Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-03

miscellaneous
The q. W. Graham went out for ST. Louis
with a light trip last evening.
The Clinon took out four hundred bales OF
cotton for Cincinnati, and a cabin fuu OF
people.
The staench NicCsburg, with se~venty-fve
bales OF c8tton and a crowded cabin, came in
yesterday morning a. daylight she returns this
aftenoon, and is too vel Known 10 require
anything at our hands.
Capt Dan. MusselnIan and Larry Eutler, late
captain and clerk OF the steamer Belle Mem
phis, are al Cairo They, as well as the rest OF
the crew, are 70 man the new Belle Memphis,
now being built at New Albany, and which
VIII be- out about the hrst Of June. in the
meantime, Capt. Dan. viii remain in cairo 70
look after the Interests Of the Memphis and st.
Louis Packet Company.
The Memphis and II Louis Packet Company
are painting and rehtting their wharf5oat al
The foot OF jefferson street.
The fast sailing packet the City Of Alton, len
So. Louis on the evening OF the thiriy-frst alt.
On our first page viii be fnundfuI particulars
- the Missouri disaster, aud ia speaking OF her
he 50. Louis BeDrsiiron SAYS:
10 This Is the third splendid steamer owned
v the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship
umpamy That has been lost within the past
ew uonths-the Niagara, Ben Sfickuey and
HlSspuri-and these boats were valued IN the
l~clglhOrhoOd of one hundred and ufIy thou
sand each, with not a cent or Insurance on any
u them. The Missouri was just newly lifted
lP from her huh 20 texas, and was supposed 20
be in admirable condition throughout
The great Magenta is posted for New Orleans
this evening. and from her size is prepared TO
larry al the freight to be shipped, while her
.abn Is large and sps90us enough 10 accom-
uodate al the Southern bound passengers.
The Nevada came N from Hatchie river yes
day, with three hundred and ten bales Of cotton.
The ETening ledger learns that the st Pat
rick broke her head below Louisville, and re-
urned 20 that point Tor repairs. She viii be
iown on Tuesday
The splendid steamer Nicksburg backs out for
ler uamssake this evening al ave O'Clock. We
commend her and her officers to al interested.
The Albert Pearce came in rom above yes
5srday, with a fine trip for JacksonpOrt. for
which place she len in the evening.
TIT gay Darling Is due frou above.
The Rivers Above.
The Cairo Times, Of Thursday, says the river
IS now rising very slowly, having only swelled
an inch in twenty-four hours. Business was
quite lively throughout the day. The weather
was nne-waTm and pleasant
A. ST. Louis the river has sJ0ppef falling. In
The tweuty-four hours ending Al ten o'clock A.
n. on Wednesday, it advanced one inch, and
10 was thea ten feet four and three-fourth inches
above low water markof eighteen hundred and
si~xty-three, t~hirry-ons feet below high water
mark Of eighteen hundred and fOrtv-f0ur, and
wenty-three feet i've inches below the CI5y
The Tennessee is swelling slowly, and nov
Affords plenty Of water for packets that run
stream.
The Cumberland is in good boating order, and
IS swelling slightly.
TIT Cincinnati Commercial OF the thirtv-nrst
alt, says OF river matters At that point The
weather was clear and mild Yesterday, with the
mercury at forty degrees above zero last night
The river was recedtng one and a half inches
per hour last night There is thirty feet hence
10 Louisville"
Al Pitts1u-g there was I'VE feet and falling
ln the tuirtieth.
There are eight feet over i-e fails. and fifteen
On the shoaIest bars along the Lower Ohio. I
The Pittsburg CozaBasrciai Of the twenty
sighth gives the following a. the number Of
boats and barges built Al that port for each OF
he last eighteen years: