Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-04-24
River Matters.

The river has risen only two inches In the las
E ~thirty-six hours, and is at present about on a stand. i
!, all II has risen about ten feet since the commencement o
the present rise. The Mississippi, Ohio and CumberlAn,
rivers are all reported falling. On HSrpeth Shoals, Of
8 Tuesday, there was seani three feet water, and the Cum.
o berland reoeding slowly. The Tennessee and White river
u are also falling, and the Ouschita Is reported low. tn,
: weather yesterday morning was pleasant, but 10 tbs
evening It became chilly, and last night there were indi-
cations Of rain. Business at the landing Is dun, and
freishts between this and New orleans are so scarce that
the FrGnklfn and Nebraska. both packets In the lower
trade, had 30 90 to Louisville In search Of sargOes. The
n r. ". HaL now nea ly due from New Orleans, will
also proceed above, to St Louis. The Belfast is at Padu-
cab repairing, and the SimOnds is at New Orleans.
The fast packet Wiachesfer made the run from
Helena to Men phis yesterday in lees than eight hours.
This is good running. The WfRehesisr leaves this morn
ing at Il O'Clock for Helena and Fhsris Point.
q The Glendale departed for Cincinnati last evening
with q large number OF passengers.
We notice q packet called the jake, lying at the
Landing. She is recently from New Orleans, and, we IN
dsrstsnd, viii be placed in the ST. Louis and Memphis
trade, as Irregular packet.
W notice BY the St. Louis papers OF Tuesday that
the the steamer Philadelphia was to leave that morning
foI Memphis. She viii probably be fouAd at the landry
this morning. We copied = notice from the Leader yes
ierdsy stating that the PsnnsyFvGaiG was going to run
! IS 4 regular PACKER otLNetu SA- LOUIS ~ AcDpnlS.
Tnsl paper evidently erred-the Philadelphia was the
boat referred to.
The noble packet Robert J. Ward, Captain Miller,
commander, viii arrive early this morning from Louis
Vile, and depart at eight O'Clock for New Orleans. She
is one Of the very finest packets on the river, and is more
like a floating palace than anything else we can compare
her to. Persons desirsus OF going South, are recon-
mended to take passage on her.
The Kate Frisbss, under command Of Captain
Miller, is the regular mail packet this afternoon al two
O'Clock for The mouth Of White river and Napoleon
Captain Will Wood is in the clerks ONCE, and win do the
agreeable to passengers.
The G. Cline arrived early yesterday morning
from Nashville, and returned last evening. She did rot
have much Of a trip. She brought some freight fer
transhipment TO New Orleans.
DRowNED-wsltsr W. Smith, recently mate on the
steamer }. H. Conn, fell overheard and was drowned, on
Thursday night last, while that steamer was passing
Point Hsrmar, Ohio.
e The St. Louis Leader, Of Tuesday, SAYS:
" The river at this point continues TO receds. within
the past three days il has gone upwards OF three feet.
with, however, a superabundsnoe Of water OF all nEviga-
bic purposes. Yesterday was quite a busy day At the
lnding- The steamer Sultan, fIom weston, had 10 lay
IN the stream for four or nEe hours before she sue
'eeded in landing. weather mid and pleasant"
e The Nashville Union learns that the steamer Net F,
lie Miller sunk in the Upper Cumberland at Bakers :
landing, in the vicinity OF BurksVile. This boat had de-
ivered her Up freight, and was on her return down when
Junk. She hHd but nine bhds. OF tobacco -5OsTd, all Of
Fhieh was saved in an unchanged condition. 4
u The John Ben, that sunk up Ouaehita river, is I
badly broken. She lies out on the bank, across
gully. The river has fallen, and left her high ard dry. i
II The Louisville Courier Of last Monday says:
"The liver was about al a stand yesterday, with SIX 7
eet SIX inches water on the falls, by the pilots mark. In 4
he canal, there were niue feet two inches water. The :
was falling Saturday, and rising a little yesterday
morning, but in the evening IL was falling again. The
Weather continues cold and disa7Teeable. with another fall v
( Snow yesterday morning. II was but a slight hurry, =.
nd last evening appearances favord clear ana plea ant
weather.. The river at Portland yesterday morning was
yelling, with q rise reported from Salt river. The recent :
Use has nearly submerged the Grand Turk, sunk at Clo-
export, the cabin being almost wholly under water when
he Fashion passed up.1 e.