Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-09
RIvEa AM STEAMBOAT MATTERS.


The river vas san falling Yeststdsy.... .Busineas
vas almost at a stand stin. There were few boats at
Che landing aud hssu rain prevailed a great portion Of
ihs day.. rhs arrieais sad departures registered since
eur Iast. we're from v~icksburg. victoria from 81.
Lsuis, Ilpsria; Kew Orlesnf fr 81. Lsuiss great.
WessrRf Aeek seis John Rses Nasx 0resns 10
Pliisburs, 81. Ciond...-..The Victoria came in from
Tieksburs via IS bales q osisai pbs rstvrss to-mor-
tow. The clsvet Cspt. hoodse b eonmand..+. The
Admiral is mp for white river, ard the Little Rock for
Arkansas; both 90 out to-dny....-The Hoses Mcclellan
lex with ia bales ef ooaoa faf 1oaissiIsAa~Ths
Lady jackson went out for Cincinnati, taking out 7ss
bales Of cotton and 80 iuns o. Gotten seed eaks..........
The Impsriaieana % Homs s. Louis dock 90 board soo
bales Of o3siou. snA laa for New Orleans ;. ..Ths New
Noon win leave for white river At 1 O'Clock to-morrew.
The nidksy ls dus frou Sc Louis to-day ... me sam
KrEman Is SIN Al The landing she leaves for cineln-
natl to-d,y.a f, she Esstskh went oU fr white
aver with one o. he slendsrest 4 sliu tgimps........
ne Cincinnati OohaheroiAl, of Tharsasy, feporta at
Pittsburg last night the river was I3h feet and falling
A whoslh4 . beet and sauing, vithas feet sne tall
ing ct Pafksrsburs. The KSuswha is falling again,
win 6 rect FROM Charleston to The mouth, Here The
river has risen Is inches curing tbs last tweuty-four
hous"......T ae Arkansas is getting into q bAa eharac-
ter all round; 3 correspondent writes to The above pa
per: " Said river Is in . very bad oondition-worse
thsn J. ever knew IL. Owing 70 its having been low 50
long. The bends have cut away 50 aHeh that shero is an
InsuacionCy Of water between the snags and the bars,
mless the river Il hirn. in consequences Of which boats
arc compelled 70 run the bends amoug lha snaw p 49,.
Williamson, Haines & Cos Al osiro, paid 70 teams tiers
LAST week, over SIX hundred dollars, for hsulAg freight
from the ears . Heir Whsr5ost a distenos MOI eEcsed-
ing one or two hundred ysrds. ..., The Cincinnati Com
mercial has Che following: capt. Dlek Mason, late Of
the Memphis and Yi6ksburg p.eket II. D. Msars. was
hers yesterday in search Of q fast side-wheel packet fer
he Memphis and Whits river trsde. Capt. A. Beers,
Of the ouapaw, recently sunk IN the Arkansas, is also
here. The captain Il il excellent health and spirits.
Hem not embark in bostinE again uutil the secession
movement IS settled..
ne Louisville Courier q Thursday says The river was
nearly stationary with soant seven feet nine inches wa
ter in the cansi, BY The mark, d variation o. less thau
an inch in twenty-four hours atthe head Of The fails.
On the falls there were Eve feet nine inches water in
the pass. The same papar says We learn hat The PO
cshontas, now lying at he city wharf has been httsoh-
eJ, and placed in the HANDS Of an omcsr...............
The So. Louis Republican, Of THURSDAY states: ON the
twenty-fOur hours ending at nosn yesterday, tbs river
sveIed three inches, and was sHn rising slowly al
dark. It is now IS feet 5z inches above low water
mark in 1850. Tbe upper rivers are sim rising slowly.
The Illinois is opsnt % Lasslls; the Mississippi to Pull
Ton CITY. and the Missouri % Council Blufs. There Is
great deal OF tunnage nov In port"