Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-29

\. D. W nlte Al kansas river
In Port.
Andy Baum, St Francis, Mary Miller, Ar
llngton, Ashland, Frank Forrest, Lawrence,
p. ". Strader, Glasgow, James Howard, Pat
Cleburne, Excelsior.
ess-lliscelIaneOus.
The river has swollen twenty-one
inches since our last report, and at dark
last night was rising slowly. with indi-
cations that before this morning the wa
ter would again become stationary. Ex-
tremely heavy ice fOaUi.d past the city
all day yesterday and until night, when
it thinned out some, which leads US to
the belief that another gorge has formed
some distance above here, that, when
it breaks, viii prove disastrous to the
boats now lying at the landing, as it
must first strike the dry docks, and
doubtless will turn them against the
Excelsior and Pat ClebUTne, laying Just
below, and again, if it comes, will the
destruction of property be great. It is
hoped, however, that the ice has now
nearly run out from both the Randolph
and Columbus gorges, and that the ice
now passing is the last of them. The
weather yesterday was mild, and part
of the time during the day it was pleas
ant, but at night the mercury again
descended to below the freezing point.
But little was done in the way of busi-
ness at the landing, and there was no
handling of freight except that dis
charged from the Glasgow and James
Howard.
BY Telegraph.
VICKsBURG, December 2S.-Down:
r. E. Lee. Up: John Kyle. River
rising. Weather cloudy and cold.
CAIRO, December 9S.-Arrived: Glas-
gov, sternwheeler, Hickman; w. ].
Lewis, Vicksburg, ain, Joe Kinney,
Vieksburg, pm; Henry AmeS, New
Orleans, s pm. No departures. River
stationary. Weather clear and cold.
Thermometer 2S0.
PITTsBURG, December 2S.-Weather
cloudy and cold. Mercury at 200. The
rivers remain closed.
NEW ORLEANS, December 23.-Ar-
rived, Era, Cincinnati; La Belle No. 2,
Memphis. Departed: Charles Bod
mann, Indiana, Cincinnati. Weather
clear and cool.
LOUISVILLE, December 28.-The river
is stationary, with 5 fest in the canal
and feet in the chute. Weather cold.
The mercury ranged from t50 to 90. No
change is reported in the gorge above
and below. The gorge at Rock Haven,
twenty miles below the city, is ten foot
thick.
NASHVILLE, December s8.-The river
is falling, with feet on HsTpeth Shoals.
The weather is milder and cloudy.
CINCINNATI, December. .8.-The river
has risen foot IL inches, ana is closed,
with 19 feet inches in the channel.
The weather is cold and eloudy. Mercu-
ry ranged from 150 to 25o Some snow
fell. River swelling slowly.
EVANSVILLE, December 2S.-The
weather is cloudy and cold. The river is
rising slowly. Not much prospect of the
ice moving. Mercury ranged from l50
to 250.
miscellaneous.
If the ice clears away, the A. J. White
will come across the river and load to-
morrow evening for Napoleon.
The City of Quincy is announced to
leave here at eleven o'clock this morn
ing for Vieksburg, Nstchez and New
Orleans.
In the local columns will be found
resume of the days doingsI at the land
ing and among the wrecked boats yes
terday.
The Phil Allin is laid up st Helena. rs
is also the Cheek. A telegram from the
latter yesterday stated that if the water
rose much higher there would be more
disasters to hear of.
The Belle Lee was aground at Helena
bar Friday, with the ice all around her.
The present rise viii doubtless float her
off.
The losses to the Walt and Belle of
Pike are to be adjusted by one Of our
local insurance agents, he having been
deputized by the Pittsburg companies.
A large safe was removed from the
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