Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-20
RIVER NEWS.
1910 THIs -.
DEPARTURES.
IN PORT.
Phil Alin, Fort Smith, Al White
D~ardauele.
RIVERS, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.

Phil Alin, Fort Smith. White,
D~ardanele.
RIVERS, AND BUSINESS.
MEMPHIS, January 10.
RiUer Editor AgDeuL-River r0ss2inches
in the past "a hours. Below high water
JOHN TENT.
The river is swelling -four or i've inches
z per day, and has gOu mp nearly two feet
Z since last Sunday. when the rise began.
/ Between st. Louis and Cairo the river is
In Wrstobed order, with little over four
feet in rh6 channel, while heavy masses
OF floating ice have virtually suspended
navigation, and boats dare not attempt
z the passage ont Tor the present. A large /
number Ut steamers are ice bound at st.
I Louis, and the town Is full or uYer men
out OF business. The rise here is from
I the Ohio, which is swelling all the way
nom its source. A large hset of steam
6rs, including q number of coal lows, viii
DO out ID a few days Arkansas river fell
1 eight inches Yesterday There IS plenty
Of water in that stream for all the pur-
poses of navigation. White river IS also
in good order. The 81. Francis Is not
navigabIe higher than the mouth of the
PAnguille, forty miles above Helena.
The weather yesterday was clear and
I pleasant. Business at the leVse was light.
The MOunJain6sr uulOaded her heavy
cargo and left after dark for st. Louis.
4 The LOugWOrth put OF a few lots OF
E freight and got away for above during
the forenoon, adding 500 bales OF cotton
Y hore. The Cheek started out for Friar's
Y Point with q full trip of people and q fair
freight. The Bee and Barg5s passed down
at noon without landing, The A.J.Whlts
I came in at midday with o fair trip, IN
( Guiding I43 bales of cotton. The Oil City
1 arrived from Shawnee with t~OTty-thres
bales of cotton and some seed. Th6
Pioneer came in from fOrtY-hve miles no
tue COST with eighty-six bales Of cotton
an q some seed, and the Carrie kOuntz
pa ysed down without doing any business
her o. This summed up everything done
at Z hB lev68 before dark.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO. January I9.-Port list: John
Luz nsdsn, Cairo to Nashville, 10 pm.
No Tie Able, Cairo to New Orleans, IL
p.mL.- st. Msrys, Evansville to Memphis,
5 an; Chas. B0dmGn, New Orleans TO
Cinci matt, s am; John Kyle, New Or
Iesus 10 Cairo, noon; Columbia, Cairo to
Ark nsss river, / pm; Sam. Brown,
Cairo to Louisville Edinburg, Cairo 70
Ciuci unHtii 8 pm; John kugOur, Cairo
to 10 u~isville, 4 . n. River tell j inch.
Weat her clear. Mercury So.
ST.. Louis, January l9.-NO arrival or
depn lures. Navigation is again closed
by ice and low water. Weather mode
rating, hui not thawing much.
P~UTsBURG. January Electromagnetic,
10 feet and falling rapidly. Weather clear
and pleasant.
C-rNC1NNArI, January I9.-River, q feet.
Arrived: Messenger, from New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, January l9.-RiVsr risen
about 3 feet and still rising, with 10 feet
An the canal. Two feet more is sntiCi-
pated tonight. Weather clear and cold.
Arrived: Silver Moon and Alaska, from
Cincinnati; WauBnits, from New Orleans;
Minu6Oia, from Memphis. Departed:
MinneOlp, for Cincinnati; Wauaulta, for
-Pittsburg.
nashville, January 1g-River rising, |
with 3 feet on Harpsth shoals. Weather I
clear and cold. Advices from tbs upper
Cumberland report the river falling, and
there is no chance for coal from that-quar-
Ter.
VIoKzBURG, January lg.-Down; Il. NJ.
