Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-06
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
DEPARTURES
st. Luke. Tom Morgan. Chss Bodman.
RIVERS. wRArHBR AND BUSINESS.

/ RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS
The river continues to viss here and at
/ Cairo, but is declining slowly at 81.
| Louis. The Illinois is reported rising.
| and 4 rise is also reported in the Missouri.
/ The swell in both streams is light, how
| ever. and win not increase the channel
/ depth bslOw St. Louis, The Ohio is rising
| &C ali points bsl0W VfhesiinE, and falling
/ above tnere. The 1oWer tributaries Of
this stream sr9 al falling, but there will
| be an ample stage 90 Cincinnati for the
i large boats for some weeks TO come.
/ White River is declining slowly, with
| seven and hslf feet of WsIer 70 Jackson
| port The Arkansas is rising at Little
/ Rock, and is reported bank full above
/ there. The weather continues wsrm and
| clear. Business at the levee is light.
BY TELEGTAPH.
NEW ORLEANs, February 5.-Arrived:
! W. j. Lewis, st. Louis, Clear and
| pleasant.
| VICKsBURG. February Sup: Indiana,
/ II: Rub.cOu, i IN. Down: James How
| ard, G p.m.-faiIed to get on last nish sht.
! River r.si ing. Clear and warm.
! CAIRU, February 5-Minue0la, CinCip-
l natl 10 Memphis, 9 p N. James Gilmore,
] Louisville to ST.. Louis, z a.m.; City OF
! Cairo, So. Louis to Yicksburg, pm;
| Utah, st. Louis to Arkansas river, pm
! st. Joseph, St. Louis 70 Memphis, pm.
River rose 9 inches. Cloudy. Thermom-
| eter 62o.
] MISCELLANEOUS.
The Legal Tender goes out tomorrow
] evening for al points on White river.
The NIinneOis is the regular D5an Line
| packet lOr Cincinnati on Wednesday even
! ing.
Marianna, WittsbuTg and all points on the
81. Francis river.
The elegant steamer ClmmOnwealth is
due and will be found at the wharf to-
day, &C leave for Vicksburg Natchez
1 New Orleans and all way points. Capt.
Sedan, her commander, is a popular AID
careful 0ficer and attentive to Che wants
Of his passengers. Mr.. LshuIsr is her sec I
retary.
The new and elegant packet A. J.White, /
Geo. NJ MaIOue, master, and Smitbsr and |
Sharpe, clerks, goes out az pm. to-day |
for Helena, Friar's Point, Napoleon and |
all way landings.
The unsurpassed passenger steamer |
City of Cairo, J. Z. Luksr IN commaud, |
will depart ct 8 p. N. today for NiCksbUrE |
and the lower landings She has recently !
b5sn refttsd and rsfurnished, and now /
possesses accommodations surpassed by 1
none. A. l.. Isaacs is hsr secretary.
The United States msil steamer Mary |
Boyd, X. L. Haines master, backs ont a. /
O'Clock this evening for Pine Bluff,
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kansas, connecting at Little Rock with /
the Van Buren, and Fort Smith packets. |
The Boyd is q sJaunGh and reliable steam /
or, and viii attend promptly to all way 4
business. A. Bsnksmith is her clerk.
Tue rev and elegant passenger packet |
Phil Allin, James Lee master, departs at /
O'Clock this evening with the United I
States mail for Hsleus, Friar's Point and |
all intermediate landings. The Alin has /
accommodations equalled by few and sur /
passed by none, and is, withal, exceedingly /
popular In the trade. Stacker Lee is her I
chief secretary.
As Captain Pink Varbls went aboard /
the steamer America this morning, to 1
take her over the falls, the rope suspend /
ing the gsng-plank gave way; the plank i
fell on him, breaking his right arm in
two places, dislOCatiug his hip, and So
verelyin njuriug hun otherwise. He seems /
70 be doing well tonight, and is likely 70
recover soon.
The Chas. BOdmau, Captain ShiukIs
MASTER is now a. the wharf, and viii de-
part for New Orleans and the way land
ings at 10 O'Clock q. m. Shippers and
passengers viii find her Al in all respects
The popular New Orleans and Louisville /
packet Kate Kinney, Hicks King in com.
luand, and Al CrOxal, purser, viii pass
up at noon, to-day, for Cairo, Evansville,
Louisville, and sll points on the Ohio,
The popular steamer Belle Memphis, /
Captain Crane ia command, will get away
at pm. to day. Tor Cairo and s.. Louis
making all the railway connections.
