Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-18

BY TELEGRAPH.
NASHVILLE, July 17.-River falling, with
feet inches on the shoals.
PITTsBURG, July 17.-River feet inches,
aud falling. Weather clear and hot.
LITTLE Rock, July 17.-Weather very
warm. Thermometer SO deg. River falling,
with feet inches by the gauge.
PORT EADs, July l7.-Arrived: Bark Poly
nesian, Rio Janeiro. Sailed: Steamships
Knickerbocker and Lone Star, New York.
EVANSVILLE, July 17.-River rising, with
$40 feet by the gauge. Weather clear and
fearfully hot. Thermometer "a to 9615 deg.
New ORLEANS, July 17.-Weather clear,
with light showers this morning. Thermome-
ter 80 deg. Arrived: James Howard, St.
LOUIS.
LOUISVILLE, July 17-River falling, with
6 feet l inch in the canal. Weather clear
and warm. Departed: James w. Calf,
Memphis.
VrcKsBURe, July 17.-Weather clear and
very warm. Thermometer SO deg. River
fallen 6 inches. Arrived: Colorado, last
night No boats up or down.
CINCINNATI, July 17-Noon- Weather clear
and hot. River falling. .Night-Weather
clear and intensely hot River feet inches,
and rising. Departed: Cons Millar, Mem
phls.
CAIRO, July IL Noon.-Weather fair.
Thermometer "a deg. Arrived: Gold Dust
and barges. New Orleans, II am; Yint
Shlnkle, Cincinnati, 6 am. Departed: Gold
Dust and barges, st. Louis, 2 am; Vint
Shinkle, Memphis, 8 am. .Night-Rlver
IS feet IL inches, and falling. Weather clear
Thermometer 81 deg. Arrived: City of Hell
ena, st. Louis, pm.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Coahoma, Frars Point; West Wind, John
sons Landing; John A. Scudder, New Or
leans.
DEPARTURES.
Hattie Rowland, Mound City; Belle of
Texas, Mound City; Coahoma. Friars Point;
West Wind, Johnson's Landing; John A.
Scudder, st. Louis; A. ]. White, Arkansas
City.
BOATS DUE.
DoWn-Vint Shinkle, Golden Crown.
Up-Grand Tower.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
New ORLEANs-Golden Crown, VIM. P.
Walker master, four pm.
RECEIPTS.
West Wind-Lot sundries
Coahoma-l3 bales cotton, 95 SKIS cotton
seed, Il pkgs sundries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business very quiet.
Receipts by river quite slim.
The new steamer j. NJ. White is to be COM
pleted at Cairo.
The summertimeness of things generally
gives to the levee a gloomy aspect.
The snagboat o. @. Wagner left for the
south yesterday on a snag-raising expedition.
The Hattie Rowland and Belle of Texas
left tor the repair shops at Mound City yes
terday.
The weather continues excruciatingly hot,
but it is comfortably tempered in the shady
spots by cooling breeze.
The City of Helena is the Friday Anchor
Liner for Vicksburg, leaving here at ten
o'clock IN the morning.
The effect of the perpendicularity of the
| suns rays was considerably counteracted yes
terday by pleasant breeze which blew from
the southwest.
Toe superb Grand Tower is the Anchor
liner for st. Louis at FIVE o'clock tomorrow
evening. Her oficers-CAptain Guy Lenox
| and Clerks White and Crane-are among the
| great mariners of the age; and then there s
Northup, the best feeder in America.
Captain David Fl. Silver is at Cincinnati
| negotiating with the boat-yards for the en-
| larg emeat of the Susie Silver. She is to be
| leng thened th.rtyfv4 feet and deepened two
| feet, and when completed will be one of the
| finest boats IN the New Orleans Anchor line.
| Oliver Wendell Holmes fills the bill for the
| pIese1t Memphis weather as follows: Plump
men Of mornings ordered tights, but, ere the