Louis, .Night-Weather clear
aud pleasant; mercury, rs. Arrived
Belle Memphis, st. Louis, l pm; Idle
wild, Evansville, 2 pm; Bee, st. Louis,
pm; City of VIcksburg, VicksbuFg,
pm. Departed: Idlewild, Evansville,
pm; Belle Memphis, Memphis, 6
pm. City OF Vicksburg, st. Louis,
pm.
Movements at She Leyee.
ARRIVED.
Julia, st. Louis; Capital City, Vicks-
burg; Qulckstep, Friars Point.
DEPARTED.
Grand Tower, st. Louis; Julia, Vicks-
burg; Fort Gibson, Arkansas river;
Ruth, White river; Geo. w. Cheek, Ma
poleon.
Capital City and Quickstep.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For ST. LOUIS The Capital City,
Captain O'Neal, at ten am.
BOATS LEAVING MONDAY.
For ST. LoUIs.-The Belle Memphis,
Captain Crane, at five pm.
For VICKsBURG.-Tne st. Genevieve,
| Captain Vickers, at five pm.
For FRIARs POINT-The QuicBstep,
| Captain Lee, at five pm.
For AsHPeRT-The Frank Forrest,
Captain Joplin, at five pm.
LeVee Paragraphs.
A tremendous current is sweeping by
Memphis to-day.
The Julia took out about forty tons OF
freight for the bends below yesterday
evening.
The Grand Tower took on a good lot
Of fruit, shipped from this port for the
upper msrkets.
! The Ella is to be sold by the United
| States marshal, at JscksOnpoTt, Oh the
twenty-fiith instant.
A heavy fog lowered over the river
about three o'clock yesterday morning,
| delaying steamers considerably.
Every uE-bOund steamer gers here big
| lots OF fruit. The Memphis fruit trade
has grown to enormous proportions.
The APPEAL CT Tuesday morning viii
contain a full and complete report 0!
| the condition of the farmers between
Memphis and Napoleon.
Rumors were rife on the streets yes
terday that the Bradley place, fourteen
miles above the city, was under water
The rumOr was not confirmed.
1t II seldom in good taste to rejoice st
the downfall of anything, but the riyers
above are doing that business to the in
finite satisfaction Of the masses just
| now.
James Kinman, pilot Of the Ruth
remained over on account Of the illness
Of his mother at Batesville, for which
0oint he left by raj yesterday. Billy
/ Wa1man went out in his place.
White river is falling. At Batesville,
after rising fully eighteen feet, the wate,
! comneuced receding Wednesday morn
| ing. Black river is rising slowly, but
, viii not affect the general condition OF
/ White river.
/ Captain Stack Lee has provided sn ex-
! cellent qusdrille band on board the
QUickstep, which discourses sweet
sounds to the delight of his passengers.
"Oh, feel 80 awful jolly when the band
begins to play"
The river surface is covered with inn
mense logs and heavy driftwOod,
| Quantities OF green cOTnstalks are seen
among the drift-piles, indicating en-
croschments by the river upon corn
fields above here.
1t may SffJTd some satisfaction 10 mer-
chants and marines, ss well as planters
in this vicinity, TO know that according