Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-27
RIVER NEWS.
BOATs LEAvTNa TH1s -
DEPARTURES
IN PORT.
r. c. Gray, g.. ". Cheek.
RIVERS, wEATHER AND BUsrNFss

RIVERS WEATHER n BUSINESS.
The river is declining slowly here and
at all points below. The total decline m
to the present time is about s-sveutesn
feet, and at the present rate of ths de-
cline Il will not be many days before We
snail s65 the top Of the formidable bar be-
tween this city aud HOpe6eld. The de-
eline at st. Louis has been checked bv
the rise from above there, and at Cairo
yesterday the river was stationary. Our
dispatches, which will be found below.
give the latest news from above and be-
below. White river is falling at DsvalIs
Bluff, with eight feet in the channel to
that point, and six feet above. The Ar
kansas Is declining slowly all the way up,
and has nearly ten feet in the channel
70 Little Rock, and seven feet above there
to Fort Smith. A drilling rain fell until
nearly noon yesterday, when It Stacked
up and toward evening cleared of, only
to cloud up again &C dark, hswsvsr.
Business at the Ievee was light, as ship
ments were held on account Of the rain.
and receipts Of freight we're small.
BY TELEGRAPH.
CAIRO, April 25-Port list: Glasgow.
Louisville to Arkansas river, g I'd. Ed
iuburg, Cincinnati TO Red river, 1 am;
Belle Memphis, Memphis to ST. Louis, /
am; Shreve, Red river to St. Louis. 2
an; Sam J. Hale, Cincinnati to Mem
phis, lam; Nick LOugworth, Louisville
TO New Orleans, g am G.. B. Church,
New orleans TO Cincinnati, IL am. Ar
COSY, New Orleans to Cincinnati. noon;
julia, st. Louis to VicksbUrg, 5 IN.
River rose s inches. Heavy rain last
night; light showers to-day and cloudy.
Mercury So.
VICKsBURG, April 26.-Dowu; Oceanus,
4 pm, LeOnidas, 7 pm. Weather cool:
raining steadily al day. River falling
steadily. The Ysz0O river is rising fast.
NEW ORLEANS, April 26-No arrivals.
Departed; Susie Silver, Louisville: Rich I
mond, st. Louis.
-CINCISNATI, April 26.-The river has Is
feet In The channel, having fallen "
inches. Departed: Lawrence, Memphis. |
Raining hard at intervals during the day.
NASHVILLE, April Zb.-The river is |
rising, with s feet on Harpeth Shoals, /
The weather is mild and raining. There
was q thunder storm this morning. with a
violent gale and extraordinary fall of
rain. Considerable damage was done BY
the blowing down of fences and trees.
LOUISVILLE, April 20. The river
has risen o inches, but is now stationary,
with 8 feet Z inches in the chute and 8
feet 7 inches in the canal Rained at in
today, cloudy aud mild tonight.
very dull and discOuraRing.
Arrived: Silver Moon, Memphis: Robt.
Mitchell, New Orleans. The Indiana was
detained, but got OF for New Orleans to-
day NE Belfast is laid up till business
improves.
ST. LOUIS, April 26-Arrived: Dictator
and Osrges, Memphis Belle st. Louis.
Vicksburg; II. NJ. 5hrevs, Red river.
Departed; Henry Ames and Belle Lee.
Orleans; Grand Tower, Memphis
River stationary, but upper Mississippi is
rising. The lumber region between st.
Jroix n the Mississippi is inundated,
,Ut.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Pat Cleburne goes out on Friday
or all points on the Arkansas. '
Tit 4. p. Walt is the regular United
'tates mail steamer to leave on Saturday
leXt for White river.
The Olive Branch passed down yester- I
-ay, fully laden.
The Columbia arrived ia the morning
the Arkansas, and remained here =
ONE time patching her boilers, 4
TIE Sam J. Hale Is the next regular
lean Linz steamer for Cincinnati. She
Oes on Saturday. T
The Edinburg. Captain W. W. Fentou.
laster, viii arrive, and gets away at 10
clock this morning for Jefferson, Sbrsve-
and ali intermediate landings on Red .
"a 4A@ ~ AAaaaAEaADDAm -
The Louisville and Arkansas river mack
K. G. Gray. Captain Yerkes, is billed to O.
ave SC noon to-day for Evansville. Louis 81
lie and all points on the Ohio, and win
spart as advertised. =
The Robert Burns, for Cincinnsti. left
night with 1900 sacks oil cake and 400 -
cotton. a
The Nick L~Ongworth, Captain Lew. =
Rtes in command, will pass down at 10
clock this morning for New Orleans and
10 bends. n
The gay Belle Lee, with Captain Frank
icks on the ROOT, will arrive to-day from Ili
)ove, on a flying trip down the river, al
Id Will stop long enough to add few ~
lndred bales of cotton to her CARGO She
18th several other boats Of the st. Louis r,
Id New Orleans packet line, are 30 be ~
N exclusively as passenger packets, Ii
I'd will make fourteen day TRIPS. Mr.. Ig
)hnS s, Sullivan, an attentive and cour- no
Gus gentleman, presides over the Office
ths Belle Lee, a Frank Smith, the SSoa
O5t popular caterer on the river. keeps 1S
z table supplied with all the deiicReies
the season.
The elegsnt steamer Julia, Captain =
lWnsend In command, and our esteemed
end Jimmy Thompson, clerk. will de- =
rt at 8 pm to-day for Vicksburg and Re
landings,
The splendid City of Chester. Aleek G..
igler in command, and J. ". Baskette.
will leave at pm. to-day for Cairo EV
lWsy connections.
he gay little MARITIME, J. c. Sands in =
nmand5 and ". ". Mason, clerk. gets s..
ay al her usual hour this evening tor
ndolph, Fulton and all upper LANDINGS.
.Oi. ", Il. Merrill, in charge Of fbe =
10 river improvements, viii remove his
&c 70 cincinnati next month. He no. Lei
es pilots he viii operate on the Ohio Fri
! season Win q snag-bOat, and requests -
/ Cincinnati exchange says there il not ~
encouragement for more water for D.
yet though any day may change
prospects a little more to the liking Of St.
ambOa6 men. The lack OF water is, n.
FeYer, not serious, as the scarcity OF and
GIT would not admit Of the employ Fl
ob Of more tonnage than st present, If m
q there was fifty feet Of water In the =
mel.
no Louisville Ledger Of Tuesday says: No
10 Charles BOdmann has been straight OIL
. up with props and supports and 90
? lies perfectly straight. = waler Dq
ind her is very shallow and nosning IA
70 can be done at present.. eighteen n
tfmbers are said 70 be broken lt 6o-
opsd that the reported rise nom Ka- wfd,
Tha and Big Sandy rivors wiz let her Ann
be water again" 0Lt'
r Rohart Shsrerr eDEi169rok the snaQ- IL
/. :. .. Ay9..s - - = here
20 TO Mound City ct once. he lsavss Terr
That place this evening. We learn 1871.
the entire feet ofsnagb0ats win COON plan
me their OperatiOnsonthe Mississinni eonn
its tEibutaries.-[NeB Albany Eed5er
10 furniture and outfit Of the M6llis 5Tss7
} was sold at st. Louis yesterday. ghl
pbaln henry y. Carson, late CONF An
Hnr nF thu MrfIfa AhT~F "
snt plotting on tbs Upper NassisippI IL