Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-06
RIVER NEWS.
ARRIKAIE.
IN PORT.
R. P. Walt, MineOla.
RIVERS. wEArHER AND BUSINESS

The weather yesterday Wss cool and
! disagreesble, with cOpIOus showers Of
rain during the afternoon. Af.er night
| fall the skies became clear. The river
| here was stationary LAST evening, but
will be rising again tO-dsv. The rise up
! to yesterday morning since Sunday was
i four feet. At Cairo and St. Louis the riv
/ or is reported rising. The Ohio is rising
/ from Pi5tsUurg to Cairo. The Cumber-
I land and Tennessee are rising. There
/ was a rise of two feet at Cincinnati yes
/ terGav. White river is at q big tide,
! overfi0Wing the bottoms. The officers Of
/ the r P. Walt report that White river
| is still rising with fears of much damage
| being incurred by the overflow below
! Jackson port. Arkansas river declined
| eight inches at Little Rock yesterday,
| with seventeen feet in the channel from
| there out st. Francis river is reported
rising. Business on the wharf was quiet,
wi. b Iigh5 shipments Tor the bends. The
AlIiu and White had medium trips. The
| Pat. Cleburne, for Little Rock, had an
| excellent trip of passengers and freight.
| The Mluneols got OF to-day for Cincinnati
with go bales of cotton. Captain Blake,
| Of the Belle s.. Louis, reports business
dull in the Vicksburg trade. Travel is
| light, with very little movement In
| freights. The r. P. Walt brought in
/ from White river 1855 bales Of cotton.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, May 5.-Port list: Champion,
St. Louis to Cincinnati, S pm; NJ. J.
Wicks, st. Louis to New Orleans, q m;
Pauline Carroll, New Orleans to st.
Louis, am; II. Turner, st. Louis to
Louisville, a m; John Lumsden, Nash
vile packet, 9 am; Concord, Mound
City to st. Louis, 1 pm; Colorado, st.
Louis to VicBsburg, 2 pm; Sam. Brown,
st. Louis, return, pm; Mary HOus-
. T.rnigVriIIn Nauv (lrfaana 6 n
| Olive Branch, New Orleans to st. Louis.
| The river rose 5 inches. Weather cold,
with q drizZing rain at intervals during
| the day. Mercury 52'.
NEW ORLEASs, May 5-Arrived: Indi-
ana, from LOuisville; Commonwealth and
| Dexter, from st. Louis. Departed: Hen
| ~ Ames, for st, Louis; J, 81. GrOesbeCk,
| for Cincinnati.
VIcKsBURs, May 5.-Down: R. E. Lee,
8 pm. Up; Nick LOngworth, pm.
| Weather warm and clear. River falling
| slowly.
NASHVILLE, y ay 5.-The river is fall
/ jig. with II feet on HRrpeth Shoals.
Weather cold and cloU ~. Departed:
Tslismsn, for Cairo.
CrNCINNArI, May 5.-River "a Inches
in the channel having risen feet. Ar
rived: Susie Silver and G. B. Church,
from New Orleans. Departed: Abeons,
for st. Louis,
PITrsBURG, May 5.-Weather cloudy.
| There are indications of more rain. The
| MOnOngshels has feet 8 inches in the
{ channel and is rising steadily. Both
rivers are rising above. Arrived: Waua-
nitR, with $50 600 bushels Of coal for Gin
cinuati $40 900 for Louisville and 10000
for New Orleans. She is ready to go out.
/ But few steamers left to-day. The ma
iority will leave tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS, May 5.-Arrived: Julia,
from Nicksburg; SalIe, from Arkansas
river; Mohawk and b8rges, from New
/ Orleans. Departed: Belle Memphis. from
Memphis; Richmond, from New Orleans.
River is still rising clOwly. Weather
cloudy and cool.
LOUISVILLE, May The river is still
rising, with 7 feet inches in the chute,
and feet 2 inches in the canal. There
viii be water enough to let all the coal
above the falls pass down. Weather Is
cloudy and cold. Business Is dull Ar
rived: st. Marys, from Memphis; Mollis
Ebert, from New Orleans.
kIIsCELLANEoUs.
The Glencoe, from the Ohio river, with
large cargo OF grain and produce, added
here 100 bales OF cotton, at the rate Of 75c
per balls. This is the cheapest rate this
season. Her wharfage was $7S, quite q
heavy tax. She got of at dark for New
Orleans.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Mark
Cheek, with Frank Gonterman in the
office, Is the regular Saturday Friar's
Point packet, leaving at 5 pm.
The Wrecker, I. f. Eckert, came in at
noon from Arkansas river, and cast
anchor above Jefferson street,
Charley Parsons of the st. Louis Packet
Company, left last evening on the Pat
/ Oleburne, for the Hot Springs. BE goes
hither TO recuperste.
-Four hundred thousand dollars worth
Of coal WIS lost at Baton Rouge on Tues
day by terrible t~rnsdo which swept
over that city.
The Bismarck, Captain Pat. Yors, leaves
to-day at O'Clock, for New Orleans.
The John Kilgour was sold Rt auction
on Wednesday, at Louisville TO Captain
O.. g. Grove, of Cincinnati, for Sl6,25O.
She cost nearly ouble that amount.
The Il. NJ Shreve win pass down this
evening for Red river.
The Belle Lee, Captain Frank Hicks.
leaves to-day at 5 pm, for st. Louis
John Sullivan Is her purser.
The elegant steamer +. Z. Walts Cap
tain VIM. Ashford, leaves to day at 8
D m, for all points on White and Black
rivers. connecting at DevslPs Bluff with
the Little Rock railroad. She has splen-
did passage accommodations, and will put
passengers through to LiItle Rock IN
thirty hours. Messrs. Ed. OUTLAW and
! John Smithers, two clever gentlemen,
have charge Of the office.
The Minneola, Captain Miller, leaves
| to-day at 5 pm, for CINCINNATI. Mr.,
| Jones is her polite clerk.
The present rise In the Ohio viii let out
another large feet OF coal boats from
/ Pittsburg.
/ The Mary Houston, Captain Dunham,
| leaves to-day st D. M. for New Orleans
/ and the bends, Harry Walker Is her
prime minister.
/ The recent rise st Louisville occasioned
/ the breaking IN two. of the coal barge
| wrecked on the rocks some weeks since.
and the loss of about 10000 bushels Of
coal. One-half Of the barge drifted some