Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-13
RIVER NEWS.
RoArs LEAYINa mans 80.


RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUsISEss.
GAS WORKS, April Il, 1870.
The river rose 81 inches in the past
t~wenty-fOur hours. Below high water
mark of 1867, 2 feet 4 inch.
CHARLES GOODWIN,
Superintendent Gas Works.
. Our dispatches contain a full and com
plete record of what is going on above US
on the various water courses. It will be
seen that the Ohio is again rising at Cairo.
Nhe rise at st. Louis goes IN slowly as
/, t. The Missouri is rising, so, also, is
nSIpper Mississippi: the latter rapidly.
The swell at this point continues. We
have no later news from the Arkansas. It
vas falling at last report, with thirty
inches to Little Rock.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, April I2.-The river has
fallen 50 inches. 1t has now 10 feet II
inches in the channel. Weather clear.
Mercury 69o. barometer 2G54. Wind
northwest. Packet trade good. Long
trades fair. Arrived: Minneola, from
Memphis; Champion, from st. Louis.
The new Northwestern Union Packet
Company steamer Northwestern, just
completed here at a cost of 5000 0 is pre-
pairing to depart for st. Paul Thursday.
The smaller boat being built here for the
same company is TO be ready for business
August lst. Rates to-day are 81 80 on
whisky, 81 on -four and pork, 75c on ap-
Piles, onions and potatoes, and 40c per 100
pounds on pound freight. Emigration
West is improving, and viii De heavy
this sPriQg from present prospects.
LOUISVILLE, April lathe river is fall
ing, with 10 feet 2 inches In the canal: 5
feet . inches in the chute over the falls. |
Weather clear and quite warm. The new
steamer Idlewild leaves this evening to
take the place of the Sam. Orr in the
Evansville and Tennessee river trade.
CAIRO, April 12.-Weather clear and
pleasant. The river has fallen Z inch. 1
Up: Robert E. Lee, New Orleans to Lou
isville; t. L. McGill, New Orleans to St. /
Louis; T. W. Strader. New Orleans to
Cincinnati. Down: Alice Dean, Clncin-
natl to Memphis; Hercules, Pittsburg to
NiekshurS; Belle st. Louis, st. Louis to
Memphis; Alice Dean, Cincinnati 70
Memphis; Indiana, Louisville to New
Orleans; Rover, st. Louis to P~ittsburg,
LOUISVILLE, April 12.-The tug W. ].
May, owned by W. YaYhie OF t6is city,
took fire at 1880 tonight, aud IL now
burning. her decks and upper portion
are consumed. -Four fire engines are now
playing on her. 1t is thought her hull I.
viii be saved.
LOUISVILLE, April Ia.-Arriyed. Nick
LOngwOrth. Departed: IdIewild. Rattle-
moore. DoWn: Glendale, Glasgow. River
continues TO fall, bur not 50 fast as hereto
lore; reported at 6 pm. feet 6 inches in
channel and : feet 8 inches in pass over
the falls. Weather clear and quite warm.
A large number of citizens from Evans
vile came up this Rorning in order to
take the hrst trip the steamer Idle
wild which departed this evening.
BRoWSSyILLE, April l2.-River station
airy, I teeG in the channel. Weather clear,
thermometer $50.
GREENSBORO, April I3.-Htver rising
very slow, 4 feet 9 Inches in the channel
Weather clear, thermometer $40,
MoRGANTowN, W. V, April I2.-River
stationary, 30 inches in the channel, Ther-
go, clear,
OIL CITY, April I2.-River at a stand.
with 8 feet Q inches in channel. Clear
thermometer co.,