Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Rivers. weather ana R~u....--

OdtuaicASi ST. HEaAcA.s
Rivers, Weather and Bnss.
The river at this point heclin
inches since last issue' STAMPING at
the time of observation, seven feet i've
inches above extreme low water mark.
The changes OF the river is as follows:
at Cairo il declined seven inches; st.
Louis, one inch; PittsbUIg, two inches;
Cincinnati, four inches; Shreveport,
three inches; New Orleans, two inches;
at KeOkuk, Nashville and Vicksburg, it
is reported stationary. Weather clear
and pleasant. Business on the landing
Yesterday was only moderate, with
seven arrivals and five departures.
By Telegraph.
CINCINNATI, September 1.-The river
has fallen 8 inches, with > feet 0 inches
of water in the channel.
PITTsBURG, September 2.-Qhe No
nOngahela river is gradually receding,
with 2 feet 2inches water in the channel.
CAIRO, September ARRIVED: Grand
Tower, from Memphis, at 5 pm; James
Howard, at 2 pm. Departed: st.
Joseph, for Memphis, at 10 pm.
Evening dispatch-Departed Ada He'll
man, for Memphis, at 8 pm. The Belle
st. Louis is aground at Greenfield. The.
river has fallen ? inches. Weather
clear and warm.
NEW ORLEANS, September AR
rived: City Of Alton, from ST. Louis;
Mary Alice and barges, nom st. Louis
Departed: Bismarck, for st. Louis.
Weather clear and warm.
ST.. Louis, September 2.-Arrived:
Julia, from Vicksburg; May Lowry,
from New Orleans; COwan, from Cairo,
Departed: City Of Chester, for Memphis.
River stationary. The weather is clear
and warm.
EVANSVILLE, September 2-Weather
clear and pleasant. Mercury, 76o.
River has fallen 8 inches. Port list.
Down: MOllie RagOn, at Gam; Arkan-
sas Belle, aU7 pm.
LOUISVILLE, September 2-The river
is falling slowly, with 4 feet water in
the canal, ? feet in the chute. Weather
clear and pleasant. Arrived: Shannon,
from New Orleans; Lawrence, from
Memphis.
miscellaneous.
The a. J. White, from ChicOt City,
came in early yesterday morning with
nine new bales of cotton, fOur hundred
and t%wenty-six sacks Of seed and a fair
passenger list.
The John Kyle, from New Orleans,
less than five days out, put of here ten
tons of freight, and left for St. Louis yes
terday morning before day light with q
three hundred ton cargo.
The tOwbost Bee passed up with a tow
of barges.
The Capitol City, from Vieksburg for
st. Louis, went up Sunday night with a
light trip.
The Ada Heilman is coming down to
run in the Memphis and Evansville
trade as a regular packet.
The James Howard and Susie Silver
are the next boats due from st. Louis for
New Orleans.
The Continental, from st. Louis for
New Orleans, passed south at a late hour
Sunday night, deeply laden.
The Mary Boyd, from the Arkansas, /
came in with a fair trip. She lays up
for the present.
The City Of Helena, from above, ar
rived yesterday morning with seven
hundred tons of freight, consisting of
eight Thousand one hundred M nine
teen packages. She returned at dusk
with a fair way trip.
The Phil Allin, for Friars Point, got
off at dark with a good trip OF freight
and people.
The John F. ToIIe passed down during
the forenoon without landing.
The Tom Jasper is reported aground
near T~iptonville.
The St. Joseph, Captain Corbett, will
leave this evening at five o'clock for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The regular st. Louis and Vicksburg
United States mail packet Belle st.
Louis, Captain ALI. GrissOm, leaves this
morning at ten o'clock for Vicksburg
and all the usual landings. She has su-
perior accommodations and fare. Mr..
John Blake Is her chief purser.
The passenger steamer A. J. White,
in command Of Captain Mark Cheek,
leaves this evening at five O'Clock for
Napoleon. ChicOt and all the bend land
ings. r. P. Fields, Billy Smithers and
Charles Sharpe are her popular secreta-
ries.
The regular tri-weekly coast packet
Pat Ceburne, in command Of Captain
James Lee, leaves this evening at five
for Friars Point and all theusual
way landings. Mr.. J. G. Harris is her
prime minister.
The semi-weekly passenger steamer
st. Francis, Captain I. r, Bowman.
leaves this evening at five O'Clock for
Helena, Mariana, and all the usual way
landings. Captain Sam G. Paine is her
chief secretary.
The new and fine passenger steamer
City of Augusta, in command Of Cap
tain John Edison, leaves at five o'clock
this evening for Devalls Bluff, Jackson
port, and all points on White river. Mr..
Walker Outlaw is chief puTser. A.,
The regular Memphis and Arkansas Z
psbket Dardanelle, with Captain
sam 3. Adams on the roof, leaves this
evening at five o'clock for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all points on the Ar
river. Mr.. ]. s. Jones holds {
forth in the office.
The Shreveport Southwestern of the
-wenty-eighth Of August says: 'The
liver has fallen two feet three inches OPP ;
DOsite this point since our last weekly s
For the tw~enty-fOur hours
four o'clock yesterday evening c
{ declined three inches. This placed
he stream, at that hour, five feet ten
inches above the lowest water of last
and twenty-One feet below the +,
water of last spring. Cy- :
bayou is as low as it gen.
orally gets to be-. We are without any
Information from upper Red river, but f
would not be afraid 10 bet that it is
ust about as low as it can get. I
rhe pilots of the Right Way re- }
,ort navigation very difficult between Il
his point and Alexandria. They say 5
here is only twenty-eight inches steam $
water on Coushatta bar and three :
md a half feet at Squirrel Point. They =.
the Fleta and F~Ontenelle at COushat- \
a bar pulling over the shoals. The FOn-
enelle had to tighten at Grand EcOre." O
The st. Louis Republican, of the a
ultimo, says: "The Glencoe
las been Incorporated as the Glencoe
transportation Company, with q capt. :
al of ninety-thousand dollars; the Di-
ectors being T. s. Calhoun, Willis
stOckdAle, John N. BOfnger, ID. r. r
and J. 7. Stockdale. The Mis-
Sand and Gravel Company have
cen Incorporated with a capital oil
wo hundred and fifty thousand doliars;
be Directors being II. G. Haarstick, J.
IOler, J. Sheehan, P. Sheehan and w. =
!, sLOler. This company nov owns ]
barges, and Captain Loler is on the
Dokout for two more, and will proceed ,
0 Cairo on Sunday to examine some W.
lg at that point. They are also about a.,
contract with ALI. Cutting, of Metrop-
lis, for the hull Of a new sand boat one
undred and sixty-five feet long, thirty I
beam and four and a-half feet hold.
he will be fitted out here. This makes
lree different sand companies with r
oats, digging sand IN BUR harbOr, and a \
vely competition is looked for"