Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-10
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| NASHVILLE, November S.-RlVer Il
rising, with { feet inches on the shoals
Weather rainy.
CINCINNATI, November 9.-River L
feet 10 inches and falling. Westhe
cloudy, with light rain tonight.
PITTsBURG, November 9.-River
feet inches and falling. Weather cles
and pleasant. Night-River feet
inch and falling. Weather clear anC
pleasant. The Bigfoot left for New Or
leans.
| EVANSVILLE, November 8 -Weathel
cloudy, with a light rain this evening
Mercury Az to $50. River swelling, with
sect on the gauge. P, n List-Down
James d Parker, s m.; TarsscoD, 6 sc
pm. Up: Mary Miller. midnight;
Florence Lee, pm. Business light.
CAIRO, November 9-Noon. Raining
and cool. Arrived: Bon Accord, St
Louis, ii am. Departed: Bon Accord
Chicot City. Night-Arrived Mollie
Moore, st, Louis, pm; City of Ches.
ter, st. Louis, pm. Departed: MoIlie
Moore, New Orleans, 6 pm. River 6
feet inches and rising. Sill raining.
Mercury 460.
Movements at the LeVee.
i
Belle Memphis, st. Louis; st. Joseph,
| rado, Vicksburg;, Julia, Vicksbnrg
Quickstep Mouth Of White river; A. J.
White, Napoleon; FieetwiDg, Dan
Rice'5 circus boat; City Of Augusta,
White river; Era No. 8, st. Francis
river.
DEPARTURES.
Belle Memphis, ST. Louis; st. Joseph,
st Louis; Julia, st. Louis; Colorado, st.
Louis; Capitsl City, Vicksburg; Illinois,
Vicksburg; Era No. 9, St. Francis rive :;
ST. Francis Belle. White river; A. j.
White, NapOlen; Quickstep, Mouth of
White river; Minnecla, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Thompson Dean, City of Augusta.
BOATS DUE.
Fort Gibson, Ruth Phil Ailin, George
w. Cheek, Belle of Texas, J. D. Parker,
Msry Miller, Mary Houston.
BOATS LEAVING WEDNESDAY.
For FRIABs PoINT.-The Lee Liner
Phil Allln, Captain James Lee, or, mas.
ter, carrying the United States mails,
sails for Helena, Delta, Friars Point and
all plantation landings, at five O'Clock
Monday evening.
FoR WHITE. RIvER.-The City of Au-
gusta, Captain J. D. Elliott, master,
Is for White river at the usual hour
this evening, taking business for the
mouth Of White river, etc. Dan Sulli-
van is chief clerk.
FIR New ORLEANs-The THOMPSON
Dean, abtAin Miller, matter, leaves on
ner regular time this evening for New
Orleans, giving strict attention to bust
ness for all way landings. The popular
Miltenberger ls purser.
For HELENA.-The Cheek-Liner G.
w. Cheek, Captain Green, master,
leaves punctuaily at five O'Clock Mon
day evening for He!era and the bends.
She gives particular attention to busi-
ness FOR Walnut and Council bends.
For AsHPORT.-The Belle OF Texas,
Captain o. P. Joplin, master, departs
for all points in the upper bends Is high
as Ashport, at her usual hour Monday
evening. She is the regular Randolph,
Fulton, Osceola and AshpOrt tri-WeekIy
packet.
LeVee Paragraphs.
The local packets brought III yester-
dsy $50 bales cotton, AZ bags cotton-seed,
269S sacks cottop-seed.
Notwithstanding the prevailing mois-
turOusness yesterday, the departing
packets had excellent trips.
The prevailing wetuosity yesterday
was a great drawback even 10 the web.
foots, and movement Of freights was
next to impossible.
The THOMPSON Dean was receiving
rather lively yesterday, with good
prospect for big trip. She leaves on
time this evening.
Captain James Durff, having 30 far
convalesced as to be able to do 90, re-
sUmed his duties at the helm of the
Ledger's river column yesterday.
Scarcely a moment of time passes in
which prayer, Of the marine persua
sion, is not offered in behalf of those
who have suffered the levee to go to
destruction.
The Era No. g. from st. Francis river,
had 277 bales cotton and $40 sacks cot
t9n-seed; also 81 bales for New Orleans.
She departed for st. Francis river last
evening.
The A. J. White, from Napoleon,
came in with POS bales cotton, bag,
seduction, and 954 sacks cotton-seet.
She left last evening for Napoleon with |
a fair trip.
The Quickstep, from the mouth Of
White, had 126 bales cotton, 81 bags
seduction and 747 sacks cottoD-seeG. !
She departed last evening for the mouth |
of While river with fair trip,
The Illinois, Captain w. R, Cheek, |
departed last evening for Vicksburg |
with one of the best trips OF the season |
She had SO cabin passengers and 100 |
deck passengers, AID freight for nesrly |
every landing between here and Vicks- |
burg.
The City OF Augusta came in yester-
day from White river. She had 179
bales cotton, bsgs seed cotton, 100 |
sacks cottOn-seed; she reshipped I55
bsles cotton at the mouth Of White
river for New Orleans. She leaves to-
day for White river.
Low water, rough weather, and few
other little difficulties that no man can
account for or successfully provide
against, have delayed steamers till
schedules are almost ignored. The
Anchor-Liners were in q swarm here
Yesterday, there being five in polt at one
me.
Some fellow" turned her loose at a
colored roustabout on the levee about
dark yesterday evening, but as far IS
we could learn without effect. The ]
AL vi Iuc LuOIAl5 Ine
river front made di!igent search for the
shootist, but had not found
him st last accounts.
Just as the White was backing out,
evening, man attempted to
Jump from the guards of the Illinois
Oh to the White, but missed his foot.
bold, fell into the river between the two
boats, and sunk to rise no more. Those
who witnessed the sad accident did not
the man, but he is supposed
TO be an engineer, formerly employed on
one Of our local packets.
The Evening Ledger has it that q
misc reant set fire to and endeav0reh to
De stroy the fine steamer Illinois, lying
at the What, Monday night Room
No. IS, aft Of midships, was satura ed
with turpentine and then set on fir.
Had it not been that the wsUchman DIS.
covered the fire in time she would