Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-15

River 9 s 10 feet on the gauge and fall

EA -.-TUES5D,
River 9 s 10 feet on the gauge and fall
| ing.
ST. LOUIS, August III he river h
| fallen inches. Weather cloudy ant
warm. Arrived: City of Heleua
Vicksburg.
P1rTsBURG, August -Rivel
feet l inch and rising. Weather cleal
and warm......Night-lRiver feet
| inches and rising. w sather clear AUG
warm.
CINCINNATI, August I4.-Noon-
River falling. Weather fair and warm.
..... Night-River Z f,et 10 inches and
stationary. Weather fair and very
warm. Arrived: Cons MilIar, Mem.
| phis.
CAIRO, August 14.-Noon.-Weather
| cloudy aud wsCm. Arrived: Viut
Shinkle, Memphis, 9 PM; Grand Tow
| er, st. Louis, p.nl.; Cherokee, Cincin-
natl, 8 pm. Dep aEtt,d: Vint SbiDkle,
Cincinnati, 10 pm; Grand Tower,
| Memphis, l am; Cherokee, New o :
leans, 8 a.m............. Night-River Is
| feet 2 inches and falling. Weather
cloudy. Mercury 500
Movements at the Levee,
ARRIVA LIS.
A. J. White, Friars Point; Frank For
rest, Ashport; Bismarck, St.Louis; John
B. Maude, st. Louis; Andy Baum, Gin
and barges, New Orleans; City of Vicks-
burg, Vicksburg; Lighthouse tender AL
ice, lower coast.
DEPARTURES.
Ste. Genevieve, st. Louis; Bismarck,
New Orleans; John 3. Maude, Vicks-
burg; Bee and barges, st. Louis; A. J.
White, Friars Point; Frank Forrest,
Ashport.
City of Vicksburg, Lighthouse tender
Alice, Andy Baum, Osceols-
BOATS DUE.
Illinois, EIs, Rosa Miller, Phil AIlip,
Grand Tower.
Receipts Yesterday.
John B. Msude-2038 pkgs western
produce.
ton-se ed, II cords wood, 8 pkgs sundries.
A. ]. Whites bales cotton, Al SKIS
cotton. seed, pkgs sundries.
, Andy Baum-200 pkgs furniture, so
tons stoves and hollow-ware, 400 bxs
starch, 80 Sis osts, 140 pkgs salt fish, rs
brls apples, 100 bxs soap, 800 pkgs mis-
ceilsneOus.
Frank Forests bales cotton, 125
SKIS corn, 20 brls apples, 10,00O shingles,
coops chickens, bxs eggs, head Of
cattle.
City of Vicksburg-7O SKIS cotton-seed.
BOATS LEAvINa THIS DAY.
VICKs Illinois, Mark Cheek,
master, five pm.
VICKsBURG-Gr& Tower, Lennox,
master, ten am.
CINCINNATI-Andy Baum, n. J.
Vinton, master, five pm.
ST. LoUIs-City of Vicksburg, r. H.
Riley, master, five pm.
WHITE RIvER-ElIa, Ed G. Postal,
master, five p. n.
ST. FRANCIS RIvER-Osceola, John
Ksffer, master, pm.
Marine Miracles.
The Rosa Miller is due from Arkansas
river.
The Bismarck passed down Sunday
night, en- route to New Orleans.
The Kate Kickson il due from the
Ohio river, en- route to Vicksburg.
The Osceola, Captain Ksffsr, goes out
for ST. Francis river this evening.
The U P. Schenck and Cherokee are
Cue out of Ohio river, en- route to New
Orksans.
The Grand Tower is the Anchor Line
packet for Vicksburg at ten O'Clock this
morning.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vinton, is
the Cincinnati packet at five o'clock
this evening.
There is no truth in the report that the
Idlewild is going In the st. Louis and
Chester trade.
The Ella will be found in port this
morning, and leaves again this evening
for White river.
The Illinois, Captain M. R Cheek, is
the regular Tuesday packet for Vicks-
burg and the bends.
The Thompson Dean will be sold at
trustee sale st Louisville on Thursday,
seventeenth instant.
Mr.. John Long, medicine man of the
A. J. White, leaves to-day on visit to
his relatives near Wheeling, Virginia.
City Engineer Meigs was at the land
ing yesterday with a force of labOreTs
cleaning off the deposit from the late
rise in the river.
The new Bayou Sara packet, Southern
Belle, left Louisville Saturday evening
for New Orleans, and will probably pass
here Thursday morning.
The Anchor-Line packet City of
VicksbuTg came in last evening from
Vieksbu1g, lays over till five O'clock
this evening, and clears for st. Louis.
Business on the levee yesterday fair
The James Howard is being repaired
and reprinted, at st. Louis. She will
- -. Hnov r -.
the Memphis and New Orleans trade
during the month of October.
Two negro men killed q rattlesnake
near the elevator, Sunday evening,
measuring six feet, with thirteen rattles.
Captain AID Storm has had the snake
hide stuffed, and it can be seen at the
merchants exchange to-day.
P. r. Starr, the mate of the Illinois,
gave bail at Floreyville, Mississippi, for
his appearance when called for in the
Gum of five hundred dollars, for the kill
ing Of the negro Webb, at Nibbett's
landing, Mississippi, short time ago.
The It. F. Eckert, Captain Dugan,
passed down yesterday to the wreck of
the barge SUNK by the Grand Lake, last
week, four miles below here. Captain
Dugan says he will raise the barge and
save most of the cargo. The barge was
No. 35.
List of Sew Lights and Changes of Old
Ones Made by Commander Il. X. Wall
lace, Lighthouse Inspector Fifteenth
District.
The government lighthouse tender
steamer Alice arrived last evening from
the lower Mississippi. The following is
her report:
Ratlffo's, Mississippi-New light.
Fort Adams, Mifsissippi-New light.
Bougere Landing, Louisiana - New
light.
Ashley Aforementioned down to av.
enue.
Natchez Islapd-Moved up to avenue.
Waterproof (head OF BEND - New
light.
Foot of Big Black Island-New light.
Briccounfs-M down half mile.
Island 96-Discontinued.
Bsvarian Crossing - Moved down
| three-quarters of q mile.
MMillan's-Moved Gown a quarter of
q mile.
Island 80 (toot)-New light.
| Glencoe-OisCOntinu