Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-01
RIYERs. WEATHER AND BUSINESS

GAS WORKS, EeDruary =.
The river rose 10 inches the past a
hours. Below high water mark of 1867,
10 feet 8 inches. CHAS. GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
The weather Yesterday was clear and
mild. Business on the levee was brisk,
the outgoing packets having good trips.
The river here continues to rise, but Will
perhaps be at a stand by tomorrow night.
The Ohio is rising again at P~ittsburg, Gin
cinnati and Louisville, with nearly ten
feet Of water in the canal at the latter
point. White river Is stationary with five
feet TO JackEonpOrt. The Arkansas con
tfIues to recede slowly, and has but three
feet Over the bars to Little Rock, and
twenty-six inches thence to Fort Smith.
Dur dispatches give further news from
above.
CAIRO, February 2~s.-Edinburg, Gin
cinnati to New Orleans, and Columbian,
st. Louis to New Orleans, IL am; Mary
Houston, New Orleans to Louisville, 6
am; Grand Lake No. 2, Pittsburg TO
New Orleans, 8 am; Belle Memphis, st.
Louis to Memphis, 8 PIN; Tom Jasper,
st. Louis to New Orleans, 4 pm; COun-
tess, Vicksburg to Cincinnati, 4 PM;
Anna, Cincinnati to st. Louis, 8 pm. The
river rose two inches. The weather is
clear. Mercury, SO.
VICKsBURG, Feb. &.-Down: Wauanita,
% h.LlaS F4LEAhA0s Il last AAknbs Lps MIN
Wall, 3, and MOllie Able, IL last night.
Weather clear and cool. River falling.
LoUIsvILLB, February ZS.-The river IS
stationary with nine feet nine inches in
the canal.
ST. LOUIS, February 2s.-Ths river at
this point Is rising slowly.
CINCINNATI, February 2S.-The river is
rising with z feet 4 inches in the channel.
The weather is cold and blustery,
LOUISVILLE, February 2s.-Up; Mes
senger, 2. w. Strader and Nick Long
worth. The weather is cool and cloudy.
NEW ORLEANs, Feb. 2S.-The steamer
Mississippi, sOuthWard bound from st.
Louis for New Orleans, laden with stock
and Western produce, struck a snag at
two O'Clock this morning near the land
ing at Waterproof, La, and sunk rapidly.
No lives lost. The boat and cargo is a to-
tai loss.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Commander o. DurfT, through his
English sdiutant, telegraPhed here yester-
day for the mackerel brigade to report
Immediately at New Orleans, where
those officers are now sOjOurning. The
dispatch, however, arrived too late to se-
cure transportation either by rail or river
for their celebrated brigade, consequently
will be compelled to wait until tomorrow,
when, unless orders to the contrary are
received, the brigade will take b ears
for New Orleans and rescue their officers
from the hands Of the Philistines, where,
no doubt, they rave fallen ere this.
The Commonwealth passed up yester-
day with 1000 bars of railroad iron for St.
Louis, so hOgsheads sugar and so o q sun
dries for Cairo. She discharged here 80
boxes lemons, 80 barrels potatoes and 20
baskets oil, and has on board 200 barrels
flour aud 50 barrels liquor recovered
F-or, The ur-aob, Of the Il fwufa am
The Geo. w. Cheek came in yesterday
with three hundred passengers for this
port, the largest trip Of people brought
here by any local packet this season.. She
Is now the regular United States mail
packet for points below, having recently
made a contract with the Government for
the transportation OF the mails for land
ings below, and leaves to-day at 5 pm.
Captain Malone commands, while Barney
Barinds and Charley Jackson, two worthy
gentlemen. attend to the Office.
The good steamer Robert Burns ar
rived at an early hour yesterday morning
from Cincinnati, with an assorted cargo Of
about 600 tom Among her passengers
was Mrs. Trunnell, wife OF Thos. Tran
nell, pilot of the Inflated Emma No. )
who was drowned at the time of the dis
aster at Island IS. So far all efforts to re-
cover the remains Of Mr.. Trunneu have
proved fruitless.
The Ozark arrived yesterday with 296
bales cotton. She failed to reach here in
time to cave at her appointed hour, but
will clear this evening for all points on
the Arkansas. She reshipped 2lS bales Of
cotton at the mouth of White river. Cap
tain w. b. Rowland walks the hurricane
deck, and Tom Brashear, a fayorite clerk
on the Arkansas, does the agreeable In the
Office.
The Des Arc, Jno. d. Elliott master,
will leave the wharf this evening at 5
o'clock for all points on White river. Her
clerks, Messrs Fields and Ely, are well
known to the travelling community as
gentlemen proficient in their business,
and need no recommendation.
Capt. Pat. Wheat will back out the Lib
erty No. lat 8 pm. to-day for Jackson
port and all way landings. She is swift
and reliable. Messrs. Green, Sharp and
Smithers manage the affairs of the office.
The Robert Burns will leave for Gin
this evening with q cargo
Of cotton. She is the regular packet in
that line.
The Magenta will doubtless arrive dur
ing the day and leave tomorrow for New
Orleans
BY a dispatch recsfved yesterday we
that the came Mississippi struck
a snag, near Waterproof landing, yester-
day morning at two o'clock, and sunk.
No lives were lost. Boat and cargo are
reported O total loss. Further particulars
will be found in our telegraphie columns.
The towbOat Sam. Parker Will be sold
by the Z. s. Marshal at Cincinnati on the
The reported sale Of the Niles Works