Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-09

| ", Minnie, Columbia and Will. y. hays.
AT THE LEvEE-Business at the wharf
yesterday was fair. Prospects are still
/ favorable, as the weather continues mod
erate......... Tho Belle Lee got of for New
Orleans at noon with six hundred bales Of
cotton, one hundred tons of way freight,
and crowded with passengers. ........The
Dardanelle, from the Arkansas, brought
in five hundred and twenty-one bales OF
cotton, seventy eight So sks Of seed, and a
lot Of sundriee to order. Boaz and
barges passed up yesterday afternocn......
The G. W. Check, from Friars Point, came
in with one hundred and eight bales Of
cotton, and FIVE hundred and dfty-four
sacks Of seed.........The Mary Alice and
and barges departed for above yesterday
morning .........The Phil. Allin arrived
from FriRrs Point with one hundred and
dred and ninety-one sacks of seed and
good passenger ist.......s.An the local
packets departed with fair trips.........
Memphis and White River Packet COM
pany, for all points on the upper White
and Black rivers, the steamer Sioux City
will connect with the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad at Devslls Bluff on Satur-
day, the 10th instant. Passengers over
the road to points above DSvalls Bluff
can rely on prompt connections, as the
Sioux City will wait at the Bluffs until
the arrival oi the train........The steamer
st. Francis leaves port this evening at
five O'Clock for all way landings on the
Mississippi and st. Francis river to Hell
ens and Phillips Bayou. T. r Bowman
on the roof, Sam @. Ssim under it. For
the accommodation of those who desire
to witness the grand Msrdi Grss celebrs-
tion, on Tuesday, February 18th, and at
tend the various masked balls to be given
at night, Captain Bowman, at the solicita-
ton of many friends, has kindly con-
sented to delay the departure of the st.
Francis on her next trip, from Tuesday
evening until " ednesdsy morning at ten
o'clock. This will be good news to many
who cannot spare much time from their
homes and business.
OTHHR MATTERs.-The situation in the
gorge below Cairo is thus described: "The
Bodman is raised up fifteen inches by tn
ice and the Kilgour six inches. The foot
of the gorge rests opposite the rocky
point immediately above Columbus, and
the clear water runs up In the shape of
V, the highest point being in the middle |
of the river. To the right of this point, |
near the shore and about three lengths of |
herself awsy, lies the Bodman. Directly |
in front of this point, probably four hun |
dred yards distant, the Illinois is lying
across the channel. Near the Kentucky |
shore, three hundred yards above the |
Bodmsn, the Longworth Is situated. |
Above her, little further out, and just |
opposite the sRWmill, is the ferry st. /
Louis, and above her, out in the river, is |
the Great Republic. She Is probably |
three-fourths of q mile from the foot Of |
the gorge. All the danger to the fset is |
spprehen6ed tom the breaking up Of the /
ice, and every man on board all of them /
seems 10 have a different opinion as to it's |
results. Captain Wade, OF the Mitchell, |
says 1t rarely occurs that q boat last in |
Ia mir hw-f fk,a Il and he-
lieves that they will come out all right. |
The general opinion, however, Is that the |
LongWorth and Bodman, which lie |
in the bend close to shore, will be |
crowded to the bank and possibly ruined. |
In 1855, December 28th, the river closed at |
81. Louis. 1t opened again Februsry 18th, |
1856. with rise, and the heavy ice commit |
ted great havoc among steamers. Three |
were sunk. Among the steam
ers sunk were the ShenRndosh,S Sam Gloon, |
G. W. Spsrhawk, Federal Arch, Polar Star,
Australia, Brunette, Bon Accord, Highland |
Mary and Louisville, and q large number /
of others were damaged-the Nebraska,
Badger State, Clara, Ben Bolt, Adristic, |
Paul Jones, Altoona, A. B. Chambers,
Challenge, Di Vernon, Lamartine, Jennie |
Deans, etc........HeSvy damage to steam
bresking up OF the ice. st. Louis is pretty |
much in the same Ax.........The unpsral-
leled rise of all the western rivers has not
anywhere yet...-....The river
at Alton did not gorge till MondsS night,
and eight inches of snow lies ORSksground
there.
ny Telegraph.
NEW ORLEANS, February mo srri-
Vals. Departed: Belfast, for st. Louis.
W Gather clear and modersting.
NASHVILLE, February s-The river
Is falling, With 81 feet on Harpeth shoals
The weather is cool and fair.
LITTLE Rock, February 8.-Weather
cloudy and pleasant. The river, after
rising one foot, is at q stand, with 4 feet
In the channel below. Departed; Clsrks-
Vile, for above.
EVANSVILLE, February 8. Weather
clesr snd pleasant; mercury ranged from
26o TO $50; ice is rotting rapidly, but no
particular change inthe situation. The
Fayette Is making an effort to break her
way to Henderson.
CAIRO, February Sweat favorable
today for a break up, having thswed all
day; clear. Thermometer S6s at pm.
PTTsBURe, February 8.-Westher mod
Grating. Rivers unchanged.
VIoKsBURG, February 8-Upi Governor
Allen, IL last night. Weather cool and
clear. River falling.
CINCINNATI, February s.-River not
changed. The ice remains
arm, though manifestly grsduslly rot
ing; Weather clear and pleasant for
winter.
LOUISVILLE, February S-River rising
slowly, with feet inohss in the canal.
clear, bright and mild sll day,
md hszy tonight. Mercury S90 at pm.