Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-03
H. N. LUDWIG, Sergeant
BY TELEGRAPH.

iH the IlN6f, Win = l66J D AQCleS on l1aI
peth shoals Weather fair and mild.
VICKsBURG, November 2.-River f. Il
log slowly. Weather clear and pleas
ant. No boats up or down. Arrived
City of Helena.
EVANSVILLE, November 2.-River
and LILO feet Oh the guage scant
Weather clear until evening-It is nov
cloudy; prospects of rain; mercury AS
to 60'.
New ORLEANS, November Giles
and pleasant. Arrived: Mary Houston
Ohio river; Grand Lake and barges, st
Louis. Departed: City of Quincy, st
Lou!s; Mary Bell, Memphis.
CAIRO, N0yem Der -Weathe
clear and cool. Departed: Atlantic, New
Orleans, S pm. Kate KCuatz. New Or
leans, II p.m.-Night...... Departed
Peytonis, New Orleans, pm.
ST. LOUIS, November 2.-River fall
! ing slowly. Weather cloudy and cold
Arrived: Grand Tower, Memphis. De
parted: City OF Vicksburg and Fannie
latum, Vicksburg; Bee and barges
New Oileans.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Capital City, Vicksburg; Belle Mem,
| phis, st. Louis; John b. Maude, New
! Orleans; QuiCEstep, mouth White river
A. J. White, Napoleon; Colorado, St
! Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Capital City, st. Louis; Belle Mem.
! phis, st. Louis; Belle of Texas, Ash.
| port; Rosa Miller, Arkansas river; A,
| J. White, Napoleon; Illinois, Vicks.
burg; Quickslep, mouth White river;
Colorado, Vicksburg.
IN PORT.
John B. Maude, OsceoIa.
BOATS DUE.
Ruth, Ella Hughes, Julia, Granger,
st. Joseph, George w. Cheek, Phi
Allin.
BOATS LEAVING WEDNESDAY.
For New ORLEANs-The John B.
Maude, Captain West, master, leaves on
her regular time this evening for New
Orleans, giving stIict attention to busi-
ness for all way landings. The popular
Ed. Outlaw is purser.
For FRIARs PoINT-The Lee liner
Poll Allin, Captain James Lee, ST., mag
ter, carrying the United States mails,
sails for Helena, Delta, Friars Point and
all plantation landings al five O'Clock
this evening.
For HELENA.-The Cheek liner G.
w. Cheek Captain Green, master,
leaves pupctually a. five o'clock this
eveOlT g for Helena and the bends.
she gives particular atten' ion to bust
ness for Walnut and CCuncil bends.
For AsHPoRT-TheB Belle of Texas,
Captain o. p. Joplin, ma ster, departs
for all points in the upp9r bends as
high as Ashpolt, at five o'clock this
evening. She is the regular Randolph,
Fulton, Osceola and Ashport tri-weekly
packet,
For WHITE RIVER -The Ruth, Cap
tain Ed, Postal, master, sails for White
river at the usual hour this evening,
taking business for the mouth Of White
river, Bay st. Charles, CrOckett,s Bluff
Mt. Adams, Clarendon, Devalps Buff,
Des Arc, Augusta, Jacksonport, West
Point and Searcy. She carries the mails,
Et. CroWell, the Ieiiable, is chief clerk.
LeYee Paragraphs.
The levee was all business yesterday.
The MinneOla is the next regular
packet for Cincinnati.
Inc capitol City passed up yesterday
morning for st. Louis.
The Illinois left last evening for
VicksbuIg with good trip.
Old Jupiter Pluv. lowered around
this locality all day yesterday.
The Mis- ,issippi elections being over,
we may confidently look for rapid in.
crease in business.
The Colorado, from st. Louis, passed
down last evening for Vicksburg, sixty
hours behind time.
A heavy dew would be appreciated by
navlgators-sDything that would tend
to increase the depth,
The local packets brought in yester-
day 293 bales cotton, 22S3 sacks cotton
seed, ll6 bags seed cotton.
The Ruth, Captain Postal, will be
found at the landing this morning from
White river with big trip.
The pilots of the Msuie report the
Robert Mitchell aground at Moons
tOwhead, sixty miles below here.
Every boat leaving per- yesterday had
good tr p, some of them as much as
they wanted on the depth OF water.
Some of the packets advertised to
leave yesterday did not leave, but will
take their departure positively this
The John B. Maude, Captain West,
came in yesterday from New Odeans
with fair trip Ct freight and psssen-
gers; being unavoidsbIy detained.
The Belle Memphis departed for St.
Louis, yesterday, with a fail trip. She
was seventeen houIs behind her regular
time. She will be on her regular day
rext trip.
The Qntckstep came in from the
mouth Of White river with 100 bales cot
ton, $40 sacks cOtton-seed, 40 bags seed
cotton, and returned again last evening
with a good trip.
Ed. Johnson, notorious character OF
The cOlOred typo, was brought up on the
Quickstep yesterday and lodged in Jail
here on charges OF murder, he having
stabbed four men, two fatally, on board
the Phil Aliin on her down trip.
What fan was there, my country
men-thirteen steamers up for depart
ure yesterday afternoon; this evening
only five. Well if the mariners will
60 On a. this tate, we will be able to
buy stea nbCht for twenty-five cents
before the season is out.
The A. J. White, Captain Malone,
came in yesterday from Napoleon with
a good trip. She had 1S4 bales cotton,
IS bags seed cotton, l04 bags hulled
seed, 1857 SACHS cotton-seed. She de-
parted for Napoleon last evening with
good trip.
The Illinois had pretty tough time
with the storm last Friday night, but
she weetbered it, and came out all
right, like the good ship she is. CAP.
tain Mark Cheek remembered every
word of the Lords Prayer while the
bowling tempest was threatening to
wreck his vessel.
The ST. Louis Republican Of Monday
contains the following Items: "The City
Of Helena was aground several hours
evening before LAST on the crossing at
Birds Point. The sing aad the onp
above it at Greenfield's is exceedingly
rough and hard to get over. They are
rapidly becoming the worst points on
the river, and the more the river cuts in
above the worse they become. Parties
went over the other day to Evansville
prospecting in regard to putting the
Andy Johnson in the Evansville aud
Memphis trade. The Courier says: we
cannot see the reason why our trade
with the country between Cairo and
Memphis would not support boat, ard
hope our people will rsgsthe own
ers OF the Andy johnson to start her in