Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-14
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

RIVERS AND WEATHER The Missis-
sippi and tributaries are still rising Pros
poets are good for rivermen. Net only
are rivermen happy and benefited but
the entire population along the river,
as the suspension Of navigation shuts OF
transportation by river railroads have not
the capacity to carry the quantity OF sup
plies Necessary to the demand The con-
sequence Is that freights are high, receipts
are light, while prices advance to the
highest point. The river here rose seven
inches, at st. Louis three inches, at Gin
cinusti three feet one inch, ut Louisville
ten inches, ct Nashville four inches, at
Vieksburg three inches. ct Cairo Ave
inches. and fell three inches at Shreve.
port.
BoArs LEAVING To DAY.-The st. Fran
els, q fBe steamer, Captain T. R Bow
man, leaves to-day at ten o'clock for Phil.
lips bayou and all points CT the st. Francis.
Sam @. Paine and Billy Dssn are her
clerks.....-...T The regular triweekly United
States mail packet Phil Allin, Captain
James Lee. leaves this evening at four
O'Clock for Frisrs Point end all coast land.
ipgs. Stack Lee and J. @. Harris are her
caief se0retsries...,...,.The hght-draught
passenger steamer Mallie Rag0n, Captain
J. 3. Hall, leaves this evening at i've
O'Clock for Evansville and all the coast
clerk 1.-THE passenger steamer John
Kilgour, Captain AlE Stein, leaves this
evening at four o'clock for New Orleans
aud all coast landings She bas large and
spieudid stateroonos, with her tables al.
WAYS supplied with the delicscies that our
market sffords Mr.. Frsnk Beck IL her
popular chief secretary. The St.
Joseph, Captain CoTbitt, leaves this day
at twelve O'Clock for Cairo aud tba c1ast
lsndiuRs. Mr.. Hewitt is puTser.........The
Jno. n. 9Toesbeck, Captain d. Msrrstta,
leaves this morning 81 ten O'Clock for
Louisville and CinCinnsti. Mr. Spencer
Is her clerk.
ARRIvALs.-Arkansss Belle, Cairo; St
Joseph, New Madrid.
DEPARTURES. g. W. Cheek, Frisrs
Point; A j. White, Nspoleoni Legal
Tender, W rite river.
In PoRT -Arksnsas Belle, 81. Joseph,
Minnie, Columbia, Groesbeck, st. Fran
els, Msllie Rsgon
At TIE LEyEE.-Yery little was doing
a. the wharf 90 dAy-ip fact every place OF
business Was deserted for Mardi Gras,
which was celebrated in the fullest sense
of the word, River men were not behind.
They are as fond of fun ana pleasure as
any other class, and enter into lG With as
much zsal....,..,, The Arkansas oeIieJ rom
Cairo. oane Ia with good trip Of grain
and produee. She reports tbs Tom Jas
per hard sground A. Island twenty six;
also, the Nick LongwoTth taking corn in
the bends......... The st. Joseph from New
Madrid, brobght IN 3 good trip OF corn.
....,..,Tbe Legal Tender, A. J. White and
G, w, Cheek left for below, all with fair
trips.........The ST. Francis leaves this
morning st ten O'Clock positively y.........
The Dsfdanelle is the next Arkansas river
packet, leaving here next Friday.
ny Telegraph.
PrFTsBURG, February - weather
in tbe sfteruoop-raininz bsrd. Later II
was growing cold. The Monongahels has
4 feet 8 inches. Good prospect OF e-Fly
LITTLE Rock, February 1S.-Westher
clear and pleasant. The river ls deolln-
ing, alter having risen ~ inches. De-
parted: Dardanelle. Tor Memphis; John
Howard, for Memphis.
CIEoIENATI, February S-The river
fell rapidly laat night and to-day, on &C
count oftke breaking Of the gorgss below.
The WausDita will probably have to be
wrecked. Growing cold rapidlyi prospect
of hard frost o-Dight. The steamer
Nashville went down at the whRTffSSoat
this evening, in Il feet Of water, injured
By the ice, and viii probably overturn.
/ CAIRO, February 18.-Arrived: Mo-
hawk, from New OrleAnA, at pm. De-
parted; Mollie Ebert, for Cincinnati, at