Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-15
/ thermOmeJer, W,
| thermometer, 40.
H. NJ. LUDWIG, Sergeant.
By TELEaRAPH.


VIcKsBURG, July 14-River rose l
inch. Weather warm and clear. Up:
White.
New ORLEANS. July 14.-Weather
clear. Mercury, $40. No arrivals or de-
pRrtures.
LOUISVILLE, July IA. Weather
warm and clear. River falling, with z
feet in the canal,
PITTsBURG, July 14.-Noon.-River
feet 10 inches and falling slowly.
Weather cloudy. ..t7a
CINCINNATI, July 14-Noon.-River
10 feet and falling. Weather cloudy,
with rain. ..Night-Riyer IL feet 3
inches and falling. Weather rainy and
warm. ...
EVANSVILLE, July l4.-T"e weather
ig cloudy with signs Of rain. Mer-
curry n to SO. River falling, with
10 $40 feet on the gauge. Up: Cons
Millar, pm. Down: Andy Baum,
noon.
LITTLE Rock, July 14.-The river is
falling very fast. 1t hrs receded over
l foot DUNG the past "a hours. The
overflow, both above and below here hes
done considerable damage. Weather
clear and very warm.
CAIRO, July 14.-Noon.- Weather-
clear and hot. Arrived: Standard, st.
Louis, p.m......... River SO feet 10 inches
and stationary. Weather cloudy. Mer-
curry $50. Arrived: Belle of Shreveport,
New Orleans, p.m.; Maude, St. Louis,
5; Scudder, New Orleans, 6. Departed:
Shreveport, St Louis, 2 PM; Maude,
Vicksburg, 6; Scudder, st. Louis, Z.
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
CAPITAL City, ST. Louis; City OF Hell
sns, Vicksburg; Geo. w. Cheek, Friar's
Point; Ella, Arkansas river; Ruth,
White river; A. j. Baker, mouth of
White river; Failure City, New Orleans.
"'H DEPARTURES.
Capital City, Vitksburg; City of Hell
ena, St. Louis; Geo. w. Cheek, Friars
Point; Vint ShinkIe, Cincinnati; A. J.
Baker, Ohio river; Failure City, st.
Louis.
IN PORT.
Ruth, Governor Garland.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
GREENvILLE-PhilA lin, Stack Lee,
master, five pm. - i.12'5 aei
ARKANSAS RIvER-GovernOr Gar
land, Ed Rowland, master, five pm. !
WHITE RIvER-Ruth, Milt r. Harry,
master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
City of Helens-34 bales cotton, Is
bags seed cotton, so SKIS cotton'seed.
Capitol City-200 tons, 489 brls -four,
! Oh hrSF
| 80 SKIS oats, "a bales hay, 1900 rolls bag
cling, 435 pkgs eundries,
G, w. Cheeks bales cotton, $50 SKIS
| cotton. seed.
Ella bale cotton, $50 sks cotton
seed, and sundries.
Ruth 80 bale $ cotton, 932 SKIS cotton
seed, 14S SKIS corn, IS SKIS wheat, 81 pkgs
| butter, head cattle,
The Governor Garland.
UNLIMITED and incog this professor
of marine architecture visited the Gov
ernor Garland yesterday, and carefully
inspected her from kelson to the tip oil
her iaekstaff. Being unknown to any
one on board the boat, we had an excel
lent opportunity of viewing her III every
department and estimating her merits
without the aid of exaggerated laudS'
|
is. that the Garland has been planned
and ors.ructed with more display o.
sound eood sense than any packet eve
before built for Arkansas river. Being
a sternwheeler, of course she does noi
look "a thing of beauty and joy for
eyer,u as ia attained to by the magnin
cent sidewheel palaces which ffequen
western waters; but Of her class she Il
the rrottiost boat We have ever seen
She hrs bsen constructed with the spe
cial view to the cotton trade Of Arkan
sas river, having storage capacity 10
the easy handling OF eight hundred bale
of the staple on two and half feet
wata-: besides, she has spacious anl
. elegantly furnished cabin, riankeo Will
Isr1e, roomy staterooms, ETC., which vii
Contribute to her popularity as psssen
, 0er racket The colored population
have not been forgotten, for her texa
affords conn rtasle sccommodatons 10
: a large company OF people, who VII
/, annreefate this department OF the Gar
/, Iensis capacity. On escli side OF tn
! texss are ranged sleeping apartment
amnIe for the demands Of this class
the travelling public. The 'iservants re
Z cess - lust aft the ladies' cabin, has ais
, been made special feature that VIII b
admired and appreciated by lazy tiAN
v ! aiarg who delight to have their servant
i S...,.,,o,tohiv .:.-tDd and near at hsnt
D Bsing built under the immediate supei
!, vision Of that old Arkansas river s san
: Captain James Bowlin,, the "a
land could be nothing else put Pc
e fectIy adapted to the dem ands OF u
trade in which she is destined 10 ~
her career. Her dimensions are as q
:; lowe; Length, 17l3 feet; beam, 9ss a. fee
L deuth OF hold, 4s feet; boilers, two
;; number, q feet long, A inches In .
0. ameter, with 4 fiues each. Her M
d. cbinery consists Of two engines OF =
a. inch cylinders, 8 feet stroke. =
a. wheel ia Is feet 10 inches in diaret'
3. with buckets twenty-four feet 10 inch
long. Her cabin Is 100 feet long, a
mr. has % elegantly furnished stateroon
\: with double berths 40 inches vi!
"a which have been furnished vi
3: superior bedding. When light I
a. Garland only draws Is inches g
III will carry 400 tons, being q reg
- Tor har scrsueF, Her stage and oil