Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-15
RIVER
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WEATHER. AND RIVERS.
The weather was moderating yesteI
day and the snow aud slush whieI
covered our streets became ono 4" con
~glOmeFated mux." Top boots were bu
little protection. The river at This pOin
is swelling daily and drift is abundant
About half an acre closed 10 around thl
st. Patrick last evening, and had not th'
other steamer5 below her dropped out
causing her to swing around and cast 4
oil, all the cables 40 the landing comic
not have held Der. There IL no change
IN the rivers Of Arkansas. yPhe Cum5eF
land is falling fast. The Ohio Is also
falling and full Of heavy ice t0ward8 the
head waters. A gorge has formed above
-. Louis and though ice is plentiful 10
mat harOor 10 is running out but only 10
De caught by g0rges below. The Gin
ciDnati EaqUirer Of Monday says (:
The river Is going down here at
a pTecipitate rate. Il had fallen four and
a half feet at dark last evening IN the
twenty four hours previous, with sixty
SIX hes space under the bridge by tie
pier marks. Advices from above are
mat the river is steadily falling from
Pittsburg down. The Lower Ohio is
bank full, the Wabash and Green rivers
and other tributaries having contributed
freely 10 swell IL almost beyond is uaiu-
raj limits. The weather here continues
freezing cold, but the river is too high
and falling too fast to admit Of ice
making, even along the shore, to any
extent"
Arrivals.
Steamer Lnminary, New Orleans.
" Kate Kinney, New Orleans.
" Emma No. 3, New Orleans.
" Lsulei HUI, Louisville.
TOwbOat Shark, New Orleans
Nick ~LJngwortbi Louisville.
Departures
Steamer LuniHary, St. Louis.
Kate Kinney, St LlJis.
Silver Moon, Cincinnati.
Commercial, White river.
NJ. Hzmb!etoD, ST. FIR. river.
Eiu Claire, st Francis river.
=" Lauiei Hill, New Orleans.
" Emma No. 5, Cincinnati.
Boats 81 Poyt.
B. L Hodge, Empire, Dss Are, Gold
inch, ST. P-trca, Guidcu, Shark, Nick
LJugwUrth.
ssIgCSLLANEoUR.
The Silver Moon departed for Cincln.
rati last night, with 400 bales OF cotton
and foil of people.
The L. J. Hodge lays over until ) D m
to Gay on account OF the weather. She
Is q superior passenger and Cuitjn b3ef.
and Is commanded by Capt. AIoatg0m-I
cry. Ia her Office will be found Messrs
Johnson and Green, who are thorough
business men,
The Emma No. 9 came up last night
from New Orleans with three baTges ia /
tow. Sac Was 10 have lett for Cinciu.
nati before daylight this morning.
Capt. Irwin aud the Nick LoDgworth
will DE ia port TO leave for the Crescent
City this am. She is q fine packet. and
her captain IL we'll known in the Bluff
City.
The Countess, Capt. House. will leave
to-day at her usual 10 IT, for New Mad
rid and way points. Her Office is pre-
sided over by competent clerks, and All
way business will be attended TO
promptly.
Two Of Dgrd's brigade of msekereIs
fell out On tine loves yesterday. Ore
said to the other, " Ive knowed yer ever
since yer was borned. / kuoged yer
poor mother; she had two on yer that
time-oLe vas very nice little boy anJ
tother was kinder half q idiot, a sort o.
burned fool. The very nice little boy
died VERY young, he did -
n hne packet Ds5 Arc leaves for
White river Oh Thursday. Capt. John
Elliott is master. Miller, Hanks and
Glass are clerks.
The Wild IrishDlan did not get away
last night. She had cotton engagements
which could not he fulfilled in couss.
q1ence Of the weather, bus will certainly
leave ut noon today FOR Cairo and Evans
vile. Capt. J. Lee Fluney is master
and Billy Fields is chief clerk, aad Frank
G3ntermSn is hts assistant.
The Ars0sy, Capt. Naudsrgrif. will be
IN port to leave FOR Cincinnati to-day al
. JPN.
When Mlcready, the actor, first Jour.
neyed on a Western steamer, he saw,
with disgust, q hundred or more bearded
men gather around the devoted dinner
table each seiz!ng . chair with as much
hXlty OF eye and purpose as could Tea-
sonably be shown by a column about TO
storm \ barricade. He declined going
to the public trough at all. aud Ut tls
first landing sent out and purchased q
Of sandwiches.
The Gov. Abgn enters the Vicksburg
and New Orleans trade.
The tOWbO@t Shark came up from New
Orte tns last night. She had lot of coal
tar Ior the Nicholson pavement il tRis
city.
\ scalPer robbed a negro passenger
who came up on the Kate Kinney yes
terday, and found himself i'll Jail, where
We hope he may spend the balance Of his
days.
A meeting Of the oerporators Of the
Kentucky l,igcf Navigation Compauy,
and others Interested 10 improving the
navigation Of the Kentucky river, was
held al Frankfort, Ky yesterday.
A six foot negro sailor was charged in
Mobile with stealing q messmateIs kit.
chest clOthiag, lei, ett. The negro
was very lUquaciOus, and, says the Id {
U%srtiSer He had q decidsd,y Scotch &C
GeLti Which sounded oddly enough from
the mouth Of a big buck niger, with his ,
wool carefully kjnkei up in PerIe1dicu-
lar pig tails.
The Cincinnati levee below the Suspen-
sion Bridge was crowded with people on
Sunday, anxious to inspect the monster
steamer Great Republic. The crowd was ,
so large as to prevent tue ste yedores from
discharging her cargo.
Pedestrians are crossing the Mississippi
on the gorge At Goose Island. The Lady
Grace and RubicOn are laid up at Chester
IN a safe Earh0r.
Mr.. j. w. Miller, news editor of The
Cincinnati COmHlercidi, is a passenger on
the Nick LJngwOrth.
The st. Louis Democrat says The
ways at CRrondelet are busy
enough. 4 friend informs Us that tie
Cora came eff. and also the Peter Balen,
but she went on again. The Lucy RaF-
tram, Arthur and Alton are on. The lob
Of en!arging the ArthVr is completed,
and hep b0gtosa Is being caulked. The
Alton il not yet split open.
The Quincy bridge, when completed,
will be the finest structure of the Sind in
America; over q miIo tn length
twenty-six piers will contain nothing
but iron and stone 10 its! construction, and
will cost &. 00a, 600. The span of the
above bridl e, from pier five TO six is