Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-01
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

| RIVERS AND y RATHER.-The rise il
| the river was less than for several days
| being only four inches. The weather WsG
/ cloudy and ccolsK. Telegrsnas below will
/ give the riss and tall &c the important
/ points on the diffsrsnt rivers; also the
state of the weather.
BOATS Leaving ro-DAY.-The Sam J
/ 9ale, Captain Hambleton, leaves thia
/ evening et five O'Clock for Cairo, Louis.
| vile and Cincinnati. Captain z. O. MIL
/ Ter hsg charge Of the cffice. e.........Ths Pat
/ Ctebusne backs out this evening st three
| o'clock for Little Rock and ali interme.
| date points. That veteran in the Arkan-
sss river trade, Captain Reese Priteh ard
| ccmmRnos, and the honCrs of the office
are efficiently ard affsbly dispensed by
the uIbsne John Hsrbin. Passengers and
| shippers should remember her hour.
The excellent and regular passenger
steamer A. J. White, Captain Mark r.
Cheek, leaves fer Napoleon and slI inter
mediate landings this evening at i've
O'Clock. B. P. Fields and Charley Sharpe
are clerks.........T The Grand Tower, Cap
tain Lsnnox, leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Cairo and st. Louis. Mr.,
White is clerk.
ARRrvALs-Alice Dean, Cincinnati
Colorado, Colossal. Katie Kouu'z. st.
Louis; Phil Allin, Friars Point; g. ".
Cheek, Frisrs Point; T. 81. Allen, Arkzn-
sas river; Grand Tower, st. Louis.
DEPARTUREs-Alice Dean, New Or
leans !; K aEie Kountz, st. Louis; Phil AL
lin and g ". Cheek, Friara Point; Pink
Vsrble, Arkansas river.
In PoRT-Sam Hale, Pat Cleburne and
7. II. Allen.
AT TIE LEvEE-There was a fair busf-
ness az the levse yesterday Tbs G..
". Cheek arrived from Frisrs Point with
one hundred and forty six bales Of cotton
and ninety sacks of ssed.........The 7. n.
Alien arrived from Arkansas river with
one hundred and thirty four bales of cot
ton and four thousand five hundred and
sixty-six sacks Of seed .........The towboat
Crescent City, passed up, six days out
nom NsW Orleans, with two thousand
three hundred and seven tons of
freight.........T The Alaska was looked
for from below and Thompson Dssn
nom sbove--...-...The Grand Tower will
be here early this morning, and the Alice
probably srrived during the night.........
The Colossal. from st. Louis, passed down
for New OFlssns, well laden Katie P,
Kountz from New Orleans, six days out,
put of fifty cases OF wine, and departed
for Sc. Louis with four hundred tons Of
freight ....... The Colorado, from st Louis,
discharged tWe1t- yive tons of freight,
and ls1t for Vicksburg, drawing eight feet
water 1.-THE Phil Anin, from Friars
seven bales Of cotton and one hundred
and seyenty-six sccks Of seed ......... The
bsr opposite tie city is now entirely
covered.
By Telegraph.
LITTLE Rock, February 29.-Weathsr
cloudy and disagreesble River falling,
with 8 feet inches in the channel at this
poinS. Departed: Mary Boyd for Mem
pbis.
PITTsBURe, February 29.-Stssdy snow
during the forenoon; clear and cold to-
night. The MOnongahelR Is stationary,
with 4 fsst 8 inches wstsr in the channel.
No srrivsls or departures
NASHVILLE, February % The river Is
filling, With A fest scsnt on Harpeth
shoals. The weather is cold and cloudy
CINCISEATI, February 29. The river is
falling with ~ fest inches wsser in the
chRnnel.
Luke, from Memphis, l pm; Allegheny
Bsile, from New Orleans, p IA; Henry
Ames, from ST. Louis p N. Departed:
ST. Luke, for St, Louis, pm. Tbs river
has fallen inch. Weather clear. Ther-
mometer 36o.
YIoKsBURa. February 20 - Down:
b NJ. ShreYs, 6 an; WsTner and barges,
IL m; City Of Alton, 6 N. Up: Mary
Houston, l2 N: Indians, u n Charles 5
River rising.
NEW ORLEAEs. February 29.-Arrived:
Dexter. from st, Louis. Departed: Mary
Alios and barges, for St. Louis. Weather
clsRr, THERMOMETERS 64s.
EVANSVILLE, February % -Westher
cloudy and cold, having showed all night,
which Wss foot desp this morning. Mar
cury 2S0 TO SSe; now clearing up. but cold.
Tue river has fsllee inches Port list
Up: John KugoUr, am; Charles Bod
man, pm. Down: Shannon, l pm.
Business fair.
LOUISVILLE, February 20 The river Ia
falling, with fest in the canal, and feet
In the chute. Heaviest fail OF snow OF
the season last night, which covered the
ground eight or nine inches in a few
hour; weather now cold and cloudy.
Mercury ranged from 800 to 35S Business
not 50 active. Arrived: Kate Robinson,
from Memphis; Argosy ard barges, and
John H Groesbeck, from New Orleans.
Departed: Kate Robinson, Argosy and
bar1es, for Cincinnati.
MADISON, IND, February 29.--Twenty
gums sre being fred here tonight in
honor OF the opening Of the JOnesville
canal
ST. LOUIS, February 20 Arrived: John
Kyle and Commonwealth, from New Or
leans. Depsrteds Belfast and Glencoe,
for New Orleans; Mary E. Poe, for Red
river. River rising slightly. Weather
warm, and the snow which fell last night
has nearly disappeared. The mountain
trade promises to be quite large this Sea-
son, and merchants manifest 8 disposi-
ton fsyoring the river rather than rail-
roads as means OF transportation.