Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-04

Maximum Thermometer, $40.
Minimum thermometer, So.
w. MELRoY, Ssrg't 81 3. Ser. U. S. A.
BY TELEGRAPH.
New ORLEANS, August 3.-Westhel
warm. No arrivals or departures.
VICKsBURe, August 3-The weather
is clear and hot. River fell l foot. Up
Maude. Down: Lee. Arrived: Grand
Tower and Illinois.
PITTsBURG, August 3.-Noon.-Rivel
8 feet inches and falling. Weather
clear and arm......Night-River 8 feel
inch, and about stationary. Weather
cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI August 3-Night.-Rivel
stationary. Weather clear and warm,
.Nigbt-River feet 2 incheI and
rising. Weather warm and clear. AT.
rived: Vint Shinkle, Memphis.
LOUISVILLE, August 8 Weather clear
and warm. River stationary, with
feet 2 inches in the canal and falling
slowly. Arrived: Mitchell, Cincinnati
parted: Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati; Mill
er, Memphis; Mitchell, New Orleans.
CAIRO, August 3.-Noon.-Westhel
fair and warm. Arrived: City of Vicks-
burg, Vicksburg, 1 am; Andy Baum,
Memphis, /; Glencoe. New Orleans,
1 s.m. Departed: Helena, Vichs.
burg, IL pm; Glencoe, st. Louis,
am; Andy Baum, Cincinnati, 4;
City of Vicksburg, st. Louis, 5.............
Night-River Is feet II inches, and fall.
ing. Weather-light rain this afternoon
and cloudy. Mercury, S0'.
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Jsmes D. Parker, Cincinnati; Bates
vile, White river; Ruth, White river.
IN PORT.
Frank Forrest, Batesville, James D.
Parker, Ruth.
BOATS DUE.
Capitol City, City of Helena, A. J.
White, Commonwealth, Governor Gar
land.
BOATS LEAVING MONDAY.
VICKsBURG-City OF Helena, J. H.
M'Kee, master, ten am.
ST. LoUIs-Capitol City, Jas. O'NesI,
master, five pm.
CINCIENATI-James D. Parker, w.
Tichenor, master, five pm.
FRIARs PoINT-A. J. White, N. 8.
Green, master, five pm.
AsHPoRT-Ffsnk Forrest, VIM. Jop.
lin, master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Batesville-1 bale cotton, 81 SKIS corn.
James D. PaIker-200 tons, 568 pkgs
wagon stuff, IS brls -four, 81 SKIS bran, 80
bhgs bacon, % brls apples, so boxes
starch, rs pkgs butter, 685 bundles cot
ton-ties, ~ brls whisky, 100 rolls bag
ging, bales cotton and sundries.
Ruth-1l bales cotton, ISL SKIS cotton
seed, 81 SKIS corn, head of cattle and
sundries.
Marine Miracles.
Rain yesterday.
Reports from all points show that the
rivers are all declining.
The A. ]. White is the regular Friars
Point packet, leaving this evening.
The Ruth reports lower White river
falling, but rise in the upper river.
The Governor Garland is due from
Arkansas river sto.day. She returns
again tomorrow.
But little was done at the levee yes
terday, not a single packet passed this
port or left the landing.
Colonel Jake Frolicn, he of the Searcy
Record, WIS a pa 5eDger round to this
city on the Ruth, yesterday.
Captain George Miltenberger, clerk Of
the Thompson Dean, has gone to the
Centennial. Treat him well.
The Idlewild collided with the Fonta.
nellie at Csseyville, on the Ohio river,
a few days sgo. No serious damage re-
suited
Ed Crowell, OF the Ruth, says that on
his recent visit to the Centennial he
never got q square meal until he got
back to the boat.
We errsted yesterday in our s. atemer
of Wharfmaster Kallaher's collec ions
for the month Of July. The amount
should have heen $l225 Is.
The weather yesterday was rather
mixed. The forenoon was bright sun-
shine, and as hot as blszes, while in the
afternoon it was all wet, and as cool as q
fall day.
The Frank Forest, Captain William
joplin in command, has taken the place
Of the Osceola Belle in the Osceola trade
aud makos two trips week, She leaves
again this evening.
1H6 AuCAOI"AlAC R1tAOSo AChNbh6 W
day are the City OF Helena, for Vicks-
burg, at ten o'clock this morning, and
the Capitol City, for st. Louis, at five
o'clock this evening.
Toe steamer BERTHE, makes regular
and evening trips between this
port and Presidents island every day,
and sffjrds an excellent opportunity for
those disposed to erjoy q rural visit.
Vicksburg Herald, Tuesday: "The
United States marshal yesterday sold
the yawI, stages and tackle OF the re-
Gently burned Mary Bell at public auc.
ton. The yawl, which used to be very
fine one, was purchased by John Clin-
ton, carpenter on the whRrfboat, for six
ty dollars. The other articles brought
fair prices"
The marines, to a man, stood by the
ticket yesterday, and should be remem-
bered in the apperiionment Of the spoils
OF office. We never heard OF any OF
them voting more than the law aliows.
We got around as far as the seventh
ward, where things began to get little
warm, when we skipped out in search of
other ballot boxes to vanquish.
Louisville Courier Journal: "Wheeler
was one Of the Radical goose-bites who
helped TO tear the new stes boat bill to
atoms in Washington the other day,
and then has the cheek to ask our west
ern and southern steamboatmen to vote
for him. Any river man who would
vote for Wheeler ought to be tied to a
tree and kicked to death by jscksss, or
butted by biIly-goat until he is bald
headed"
The James D. Parker arrived early
yesterday morning, with q good trip OF
freight and passengers-the latter com.
ing to Memphis to get cool. Captain
TIchenor, the Psrker's new commander,
is becoming very popular with our peo-
pie, all joining in the opinion that there
are none more worthy to succeed the
gallant Bob Wise. The Parker returns
TO Cincinnati this evening, and Charlie
Russell, her accomplished chief clerk,
will explain to you the great advantages
in going or shipping By the Parker.
Dick LightburDe is the Parker's agent.