Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-13

The river is stationary here, and
stands but eight inches above lOw-water
mark. The channel, both above and be-
low, is in a most wretched condition,
and hard to find. There is but six and
a half feet at MOntezuma, six feet at
Helena, five feet nine inches at Horn
Lake, six feet at Reeves, and v and a
half feet at Islands Forty, Thirty-four
and Twenty-six, and the same depth at
Point Pleasant, the channel there hav-
ing cut out to that depth, when the II.
S. Turner came down. There is, per-
haps, four feet between Cairo and st.
Louis, and from three and o half to four
feet in the lower Ohio. A rise of two or
three feet is expected in the latter, how
ever, that will improve matters there.
The weather yesterday was cloudy and
! damp, and at night mild.
; BY Telegraph.
EVANSVILLE, December 12.-WeatheT
chiefly clear and cold. Mercury ranged
, from Ice TO $50. Now cloudy and get
4 ting colder. River has risen l inch.
Business light.
\ CAIRO, December l2.-Arrived: John
Il KilQour, from New Orleans, S pm; Tom
\ JASPER, from New Orleans, 10 am
/ Sam ]. Hale, from New Orleans, IL am.
Departed: City of Chester, for Memphis,
9 pm: Charles BOdmann, for New Or
leans, 10 pm; Exporter, for New Or
leans. IL pm; Sam. j. Hale, for Cincin-
natl. 8 pm. River stationary. Weather
| clear. Mercury 2S0.
NASHVILLE, December I2.-The river
is falling very slowly, with p inches
water on Harpeth Shoals. Weather
| fair and cold.
ST. LOUIS, December 12-The river is
falling slowly, with less ice running.
| Weather cloudy and cold.
NEW ORLEANS, December 2.-ArTived
| Bismarck, from st. Louis; Mayfiower,
from Memphis; John Howard, from
| Arkansasl river. No departures. Wealth
er clor;Sy and cold.
VI-ypBURG, December 12.-Down:
P. w, 5trader. Up: Susie Silver and
Fannie Lewis. Weather clear and cool.
River falling.
PTTTsBURG, December 12.-The Mo-
nongahela river continues TO recede
slowly, with 3 feet water in the channel.
| Navigation to all points is suspended.
| Weather has moderated a little.
CINCINNATI, December 12.-TheTiver
ia falling, with 8 feet 8 inches in the
channel. Ice is forming. The Billy
Collins departed for New Orleans.
Weather clear, with the temperature at
the freezing point.
LoUIsvILLE, December 12.-The river
Is stationary, with 4 feet s inches in the
canal, and 2 feet s inches in the chute.
Weather clear and cold. Mercury
ranged from 1So to 27o. Heavy ice is re-
ported nearly all the way to Cincinnati.
No ice below. Departed: Arlington, for
Memphis. Boats are afraid TO venture
out for Cincinnati.
Movements OF Boats.
Although there was not a large num-
Der of boats at the landing yesterday,
the amount of business done was much
greater than on the day previous, the
principal article moved being cotton.
Included in the arrivals was the H. S.
Turner, from Cairo, with five hundred
tons, and one thousand sacks Of corn on
her barge that she took at Madrid. She
lays over until noon to-day, and gets
four hundred bales of cotton. The Mary
Mcdonald, for Cairo, left after dark
with five hundred and seventy-hve bales
Of cotton. The Emma G. Elliott and
Mary K. Poe arrived soon after dark
the former with four hundred, and the