Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-14
MARINE CHRONICLE.
meteorological, and Aquatic.

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A moderately comfortable tempera-
ture and brisk shower were the features
of yesterday. The weather observer
notes the thermometrical elevation at Sc,
and the maximum reached during the
day Of 90-One degree higher
than the day previous. At
as follows: Cincinnati, IS; Galveston, SO;
Leavenworth, So; New Orleans, 81; St.
Louis, 70; Vicksburg, 90. Also that rain
occurred at Cairo, Memphis, Pittsburg
and Nashville.
The following Is q summary OF the
signal officers reports OF the condition of
rivers at all points up to six o'clock
last night: Cairo, 81 feet inches; rise
4 inches; Cincinnati, Is feet; rise feet
/ inch. Keokuk, IL feet inches; fall 9
inches. Leavenworth, Is feet inches;
stationary. Louisville, feet inches;
rise inches. Memphis, 26 feet 5 inches;
rise 8 inches. New Orleans, feet 8
inches below bench mark; stationary.
Pittsburg, feet inches; rise inches.
st. Louis, % feet inches; fall 4inches.
Vicksburg, So feet inches; rise inches.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, July 13-Noon.-River
rising. Weather partly cloudy and
warm.
NEW ORLEANS, July 13.-Weather
warm and clear. Arrived: Vint Shinkle,
Ohio river. No departures.
PITTsBURG, July 13-Noon.-River
risingslowly, with feet inches in the
channel. Weather clear and warm.
VICKsBURG, July 13.-Weather warm
Diver . innbad Hin.
Shannon, Grand Lake and Capital City.
No boats down.
ST. LOUIS, July 13.-Weather cloudy
and showery. River rising slowly.
Arrived: Belle of Shreveport, New Or
leans; Grand Tower, Memphis. De-
parted Julia, Vicksburg, Bee and barges,
New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, July l3. - Weather
cloudy with rain all afternoon; mercury,
70 to Sc. River rising, with 20 feet water
in the channel by the government gauge.
Port list-Up: Arkansas Belle, II am.
None but local boats down. Business
light.
move ments at the keVee.
ARRIVED.
Phil Allin, FIiars Point: Thompson
Dean, New Orleans; City OF Vicksburg,
Vicksburg; Osceola, st. Francis river.
DEPARTED.
Thompson Dean, Cincinnati; A. J.
White, Napoleon; II. S. Turner, Gill;
cinnati.
City of Vicksburg, Osceola, Phil AL
lin.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For FRIARs POINT-The;Phil AIlin,
Captain Lee, at five pm.
For ST. LoUIs-The City OF Vicks-
burg, Captain Riley, at ten am.
For AsHPoRT-The Frank Forrest,
Captain Joplin, at five pm.
LeVee Reflections.
Another series Of showers yesterday
charming duets between BOress and
PIuvius, which did net the face of crea-
ton to the infinite delight Of gardeners
and farmers generally. Heavy rains
passed south, west and northwest Of US.
Some little anxiety is aroused in be-
half Of the planters in the lowlands on
account Of the freshets in the upper
streams. At first blush the prospects do
look somewhat scsly, but when we con-
slider that it takes full twenty feet on top
OF the present aquatic elevation here to
make disastrous overflow, there need
be no particular alarm. The copiOus
showers that have fallen here and there
The past few days have given down im-
mense volumes of water, but it is hardly
within the pale Of possibility that they
will continue to fall in the same local.
ties to the extent Of creating any very
great rise in the lower Mississippi.
Alarmists at this stage Of the crops will
do incalculsble damage by whiting up
flood sensations, and we advise our
planting friends to watch and wait"
THE caving Of the levee here yester-
day revealed what will probably prove
to be an important relic of antiquity. 1t
was a long, rough-hewn shaft Of coarse
granite, upon which was inscribed in
almost lllegible characters:
"Rep-a-Iry-ou-Rr-iv-
Eri-ron-To -Sep-irat-Ica-Lle-vi-
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