Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-14
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CAIRO, January I3.-Port list: st. Ma
rvs, Memphis to Evansville, 3 am; Ju-
liza. Vicksburg 70 st. Louis, 9 am. MOllie
ABLE, New Orleans to Cairo, noon; st.
Joseph, Cairo TO st. Louis, 1 pm; City
of Alton, Cairo to st. Louis, / pm: H.
NJ. Shreve, Cairo to Shreveport, 8 pm;
Utah, Cairo to Little Rock, pm. Sa!ie,
Cairo to st. Louis. River rose 5 inches.
Light rain all afternoon and increasing
since dark. Mercury 64' at daylight, and
80 to night.
PrrTsBURG, January I3-Weather mild,
with Indications of rain. MOnOugahela,
4 feet 4 inches, produced by the gOrges
below. The Allegheny is still closed
here, but the ice is reported gone at OH
City tonight.
CINCINNATL, January I3-River, 8 feet
9 inches and stationary. 1t has fallen 3
inches in the past "a hours. The r. g..
Gray is butting the ice at Patriot. Dis
patches at II O'Clock this morning say the
| gorge at Patriot, on Sugar creek, is yet
unbrOken. This, il is said, is now the
only obstruction between POmerOv anu
Cairo. Special dispatches TO the Gazette
from Oil City and Greensboro say the ice
broke up this evening and that the river
was rising, and from MOrgautOWn that
the ice was moving. Mercury So.
Weather clear.
LOUISVILLE, January 13.-Owing to the
gOrges giving way below, b river has
fallen 10 inches, with Z6 inches in the
chute and 4 feet 4 inches u the canal.
Light shower this afternoon, Weather
mild and cloudy. Mercury go. Private
dispatches say the river is clear to Cairo.
Preparations for the resumption of nsvi-
CATION are active. Boats are loading and
returning to the boats laid up below. Es
ST. LOUIS, January l3.-Arrived: Kate
Robinson, from Cincinnati, and two or
three other boats from their late retire
ment. Departed: MOuutaineer, for Mem
phis. The river has fallen rapidly since
the ice broke up. Weather cold, with
abOu5 our inches Of sleet on the ground
Thefmercury fell over SO mere last night
and to day,
NASHVILLE, January 13.-River Sta
tionary, with 80 inches on HaEpeth shoals.
Weather mild and cloudy.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Pat CIeburne, for the Arkansas,
had a big trip.
The departures south yesterday were
all of new frst-Clsss s~idawhesI packets,
and are a credit TO Our city.
James b. White, formerly clerk of the
City Of Alton and MOllie Able, passed
through our city yesterday on his way to
Cairo.
B. P. Field, Of the A. J. White, leaves
for New Orleans to-day.
The Fort Smith is still on the docks.
The A. j.. White came up with I37 bales
cotton and 322 sacks seed.
The Virginia will be down tomorrow.
and leaves on Monday for New Orleans
and way landings.
The Alice and Chas. BOdmann are due
to-day from below.
The George W. Cheek. Captain Mark
Cheek, with Frank GOnterman, Chas.
Jackson and George W. Briggs in the
Office, leaves as usual to-day for Friar's
Point and all way landings.
The Marble City, Captain Boyd, gets
awey at 8 p M. for Cairo and all intsrme
date landings. She is a popular packet,
and connects with the Iron Mountain and
Illinois Central railroads. S. II. Haines
is her popular secretary.
The ii. N. Shreve, Captain II. S. Car.
ter, with John A. Tstum in the Office.
passes down to-day for all landings on
Red river to Shreveport.
The u. S.. M. packet, R. P. Walt, backs
out at 8 pm, to-day, for JaCksonpOrt and
all landings on White River. She con
meets with the Little Rock railroad and
with the packet for Upper White, Black
and Little Red rivers. VIM. J. Ashford
is master aud her clerks are W. 7. Butler,
John aud VIM. Smither.
The Sallie V. is lying at V~ieksburg and
is for sale.
by 2 ulspaJch 10 captain DICK Light
burn we learn that the Belle Lee will be
here to leave for New Orleans on Wsdnes-
day next.
A st. Louis exchange of the 18th says:
"Ths opening of the river will at once
cause a brisk business to spring up be-
tween S.. Louis and points South. An
immense amount of supplies and mer-
cbandise is ready for shipment TO points
below, and it will be gratifying to the
community to learn that all that capital
and enterprise can effect will be done to
relieve The ADVERTISEMENTS inflicted by
the ice blockade. This morning the Mem
phis Packet Company will put all of their
own boats into The service and such others
they can secure, load them Immediately [
and start them South.