Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-13

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VIoKsBURG, July 12-River rose
inches.
New ORLEANS, July I2.-Weathel
cloudy and warm. Departed: Shannon,
Cincinnati.
PIrTsBURG, July 12.-Noon.-Rive1
3 feet 7 inches and rising. Weather
cloudy and rainy.
EVANSVILLE, July 12.-Tne weather
was clear until p. m, light rain since;
cooler. Mercury 7ao to SO. River fall
ing, with Is 80 feet on the gauge.
CAIRO, July 12.-Noon.-Weather-
rain this afternoon. Mercury SOP. Ar
rived; Capitol City, st. Louis. De-
parted: Capitol City, Vicksburg. River
"a feet and falling.
LOUISVILLE, July y. Weather
rainy. River falling, with 7 feet 3 inches
in the canal. Arrived: Morgan, New
Orleans; Parker Memphis. Departed
Morgan, Cincinnati; Parker, Cincinna-
ii.
Hard Times ny Red River.
SHREVEPORT, La, July II Weather
clear. Thermometer, $50. Old river,
above here, Is badly damned with drift,
and all communication by water above
the raft Is cut off. The upper river, at
Fulton, is higher than at any time be-
fore this season, and is still rising. The
steamer Clifford has arrived st Fulton
from high up the river, and reports
that everything above Fulton is over
flowed. Little river is rising, and the
bridge at Fdlton is threatened.
Movements AT the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Governor Garland, PittsbUrg; Belle
Shreveport, New Orleans; G. w. Cheek,
Friar's Point; Rosa Miller, Arkansas
river.
DEPARTURES.
Belle Shreveport, st. Louis; Rosa
Miller, Arkansas river; Phil Allin,
Arkansas river; G. w. Cheek, FriaT's
Point.
IN PORT.
Governor Garland.
BOATS DUE.
John A. soudder, Arlington, Vint
Shinkle.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
NEW ORLEANs-Arlington, Dan.
Moore, master, Dlue ALL
Receipts Yesterday.
G. W. Cheeks bales cotton, 2Sl SKIS
seed.
Gov. Garlaud-2S1 pkgs glassware, $50
pBg5 iron, 10 brls oil, 80 bales hay, and
saudries.
Belle of Shreveport-5 brls molasses,
20 brls salt, 20 hgds sUg Ar, Is casks ale.
Marina HFEraoIaa
Durff is escaping in the wheelhouse.
River rising slowly, but will be at a
stand in few days.
Refreshing showers blessed this locsli-
ty yesterday afternoon.
The Belle of Shreveport, for st. Louis,
passed up yesterday at noon.
A light shower yesterday afternoon
cooled the atmosphere considerably.
That other rise in Arkansas river is
coming down now with tremendous
force.
The Vint Shinkle, from the Ohio, ia
due this morning. She returns again
to morrow evening.
The Rosa Miller departed last evening
for Arkansas river, with fair trip OF
freight and passengers.
A splendid trip OF passengers is await.
ing the arrival Of tie Andy Baum
nearly all going to the Centennial.
Several OF the crew which brought the
Governor Garland down to this port, left
by rail yesterday on their return home.
Arkansas river seems to be having the
June rise Ii tie late this year. Yester-
day it was reported rising again at Fort
Smith.
The Casino club will tonight enjoy
an excursion on the river, using two
canopied bRrges in two OF the Car
S3huIz.
The remains of the late Hugh Bickes
staff, whose death we chrOnicled yestei
day morning, were inferred in ElmWOod
yesterday.
Captain James Lee, jr., leaves fol
Metropolis TO day on bu mess connected
with the new packet building for the Lee
The G. w. Cheek, for Friays Point
and the Phil Allin, for Arkansas City,
left with very good trips for this Sc asoI
of the year.
The crew Of the Illinois is returning,
preparatory to that packet resuming bel
place in the Memphis and Wick, burg
trade next week.
The Arlington, Captain Dan Moore in
command, is the only packet advertised
to leave to-day. She will pass down al
nine o'clock forenoon.
The Cincinnati Commercial claims
that the Mitchell has made the quickest
trip OF the season from Cincinnati tc
New Orleans and back.
George Carr, the negro who attempted
to shoot the cook OF the q. w. Cheek, 8
week or so ago, was yesterday sent tC
Jail in default Of two thousand dollars
bonds.
The Governor Garland arrived from
Pittsburg at six o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and is now receiving for all point;
on the Arkansas river, and leaves OIL
Saturday next.
The Courier Journal chronicles the
death of John Richardson, the bar
keeper on the Glasgow, which event oc
CURED in Evansville Monday, from
cholera morbus.
Duff ssys his river column is wearing
its ''summer duster," which makes il
look so large, etc. Now, Jim, we did
not intimate there was any thing thir
about your column, and hut for you
own confession perhaps it would mo-
have been noticed.
The Governor Garland, the new packe
Just built for the Ohio river, was VISITED
by large pumber Of the friends OF Cap
tains Nowland and Hardin her owners
and was pronounced the prettiest anC
best adapted sternWheel packet eve
built for southern waters.
Jim Durff, in his summer buster,
yesterday got things awfully mixed sbou
the Andy Baum's departure. That first
class packet does not leave here till mex
Tuesday, when parties desiring a mos
comfortable trip up the Ohio river as IA
as Cincinnati, whether for business o.
ca route to the Centennial, will find be-
accommodations second t0 no pscke
now scudding the raging pillows OF Biz
Muddy. Captain Dick Lightburne vii