Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-14
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BY TELEGRAPH.

BY TELEGRAPH.
New ORLEANS, July I3.-Weather
clear and warm. No arrivals or depart
ures.
PITTsBURG, July 3.-NoOn.-River
feet and falling. Weather cloudy and
warm.
OMAHA, July 13-The river has fallen
inches in the past "a hours-now II
feet 5 inches.
VIoKsBURG, July 13.-River rose /
inch; stands, 80 feet inches. Up:
Geuevieve. Arrived: City of Vicks.
burg
EVANSVILLE, July 13,-The weather
Rainy before noon, partly cloudy
since, with signs OF mere rain. Mer-
curry n to SO. River falling, with
ii 40 feet on the gauge.
CINCINNATI, July l3-Noon.--River
IL feet and falling. Weather fair. ........
Night-River II feet 2 inches and rising
Weather clear and warm during the
day; stoIming tonight. Arrived: J.
d. Parker, Memphis.
LITTLE Rock, July 13.-After rising
about foot yesterday the river COM
menced falling again last night, and has
been declining slowly all day. The
gauge now indicates "a feet 4 inches.
Weather cloudy and oppressive.
CAIRO, July 13.-Noon.-Weather-
cloudy and warm. Arrived: Grand
Tower, Vicksburg, midnight; Cons
Millar, Memphis, Z am; HiIlmaD,
Nashville. Departed: Grand Tower,
st. Louis. 2 am Cons Millar, Cincin-
natl, q; Hillman, Nashville, 10. Night
Riuar Faof IN inohoc nd folIinn
Weather cloudy. Mercury so.
Movements at the LeVee,
ARRIVALS.
Vint Shinkle, Arlington, Cincinnati;
John A. Scuddtr, New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
Arlington, New Orleans; John A.
Scudder, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
Vint Shipkle.
BOATS DUE.
City Of Helena, Capital City, G. w.
Cheek, Ruth, Ella, Stanard, U. 2.
Schenck.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VICKsBURG-Cspitol City, j as. o. Neil,
master, ten am.
ST. LoUIs-City Of Helena, J. Il.
M'Kee, master, five p m.
CINCINNATI-Vint Shinkle, James
Remission, master, five pm.
FRIARs PoINT-Geo. w. Cheek, N. s.
Green, master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Arlington-300 pkgs furniture.
John A. Scudder-140 SKIS salt, 80
pkgs sundries.
Vint Shinkle-2O0 tons, 800 rolls bag
cling, 456 SKIS corn, 200 SKIS bran, Is
casks bacon, Is tierces hams, It's boxes
soap, 100 boxes starch, so bales hay, so
bbls flour, "a bundles cott0n-ties, % bb's
oil, so boxes glass, IL coops chickens, 2
bales cotton, and sundries.
Marine Miracles.
River still rising.
The Glencoe leaves ST. Louis for New
Orleans this evening.
The Charles Morgan passed up by
Cairo without landing.
Captain James Bowlin left by rail yes
terdsy for his home in Little Rock.
The Arlington passed down yesterday
morling. She put off large lCr Of fur
niture.
The John A. Scudder, with 700 tons
and SO passengers, passed up yesterday
morning.
The G. w. Cheek, N. 8. Green in
command, is the regular Friars Point
packet, leaving this evening.
Two negroes were arrested yester day
for stesling from the steamer Vint
Shinkle, now lying at the levee.
The James Howard, it is asserted, will
positively enter the Memphis and New
Orleans trade when business opens.
The Anchor-line packets leaving to-
day are the Capitol City, for Vicksburg,
st ten o'clock in the morning, and the
City Of Helena, for st. Louis, at five
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The Vint Shinkle, James Remission
in com NJ and, is the regular Cincinnati
packet leaving this evening, ticketing
passengers through to the Centennial at
reduced rates. Billy M'Intyre holds
forth in the Office.
The Casino club last night INDUCED In
a moonlight excursion on the river, hav-
ing two barges nicely canopied with
green bushes, some among which tow
cred high in the air as large az trees.
They had also the "Little Democrat" on
board, the noise Of which added to the
amusement of all on board. The shoot
ing OF fireworks was commenced as
soon az the boat backed out from the
landing.
The hero Of the following paragraph,
clipped from the st. Louis Republican,
has numerous friends in this city, who
will rejoice at his good fortune in sha-
king the river and striking oil In his
adopted calling: George Briggs, for
merly second clerk on Arkansas and