Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-15

Minimum thermometer. Al deg.
VIM. MELROY. Sgt. Sig. Ser U. s. A.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, May 4.-River rising, with
6 feet on the shoals.
CINCINNATI, May 14.-Noon - Weather
cool and cloudy. River falling.
PORT EADs, May 14.-Sailed: Ship VIM.
Tapscott, Liverpool; bark r. G. Bulgin,
Cork
LITTLE Rock, May l4.-River falling
slowly, with Z 6-10 feet by the gauge. Ar
rived: Belle of Texas. Memphis.
ST. LOUIS, May 14.-River fallen inch,
and is now l9 feet l inch above low-water
mark. Weather clear and cool. Departed:
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
PrrTsBURe, May 14-Noon.-River 5 feet
cool .Night-River feet 5 inches, and
stationary. Weather cloudy and cool.
EVANSVILLE, May IA. = Weather clear
and cool. Thermometer 46 to GA deg. River
Is g. 10 feet ON the gauge, and slightly rising.
Down: Golden City, pm. Up: Charles
Morgan, 1915 am; Vint Shinkle, $50 pm
VIoKsBURe, May 14.-Weather cloudy,
and remarkably cool. Thermometer SO deg.
River stationary. Down: James Howard, II
City of Helena, IL am. Arrived: John B.
Maude. pm.
NEW ORLEANS, May 14.-Weather clear
and pleasant. Arrived: Golden Crown, Gin
cinnati, last night; Fred Wilson and tow,
Pittsburg. Departed: Robert Mitchell, Gin
cinnati; Belle of Shreveport, St. Louis; Fred
Wilson and tow. Pittsburg.
CAIRO, May 14-Noon.-Weather cool and
clear. Arrived: Golden Rule, Cincinnati, 6
Future City, New Orleans, pm; Golden
Rule, New Orleans, 7 am; Colorado, St.
Louis, 8 am. .Nigbt-River % feet 10
inches, and falling. Weather clear. Their
mometer 81 deg. Arrived: U. P. Schenck,
New Orleans, 2 pm; James w. Calf, Cincin-
natl, pm; John Gilmore and barges, New
Orleans, z pm. Departed: =. P. Schenck,
Cincinnati, 3 pm; James w. Calf, Mem
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Capital City, St. Louis; Hard Cash, White
river; A. ]. White, Arkansas City; Common
wealth, st. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Capital City, Vicksburg; City of Vicksburg,
st. Louis; Hattie Rowland, Arkansas river;
Commonwealth, New Orleans; Illinois,
Vicksburg.
IN PORT.
Ben Franklin, Hard Cash, Mark Twain,
Katie Hooper, A. ]. White.
Dopn-Golden Rule, West Wind, James
W. Gaff
Up-George w. Cheek, c. B. Church,
| John A. Scudder.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
NEW ORLEANs-Golden Rule, O. P Shin
| kle, master, six am.
CINCINNATI-Ben Franklin, H. H. Drown,
master, five pm.
JoHNsoN's LANDING-West Wind, J. G..
Andrews, master, five pm.
FRIARs PoINT-Geo. w. Cheek, Mark R.
| Cheek, master, five pm.
ST. FRANCIS RIvER-Mark Twain, J. D.
Randall, master, five pm.
WHITE RIvER-Hard Cash, E. C. Postal,
| master, five pm.
ARKANSAS C1TY-A. J. White, N. s. Green,
master, five pm.
| RECEIPTS.
| Commonwealth brls and hf brls -four,
8 casks bacon, ties hams.
| City of VIcksburg-12 bales cotton, 158 SKIS
cotton-seed, AZ pkgs sundries.
Capitol City-l12 casks bacon, 937 brls
| flour and meal, $50 sks corn and oats.
| A. J. Whlte-41 bales cotton, bags seed
| cotton, II SKIS cotton-seed IL pkgs sundries.
Hard Cash brought out of White river
161 bales cotton, $50 SKIS cotton-seeG, 2 horses,
l wagon, LOG pkgs sundries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business quiet.
Packets had moderate trips out.
We have concluded to go into wi inter- quar-
| ters-rehibernate, as it were.
The Golden Rule passes down at six o'clock
this morning for New Orleans.
The Mark Twain is the st. Francis river
| packet at five O'Clock this evening.
The Greyhound brought in tow of coal
from above yesterday, all for this point
The Hard Cash, which got in from White
river with a fair trip yesterday, returns at the
| usual hour this evening.
Winter wrestling with Spring. The hoary-
headed old sinner should not act SO naughty
! with the blushing maiden.
The Katie Hooper repairs will be COM
| pleted In time for her to take her place for
Arkansas river Saturday afternoon.
| Captain Broadhurst, with his tug, the
| Night-Hawk, left yesterday morning for New
Orleans with tow of FIVE boats containing
| 10000 pipe slaves.
The steamer Natchez, at Vicksburg, yes
terday evening, took on board the Mississippi
commandery OF Knights Templar, and made
an excursion trip up the river.
The James w. Calf is coming from the
| Ohio to-day. The CouYier-JOurnGI is au-
thority for the statement that there are lots
| of pretty girls aboard. We will see.
The Commonwealth, loaded fat passed
| down yesterday. She discharged here about
1 300 packages, and added 1900 sacks oil-cake
and a lot of sundries for New Orleans.
George Langdon, a well-known White
river pilot, who has been ill at Hope6eld, Ar
kansas, for several months past, died there
on Saturday last, and was buried Sunday.
The Capital. City, for Vicksburg, passed
yesterday, discharging here 300 packages,
aud adding ID tons for way points The City
of Vicksburg, for st. Louis, added here 22l
bales cotton, and a lot of sundries, and
passed up on time.
The james, w. Gaff is the next packet for