Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-26

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Maximum thermometer, $50.
| Minimum thermometer, 10.
w. M'ELRoY, Sergt Gig. Ser. U. s. A.
BY TELEGRAPH.
| LITTLE Rock. August 25.-The river
is rising, with feet inches in the
| channel.
VIoKsBtRa, August 25.-The weather
ia warm and cloudy. River fell inches.
Up: Illinois and Arlington.
EVANSVILLE, August 25.-Westber
chiefly clear and peasant. Mercury, 75o
TO $50. River 10 $40 feet and falling.
Down: Andy Baum, 2 pm.
ST. LOUIS, August 25.-The river has
fallen 5! inches. The weather is clear
and 20 10 250 cooler than yesterday. Ar
rived: Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
LOUISVILLE, August 25.-Westher
warm and clear. River falling, with Z
feet in the cana. Arrived: Sherlock,
Cincinnati. Departed: Sherlock, New
Orleans.
| PITTsBURG, August 25.-Noon-River
l foot inches and aboutststionary. The
weather is clear and hot . Night
R yer Is inches and falling. Weather
cloudy and raiOy.
CINCINNATI, August 25.-Noon-
River rising. The weather is cloudy.
Night-Tne river has risen 16 and fallen
20 inches since last night; it is now IL
feet 2inches and falling. Weather clear
and cooler.
CAIRO, August 25.-Noon-Weather
fair and pleasant. Arrived: Bismarck,
New Orleans, am; Belle of Shreve-
port, 81. LUnis, 9; Robert Mitchell, New
Orleans, noon. Departed: Bismarck,
ST. Louis, 10 am Mitchell, Cincinnati,
noon. ...... Night-River-16 feet inches
and stationary. Weather clear and
pleasant. Mercury, 760. Departed: Belle
Of Shreveport, New Orleans, 5.
Movements at the Levee,
ARRIVALS.
Golden Rule, CincinDsti; Governor
Garland, Arkansas river; City of Hell
ens, Vicksburg; Capital City, St. Louis;
A. J. White, Frisrs Point,
DEPARTURES.
Golden Rule, Cincinnati; Capital City,
VicksbUrg; City of Helena, ST. Louis |;
A, J. White, Friars Point; Frank Fer
rest, Ashport; Jas. W. Gaf, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
OsceOla, Governor Garland, Ruth.
BOATS DUE.
Batesville, City Of Augusta.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
GREENvILLE-Phil AlliD, Stack Lee,
master, five pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-Governor Gar-
land, Ell Nowlsnd, master, five pm.
WHITE RIvER-Rath, Milf R. Harry,
master, five pm.
NEW ORLEANs-BelIe of Shrevel or /,
Rhes, master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Governor Garland-3I bales cotton,
352 SKIS cOttOn.seed.
City of Helena-I5 bales cotton 1900
SKIS cottOn-seed.
Capitol City-250 tons; Ill" barrels
flour, 46 barrels meal, 439 SKIS corn, 80
rolls bagging, 9 casks bacon, barrels
whisky, 10 crates cabbage, IL head cat
tie, bales cotton.
Marine Miracles.
Fair business at the levee yesterday.
The Thomas Sherlock has been orns-
mented with new pair of smok estscks.
Captain John WOODBURY. is in Madison
looking after his new Arkansas river
boat.
The A. ]. White for Friars Point, and
the Frank Forest for AshpOrt, had fair
trips.
The City of Helena took no Gotten
yesterday, but added large number Ct
passengers.
The City OF Augusta will make an ex-
cursion to Bradley's landing on Sunday
afternoon next.
Pilot Yves. Owens, of the Phil Allir,
is heard from through the Cincinnati
papers. He is in that city.
The Carl SbuIZ, in order to accommo-
date her patrons, has heightened out her
cabin, and she now presents better ap.
| pearance.
Hundreds of people visited the ]. w.
Gaf yesterday, and expressed surprise
that sternwbeel boat could be fitted up
3D. commodiously.
| with a splendid silver ice pitcher and
goblets for The ladies' cabin by one of
our enteTprisiDg firms.
A pleasant breeze blessed this locality
] yesterday afternoon and eveDing-s
| gran0 sGsnd-off for the boiling hot
weather OF the day before.
| The Phil Allin is due this morning
from Mound City. She leaves this even
| ing for Greenville and the bends. Stack
Lee is in com mand, with Jimmy Thomp-
son in the Cffice.
The Governor Garland ia the regular
Arkansas river mail packet leaving this
evening. The Garland will g. through
to Pine Bluff, and thsre connect with
the light draught steamer Pine Bluff fol
Little Rock. Walker Outlaw attend:
to the sff4is Of the Office.
At meeting OF the steamboatmen in
Cincinnati Last Wednesday, Captains A
Donnelly, J. 8. Wise, Thomas Sherlock
L. Lewis Glenn, David Gibson, and Il,
u Aart were appointed delegates to the
convention of stesmbOatmen, which
me1 70 in Baltimore on the sixth of Sep.
TENDER.
The Ruth having been overhsuled and
reprinted, now presents q besutiful ap
pearance, and is in every way as g0oC
as new. she will be dropped down tt
the wharfboat this morning, aud goet
out this evening to White river. Cap
tain Milt r. Harry is in command anC
Ed Cfowell in the Office.
| George Ainslie, R. h WoolfolE, A
II. Dugan, M. Nippert, Thomas James
q. VeIehOf, Frank Carter, NJ. w. Sat
terwbite, Fl E. Harper, Henry Wehm
hOf, James Howard, Moses Irwin, PiDh
Varble, B. G. Levi, D. Ferguson, LoUii
Kean, John CroDy and John Hoffman
we're appointed delegates to the Bslti
more steamboatmen's convention by tht
Louisville marines.
The James w. Gsff departed for thu
Ohio with four bales cotton, $50 bales
rags, 400 brls oil, 200 bdls box stuf-ir
all about go tons. She also had sixty
five cabin passengers. among which
were j. w. Moores and lady, G ners
Tom Smith and lady, ]. II Smith anC
family, Mrs. Emma Wright, NJ. II
Hawks and family, John Anderson auC
family; also Aunt Mary, who keeps no
tel at Ralsiga.
We think we smell funeral process
sion in the not very dim distance. Tn
following is from the New Orleani
Times, OF Thursday: "In all our reporto
rial sports with our brother reporters
both here and elsewhere, and especiall,
with Sullivan aud Saesrer, of the Vicks
burg press, We have always taken csr
to keep within the boueds of decsncy
and although we have received som