Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-18
Above low Cnng's Their
Water,

&, &; e. ~: 81: " # =::
Maximum thermometer, SO.
| Minimum thermometer, 76'.
W. M'ELROY, Serg't sig. Ser. U. S. A.
BY TELEaRAPH.
NEW ORLEANS, Angus. l7.-Wea!her
Gear and warm. No arrivals or de-
| partures.
LITTLE Rock. August 17-Weather
| hot Mercury 81. River, feet inches
by the gauge.
VICKsBURG, August 1.-THE weather
is warm and cloudy. No boats up.
Down: Cherokee.
! EVANSVILLE, August 17.-Weather
cloudy, with rain. Mercury 770 to $50.
River Z feet inches on the gauge and
| falling.
CINCINNATT, August 17.-NOon-
| River Is feet 6 inches and rising.
Weather cloudy and sultry...... Might
River Is feet irches and rising
Weather warm, with rain since pm.
LOUISVILLE, August 17.-Weather
rainy and warm. River rising, with
8 feet 10 inches in the canal. Arrived:
Cons Millar, Cincinnati; Vint Shinkle,
Memphis. Departed: Cons Millsr,
Memphis; Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati.
CAIRO, August ather
| cloudy and hot. Arrived: City of Vicks
burg, Vicksburg, midnight; Andy
Baum, Memphis, 8 am. Departed:
City of Helena, VicksbuJg, 8 pm; A.
Baum, Cincinnati, AIM. Night
River Is feet and rising. Weather
cloudy; heavy rain sfDce pm. Mer-
curry so. Arrived: Yaeger, New Or
leans, l p.m,; Arrow, south, pm;
Alice, New Orleans, 6 pm. Departed:
Yaeger, s.. Louis, l pm; Arrow and
Alice, st. Louie, pm.
Movements at the LeVee,
ARRIVALS.
Jamss d. Parker, Cincinnati; Liberty
No. 3, Cincinnati; Atlantic and barges,
ST. Louis; Moilie Moore, ST. Louis; Ar
lington, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Atlantic and barges, New Orleans;
'Mollie Moore, New O1eans; Arlington,
New Orleans.
James D. Parker.
BOATS DUE.
Southern Balle, Capitol City, City of
Helena, Governor Garland, Batesville,
A. J. White.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VICKsBURG-City OF Helena, J. II.
M'Kee, master, ten am.
FRIARs POINT-A. J. White, Nat
s. Green, master, five pm.
CIN0IENATI-James D. Parker, w.
TIchenor, master, five pm.
ST. LOUIS Capitol City, Jas. O'NeaI,
master, five pm.
AsHPoRT-Frank Forest, W. A.
Joplin, master, five pm.
NEW ORLEANS Southern Belle, MEL
roy, master, five pm.
Marine Miracles.
Yesterday WIS hot.
Business wss dull yesterday.
The rev steamer Southern Belle is
due to-day.
The Batesvllle is the Saturday packet
for White river.
The Governor Garland is the Saturday
packet for Arkansas river.
The A. J. White, Captain Green, is
the Friars Point packet at five o'clock
this afternoon.
The Capitol City, Captain James
O'Neal, is the Anchor-liner for ST. Lou
at nVe O'CLOCK TINS afternoon.
The Mollie Moore, from st. Louis, en-
route to New Orleans with a full load,
passed down without landing.
The City Of Helena, Captain ]. H.
M'Kee, is the An nor liner for Weeks
burg at ten o'clock this morning.
The Arlington passed down last night
from Cincinnati, en- route to New Or.
leans. She pus off here Is tons wagon
stuff aud several passengers.
The pilots Of the Parker report the fol-
lowing ode pths' between here and
Cairo: Fletcher's, s feet; Osceola, Z feet;
Cutoff and head OF Thirty-nine, 8 feet
The Atlantic and baTges, from st.
Louis, passed down en- route to New Or
leans. She added barge st the elevator
containing seven Thousand sacks of oil
cake.
Toe marines did not object to PALM
leaf fans, su umbrellas, and lemonsdes
Yesterday. 1t is cOusoling to know that
the caloric condition Of effaiIs cannot
last long.
Moonlight excursions on the Missis.
sippi continue to be popular. By the
way, how does the "Father of Waters''
manage TO entertain 50 many of the fair
sex upon bis "b0som?"
The towboat Liberty No. 8 arrived
YcstC1O1y 1lOU OluClBLd 4, n&YinQ
assisted the Charles Morgan on her last
trip up to Cincinnati when she broke
down below here.
The arrival of the Jas d. Parker yeg-
teruay enlivened affairs on The levee.
There was not much business on hand,
and the PATkeT's arrival was timely.
Sue leaves this evening st five o'clock
+ II Cincinnati. Captain TichenOr is in
Q gmmsnd, and Mr.. Charles Russell is in
the office.
The only receipts at the river yester-
dsy were by the Jas. d. Parker. Her
trip consisted OF l61 pkgs furniture, $40
bxs soap, "a br!s whisky 429 pkgs iron,
10 bales hay, l0l6 kegs nails, 2400 rolls
bsgging, 1856 bds ties, 152 bdls box ma
terial, IS brls apples, Al brls meal, IS SKIS
meal, 81 hxs medicine, 25 trunks, 1I8 oil
barrels, IS pkgs wagon stuff, 22 bxs to-
b'ccO, bales domestic, 90 hhds bacon,
26 bxs glass ware, % kegs horse-shoes, Is
bxs cheese, 200 pigs sundries.
General Rob TT Wise will soon be
here, much to the delight of his count
less friends. The following commune
cation received yesterday explains it.
self:
CINCINNATI, August Is, 1876.
River Eii;or of the Memphis Appeal:
DEAR SIR-Csptain Robert W. Wise
ins,ruct5 me to say to you, that bis new
steamer, James W. CAT, will leave this
port, for Memphis and all way points,
on Saturday, August 18Th, and will ar
rive at Memphis On time. She will
Lave Memphis for the Ohio river and
Cincinnati, on Friday, August 18th. He
extends 10 you, and through you to all
vino may desire, an invitation to in
spect mis- new and beautiful packet.
Very respectfully,
Z. w. MILLER, Clerk.
The fnIlnwiny sra the nffinara of tho