Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-23

city the head of navigation. Saturday
night was the cOldest of the season, and
yesterday morning the mercury was at
six degrees above zero, but at night the
weather had moderated considerably.
Business a. the landing was dull, as will
be seen by the cargo items below:
BY Telegraph.
VICKsBURG, December 22.-DOwn:
City of Chester. Up: E. H. Durfee,
John Howard, Ouachita, Legal Tender.
Weathea clear. Kiver rising.
PITTsBURG, December %. - The
river rose steadily until eleven O'clock
last night, and reached feet inches,
when it began to recede. This evening
the stone marks indicate feet . inches
and falling. 1t turned very cold last
night, and the mercury fell to s degrees
below zero. The weather has moderated
some during the day. A large quantity
of ice is running in the MonOngahela.
Boats Going To-Day.
The regular United States mail packet
G.. w. Cheek, with Captain Geo. Ma
lone on the roof, leaves this evening at
five O'Clock for Ffiars Point and all way
landings.
The gay steamer Phil Allin, Captain
James Lee, leaves this evening at five
o'clock for Helena, Friars Point and all
business landings in the bends below.
The Frank Forrest, Captain Sexton,
leaves at five O'Clock this afternoon for
Fulton and all intermediate landings.
The Belle of Pike, Captain Reder,
leaves as above at five O'Clock this eve
ming for Cairo.
The Lady Lee, Captain Shields, departs
at five o'clock this evening for New o.
leans direct.
The City of Quincy leaves at two
o'clock for New Orleans. Captain West
commands.
The Commonwealth, Captain Sedan,
leaves this afternoon at three O'Clock for
Vicksburg and New Orleans.
The P. w. Strader departs at three
O'Clock this day for New Orleans. Cap
tain L. L. Belt commands.
miscellaneous.
The Mary Miller came down yester-
day from the Ohio with the cargo of the
R. G. Gray, which she was busy putting
out at dark,
MessTs. Palmer and CovingtOn, of the
Cincinnati Underwriters, arrived yester-
day by rail from Cincinnati to look after
the cargo of the r. c. Gray, brought by
the Mary Miller. Captain CovingtOn re-
ports but small portion of the cargo
damaged.
The wreeker Eckert will leave the
wreck of the ThOs. H. Allen tomorrow
or Tuesday, when she will have the
Aliens machinery out, and will then
return to the wreck of the st. Marys,
and after finishing her work there, viii
90 down to the wreck of the H. Clay
Wilson, and remove her machinery.
The cabin, fixtures and all kinds of
ware belonging to the st. Marys win be |
sold at autiOn on Thursday.
The Mary Z. Forsyth laid ever until |
last night, when she left with the fol- |
lowing freight added here: Eight hun |
dred and twenty-five bales of cotton, at |
one dollar and seventy-five cents and |
two dollars per bale, eighty head of /
stock, and ten tons of miscellaneous
freight.
A rumOr prevails at New Orleans /
that a sale of the Katie will be made at /
nOdistant day by the United States Mar
shal. The wreeking bill of ten thousand /
dollars has been arranged satisfactorily. |
The total loss on the freight of the 4
ThOs. II. Allen will hardly exceed fif- /
teen thousand dollars. OF this amount /
the Baltimore Bridge Company lose five
thousand dollars.
On Saturday night at eleven o'clock /
the Ohio at Pittsburg had risen until the /
water was eight feet above low water /
mark, but by the signal telegram last /
night it had declined six inches, stand 1
ing then at seven feet six inches. At
Cincinnati the river rose four feet eleven 1
inches, and stood at twelve feet one !
inch, and at Nashville the Cumberland /
had risen six feet and seven inches
during the twenty hours, and stood at /
eighteen feet two inches above low
water mark.
Heavy ice flOated past the city nearly 1
all day Yesterday. This is the first time
that has occurred this early in the sea-
son for a number of years. Ice was also /
met by upward bound boats fifty miles
below here.
The ice Kinney passed up at noon
yesterday after putting out a hundred /
and eight bales of cotton and hundred
and fifty sacks of seed here.
The Peytona and barges passed down
at noon yesterday.
A heavy gorge is reported in the river
at Columbus.
The Cheek brought up yesterday one
hundred and sixty-eight bales of cotton
and four hundred and forty-two sacks of
cotton-seed. The Phil Allin two hum
dred and ninety-two bales of cotton and
thirteen hundred sacks of seed.
The Alaska went down yesterday
morning with two barges.
The Lawrence lays here for better
water in the Ohio. Nearly all of her
freight was out last night, and effectual-
ly filed the landing opposite where she
lay.
The Ashland lays up for the present,
Or until there is more water. in the Ar
kansas.
Old ssProb." failed to observe in his
bulletin on Friday night that a general
5now-storm would prevail all over the
country yesterday. He disappointed
5teambOatmen heroabouts to such an ex-
tent that had he presented himself at
The landing a free bath would have been
Iendered him.
OvercOats were a luxury yesterday,
and "blessed was he" who could sit by a
stove, in the cabin Of a boat, OF in an
office al day.
The Andy Baum is lying at the upper
lending, and win load as soon as the
weather moderates.
The rains last week made only q shore
rise of an inch and half In either
White river or the Arkansas.
The West Wind viii hardly get away
from here before next week.
The Yaeger and Mollie Moore did at
eft cot fHrotnorh -. Cat-o xL1 e. I