Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-08

at Vieksburg and two at Nashville.
The weather yesterday was clear and
pleasant, and no fog had risen up to a
late hour at night. rl
By Telegraph.
PITTsBURG, December THE Mo-
nOngahela river is reeeding, with /
feet q inches water in the channel. |
No arrivals. The Henry PrObasco de- /
parted at noon for Cincinnati.
EVANSVILLE, December Weather |
Clear and pleasant to-day. Mercury |
33o to 46\. River rising slowly. Port /
list-down: Charmer, IL am; Andy |
Baum, 8 am; Emma, 6p. m. Up: /
MOllie Ebert, 2 am; Leclaire, am; |
Arkansas Belle, $3.50 ANAL with |
good trips; Business dull.
NASHVILLE, December THE river /
is stationary with 2 feet water on |
Harpeth Shoals. Weather fair and /
pleasant.
NEW ORLEANS, December mo arri- |
walls. Departed-City of Quincy, St. /
Louis; Belle of Memphis, John B. /
Maude, Chieot City. Weather clear and |
pleasant.
CINCINNATI, December THE river
is stationary, with feet in the cham |
mel.
CAIRO, December ARRIVED: Mary |
Alice, New Orleans, p.m.; Shannon, |
New Orleans, 10 pm; Evansville, 2 a. |
m.; Belfast, ST. Louis, 2p.m. Depart /
ed: Ada Helman, Evansville, noon;
Emma G. Elliott, Memphis, pm.
Utah, Memphis, am. Weather clear /
and mild. River risen one inch.
LOUISVILLE, December The river |
is falling slowly with 3 feet 8 inches in |
the canal and l foot inches in the /
chute. Weather clear and mild. No
departures except regular packets. A /
telegram from the Underwriters agent |
states that the Gray Eagle was raised |
with hand pumps and started up here to |
go on the docks. A hole was Knocked |
in the bottom feet long and three feet |
wide.
ST. LOUIS, December Arrived
Alice, Missouri river. Departed: Mary /
Mcdonald, Memphis. The Kanawha |
went below to bring up her barges. The /
River is rising slowly, and the channel |
is cutting out. Weather clear and |
mild. The Mary e. Poe was released |
from the ice gorge Friday evening, by /
the st. Joseph, and started for New Or
leans,
Movement Of Boats.
Business at the landing yesterday was
fair, and late in the evening quite num-
ber of drays were at work hauling cot |
ton for shipment north The StradeT /
came down towing a barge, and had /
four hundred tons. She put out here I
thirty-tWo bales of cotton, and added con-
siderable freight. The Dardanelle' cargo
was six hundred and twenty-one bales /
of cotton. She was to have gone back /
late at night to White river. The Gle /
burne brought moderate trip, and went |
back with a good list of people. The /
Forsyth, over week out from New Or |
leans, discharged eighty-seven bales of
cotton, two hundred and thirty-eight |
sacks of seed, one hundred sacks of salt, |
and had five hundred tons for points /
above. The Nashville brought three /
hundred tons from the Ohio, and had /
nine hundred bales of cotton to take |
hack. The Bee and barges went south |
before noon. The Chester brought four
hundred tons, and had four hundred |
and fifty bales of cotton to take to Cairo.
Miscellaneous.
One "leg" of the elevator yesterday,
when the City of Chester was being un-
loaded, rolled up grain at the rate of
twenty-three sacks minute. Rather
lively work.
Captain Bob Reilly, of the Colossal,
has been in the city for a day or two,
and is on his way to Cairo.
The Utah telegraphs from Hickman
that she will be here Monday morning, +
with four hundred tons Of freight.
A rumor was current at the river last
night that Billy Dill was the fortunate
holder of the ticket number six thousand
four hundred and fifty-nine, that drew
the capital prize, seventy-five thousand
dollars, in the Louisville lottery yester-
day. His intention was, in case hel
won it, to start large hotel on the Eu-
ropean plan. Now he can do it.
The Sam J. Hale, though past due,
had not arrived at dark last night. She
has thousand bales of cotton awaiting
her here.
The landing was crowded with drays
and OK carts until long after dark last
night, In hauling to and from the boats
The plank road at the landing and
connecting Union and FBeale streets,
was completed last night, at least pOr-
ton of it was.
The Strader was compelled to Tighten
to four and half feet to come over the
Point Pleasant bar, and reports about
the same depth at Island Twenty-six,
where she lightened the Glencoe from an
uncomfortable position. The Strader
with her barge had four hundred and fifty
tons, principally corn, oats, flour, etc.,
and was to have taken a hundred and
fifty bales of cotton here.
A Washington telegram asserts that
the Treasurer of the United States viii
oppose the passage of the New steam
boat bill, now pending in the Senate.
General Ranney has represented Cap
tain Isaiah Hood with the cane present.
ed him by Captain Isaiah Sellers, made
from a piece Of the flagship Law
renee.
Representative MOrey, Of Louisiana,
chairman of the special Committee on
Mississippi Levees, intends bringing the
subject before the House at an early day.
The Senate and House Levee Commit
tees are in consultation with a view of
perfecting bill acceptable to the Army
Engineer Department. Il
Referring to the accident to the Grew !,
Eagle, an Evansville telegram of the
fifth says, "She is lying the same as she
did last night.n The Grey Eagle was J
built about one year ago, by James {
Howard & Co., and was the finest boat !
in the Louisville and Henderson line.
She was in command of Captain Miles y
ID. Warren at the time of the accident. )
She was valued at thirty-five thousand !
dollars, and insured for forty thousand !
dollars in the following offices, namely:
Union Insurance Company, of Louis :
vile, five thousand dollars; Merchants
Company, of Louisville, five thousand
dollars; Louisville Banking Company,
two thousand five hundred dollars; En-
Ierprise, of Cincinnati, seven thousand 7
dollars; Union, of Cincinnati, three
dollars; Eureka, of Cincinnati, :
five thousand dollars; Etna, of Hart a
ford, seven thousand five hundred dol
lars, and Kenton, of COvingtOn, Ken
tueky, five thousand dollars. t
A telegram from Evansville states I
that the Grey Eagle has been raised and : :
Is on her way to Louisville.
One item of the George G. VOLTS 5
cargo to this city, when she came up
from Vicksburg on Friday, was a large
ease of smallpox. It is hardly necessary
10 add that it was handled with care. l.
One item Of the p. w. StFader's cargo =
for New Orleans is q hundred and forty ]
soops of poultry, mostly turkeys.
The City Of Chester grounded for three
or four hours at Island Twenty-six COM
ing down, and reports the water there as h
shallow as at Point Pleasant. She got
her cargo, nearly four hundred tons, out
last night, and had four hundred and n
ffftv bales of cotton tn take hack tO CairO.