Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-25


W. MELR0Y, Serg't sig. Ser. U. 8. A.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, August M.-The river is
rising, with "a inches on the shoals.
NEW ORLEANS August "a Weather
clear. Mercury, 800. No arrivals or de-
psrtures.
PTTTsBURG, August 24.-Noon-River
l foot Sinches and falling. Weather
cloudy and warm.
LITTLE Rock, August 24.-Weather
warm. River falling, with feet
inches in the channel.
VICKsBUKa, August 24-The weather
Is warm and cloudy. River fell inches.
Ut; Ste. Gsnevieve. Arrived: City of
Vickshurg and r. E Lee.
ST. LOUIS, August 24.-The river has
risen inch. Weather partly clou 1y and
very hot. Arrived: Maude, Vicksburg
Departed; Maude, Vicksburg.
EVANSVILLE, August 24.-Weather
cloudy; light rain at 2 pm. Mercury,
CAIRO, August 4.-Night-River-16
feet inches and rising Weather fair.
Mercury, go. Departed: Cons Millar,
Cincinnati, pm T0lle, st. Louis, 2.
LOUISVILLE, August 24.-Weather-
raining. River falling, with 7 feet in
the canal. Arrived: Andy Baum, Gin
cinnsti; Parker, Memphis, Departed:
Baum, Memphis; Parker, Cincinnati.
7 CINCINNATI. August 24-Noon-
River II feet inches and falling. The
weather is cloudy and warm; heavy
rain this afternoon. Arrived: J. D
Parker, Memphis. Departed: Thomas
Sherlock, New Orleans.
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Robert Mitchell, New Orleans; Bis
msrck, New Orleans; Grand Lake, New
Orleans; Frank Forrest, Ashport; James
w. Gaff, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati; Grand
LIKE, 81. Louis; Bismarck, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
Osceole, James w. Gaff, Frank For
rest,
BOATS DUE.
A. J. White, City of Helena, Capitol
City, Governor Garland, Golden Rule,
Bstesville.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VICKsBURG-Capitel City, James
O'Neil, master, ten am.
ST. LoUIs-City of Helena, J. 81.
Ii Kee, master, five P m.
CIECINNATI-James w. Gaff, r. w.
Wise, master, five pm.
FRIARs PoINT-A. J. White, Nat
S. Green, master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Frank Forrest-3l bales cotton, 120
sks cotton seed.
Robert Mitchel-50 SKIS salt and sun.
dries.
Bismark-17 crates and casks earth
enware.
James w. Gsff-5O0 tons; $50 rolls
Begging, 235 boxes soap, 60 pkgs furni-
ture, IS barrels whisky, 20 bales excel
sior, Is hcgsheads ana 10 boxes meat,
50 bdes cotton.ties, 335 kegs nails, $50
barrels salt, and sundries to order.
Marine Miracles.
Dull day st the levee.
The A J. White is the regular Friars
Point packet, leaving this evening.
The Frank Forest Is the regular Osce-
ola and Ashport packet, leaving this
evening in command of Captain VIII.
liam joplin.
Billy Byers, the medicine man of the
Gsff, has the prettiest little "dispensa.
~" n the river, and he keeps good
| physic, you bet.
The Al chor Liners leaving to day
are the Capitol City, for Vicksbuag, at
ten O'Clock this morning, and the City
of Helena, for ST. Louis, at five O'Clock
| this evening.
Captain Wise, of the J. w. Gaf, de-
sires us to state that. Notwithstanding
| the raise in rates from Cincinnati east
ward, he yet adheres to his rates from
| Memphis to Philadelphia Of twelve dol
lars and half without meals, or sixteen
| dollars aud hat with meals. The Gaff
leaves at five o'clock this evening.
| Among the passengers on the James
| w. Gsff, we me- C,loDel J. * Edwards,
| of Louisville, whose trenchant pen has
furnished some interesting letters to the
| columns of the Courier Journal The
colonel is making the round trip, and
will take in all the attractions on the
Bluffsto day-Court square and the foun-
tain, Elmwood cemetery and the county
Jail.
| The J. w. Gan.
This pretty Memphis and Cincinnati
packet arrived on time yesterday after
room. having on board splendid trip
of both freight and passengers. We have
not space to devote to minute descrip.
ton Of the Gaff as we would Ike to do,
bat assure our readers that she is deei-
dedly one OF the neatest and most COM
fortably appointed packet ever built, OF
the hind wheel persuasion. Her hui If
2S5 feet long, 35 feet beam, 81 feet tioOl
! and 81 feet hold, and has carrying Ca