ShreYe, 3 am. Virginia, 3 am. Up: Pc
UOmac, IL am. River rising. Weather
clear and pleasant.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Capt. Nat. S. Green left for st. Louis
yesterday. Capt. Nat. has had a rest of
several weeks and is again prepared for
business.
John Lauglois, clerk of the Richmond
The Mo1ntainesr left for Cairo with 555
bales cotton.
The City of Chester leaves for Cairo to-
day, She is the regular packet. Alex.
Ziegler is master.
The elegant passenger steamer MOlli6
Able, Capt. Ed. +. Dix, leaves to-day at
4 pm, for Yicksburg and New Orleans.
Mr.. Ross Powell has charge of the office.
st. Louis has nine wharf-bOats at her
leves, averaging 800 feet in length and so
in width.
The CITY Council ofSt. Louis last Tues
day reduced their wharfage charges thir-
ty-three per cent. In the discussion OF
the question The following information
was impaired: The city had collected
SI42,S 08 more than had been expended on
the wharf. Previous to the great fro
there, in 1919, the wharfage had been only
five per cent. on tonnage, but after that
the city said they would materially eX-
tend the limit of the wharf, If boatmen
would consent to pay seven and a half in
stead Of i've per cent. In the year l626
the amount collected for wharfage was
$500. 1t gradually increased from then
until last year, when it amounted to
Si0o 600. They had collected from April,
1876, to April, 1870. OF the river men, the
sum OF $l,5Sl,4 Al 80. The whole amount
expended OF the wharf had not been over
s ,322,OO7, and the improvement of the
harbor had not exceeded Sll6,603. Last
year OneOf the packet companies paid out
$50, 600 for wharfage tax.
Captain Bernard, agent for the st. Louis
underwriters, arrived yesterday by rail
and went down to the wreck Of the Nc
Gill to look after the freights left on the
bank and still remaining on the wreck.
he was accompanied by Harvey Nc
Nicely, who will doubtless take his
Wreeking boat down in a few days. The
Cheek VIII bring up all the freight of the
McGiu that caE be got at on her return {
trip. :
During 1870 there were built in the Dis d
triCI of Cincinnati tWenty-eight steam
wGEaaNa with a fnmnuno. of II E6G or EnmHa i u
fifteen barges, tOnnsge 8li3-O5 tons; nine q
canal boats, tonnage 1868 tons. Total,
&c, l38. 81 tons. This statement compares
favOrably with 1869, showing a revival OF :
bodybuilding in the West, which prom
Uses a more abundant supply Of tonnage
to meet the requirements Of river COM =
meree. G
The Washington correspondent Of the 9
Louisville COaIier-JOHT7BGL says: Inc
Board of Supervising inspectors OF steam
vessels, now in session In TINS city VIII T
at this session thoroughly test the
of so many fearful disasters to Western
river steamers. The following important
letter has been addressed to the Super
vising Inspector 40 Louisville, KY. It I
will be seen that the Secretary Of the
Treasury is determined 70 axe bhls maj ,
ter in hand and have a full report from y
the Inspectors concerning the appalling q
disaster of the burning Of the McGill;
'sTREAsURY DEPT, Jan. Is, 1871. .
WSsT-The newspapers report the burn 2
of the steamer II. u. McGil on the :
Mississippi river, within your district, on r
the night of the 18th inst, by which a
number Of lives were alleged to have z
been lost. The frequency Of such ap. 9
calEmities as that attending the
burning Of the steamer McGllI, renders
It more than eTer necessary on the part
Of the Government officers to endeaY0r
10 ascertain the causes thereof, and bring
TO punishment any offenders against the
laws through the violation of which such
may have occurred. With r..
this you are hereby directed to immedi- ID
atelY Institute a thorough Investigation
into all the circumstances attending the q
Of the steamer 2. Il. McGlll, y
The loss Of life resulting thereby, and
promptly report the result TO this depart r.
In making this Investigation your ii
object viii be to ascertain the orr
OF The Ore in the steamer, whether or