Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-12


berlsnd and Tennessee rivers are falling.
White river is receding steadily, with a
good stage Of water from JacksOnport out.
The Arkansas is falling, and hes fallen 6
feet altogether, with plenty of water from
Fort Smith to its mouth, There was 8
fair amount of business doing on the
wharf yesterday. The EdiDburg and
Burns were receiving fair lists of cotton.
The transient boats did a fair business.
The packet for the bends had a moderate
trip.
By TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, MAY II.-Port list: Olive Branch,
St. Louis to New Orleans, am; City Of
Cairo, Vicksburg to st. Louis, am;
Susie Silver, Louisville to New Orleans, 9
am; John Kyle, st. Louis to New Or
leans, 4 pm; Little Rock, Fort Smith to
st. Louis, pm; Grand Tower, 81. Louis
TO Memphis, pm; Glasgow, Arkansas
river to Louisville, 8 pm; Mary Miller
Louisville to New Orleans, pm. River,
stationary. Weather, cloudy. Mercury,
go.
NEW ORLEANS, May I1.-Arrived: Rich
mond, Bee and barges, St. Louis. De-
parted: Mary Houston, Louisville; Ar
kansas, st. Louis.
NASHVILLE, May 1.-THE river Is fall
ing, with 6I feet on Hsrpeth shoals.
Weather cloudy and cold.
VICKsBURG, May 1L-Up: Common
wealth, 10 last night; RObt. Mitchell 8
pm; Julia, s pm. Thermometer at z
am, 62'; at 8 pm, 60e. Weather cool
and clear. River stationary.
PITTsBURa, May 11.-Weather clear and
pleasant The MonOngahels has g feet IN
the channel and is rising.
CINCINNATI, May Il.-River, 81 feet in
the channel; 65 feet space under the
bridge. Departed: r. @. Gray, Arkansas
river.
LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE river has
risen q inches during the past twenty
four hours. There is 10 feet 10 inches in
the chute, u feet 10 inches in the canal,
g feet 10 inches on the rocks, and rs feet
under the bridge. Weather clear and
cool. Arrived: Nick LongwOrtb, New
Orleans; Minneols, Memphis. Departed:
Sam J. Hale, Memphis; G. B. Church,
New Orlesus. There was large arrival
Of coal boats. Many tows are going over
the falls to-day. The COrnelis is laid up
for repairs,
ST. LOUIS, May 11.-Arrived: Belle Lee,
New Orleans. Departed: City of Vicks-
burg, Vicksburg; Mountaineer, Arkansas
river. River rising fast. Weather clear
and pleasant. The upper Mississippi has
come to a stand at st. Paul. A dispatch
water there than has been for the past
four years.
MISCELLANEOUS,
The Cheek, from Frisr's Point, brought
in so bales of cotton, and 412 sacks seed,
and returned last night with fair trip.
Messrs. Rsndle & Heath, the well
known fOundrymen, will cast a new
cylinder for the Mary Boyd.
The Edinburgh cleared for Cincinnati
at pm, having added here $50 bales
cotton and lot of green hides,
The Olive Branch, Capt. John T. Nc
Cord, will leave the wharf to-day at y m.
for New Orleans and the bends, There Is
700 bales of cotton here awaiting her.
The Nightingale passed down for Ar
kansas river. She discharged here Is tons
of freight.
The A. J. White brought Sc bales Of cot
ton and 142 sacks seed.
The City of Chester departed for st.
Louis with fair trip.
The Indiana passed up for Louisville
with $50 tons of freight, including 2l9l
bars of railroad iron She also added here
90 bales of cotton for New Albany.
The A. J. White, Capt. George Malone,
is the regular Friday mail packet for Ma
poleon and the bends, leaving at 5 p.m.
Barney BRrinds, a clever gentleman,
does the honors Of her Office. Morris Hsr-
mon is her popular steward.
Ed. Hines, our Ed, of tarpsulin shed
fame, returned yesterday from the Hot
Springs, looking much improved by the
baths. He resumes his old position, as
mate of the Memphis and st. Louis Packet
Company's WhaFfbOat,
The Phil Allin, Capt. James Lee, leaves
to-day at pm. for Frisr's Point and the
bends. Stack Lee presides at the desk.
Ike Lennard, steward of the Pat Gle
burne, says ne Is now happy.
The Pat Cleburne, Captain Reese PrltCh-
ard, is the regular Friday mail packet for
Little Rock, leaving at pm. She goes
through to Little Rock in forty hours,
there with q light-draught
boat for all points on the upper Arkansas.
Mr.. G. T. Walker is her purser.
The Robert Burns, Captain Skunk,
leaves to-day at 8 pm. for Cincinnati.
Messrs. Walker and Wilson, two clever
are her clerks.
The Colorado, Captain Mckee, leaves
to-day at pm. for Cairo and st. Louis.
The r. P. Walt came in from White
river with 165 bales Of cotton. She is the
regular Saturday White river United
States mail packet, leaving tomorrow at
5 pm. Captain Ashford commands, with
Ed Outlaw in charge of the office.
The Suzie Silver, Captain Shields, leaves
this morning, at 10 o'clock, for New Or
leans and the bends, and the Grand Tow
or is the Saturday st. Louis packet.
The John Kyle will leave to-day at p.
M. for New Orleans and the Bends.
The Mary Miller is due from Louisville
bound for New Orleans.
Captain ALT. Grissom is in command of
the Belle st. Louis this trip, Captain
Blake having stopped off in st. Louis to
attend to business.
The Office Of the R. @. Gray was robbed
at Cincinnati, on Sunday night, Of $50.
Cincinnati KU-KlHx.
The Ssllie is due from st. Louis en- route
for Arkansas river.
VIM NJ. Marsh, the engineer of the
Belle Of Alton, charged with setting fire
TO the above steamer, was committed for
trial without bail st New Orleans on Tues
day.
The Pauline Carroll will be down Satur-
day for New Orleans.
The neat little steamer Oil City, Cap
tain J, D. Randall, leaves to-day at 5 pm.
for Shawnee Village and all way points in
the Bends.
Thee. B. Church and Sam J. Hale are
due tomorrow from Cincinnati.
The Virginia viii be down on Sunday
for New Orleans.
The Robert Mitchell, Alaska, Glencoe
and City of Alton are due from New Or
leans
The St. Louis Times of yesterday says:
Captain Milt. Harry, very prominent
White and Black river steamboat COM
visited Change yesterday. He
viii remain in the city for several days"
Yesterdays St. Louis Democrat has the
following; 1--WE have just learned of the
decesse Of Captain Jennison Eager, an old
New York merchant, and steamboat cap
tain in the st. Louis trade twenty-five
years ago. The well-knOWn Captains
John Cannon and Tom Lesthers were his
pilots through many a trip. BE COM
mEnded at one time the Gem, cotton
boat. The flags in this port were dis
played at half-msst yesterday in respect