Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-01

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up a foot or more before q decline sets In.
There Is still plenty Of Water to all points
above and on the side streams, and about
nine feet between Cairo and st. Louis,
The Ohio is getting low, and boats are
having trouble both below and above
Evansville. The Arkansas, after having
gone up about ten feet, is stationary.
White river is falling slowly, with an ex-
cellent stage to JacksOuport. The St.
Francis Is falling rapidly, with about nine
feet to Madison. Business at the leVee
yesterday was quiet, and confined princi-
pslly to d1scharging the cargoes brought
by the local packets. The weather was
cloudy and close during the morning and
until about two O'Clock IN the evening,
when a storm came up, the rain lasting
for an hour or more. In b evening it
was cool and pleasant.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, April 8O.-The river has 10
feet in the channel, and is stationary,
The rain ceased this morning.
PTTTsBURG, April 80-Weather cloudy,
with frequent light showers. The MOnon-
gahela has 6 feet 8 inches in the channel,
bushels coal. There is a large amount
ready, and there will probably be some
departures tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS, April 9O.-Arrived: City Of
Chester, Memphis. River falling slowly.
Weather cloudy and warm. Shortly after
the Lucy Bertram left this port yesterday
she broke her ~pistOn-rod, cylindeF-hssd
and pitman, and was lowed back to the
city for repairs. Contracts for the COM
pletion Of the lower and middle locks for
the Mississippi river rapids improvement,
were let at Ke0kuk yesterday. Mr..
SWartz, Of Keokuk, received the contract
for the lower Jock at sos. 900, and VIM.
Johnson, Of Fulton, n. Y, the middle
lock at Sl04,O00
LOUISVILLE, April S0.-Rive- still fall
ing, with 2 feet 10 inches in the chute
and 4 feet 10 inches in the canal. Weather
cloudy and pleasant. Business light.
Arrived: Kate Kinney and Mary HOus-
ton, New Orleans. Departed: Minneola,
Memphis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Susie Silver passed up yesterday for
the Ohio, three and q half days out from
New Orleans, with about 200 ions Of
freight. She put out here some vegeta-
bles, 16 tons of pig iron, Al barrels mo-
lasses, and added 2Ol bales of cotton.
The tow boat Storm came down yester-
day with 3 TOW Of ice, and returned in the
evening with several empty baFges.
The tow boats Mohawk and Ajax passed
up yesterday morning five days out, with
empty barges.
The Mollie Ebert passed up yesterday
with 400 tons for the Ohio, including g36
bars Of railroad iron, and added to her
cargo $50 bales Of cotton.
The local packets yesterday brought
good trips. The Mary Boyd, from the
Arkansas, brought 3O7 bales Of cotton and
200 sacks cotton seed. The Colorado from
Vicksburg brought Is bales of cotton and
3O5 sacks of seed. The st. Francis came
- &c. with "a q Z
Of cotton and 664 sacks of seed, and the
Phil Allin from Friar's Point arrived at
about the same hour, with 81 bales Of cot
ton and 7S3 sacks Of seed, making a total
Of 928 bales of cotton and 1859 sacks Of
seed received.
The Frank Forest passed down ysstsr-
day without landing.
A large log raft passed down yesterday.
The Richmond passed up at noon yes
day, three days and ten, hours cut from
New Orleans. She lost seven hours in a
fog on Thursday night, and five hours by
the anne cause on Friday night, which
makes her running time two days and
twenty-five hours which, considering that
she made about forty landings, is very
good time. She put out heretwenty-seven
barrels OF whisky and a lot Of sundries.
and has for st. LOui nine hundred tons
Of freight, including twenty-five hundred
bars Of railroad iron. Nat, Green was in
his glory having about s~eventy-fve |
through passengers, and as usual-tO use
the expression OF a Of his friends-Rs
polite as a basket of chips. He reports
the river rising rapidly below Yicksburg, |
from b recent sWells In the Arkansas, i
YszOO snd other lower streams.
The Eckert has recovered the safe Of the
J. s. Durham and left the wreck of that
boat for Little Rock, to remain until the
goes down. The cabin Of the Dun
ham hOsted of after the Mary Boyd passed
down.
The usual number of Sunday visitors
we're noticed on the bluff and at the levee
yesterday.
The officers Of the st. Francis report the
Francis river falling rapidly.
The gay little Oil City, Captain Randall,
goes out this evening tor all landings to
Shawnee Village. She goes at 5 pm.
The beautiful little MARITIME leaves to-
Day, as advertised, for Randolph, Fulton,
OsceOla and all way landings. j. q Sands
IS master, and NJ. ". Mason is her chief
clerk.
The Legal Tender, Captain Elliott,
leaves on Tuesday for JacksOnpOrt and AL
landings on White liver.
The A. ]. White, Captain Geo. Malone,
gets of this evening for Helena, Frisr's
Point, Napoleon and all way landings.
She goes out on time. Barney Barinds.
Charley Jackson and Sterling whitehead
her clerks.
The splendid passenger steamer Belle
Memphis, Captain John Crane, will leave
,O-dsy for Cairo snd st. Louis. She is
me Of the best bOsts in the trade and is
to make all railway connections.
Billy Blenker is her clerk.
The st. Francis caves tomorrow at 8
I'm, for Wittsburg and Madison, and
III points on st. Francis river.
The United States mail packet Mary
Captain Rube Hsines master,
to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock
aIl landings on the Arkansas river,
connects with the packet for Fort
smith, and is a good and comfortable
passenger steamer.
The George ". Cheek has her new CYL
nder on board and in position, snd will
tomorrow evening for Friars'
Point. She has received q new coat Of
Amt, and looks Is neat as when she first
anne out. !
The elegant steamer City Of Yicksburg
will pass dOwn at 5 pm. to-day for
Ticksburg snd all the bend landings. !
A. j. Carter is in command, and
INDY Isaacs Is purser. :
Passengers destined for points on the
'hiO river viii bear in mind the fact that !
elegant packet Pink Varble, Captain j
ames Paul, will back out to-day at s s
m. for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati, y
nd su intermediate points. \
By a telegram to Captain Lightburne,
gent, we learn that the favOrite steamer =
indiana. Captain Rube. Neal command J
lg, viii be in port to-day, to leave at
Don for New Orleans and all the lower y
.ndings. Charles Miller, an agreeable
sntleman, is her purser. c.
The regular st. Louis and New Orleans n
acket line steamer Commonwealth, Cap =
i'm Sedan on the roof, will be In port to Z
ave at s pm. to-day for Vicksburg, a,
Orleans and all the lower landings. 81
has splendid accommodations for =
a~velers, and fares sumptuOusly. n
The Utah is announced to leave at 5 Il
m. to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock n
Id all landings on the Arkansas. Capt. z
OOrhees Is her MASTER and Billy Graves y
cretary. IN
The Carter line steamer R. J. Lockwood az
ID be down to-day to leave at 6 pm. for th
-~feTsOn, Shreveport and all interms- Is
ate points on Red river and the Missis- n.
oni Cant 2adam is mRefaF