Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-11

City OF Augusta, Thomas 4. Allen.
Rivers, Weather and business.
The river opposite the city has fallen one
inch since our last report, and now stands
three feet three inches above lOw-Water mark
Of ISL. Above here to Cairo there is six feet
ten inches over the worst bars, but the chan
mel is very ragged and poorly defined; and
above Cairo there is i've feet nine inches. AT
Davenport there is two feet eight inches, and
at keokuk two feet seven Inches The Mis-
souri, is very low, and the Illinois nearly dried
up The Ohio has but thirty inches at Hem
dersOn, and has two feet six inches in the
canal at Louisville. The ATksngas Is falling,
with but eighteen inches over Z Ourche bar,
below Little Rock; and White river has but
thlrty-fOur inches over Little Island bar, and
Is falling. The weather was raw and chilly all
day yesterday, with the mercury at nfty-three
degrees, and stin breeze from the north.
business at the landing Is somewhat better.
River Changes Elsewhere.
At Davenport yesterday the river reese one
inch, and at Pittsburg ten inches, with two
feet eight, inches above low water at the
former and two feet six inches at the latter
point. A decline OF eight inches occurred at
Nashville, two inches at Cincinnati, and at
keokuk, 81 Louis and Louisville il was sta
tlonaTy. The following are the stages Of water
reported at other places: AT KeOkuk two feet
seven inches; Cairo, nve feet one inch, 81.
Louis six feet; Cincinnati, three feet seven
inches; Nicksburg, 1--WE feet three inches, and
Nashville, one foot ten inches. The appended
dispatches will give the latest news from
OtAAcL PULLS
By Telegraph.
P~ITTsBURG, october I0.-The KononEahola
river is rising slowly, with 3 feet inches wa
term the channel. Weather cool, with indi-
cations favorable for rain.
CINCINNATI, October lO.-The riyeri is falling,
with 3 feet 6 inches water in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, October IQ.-The river is stu
uOnary, with 10 inches water in the chute,
and q inches on Portland bar, 2 inches out,
feet large to Cincinnati. Teams are ford
ing the river from New Albany TO Sandy Is
land, and transferring from the island to ths
Kentucky shore by ferryboat. Weather clear
and quite cool.
NEW ORLEANS, October lo.-No arrivals or
Rain.
VICKsBURG, October lO.-No boats down..
Glencoe, Carrie v. RountE and Colorado.
Weather clear and cool. River falling.
Memphis, from Memphis; Lewis, from Vicks-
burg. Departed: Crescent City and John
New Orleans; 81, Luke, fol- Memphis;
water to Cairo. Weather clear and cold.
EVANSVILLE, October l0.-The weather is
,iesr and cool. Mercury 52'. River has fallen
inches. Keen winds from the southwest.
good.
rom ST. Louis, 10 pm; II. s, Turner, from
View Orleans, 5 am; st. Joseph. from Mem
Ihts, 8 am; John +. TOlle, from st. Louis, 4
I'm; Grand Tower, from St. Louis, 7 pm. De-
,arted: Belle OF Pike, for Memphis, 5 am;
Ackley, for Shreveport, : am; st. Jo-
eph, for 81. Louis, 9r.m; II. ;. Turner, for st.
-Ouis, 10 am. River has fallen 2 inches.
Y Gather clear and colder. Mercury IS.
miscellaneous.
Tho laura came In at noon, yesterday, from
be scr coast, with eighteen bales Of cotton
q hundred and twenty sacks seed.
Is-5 City Of Chester, from st. Louis, came in
t about eight o'clock last night, nearly twen-
flour hours behind time, she having been
ground nearly all OF the night previous at
Il. She brought about three hundred
ms Of merchandise, Of which, NIFTY tons is
1r resh1pment to the Interior and will CUB
- get IL discharged, after which she takes
20 hundred bales Of cotton, five hundred 4
kegs, and VIII perhaps get away at day I
Dardanelle, from the Arkansas river, {
early yesterday morning with one z
lndred and forty-seven bales cotton, and re-
tipped Two hundred and forty-One bales At
.e mouth of White river for New Orleans.
The shannon, from New Orleans with q =
'rge in tow, went up in the forenoon yester- '
y, with a light cargo. She discharged seve-
! small lots OF freight here.
