Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-10
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RIVERS. WEATHER AND BUSINESS.

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ana cold. Up-Virginia. Down-Silver
Moon.
CAIRO, January 9.-The river fell seven
inches. Weather cloudy and freezing.
DoWn-Carrte V. KOuntz. Q O'Clock last
night; Silver Spray, 4 am; Arthur. 10 a.
N. Up-Armadillo, II last night; Peyto-
ma, Z am. Great Republic, II am. Boaz,
) pm.
NEW ORLEANS, January 9.-Departed-
Continental, Lebarge, for St. Louis; En-
peror for Cincinnati; Mary Houston for
Louisville.
ST. LOUIS, January 9.-Navfgation IS
again suspended in all directions. The
river is full ofheavy floating ice, and the
I ferrybOats have great difficulty in cross
ing. There IS some prospect of gorging
above the bridge piers; il it should, we
would have an open river and free navi-
CATION South. The weather has oeen very
cold the past two days, but Is mOderating
tonight.
The decline goes on steadily at this
point, and ir is likely to continue for some
time to come. Heavy ice fills the RIissis-
sippi at Cairo, and navigation HAY be
said to be again closed TO 81. Louis. All
southern bound freights must now come
over the Illinois Central to Cairo or the
Iron Mountain Railroad to Belmont.
Freights are in consequence again up.
Our midnight dispatches give the latest
news from ali points above. While river
falls slowly, The Arkansas is falling.
with thirty inches to Fort Smith. TIE
weather Is very cold but clear.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The towboat Bee passed up for Cairo
and the Liberty No. 4 for PittsbUrg.
The St. Luke has laid up for the present
at Fort Pickering,
We publish below tbs manifest Of the
st. Francis. She leaves tomorrow for
Wittsburg and all way landings on the St.
Francis river. Tom Bowman Is master.
and Messrs. Paine, Oonant and Berry ara
clerks,
We were shown yesterday by Thad.
Conant a copy of the address Of the Evans
vile Courier. 1t is one OF the bess pro-
auctions OF the many brought form By
the New Year, and was written by Dr..
Cloud, son OF Mrs. Capt. sam Paine, OF
the steamer ST. Francis.
The Liberty gets away tomorrow for
Augusta and all way points on White
river. She is the regular U. 5. mai
packet. Capt. John Davis commands.
The Legal Tender, Capt. John Elliott,
leaves to-mcrrow for Jacksonport and ali
landings on White river. She leaves at 3
pm.
The Nick Longworth passed up yester-
day. She adds 2g4 bales at thls port for
Louisville.
The Anna, Captain shinkle, leaves to-
day for Cincinnati. She has d full trip en-
gagged.
The Mary Boyd came Ia from The Ar
kansas with 900 bales OF cotton and full of
people.
The Carrie V. Kountz passed down yes
terday. She is an cdd-looking craft with
one chimney.
The St. Joseph, Captain Corbett, leaves
to-day for Cairo. She is the regular
packet, and gets away at five pm.
The Gen. Anderson, Capt. jim Lee, viii
get away to-day at . pm. for Frlar's Point
and all way landings. She is the regular
Monday packet. Stack Lee is chief clerk
and his assistants are prompt and reliable
gentlemen.
The Thompson Dean. Capt. Pepper,
leaves to-day for Vic1sburg and New Or
leans. She is a handsome passenger
packet.
The Dexter is to be turned over to her
creditors at Louisville.
The Mary Boyd, Capt. Haynes, leaves
tomorrow for Little Rock and Port
Smith. She is the regular United States
mail packet, and makes all way landings.
Ed. Outlaw and Bob Shields are clerks.
Memorandum of steamer H. NJ. Shreve,
Carter Line of Red river packets: Ar
rived at Shreveport December 18th, ten
days out from st. Louis, with a full cargo,
consisting OF 1900 bbls. flour, 81 new wag-
0ns, and full of emigrants, horses, cattle,
etc.-abOut 500 tons. Left Shreveport
for St. Louis on Saturday, January l.
1870, with 1850 tierces and barrels beef,
destination New York, 10 be reshipped al
Cairo or st. Louis; also Hoo dry hides, %
large bales dry hides, al sacks Bots
dare seed, 6 boxes leather scrap, 4 bags
wool, and sundries, for St. Louis. Ar
rived at Alexandria Tuesday, 4th, at S
O'Clock am; steamer Froiie taking on
cotton for New Orleans, there being plen-
ty of the staple on this river. On Satur-
day, Sth. found the little steamer Mason
hard aground, ten miles below Helena on
the Mississippi; Shreye O two pulls at
her, tearing away her bits first. aud then
her capstan, guards, ETC., and left her,
there being nothing on her strong enough
to pull at. She had been there 80 hours,
and the river still falling; did not learn
her destination nor trade. Arrived at
Memphis Sunday, 9th, at 4p.m.
Manifest Of Steamer 81. FruHciS from
WJ9sbuWg-McGhee & HerrCn, . bales
cotton; Forster, Kealhoter & Co, II do;
Brooks, Medley i Co, 30 do; J. i. Frank
x Co., II do; Jones, Brown & Co., Hill,
Eontaine 4 Co., 20 GOI Il. D. Williams u
3 doi Gay q Martin, Il do; Pettitt q
Simpson, . do; INLAND, Bowling y Co.,
- do; Galrbeath, Stewart 81 Co.'s do; Mea-
c1an & Treadwen, y do; JudsOn Il Co.. 10
do; Guy, McStenmen Il Co., 8 do; Rosser,
lord 4 Co, 5 do; Harris, Cochran & Co.,
1 do; Stanton q Moore, 5 dol Clark, Ely
4 Co., 3 dOJ W. II. Andrews & Co., lido;
Partaes s Miller. s do; S. II. Webb q Co.,
g. B. Webber q Bro, 2 do; d. IL. Town
send, IA do; TylOr & Rutland, lido; Porter
& Herbert, S do; Taylor, RadfOrd & Co., 7
do; Mercer 81 Ware, 3 do; #. II. Alien q
o., 8 do; r. Morley 81 Co., 8 do; Price &
Is do; Toof, Phillips q Co., ! do
cOnsignee, 1 do; Black, Estes q Co., 5
do; Stratton, GOyer & Co., / do; LundHgl
Estell, I doi Shane, Harris d Co., 4 do;
j. L. Verser, ? do; A. J.. Roach Il Co., 2
do; reshipment, 2 do; total, $50 bales.
Bluff City Oil Company, p SKIS cotton
seed; Panola Oh Company, 20 do; Mem
phis OIL Company, 1875 do; total, S37 SKIS
seed.