Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-06
BY TELEGRAPH.

CAIRO, January 5.-Port list; Mohawk
| New Orleans to Cairo, IL pm. Joseph
/ Gilmore, Grand Tower to Cairo, 8 pm.
| The Mississippi is clear of ice south of
! Liberty bar, snd it is expected one or
more boats viii leave for St. Louis to-
morrow if the present mild weather con-
| tinues. River fell ! inch. Mercury 48. o
LOUISVILLE, January The river has
| fallen inch, and has 20 inches in The In
dies' chute and 3 feet inches in the ca
naI Mercury 520. High wind all day.
| Weather cloudy, with prospects of rain.
/ It is reported that there is a ten mile
gorge at LeavenWOrth and six miles at
Cedar Branch; also gOrged from Clover
port TO Rock Island. The river is gOryed
from Towhesd to 66 mile Island. Steam
was raised on the James Howard yester-
nay. Everything worked satisfactorily.
PITTsBURG, January 5.-Ralning to-
night. The ice is thswing fast. MOnon-
gahela, 3 feet 3 inches and falling.
CINCINNATI, January 5.-River, 7 feet
10 inches. IL has risen inches. The ice
is thinner. Five gOrges are reported be-
tween Cincinnati aud Louisville. If the
weather continues favorable, opening Of
navigation viii not be delayed many
DAYS. Weather cloudy. Mercury 46'.
NEW ORLEANS, January 5.-Arrived: :
Emperor, from Cincinnati.
VICKsBURG, January 5.-River falling.
Weather clear and pleasant.
NASHVILLE, January 5.-Tbe river is
stationary, with 80 inches on Harpeth
shoals. Weather clear and pleasant.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Several produce and lumber boats are
aground just below Bradley's, some few
miles above this city. They attempted to
run the bend, but the channel has
changed, and they will likely remain
where they are until a rise OCeErs.
The A. J. White, Captain Malone, with
Charley Smithers, Charley Sharpe and 3
p. Field in the Office leaves to-day at her
usual hour for Frisr's Point and way
landings
The st. Francis, Captain Tom Bowman,
leaves this evening for st. Francis river.
She goes out promptly. Sam Paine, W.
B. Berry aud Billy Clark are her clerks.
The Thomas H. Allen gets away at noon
for Pine Bluff, Little kOck and all land
ings on the Arkansas. She is the United
States mail packet, and is in every re-
specb an elegant steamer. Clay Rice is
master, end Ernest WalwOrth, Alex.
Waddeil and Charley Musselman are
secretaries.
The A. j. white came in with $50 bales
of cotton and sS4 sacks Of seed.
Captain Dick Lightburne was Fyester-
day elected Councilman in the Second
ward.
Captain Larry Harmstad was not elected
School Visitor in bis ward.
Captain A. L. Cummins, who was a can
didats for Alderman Of the Ninth ward,
was not elected.
The towboats Sam. Brown and Petrsl
left for above yesterday.
The Mary Boyd arrived with 469 bales
cotton. She re-shipped 81 bales at the
mouth.
The Marble City, Captain Boyd, gets
away to-day for Cairo aud all way land
ings. She is the regular packet. VIII. I.
Power IS her chief secretary.
The George ". Cheek left for Friar's
Point with a splendid trip. She took the
Belle Lees passengers, to meet that boat
at FriaT's Point.
The Mary Boyd goes out on Saturday
for White river in place Of the r. P.
Walt.
The Bismarck will pass down to-mor-
row for New Orleans.
Captain Harrison Blasdell is in the city.
He made big cotton crop this season on
the Arkansas, and is as happy as q big
sunfiowsr.
The Susie Silver came in yesterday
from Evansville, and gets away this
evening for Vicksburg and New Orleans.
She is al elegant new packet, and is COM
manded by Captain Tom Shields, care
ful officer and popular gentleman. Green
+. Shields is clerk.
We to-day publish the card of the new
steamer Phil. T. Allin. It will be seen
that she enters the Memphis and Friar's
Point trade on Monday next, and will
make three trips per week in the trade.
Captain James Lee, her master and owner,
has spared no expense in making her one
Of the finest steamers sfioat, and her ap-
pearance will create no little excitement
among the denizsns of both banks of the
river. Stacker Lee, a popular and excel
lent clerk, will take charge of the office.
The Potomac, injured by collision with
the r. E. Lee, win be fully repaired at
New Orleans IN day or two,
The New Orleans Picdyitne says of the
Natche " This famous steam boat pre-
seDted a magnificent appearance as she
steamed into port on Sunday evening last,
with q cargo Of four thousand, eight hum
dred and seventy seven bales OF cotton,
piled row upon row up to the hurricane
deck. On the top of this immense pile of
the great staple were crowded the psssen-
gers, while the crew, seemingly q thou
sand strong, swarmed about the bales
like so many bees. When the Natchez
passed the Robert r. Lee, at the foot OF
Thala street, they raised a shout that
could have been heard for miles. The
NatcheZ, after landing her passengers at
Canal street, steamed across to Algiers, /
where she was tied up for the night, Cap
tain Leathers thinking IL safer there than
TO run the risk Of sparks from the burn
ing cotton on the levee, the debris from
the late steamboat cOnhagration. Yester- /
day morning she came over te the new
cotton landing, foot Of ThsliG street, /
where she was engaged all day in dis
her cargo, which is the largest
that has been received at this port since
the war;