Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-04
RIVER MATTERS.

Since our last report the following have
Arrivals.
Steamer virginia. from New Orleans.
-. Patrick, from Louisville.
Justice, from White river
Robert Burns. from Cincinnati.
During the same period the following have
been the
Departures.
Steamer Won Phul. forNew Orlssns
Indiana for Cairo.
Zephyr, for St Louis
81 Patrick. for Louisville.
Mamie Byers. for Cincinnati
The following is a list OK he remaiuing
Beats In Pert
r Eambleton' HarTy Dean G.eaPer
Guidon. Commercial.
weather ana Eusiness-
Yesterday was cloudy. chilly and unpleasant.
Business on the levee was snly toler45Io.
The river Still continues 10 rise slowly.
HisceIEaHeOus-
his St Patrick let with e. Tremendous trip q
passengers and freight.
The s.. Patrick me; the Morning star and
city OF Cairo a. Hickman, the City Of Cairo
ahead.
A correspondent IN the 81 Louis Dsa0erzf
says: I sm satisfied that by constructing two
stone dykes IN the Mississippi, above st. Louis,
our harbor would be preserved 10 navigation
every winter, without fan The current Of the
river would by these dykes be confined 10 g
narroE passage. and the results would inevita-
bly, be 20 cause Isl. The floating Ice 70 gorge
immedia.ely ABOVE the dykes. O. To prevent
a Gov Of ice through the harbor, anc render
ont Of the question any gorge at widow Waters
landing. twenty-two miles below this port
mus. I am confident. would navigation from
U--Hh - 1900 HnsHnmurrmnf
me wear. and an incalculsble benefit accrue TO
our commercial interests
ItisweH known that the closing Of Our har-
Dor with ice IS iuvarfsbly caused BY the ehok-
Inc nth. river al widow Waters and that
pezriv every wIater. there Is good navigation
below that point. Il is very plain that r. above
81. Louis. a narrower place is made than the
c1mpressed channel az widow waters, the
latter vii no more be goVged 50 s. % cut as on
from river communication VITA the soHth.
The Hsury Won Phul departed for EeE Or
leans last evening with an lmmeass tip
some time since a committee was Appointed
toinquire Into the amount o ftoHnage employed
on The Mississippi river aad IFS tributaries,
with a view 70 TIE Improvement Of that great
commercial artery. 10 sssu't q their inquiry
Shows a total OF 30 steamers, Sish q capacity Of
72slH tons, valued al s2i.53,G01 81. Louis has
10 stesners, with a capacity EC ll0.7s9 tons,
values = s~s,s0y0o2. The next principal port is
-Incinnsu-Es steamers. with a capacity OF
sL3, sotons and vaped q S2Pi00. New Or
leans 81 steamers, Fittsburg = aeamssu, and
81 tugS; louisville 5si Memphis g; Wheeling
a. st. Paul 50, etc.
The recent big rise ir the Cumberland has
Cumberland Mines7 aud fhev sr@esa9sT IN
hOattng sGiel~ over The fsllg sixteen baryes
Glled Win aDlcrarta one % The boafs 80
lost on tie trlPt nat nflc4n arri9sd 90 fs7v -
tarday. These barges contain son a. aveFsge
about Sx thousand bushels. and no 800
amount received Is about utnefv fhouSsDd
hushels. Another heet is expected IN a fsg
days.
me Cincinnati conmsreial o. January lst
saws freights ere abundant for Memphis snd
Nashville. with s-1psraDeqesnt tonnage, how
/ ever. the strong competition making sssss ruin-
ously iov. viz: % cents 70 Nashville, . cents 70
Memphis. and 65s5 eeats per 100 70 New Or
cans.
The Rivers Above.
Our latest dates from points shove are 70
I the lst.
The Cpe.nnaa Commercial OF the above date
SAYS:
The weather was clear and eoid ysslsrSays
with a slight edsrt a. snow or rain Al fttts-
ourgths river Il falling VITA eight feet n tns
cnannI Dy the M0nong1heia markh Attes
the river has receded three feet during the
tEsnty-ieur hours ending lsyi night There an