Billy Blenker, the genial, whOls-sOuled
Billy, has charge of her office.
The Bstesyile failed to get away until
yesterday morning.
This Nightingale passed down yesterday
for the Arkansas river well laden.
OF the arrivals yesterday, the st. Luke
brought l55 bales Of cotton and 90 sacks
seed; the biOiis Ebert discharged 25g
packages OF lumber, bales of cotton, and
passed down with a good cargo; the Chas.
BOdman brought "a bales OF cotton and
39g barrels potatoes. Very little freight
was added here by departing steamers,
The Northwestern, Capt. X. l.. David
son, master, will arrive from below, and
depart at 3 pm. to-day for Cairo, st.
Louis and all way landings.
The elegant and cOnamOdiOus steamer
Mary Houston, Captain L. B. Dunh8m in
command, and Harry Walker, clerk, will 1
be in port to-day, to leave az 10 am. for
cairo, Evansville and Louisville.
The new and elegant steamer City Of
Quincy, Capt. West in command, win
pass up at pm. to-day for Cairo, Evans
vile and Louisville. She has elegant |
passenger accommodations and makes
excellent time.
The Indiana is on her way up, with 1000
IONS Of freight.
The steamer N8tcheZ passed Natchez on
Thursday, with $500 bSies of cotton.
A roUstabOut, named Wilson, fell over
board from the steamer Countess below
Vicksburg on Wednesday night last, and,
the river being full Of drift-WOOd be
caught q big log, upon which be fiosted
some twenty miles, when Garkey in a
skih picked him up.
The river bank at Skipwith's landing Is
said 70 be csving in seriously.
The tow boat Hornet struck one Of her
barg6s or a reef near the wreck of the W.
r. Arthur, yesterday morning, knocking
g hole IN its bottom, causing it to sink. |
The balance Of her tow seems to hsve also
been injured, IS when about opposite
HOpshAlG another barge sunk. The tug
Little Giant then went to her assistance. I
and pumped out one or two Of her re- |
naming bsrges, and she passed down, |
but had not passed the point below Fort ,
Pickering when it was discovered that
two Of the remaining bsrges were in a /
sinking condition. The J. Sharp Melon !
aid arriving. went to the assistance the j
Hornet, snd was working at the barges /
when night set in. The barges sunk &
above hers contained AZ, 900 bushels, and J
viii prove a total loss.
We think it but justice to transient Z
Dosts that they should be put upon the i
same footing, as to wharfage, IS all others, l
and suggest that, in order to do this, in
stead Of reducing the rate, they should be =
allowed an extension of time-say a
swenty-four hour stay at our levee, in
stead of, as now, only two. 1t Is very in
'urious 10 our commerce to charge eight
cents per ton per hour for every hour
more than two.
The Bee, with tow Of empty barges, :
passed up yesterday. While taking coal, ,
lust below the dry docks, she, IN some
manner, broke loose from the boat to f
VI Ehich she was tied, and dEifted down 20
within a fBw feet of the st. Louis wharf
beat before it was discovered that shs was
adrift.
There is ten feet Of water between
Cairo and st. Louis. Z
Il is the opinion Of several prominent I
that the Newport bridgs Is a
in strict accordance with law, ?
and If 10 is raised or changed the Govern @
nent viii have to bear the expense. II ?
luch be the case, the existing laws should J
It once be repealed, for IL Is evident that c
few such obstructions to navigation !
sOuld effestually destroy the commerce
3f the Ohio b
REC EIPTs BY RAIL.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD r
newton Ford & CO, 50 bales cotton; Barbee &
%, . doi Clarke, x co. 48 do; TreadWell Bros,
3 do; " B eialbreath, % do; q Terry q co. I
10; Jones' Brown & co, 20 do; Morris, L & co. !
DO; Il Allen q co, 10 DO; Fargason q 9, II 1 y
10; Day q 2, IL dos 81 Torrance, do; Stewart,
Bros q 4, l9 90, u hhds sugar; Taylor r & co. ! D
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