Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-22


CINCINNATI, August 21.-Noon-
River falling. Weather clear. Might
River IA feet 2 inches and falling.
Weather clear and pleasant.
PITTsBURe, August 1.-Noon-Rive1
4 feet 8 inches and falling. Weather
clear and pleasant......... Night-Riyer
feet inch and falling. Weather clear
and coo!.
CAIRO, August 2l.-Noon.-We ather
clear and pleasant. Arrived: City of
Vicksburg, st. Louis, 6 p.m.; Phil Allin,
Memphis, IL p.m.; James d. Parker,
Memphis, s M. Departed: Phil Al.
lin, Metropolis IL P. M; City OF Vicks.
burg, Vicksburg, midnight; James D.
Parker, Cincinnati, 6 s.m..........., Night
River Is feet inches and rising.
Weather clear. Mercury, 500. Arrived /:
Bee, st. Louis, 2 pm.
Movements aE the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
John B. Maude, Vicksburg; Ste Gen.
evie, st. Louis; A. J. White, Frisrs
Point; Frank For. st, Ashport; City of
Alton, New Orleans; John A. Scudder,
st. Louis; IllinOis, Vioksburg; Rosa Mill
er, Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES
Ste. GeneVieve, Vicksbu1g; John B.
Maude, 81. Louis; JnO. A Scudder, New
Orleans; City of Alton, st. Louis; A. J..
White, Friars Point; Frank Forrest,
AshEort, Kate Dickson, Vicksburg.
IMPORT.
Illinois, Rosa Miller, Osceola.
BOATS DUE.
City of Vicksburg, Grand Tower.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VICKsBURG-City of Vicksburg, r.
81. Riley, master, ten am.
ST. LOUIS - Grand Tower, George
Lennox, master, five pm.
VICKs sURG-Illin Mark Cheek,
master, five pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-Rosa Miller, T. J.
Darragh, master, five pm.
CINCINNATI-Cons MiIlar, Sterling
M'Intyre, master, five pm.
WHITE RIvER-Ells, Ed G. Postal,
master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
A. J. White-2 bales cotton, IA bags
seed cotton, 453 SKIS cotton.seed.
Frank Forests bales cotton, 220 SKIS
cotton-seed, 12s SKIS corn, 10 hides.
IIlir o;s-3l bales cotton, 8 bags seed
cotton, 2504 SKIS cotton seed.
John B. Maude-1500 SKIS cOttOn.seed
Ste. Genevieve-306 brls -four, 500 brIs
meal, 80 brls potatoes, l03 SKIS rye, So sk s
corn, so sks bran, 81 bats hay, 800 rolls
bsgginR, II bales cotton, 1I6 SKIS seed.
Cons Millar-300 tons; 1II9 rolls bag
gipg, 124 brls apples, $50 hrls salt, 81 brls
whisky, 35 brls onions, 20 brls potatoes,
100 brls flour, so brls meal, % casks ba-
con, $50 boxes soap, 240 boxes candles,
% pigs machinery, 1880 pkgs mdse, 2O8
kk5 corn, IA SKIS oats, 165 SKIS bran; big
way freight put out.
Marine Miracles.
Weather scorchipg.
The week opened out fair and packets
received literally yesterday.
The John A. Scudder, with big trip,
passed down Sunday night but did no
The James w. Gaf, Captain R. w.
w Sc, passed Louisville Sunday, en-
route to Memphis.
The hull of Captain Postaps new
White river packet Hard Cash is nearly
ready to be launched.
The John B. Maude added one hun
dred and fifty bales OF cotton and de-
parted for St. Louis yesterday afternoon.
The City Of Alton with eight hundred
tone, passed up Sunday st noon. She
put eff a few packages at the wharfbost.
Cap ain Reese Dugan, of the Eckert,
visited the APPEAL sanctum last night.
The Eckert will return to Cairo to-day.
The Ste. GeneVieve added one hundred
and seventy-five tons of sound freight
taken from the Grand Lakes sunken
barge. At Vicksburg it will be reshipped
to New Orleans.
The Anchor line packets leaving to-
day are the City Of Vieksburg, for Vicks-
burg, at ten o'clock, forenoon, and the
Grand Tower, for Vicksburg, at five
o'clock, afternoon.
The Illinois, in command of Captain
M. + Cheek, is. the regular Memp nis
aud Vicksburg packet leaving this even
ing. Captain Joe Spears attends to the
affairs of the Office.
The r lsa Miller is the regular Ar
kansas river packet, and leaves this
evenir for all points on that stream
through to Little Rock. Billy Butler
presides at the desk.
Captain PostaI's neat little steamer
Ella leaves at sharp five this afternoon
for all points on White river through to
Jacksonport. She will continue in tue
trade until the completion of the Hard
Cash.
The Cons Millar is the regular Cincin-
natl packet leaving this evening, tick
citing passengers through to the Centen-
NAL at reduced rates. Sterling Min
tyre commands, with James Wilson in
the Office.
A st. Louis telegram last night an
nounces THAT Captain MAILS ter, a
well known river man, has been missing
since Friday, and il ia feared has COM
mitted suicide, as he has made NO at.
tempts to drown himself lately.
We learned yesterday that Captain
Frank Hicks closed trade with Brown
d Jones for the steamer Caronde!et. pay
ing twenty thousand dollars for her. It
is designed to run her this season be-
tween Memphis and New Orleans
Daring the recent trip Of the Frank
Forrest from Osceols to Memphis, a pas.
senger who took passage for this city
died very suddenly. He received every
attention from the officers of the Frank
Forrest, and was inferred at 3 place
where hts friends can get his Eem aims if
they wish to remove them.
We don't weigh as much now by about
forty pounds IS we did month az o. But
we can get away with about as DC UGH at
a meal as half-starved hoEse. II would