Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-27
Above low I
Water, /
Rse FIJI Dou
Feet. / In's. les les D0'

*Below bench mara.
OBSERVATIONS YESTERDAY.
fine. Bar. rner Wind. S fsIIn Weather
8 Il + \: v $iss:
| Maximum thermometer, So.
Minimum thermometer, so.
w. M'ELROY, Serg't sig. Ser. U. 8. A.
By TELEGRAPH
New ORLEANS. August 26.-Weather
clear. Mercury, 800. No arrivals. De-
parted: Seudder, st. louis.
EVANSVILLE, August 26.-Weather
| clear. Mercury, 500 to 770. River, 9 8 10
feet aud falling. Upa Cons Millar, p.
| m. Down: Sherlock, 4:20 pm.
VICKsBURG, August 26.-The weathe I
is warm and cloudy. River fell inches.
Up: Cherokee, 10 pm, Friday q z.
Schenck, midnight; Vicksburg, moor
/ to-day.
LOUISVILLE, August .26.-Weather
clear aud pleasant. River at stand,
with feet IN the canal. Arrived: Shan
non, New Orleans. Departed: Shan.
uoD, Cincinnati.
PIrTsBURG, August 26.-Noon-River
l foot inches and falling. The weather
is clear and pleasant ....Night-River
Is inches and stationary. Weather clear
and pleasant.
CINCINNATI. August 26.-Noon-
River falling. Wea lher clear aud cOol.....
| Night-River feet 8iGches and falling.
Weather clear and pleasant. Departed :
Parker, Memphis.
CAIRO, August 26.-Noon--Weath r
clear and. cool. Arrived: Maude. St.
| Louis, 10 D. M. Departed: Maude, Vicks-
burg, AIM. Night-River-l6 feet
| inches and failing. Weather clear. Mer-
curry 740. Arrived: Andy Baum, Cincin-
nat, pm. Departed: Andy Baum,
Memphis, 6 pm.
MOyementsTat the Levee,
ARRIVALS.
Belle Of Shreveport, st. Louis; Bates
vile, White river.
DEPARTURES.
Batesville, White river; Governor
| Garland, Arkansas river; Belle of
Shreveport, New Orleans.
Osceola.
BOATS DUE.
Ste. Genevieve, shn B. Msude, A J..
White, Frank Forrest, City of Augusta /,
Arlington, Cherokee, U. P. Schenck.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VICKsBURG-Jobn B. Mauie, w. H.
| Bake, master, ten am.
ST. LOUIS Ste. Genevieve, George
Vickers, master, five pm.
CINCINNATI Arlington, Dan Moore,
masser, eight pm,
BOATS LEAVING MONDAY.
FRIARs PoINT-A. J. White, Nat
3. Green, master, five pm.
| AsHPoRT-Ffank Forrest, w. A.
Joplin, master, five pm.
CINCINNATI-Cnerok G Gorge Wolf,
master, ten am.
Marine Miracles.
Pleasant weather yesterday.
The A. J. White is due this morning,
and returns to Ffiars Point to- morroW
evening
The U. P. Schenck and Cherokee are
both due up tom orrOw, on their way to
the OHIO river.
Very little tusiness WIS transacted at
the ievee yesterday, 1t being c0nfin ed tC
the two local packets.
The Arlington, In comm 9nd of Cap.
tain Dan Moore, is due up this afternoon
on her way to the Ohio.
Captain Rsub. HsiDes is up the Ohio
river looking for q packet for the Mem.
phis and Arkansas river trade.
The regular Memphis and Vicksburg
packet Illinois will arrive tonight, and
leave again on Tuesday evening.
The Frank Forrest, in command OF
Captain VIM. Joplin, is the regular
Ashport packet leaving Tomorrow
evening.
The Cherokee is advertised to leave
this port for Cincinnati Monday morn.
ing ut ten O'Clock. Captain Glenn, al
the whsrfboat, is her agent.
This Anchor Line PACKETS leaving to-
day are the John B. Maude, for Vicks
burg, at ten O'Clock, and the Ste. Gene
vieve, for s.. Louis, at five o'clock.
The paint not beipg quite dry on the
Ruth, Captain Harry concluded to defer
leaving until Saturday next. The
Batesvilie left in place of the Ruth.
The Belle OF Shreveport arrived al
nine O'Clock last night with a big trip
OF freight. She added nothing, AND
wanted nothing here, aud pissed down
to New Orleans during The nigh.
There seems to be some improvement
in outward bound reigbts. The Bates
vile, for White river, and the Governor
Garland, for Arkansas river, both left
with much better trips than any timt
since last sIring.
Those Centenni3lly inclined should
remember inst the Aochor Line gives
through rates and as comfortable &C
c0mmoda!iOns as any other line. The
Ste. GsDevieve is the packet for St
Louis this evening.
The receipts by river yesterday did no
amount to much, the B ,teeviile beiDs
the only arrival up to dusk. She bronghl
% bales of cotton, 3l3 sacks cotton.seed
bales of hay, l406 sacks OF corn and 81
packages CT butter out of White river.
The City of Augusta passed Helena q
half past two O'Clock yesterday after
noon, WITH fifteen hundred SACKS of sect
and other stuff, and will be found Ii
port this morning. In the event tn,
Phil Allin does not arrive in time, tn,
Augusta will go cut again in her plac.
to-morr wv afternoon.
A handsome ne " steamboat intended
for the upper Cumberland river trade, is
being built at Jacksonville, Indiana
for Captain Thomas g. Rymap, o
Nashville. II will contain two engines
twelve inches ia diameter, with four fee
stroke, and two boilers forty two inche
10 diameter, ten feet long with ten f1ue
inseach.
1uo cdu6ES il pOIb Jdu LuStE Ii iK5 q
hsit mast " sterdsy afternoon, in mem
cry Of Mr.. James A. Sayels, who died a
balf-psst one o'clock, after suffering FOL
several weeks with that dread diseas,
consumption. Mr.. SsyeIs was born il
Louisville, Kentucky, and came her,
about fifteen years ago and went int
the steamboat agency business, wher,
he made hosts Of friends, who will Ia
ment his untimely end. His fuuers
will take place from st. Peters church
this afternoon st three o'clock, aud hi
remains will be inferred in EImwood
cemetery.
st Louis Republican: 1.-THE owner
of the City Of Alton are giving that Eapi(
ard renowned steamer a pair OF new
drivins-wheels of slightly larger siz
J than those she had. Sac is to BE- mad,
six hours faster on the run from New
Orleans to st. Louis. There are not OIL
the w stern rivers many faster boat
! than the City Of Alton. The North
J western, on her way up, broke her shat
te'oW Quincy, and, az tho same time
IRAN through" both cylinder hesds
| Captain Tom Davidson stated in his tel
. egram that he would proceed to KeokuI
! with ore wheel. She will get here to