The 81. Francis, from MariannR, yesterday
one hundred and nfty-one bales Of d
ton and four hundre and seventy-two u
cks Of c~otton-seed. "
The big stern-wheel Exporter, with "A barEe n
tow, came in from 81. Louis after dark last q
ght, having been ont nearly a week. She
- aground thlrty-six hOuns at Bulletin bar,
d reports the channel above In q bad con-
lon. Her cargo, with that OF her barge,
lounted TO thirteen hundred tons, and load
her down to six feet six inches, while her
rye was drawing six feet four inches. She <
I out ninety barrels Of Oniens here, and was Il
have laid over until daylight.
he Jennie Howell, for White river, left last
sht with two hundred tons, and was draw
thirty inches OF water. She had also
he nne passenger steamer La Belle, with
plain N. N. Wood on the roof, leaves
3 afternoon at nvo o'clock for New Or
ms and All the way landings. Passenge1 N
yelling south Will ind her accommoda-
as nrst class in all respects. Ar. !. J. DOdd
Ter secretary. 4.
United States mail and passenger steam A
j. White, in command Of Captain Mark "A
eek, leaves this afternoon at five O'Clock for st
poleon, ChicOt, and all the bend landings.
P. Fields and William Smithers and
aries Sharpe are her popular secretaries.
he regular coast packet Phil Allin leaves at n,
O'Clock this evening for Friars Point and -
me usual way landings, Captain Stack W
commands, and Messrs. William p. Gray co
Wynne Cannon are her clerks.
he City Of Nicksburg, Captain A. J. Carter
yes at ten O'Clock this morning for ST.
Us and all the bend landings. Mr.. Garrett
lis is her prime minister.
re Belle Of Pike, Captain Rider, leaves this
ming at Ave o'clock for st. Louis direct. II
le City Of Helena, Captain Mckee, leaves 81
above, this morning at ten o'clock for fer
ksburg and all the usual way landings. ~
/. l. Power Is her able and courteous see pm
are exceedingly scarce at st. Louis,
in order TO get boats loaded, from nftV
cents per hour has to be paid,
10 Evansville Courier says: are reIfa- q
informed that the steamer John Lumsden BET
maze her last trip under the terms Of her -
ter with the Evansville, Cairo and Mem VI
Packet Company. Captain Owens pro- O.,
$ TO run his boat between Cairo and EV- 1
lille on his " hook in the future" an,
r~ee-fourths Of the P. ". Strader has been
10 Captains B0nnger and PegrRm for nf- m
thousand dollars. She will be used In 1
,PortiDg supplies between New Orleans you
1nSsr XII 6r 1n 0tarsg Q Captaln Lloyd tioI
> new Belle OF shreveport viii perhaps tina
at 81. Louis and go to New Orleans. zap
W. Rea will command, and Il. r
man and Lem Conroy clerks. -
city Of Helena, on her last trip up, ran nat
here to Cairo IN Just twenty-four hours
time, considering the stage OF water.
81, Francis and Cleburne departed last n
/, with fair trips. VI
Jennie HoweIl did not go out in the gan
line, a. wa reported, bat loaded as an shol
endeut PACKET. NJ
LaBelle had on board last night nve Nal
red bales q cotton and nearly one o ness
81 o~il-ca1e, aad viii doubtless get
to-day.
lain Dick Cowden has not, as yet. heard =
Captain Dodge regarding the pile
5, bls- expects to today. He has tele- Ne
ed the Underwriters ageut at Cincin- man
egarding the quantity OF freight in the
81 the south Bend, and expects also 70
him to-day.
o. Freight By Steamers. mi,
teamer Exporter-Reid and Bro, . bar ~
lions. LODE
teaner city Of Chester-Toof, Phillips From
q casks bacon r & d, z5 DO; 81 & 60, 20
-four; OF a Co, IS boxes crackers, q place
ltJeF, u nrkin5 DO H., - bbls -four Wher
bacon; S Bro, 5 bbls apples; CGB
q bbls apples; b x, 10 do; W ". - pals
} & 20, ) bbls apples, 3 crates cabbage; -
Co, " bbls noW; Co, A bblH APP
C ia Co, l5 bbls -four; N q II, B n
q casks bacon; M, 2 boxes esEs- .ecteI
,a5bage; F W, 10 crates grapes;D cloth
100 sacks oats; b II & Co, 100 do; n
Q SKIS bran; W p, 1S7 SKIS oats; II & Cho
S 8 90 I packages OF eggs; Il ladies
pkg lard; " L zeL &Co, = tubs scrub
do, II q RIO 70 40. p = oSMIcSSsSeei Steam
do; SID, 5do; + L ", 3 boxes eggs; son st
2 boxes peaches, 5 do eggs; Geo WIZ
ops poultry; Jas AT. boxes eggs, SPE