Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-17
RIVER NEWS.
BOATS LFAvTNG THIs DAY.
DEPARTURES.
RTvI.as. wEArHHR AND BUSINESS.

RTYIsss, WEATHER n BUSINESS.
MENPH1s, January 10.
RjUer Editor AppeGl-River rose inchss
IN the past "A hours. Below high water
mark of 1857 81 feet Z inches.
JOHN TENT.
The river Is about at a stand here. with
prospects of a slight swell in q day or
Jwo. The Arkansas has risen six feet.
and was on a stand at Little Rock &C noon
yesterday. White river is In good boat
able order. News from above Cairo fHdi-
Gates an immediate resumption Of navf-
CATION for light draft steamers. The
weather yesterday was clear and cool,
with = heavy smoky fog s~nYeloping all
nature IN general, and the river in par
ticUiar, after dark. Business at the wharf
was not of the most lively character YES
terday. The Shreve left for Red river,
and the Virginia passed down for New
Orleans, only putting out a few horses
and taking no freight.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, January 16.-Port list: Noun
tai1sar, st. Louis to Memphis, 9 pm;
John Lumsden, Memphis to Cairo, s
am. Carrie v. kountZ, Evansville to
New Orleans, L pm. Nile, st. Louis to
NicksbUrg, 2 pm Tom Jasper, St. Louis
to New Orleans, 8 I'm. Northwestern,
ST, Louis TO New Orleans, 3 pm: Henry
Ames, New Orleans 20 Cairo, 4 pm.
River rose 4 inches. Weather clear.
Mercury $40.
CINCINNATI, January 16.-River, 8 feet
5 inches. It has risen 1 inch and IS sta
tiOnsry. Packets arrived. Navigation
fully resumed. Enough water is expect
ed to allow the largest bosts to pass over
the falls. Weather clear. Mercury 36o.
PTrTsBURG, January l8-GrOWing very
cold. MonOngahela, rs feet and rising
slowly. Allegheny, u feet and fall Of
ice. Allegheny, u feet and falling at OF
City. Weather clear and cold. But little
damage is reported from the sudden rise.
No coal will leave before Wednesday.
Departed: Mary Lowry, for Red river.
The Glencoe leaves TO morrow for New
Orleans. The M~OnOngahsla packets com
enc running tomorrow.
LOUISVILLE, January 16.-Riv6r about
stationary, with 81 inches in ths chute
aud 4 feet s inches in the canal. Weather
cool and damp. Mercury 800. Business
Will be fully resumed this week on the
big rise that is expected. The new boat
James Howard, the largest boat ever
built for the western waters, leaves to
morrow morning for Cincinnati to load
for New Orleaus-irs5 trip ont.
NASHVILLE, January I6-River rising, !
with 80 inches on Harpsth shoals. Wealth
er cold and cloudy.
N~ICEsBURG, January lb-DOWn: Bis
marck, 1 am, Belle Yszoo, JPN. River
falling. Weather clear and cool.
NEW ORLEANS, January 16.-Arrivsd.
judge Wheeler, from Memphis. Depart
ed: Commonwealth, for St. Louis; Pc
tomac, for Cincinnati.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The G.. ". Cheek arrived from Friar's
Point with twsuty-four bales Of cotton
and 295 sacks Of seed.
The Mary Boyd goes out for the Arksn-
sas to morrow.
The 7. II. Allen went out for Arkansas
river last night with a fine trip.
The st. Louis Packet Company have
reduced freights to 30 cents per 100 lbs.
so cents for -four, and 81 so tor whisky.
The owners of the Phil. Allin and A.
J. White had a consultation, yesterday.
and agreed to divide the business in the
Friar's Point trade, and not to run Opp0-
sitiOn any longer. After the present week
the White will make two trips weekly,
leaving here each Monday and Thursday.
The Phil. AIlin will also make two trips
per week, leaving here each Tuesday and
Friday. The Phil. Allin went out last
and the White leaves this evening.
The owners Of the White say they had
no desire to control the Whole trade or
drive the Allin from it. They only wished
Monday should be allotted 20 them
as their regular day Of departure. An
arrangement has been effected that is per-
fectly satisfactory to all the parties con-
csrued, and both steamers design to run
from here to Friar's Point twice each week
b future bench Of their patrOus,a and
it is to be hoped also for their own profit.
The St. Francis, Captain Thos. Bowman,
promptly az hve O'Clock this even
for Helena, and Mariana on the St.
Francis. Sam. @. Paine and ". B. Berry
her clerks.
The fine steamer Legal Tender, Captain
IL II UHHs-Aa
his morning, and Is announced to leave
for JscksonpOrt and all points on White
AZ five O'Clock this afternoon. Jos.
Elliott and Dan. Sullivan are her secre-
5aries.
The Phil AIlin was the recipient yes
.erday OF a handsome ChickeriRg piano. +
cost $3.50. The elegant Instrument
purchased by a number of the war
n friends of the late Major
mi. T. ALln. It wss a hitting testimO-
llal to the beautiful steamer named in
honor Of the gallant soldier.
The Cheek reports having seen the
lead body Of a woman lying in the water
about two miles below the wreck of the
McGiI.
The A. J. White, Captain George Ma
one, Charlie Smithers clerk, leaves for
Friar's Point this evening.
The Utah was looked for from Cairo last
on her way to Arkansas river.
The Dardsuelle is expected in from
Arkansas tonight. So is the Belle Lee I
rom New Orleans. ,
Tn survivors OF the T.. L. McGiU that :
anne up on the A. J.. White gave Captain Z
Ohm Washington ard his crew a card of q
for their Kindness and attention t
o them while on board. Their humane -
and generous treatment will u
be forgotten by them. Much praise o
8 dus to all the steamers and their ssvs- 81
al crews who assisted in rescuing the s.
on the hurnfug vassaT Y