Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-01
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RIVER AND STEAMBOAT MATTERS.


III weather vas warm and pleasusi yesterdsy......
Business vas rather du1 at ne sndins...-..lh aver
vas iaiiiHg slightly, ii hzs goas dowu GIT incacz since
ubeesn TO receds-..-rhe boats registered slnoe CIR
Lass were: From s.. Fisnris river, Easssstdsi froz
Arkansas river, Beue1creoie. LsheFcitv roa S..
Louis, J. Pergs Cinciunad FOR New orleans, SIC.
Decatur, Madis0as Tecumssa, Ntgsusas New Orleans
Tor s7uis. ssm7 Gssy, Impsriss New oriesas tor
louisville, me Loulsrilg s.. Louis fer New Orieana
New Pals cdyi Cairo o NsE oris1ns, Prince q
wares ...--.--
mel Perry ofne ia froms ST. Louis viii 700 sacks
q corni she wen oat IN me eTeaiHg win 2ss bales 81
cotton Cor Cairo. ind fiT ~ s. Lodls......rhs Ean-
phis len s. Lauss on WEDNESDAY Tor TITS pom, SIS is
expected o bring 100 aaaa O. esrna.-..Eas Frinse 81
Wsles. in passing lsa at5t o. lumber hore....-.The
csaimosious boat Lats City has been fxing her guards
and trimming mp AID VIII be an shlp-shape q nzre !
strip % Fort Smith and al points o. ne Arkansas river
leaving tomorrow - 50iock, Capt. Blake IN csni
me Easkaskih came in from 81. Francis river with g
bales o. ootton. She sees ont 81 2 O'Clock this evening
for the ST. Francis and EAngune rivers Et eHpsr@
enoee Capt Hunier IN rnmaud---..Th lady Prank
lin has a full load Of cotton engaged, and VIII lea Re this
evening fer Cincinnati. moss boand % the besutfuI
Ohio viii and this boat arst class DO table, aosommoda-
uons, and captain. Eugeue BogcrB and his Gevsr
cerk, Greenoush. are alpaYg sueaays aud ~courtsons.
-.....ne New Nson is Up hr he hsad Essss o wah
rivsr..-..Carl Bucks pretty boat, The Belle Greco q, Is
lssd-ug with cotton. she leaves 81 this evening for
Cincinnati. saehs . pretty boat to travel oa...-...-
The Ben McCnlooh came in from the Forked Deer river.
with hundred bales Of oott0n, and two atis in TOW
heavily laden win lumbsr-..--.Ths =. u. Done Wa
expected in last evcEing from Cinciunau l0is bales Of
cotton were engaged for hsr....-.The Htus Rsek. for
Arkansas river, had 3 ane trip and a crowd OF people.
she tost atty tuns from the Lady Frznkin............
ne Cincinnati Commercial % wednesday says at
Pittfburg last night ths river vas ten feet AID iAuiHs-
& wheeling Il feet and falling. with y feet and STA
Aonary a. Psrkersburs. me Kanauha Is falling again.
with 8 feet from Charleston to The mouth. Here he
river has rsoedsd ~ inches during the last ezeuty-four
hours---.The St. Luis Republics q ne aue
dry states The river here is rising pretty rspisly.
Twas svsIing yestsrtu al the -sts Of Gs inch per
hour re whole rise aimee last report, Il DARK, last
eveniEE amounted 70 Is irchct Eheus is twelve feet
in the channel 70 Cairo. The Illinois river is riing
rHpidiy from Naples dusn, but Is reported fuIiing Al
Peoria BY tie last arrivals TIE Upper Mississippi is
also rising and Is doubtless peat 60 Esdsuk. ne Ms-
Hcuri river is stationary, and "a supposed 70 Be open b
Cou1cu RuGs
he sane paper SAYS; arhe nremphisrsarst uue is DOW
IN full and regular operaloas and ne line win be fun
this season ne packets are he steamers Memphk,
Capt. J.R. ssusisys gshn n. Ds1Esy. Capt. John q
N @NH 49, ~ me
vansy, Capt. wei, and new boat MA is uDw build
sng Ter ne company. and which VIII Be at this port ready
for business IN few days. Thsy are 81 500, dutclass
Passenger steamers, and are admirably nanssed. capt.
Dan. Able is The president o. the company, and John
A scu1ier, Ese- is secretary ne anest q the Mem
phir psctsts is he new steamer Memphis which the
company built last fall. She vas runnlns Es q regular
packet between Cairo and New Orleans durins the win
ter and h,s uo- returned 20 this port to take her rsgu-
fhs steamers styilTt and John Z. Ferry, has taken
OummHnd Of the Memphis. Mr.. J. a. Tsehndi formely
Of he jane. Il. Lucas and Phnadelphiaa, in he Mem
pills usds. has charge Of ns umos OF the Nsmphis....
he Louisville Courier q he same date. reports he
river falling steadily yesterday with fully nine feet
water in the canal by ne MARI. a. dark. Ca the hns
fhere were SIX feet steamboat wHter and seven feet in
hs pass. Durias The previous tveuiJ-iour hours The
river hsdrsosded six inches a. he hes Of the falls and
eighteen inches al
Prom the sane paper We cut the following three items:
We learn BY special dispatch from New Orleans yestsr-
day uC c. Miller a o., coal dealers in this city, that a
TAX Ct tweny-iour per cent. has been assessed upon
PitsnuE coal that may be ssId, or contracted, or de-
Ivsrsd In Isaisitua after the A. o. Nsrch.....-...-.
Yesterday m0uing The tug loat Advance came down
from Pitt.burE and was hurried over the falls, on her
uzy tsEsW Orleans, win . brace o. hurgss 10 TOW, al
laden with bitters. We learn that the om-ers OF the
beat arc 20 receive extra pay Il they reach New Or
leans before the 4h o. Hsrea, So IS to anticipate ae
souihsrn ara. The cargo consists Of some lQ.Oo0
bones Of bittsu. That, 81 city cents per botus, Is
sso000; cutie Al investment o. druEt-.-.---.....
b special dispatch from Memphis yesterday, we learn
hat he shipment o cotton up ue Ohio river 70 north
err ports had suddenly ceased. that cuts II ven sum
uarlly the sxpected receipts q 3 fleet O boats This
is news, who gent n0 TIE ssme paper informs o.
that Mariner, in o1usequsuue o. The aooidsui to her ma
ehiusry, woaII not leave for Memphis until THURSDAY.