Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-18

Minimum Thermometer % deg
Rainfall during the day in inches, 90.
BY Telegraph. 8
| NASHVILLE, March 17.-Biver rising, with
| feet on the shoals.
PITTSBURG, March I7.-RIver @ feet inche
and railing. Weather cloudy and cool; inches {
| sno8 fell last night.
CINCINNATI, March I7.-River 30 feet inche
and falling. Weather clear and cold, but thawe
| rapidly during the day.
ST. LOUIS March 1.-THE river is rising SLOWLY
| weather clear and warmer, snow melting SLOWLY
| Arrived: Yae2eT, New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, March 17.-River falling; ID fee
| Departed Guiding Star, New Orleans; Paris
! Brown, Cincinnati.
NEW ORLEANS, March 7.-Weather-rain al
deg. Arrived: Great Golden City, last night Cncin
| natl. Departed: New Mary Houston Cincinnati.
| VICKSBUR3, March 17.-River fallen inche
| much cooler to-day, thermometer. as deg. Up
sc sa wing noon CITY OF Helena heI1na sblr an u n
CAIRO, March 17-NOon.-Weather clear ant
| cold. Nlght-AIrived: John B. Maude, VlcksbuTg
l pm Beparled: John B. Maude, ST. Louis, p
m River "a feet and rising. Weather clear; ther
mometsr, rs deg.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Batesvile, ST. Francis river; John A. Scudder, st
Louis; Charles Morgan, Cincinnati; Osceola Belle
0sce3la; Dyersburg, DyeTsbuTg; City Of Yicksburg
kansqs CIV. Soshoma FT5ars PoiTt q w CSeA "a
Friars Point; Centennial, New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
John A. Scudder, New Orleans; MolIIe Moore New
phs vcksbu III shed New M4dd Giie oseeoa
Belle, OsceOla; CoahOma, Friars Point; Illinois,
arkansas City; Charles Morgan, New Orleans; Cen
IN PORT.
Batesvllle, Dyersburg Ouachita Belle, CIV. Cheek.
BOATS DUE.
Dotcn-James D. Parker.
Up-Katie Hooper, Hard Cash, Golden Crown, Ell
dol ado, Henry Frank,
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FRIARs POINT George W. Cheek, Stack Lee mas
ter, D pm.
vICksBURG Ouachita Belle, Mark R. Cheek mas
ter, 5 pm.
ST. FRANCIS RIVER atesville, ]. D. Randall
master, pm.
Arkansas RIvER-Katle Hooper, Ed Rowland
MASTER D pm.
Observation-Disclosures, C. ]. Berry master, 5 pm.
Recei1Es Yesterday.
City of Vicksburg-4 bales cotton, lot sundries.
Geo w. Cheek 80 bales cotton, l horse 10 pkgs
suIdries.
DyersbnTg--35 bales cotton, 1856 sacks cotton
seed, az head nOgS
COa6oma-S6 bates cotton, 458 sacks cotton-seed,
2 COWS ana calves, pkgs sundries.
Ilinois-72 bales cotton, II Gags Seduction,
43l sacks cotton, 81 EkgS SundIie5.
Osceola Belte-I18 bales cotton, "a bags seed
Cuachita Beile-l22 bales cotton, A bags seed
cotton, "a scks cotton seed, A pkgs sundrles.
John A. Scudder-2278 brls flour and meal, SOB
sundries
Batesville brought out of st. Francis rlver-312
MolIie Moors-i385 barrels flour. 975 pkgs lard,
1877 tlerceS and casks hams and bacon, "a dozen
brooms, 7S pkgs sundTies.
Belle MemphIs-l,sI4 brls f9sr and meal $50 50
pkgs sundries, 200 boxes cheese.
EeYee Paragraphs.
Business right peart.''
Receipts by river yesterday: s44 bales cotton, "a
The Charles M'DOnald and barges passed up for
the Onio river esteTday She did no business here
The James D. Parker, Captain G. b. RunelI, Is the
Wednesday packet for Cincinnati. She will arrive
The Scudder added 794 sacks oil-cake, 81 bales
cotton ana 10 tons sundrles and passed on down
south Sunday.
this evening at five O'Clock for Dyersburg. E. B.
kend!etOn is her clerk.
freight she passed down for Vicksburg last night.
She had generally good trip.
