Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-07


PITTsBURG, April 6.-Weather mild
The MOnOngahela river has feet 4
inches water in the channel, and is fall
ing slowly; also falling above The Al
leghany has feet water and is station
airy at Oil City. Departed: Exporter,
| for New Orleans.
| LOUISVILLE, April 6.-The river is
rising slowly, with feet inches i'm the
canal, and feet inches in the chute.
Raining this evening. Business good.
| Arrived: G.. b. Church, from New Or
leans. Departed: c. B. Church, for
Cincinnati.
New ORLEANS, April 6.-Arrived:
| Nick LOngwOFth, from Louisville; Pau
! line Carroll, from St. Louis. Departed: !:
| NJ. J. Wicks and City of Cairo, for St.
Louis. Weather cloudy and warm.
| NASHVILLE, April 6.-The river is
falling, with feet water on Harpeth
Shoals. Weather cloudy and blustery.
| VICKsBURG, April 6.-Boats down:
Mary Houston, am; PargOud, pm.
Boats up; Indiana, am; Glencoe, 10
am; Belfast, II am; Robert E. Lee, 3
pm; Alaska, 3 pm; John f. TOlle, 4
pm; Belle st. Louis, pm. Weather
mild. River rising.
| CAIRO, April s. 6.--Arrived: Liberty No.
|
| Turner, from Louisville, 2 am; City of
Chester, from Memphis, S am; Glas-
gov, from Ouachita river, noon: Belle
Memphis, from st. Louis, 6 pm. De-
parted: Julia, for Vicksburg, IL pm;
| Rubicon, for St.LOuis, 2 am; Great Re
public, for New Orleans, am; Turner,
for New Orleans, 5 am; Liberty, for st.
! Louis, g am; City of Chester, for St.
Louis, 9 am. The river has risen l
inch. Heavy rain last night, and
showery during to-day, with prospects
of more rain tonight.
CINCINNATI, April 6.-The river has
risen feet inches the last "A hours,
with IA feet in the channel. 1t has been
raining the last four hours.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-AFrived: Sioux
City, from White river Departed:
Marble City, for Memphis; City of Hell
ena, for Vicksburg; City of Alton, for
New Orleans; Minnie, for Arkansas
river; Emile LaBarge, for Red river
The river has fallen s inches in the past
"A hours. Weather rainy and mild.
EVANSVILLE, April 6.-Light rain
last night; two heavy showers this
evening. Mercury 760. The river is
swelling slightly. Port list-up: Sam.
J. Hale, am; Robert Mitchell, pm.
Down: Charles Bodman, 9 am. Busi-
ness lively, with fair offerings of freight.
miscellaneous.
The John Overton got off for Wits
burg at dark with very light trip.
The Julia and Kate Kinney from
above, and City Of Quincy from below,
were due here last night, and will prob
ably be in port this morning.
The Southern Oil Company, of this
city, has four hundred tons oil cake wait
ing shipment for New Orleans.
The Robert E. Lee will not arrive be-
fore ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
The T. II. Allen leaves for the Arkan-
sas next Tuesday.
The Emile LaBarge is the next Red
river packet, leaving here tomorrow.
the R. P. Walt, from White river, ar
rived early yesterday morning with two
hundred and thirty-three bales of cotton
and lot of sundries to order.
The towbOat Lookout is coming down
from Cairo with six baFges of coal for
this city.
The Grand Tower, from St. Louis,
came in with a fair trip, two items of
which were twelve hundred and seven
teen dry barrels, and four thousand
three hundred and seven sacks of grain.
She returned at dark with fair trip of
way freight
The G.. W. Cheek, for F'riars Point,
and the r. P. Walt, for White river, de-
parted with fair trips of freight and pas
sengers.
The Minneola departed with thirteen
hundred and twenty-three bales of cot
ton and lot of sundries for the Ohio
river.
Baver, Weather, and Business.
The river here rose twenty inches in the
last twenty-fOur hours, and stands at
thirteen feet four inches above extreme
low water mark. The changes else
where are as follows: Cairo, rose one
inch; Cincinnati, thirty-two inches;
Louisville, eight inches; New Orleans,
ten inches; Omaha, one inch; Shreve
port, thirty inches; Vicksburg, six inch
es: Pittsburg, stationary; st. Louis, de-
cIined thirteen inches. The Arkansas
river rose sixteen inches up to last
night, and continues to rise. White riv-
er is rising, with seven feet to Augusta,
and in good boating stage. Weather
clear and windy. Business on the levee
yesterday was slim, with only two ar
rivals and five departures.
The Great Republic, Captain Thor
weigan, leaves this morning at ten
O'Clock for New Orleans.
The Indiana, H. Ames, City of Vicks-
burg, Alice Dean, MOllie Moore, COnti- |
mental, and Alaska are the next boats !
due from below.