Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-10

PITTsBURG, August 9-River feet II inches, and
rising. Weather fair and warm.
LOUISVILLE, August q.-Weather cloudy and
warm River stationary. with o feet II inches in
the canal.
vICKsBURG, August 9.-weather clear. Their
mometer 90 deg River risen Inches. Arrived:
Belle Memphis 5 pm.
NEW ORLEANS, August o. WeatnS- clear.
Thermometer 81 deg. Arrived: Golden Ruie' ~
EVANSVILLE, August 9.-Weather cloudy since
noon with violent wind and rain: Maximum Their
mometer "a deg. River $40 feet, and rising
slowly.
CINCINNATI, August 9.-weather clear and warm.
River falling Night-Riyer Il feet inches and
Golden Crown. New Orleans.
CAIRO, August 9.-Weather clear and hot. Ar
rived: City of Alton, St. Louis, noon; John A. Ssud-
der, New Orleans, noon. Departed: John A. Scud.
der, ST. Louis, noon; she did not land Night
River II feet inches and falling Weather cloudy
Z Alton. New Orleans, pm.
ST. LOUIS, August 9.-Weather cloudy and very
fallen inches, and is now II feet Inches above
loW-WateT mark. Arrived City of NickSburg, Vlcks-
der and lightning of tn season, passed over this
city tonight, which, however. did not cool the at
mosphere much.
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
City Of Helena, vicksburg; Coahoma FrIars Point;
Grand Tower, st. Louis. Cons Millar, Cincinnati;
Marlin Speed. Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES.
City of Helena St Louis; Coahoma, Friars Point;
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
IN PORT.
Marlin Speed Cons Millar.
BOATS DUE.
DO1on-City of Alton.
Up-Ruth, Mark Twain, Phil Allin.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
CINNCNNATI-Cons Millar, william TIchenor,
master, nine am.
WHITE RIvER-Ruth, W. C. Harry, MASTER five
pm.
master, five pm.
ST. FRANCIS RIvER-Mafk Twain, j. u. Randall,
master, five pm.
ARKANSAS CITY-PhIl Allin, N. S. Green, master,
five pm.
NEW ORLEANS City CT Alton, H Bixby, master,
five pm.
Marlin Speed-52 bales cotton
COahO 7aa-20 bales,cottOn and lot of sundrieS.
Grand Tower-1899 brls flour and meal 1850 SKIS
bages, 200 pals lard, 56 csks bacon SO wet barrels,
1854 pkgs sundries.
Cons Millar-1871 SKIS ear corn. sos SKIS bran,
304 SKIS oats POS blls -FOUR 20 br.s meal, POS pkgs
furniture, % dog chairs 80 brls whisky, % brIS
follow Ws COOK soye To bRs
soap, 5000 pkgs miscellaneous freight.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business fair yesterday.
The City of Alton passes down for New Orleans at
five O'Clock this evening Captain BiXby commands
The Ruth. Captain W. c. Harry, sails for White
river usual this evening" Billy Turney in the office
The altitudinous excellence of the mercury yester
day was about as much as the average blu1te cared
The Port Eads and barges passed down from ST.
LOUIS to New Orleans yesterday evening, without
The st. Francis river packet this evening is the
Marx Twain, with J. D. Randall in command, and
The Phil Allin, Captain Nat s. Green sails for Ar
kansas City at the usual hour this evening. John
The Marin Speed Captain Smith, is the Arkansas
river packet at the usual hour this evening. Jimmy
Thompson Is chief clerk.
The health authorities have given permission to
the local packets to bring to the city seventeen bales
OF cotton which have been stored at Helena the past
twelve days.
If humanity were as true to the Great First eau e
the mercury has been to the nnetes the past
eral days, trere would be little work for evangests
to accom- fish.
The Grand Tower, Captain George Lenox, passed
down for VicksbuLg last evening. dischargng here
5212 packages of freight, and adding big lot of
southern way freight.
The quarantine officials have twelve-pounder
parot-gun ounted 6dr6ette down at the PreSi-
dents Island station, gentle persuader in case
unplasantness should arise concerning the land
ing OF upward bound steamboats,.
The James D. Parker left Cincinnati Wednesday
evening for Memphis, and consequently will be the
Tuesday packet from Memphis to the Ohio. Charley
Russell, her commander, and ]. A Lindsay, her
chief clerk are the presiding geniuses of the Parker
Major Ed Crowell, the popular chief clerk Of the
White river mail steamer Ruth, leaves for Pittsburg
by rail to-day TO come out in the office OF Captain
Milt Ha-ry's new steamer Josie Harry. Billy Tur-
ney will preside in the Office of the Ruth for the
present.
Captain Milt calls her the BOSS Boat" but her
right is the Josie Harry after the amiable and
accomplished wife of that popular white river skip
per. He wrote from Pittsburg about her yester-
day. saying she wOu be ready TO start from there
| about the fourteenth instant (next Wednesday,.
The Cons Millar got in from the Ohio little late
yesterday, but she had good trip of freight all the
same. She brought In about six hundred tons. The
dlscharging of her cargo and taking on her up river
business has delayed her departure till nine o'clock
| this morning. So those whose business prevented
them getting away from the city la might will have
| another excellent opportunity this morning.
| letter from Colonel Joe d. Moore, her chief
Faoer bulldozer, states that the James W. Calf will
leave Cincinnati to-day for Memphis and returning,
will leave Memphis next Friday the sixteenth in
slant 10 Is needless for us to say word in praise OF
| the Cats superior accommodations they are too
| we'll known and those who can do SO will set next
Friday as the day OF departure on their summer
tours, to enjoy the pleasant trip the Calf ul
| the Ohio.