The Henry Frank Captain j. +. Hicks, Is the reg
ular Wednesday packet for New Orleans and the
bends. she Will arrive to-day.
The MOllie Moore passed down for New Orleans
Sunday with gOod load, discharging big lot here,
and ADDED 1000 sacks Oll-neal
The storm was alarming on the river Sunday
night, causing delay to nearly al boats under way.
As far as head from no accident occurred.
The City OF Vicksburg had good trip OF passen-
gers when she passed up for St. Louis yesterday
afternoon. She added here 626 bales Of cotton Tor
Cairo.
TIE Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Stack Lee. is the
packet this evening at five O'Clock for Helena and
FIiaIs Point. VIM. Houston and Nat Banks are
her clerks,
The OcLavIa, of the United States survey service,
in command of Major c. r. Suler, passed down yes
terdGy afternoon, to pay OF and look after the work
going on below Memphis.
The Batesvlle, Captain j. D. Randall, is the
packet this evening at five O'Clock for all points on
St. Francis river. D. B. Abraham is her clerk, as
S Sted Dy Birdie Banning.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed Rowland, will be
N 10
at i've O'Clock for all points on Arkansas river.
Jimmy Thompson is her attentive clerk.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed c. Postal, Is due to-
day ana leaves again tomorrow evening at five
O'Clock for all points on White river going through
ofica
me chroncler has decided that peaches. apples
summer, the irOst having nipped everything of that
in the bud We will confine ourselves to
pumpkins, onions and pawpaws.
The Charles Morgan passed down yesterday even
ing for New Orleans, loaded fiat and with 80 cabin
sengeTs are having good time. On Sunday Rev.
Dr. Hight, of Cincinnati, delivered a sermon the
Inject OF Faith in the Lord"
The Ouach1ta Belle, Captain Mark R. Cheek is
the United States mail packet this evening at five
Cummings is her clerk, assisted By Lee Cummings
and Neil Booker. She cunnectS at Nlcksburg with
the X. L. Lee for New Orleans and Parsot's YazOo
and Talldhatchie river packets.
The famous Cincinnati and Memphis packet
James D.. Parker, Captain e. B. Russell, arrived
keTS way business unusually large, and freight
mad to be refused at many points. AT Columbus,
Kentucky, on Saturday, the Parker encountered
we're hall and wind storm which Occasioned her much
delay, and at New Madrid the storm so severe
that sic was obliged to lay over Sunday night. Not
outstanding these drawbacks she arrived here less
than five days out with the following Items 364 bar
rels apples, l04 barrels potatoes 1910 barrels meal
425 barrels flour, 2l5 sacks seed 1865 sacks corn,
75 barrels liquors, u csddes tobacco, 145O pack
ages merchandise, $40 packages furniture, 125
packages wooden ware % tons machinery, 675
packages hardware, 373 bars iron, $40 kegs nails,
hsIa hay u,utvh IL
4 ircn Safes 10 casks eaIthenware, 10 barrels and
buckets lard, 10 boxes candles, 80 boxes starch.
81 tubs butter, 10 plows, II horses, 30 burial
cases and skis, total of $50 tons or 9a06 pack
ages. She also discharged 55 pigs merchandise at
Hopefeld. The Parker returns to Cincinnati to-mor
row evening.
Among our Sunday teiegraphic reports will be
found the announcement OF an immense scheme to
do the MISSISSIPPI river malls, trWeekly at present
but soon TO become daily, by a system which looks
man We quote the comments of a correspondent
OF the st Louis Republican on the subject: An
oS steaInDoatmao, thoroughly eonversant with the
subject speaking OF the last mall line on the lower
yesterday, gave utteranee TO the follow
Ing: In reference to The river mail service 1t is per-
feet folly for sensible men to talk of making four
In the first place. II you Will take the time TO figure
Ii out you will find that If wheel 80 feet in diam
ater was placed on solid substance and rolled
Il at the rate Of twenty revolutions per minute, IL
Holld traverse but small fraction twenty
miles per hour. Now, place wheel OF the same
Size In water, give II the velocity, and the dis
ance travelled will be diminished at least One-half
Say there are only 240 mail landings to make be-
Ween St Louis and New Orleans, IL will require an
he most favorable circumstances; from this II Will
be seen that the landings alone would require |
eighty hours OF time going one way. How would it
10 10 send two boats at the same time, one to run
through and the other TO make the landings?"