Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-08
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Boats leaving To-Day
River. weather ana Business.

In Port.
Legal Tender. Minneola.
River, Weather and Business.
The river at this point rose n inch
since last report and stands by the gauge
fifteen feet above extreme lOW-Water
mark. The Ohio is on a swell from
Pittsburg down. The upper Mississippi
is declining slowly. The Missouri is
rising at Leavenworth and falling at
Omaha. The Cumberland, White and
Arkansas are all reported on the down.
ward tendency. Weather clear and
warm. Business on the levee Yesterday
was more active, chiefly confined to the
local packets. The changes of the rivers
elsewhere are as follows: At Cairo it
rose one inch; at Cincinnati twenty-six
inches; at LeavenWOrth six inches; at
Louisville five inches; at PittsbuFg
eleven inches; at Shreveport one inch;
at st. Louis three inches; at Davenport
it declined one inch; at Nashville three
inches; at Omaha one inch; at st. Paul
one inch; at Vicksburg six inches; at
New Orleans it is stationary.
BY Telegraph.
LOUISVILLE, June THE river has
risen Sinches and is still rising slowly,
with 6 feet 6 inches in the canal, and 4
feet 8 inches in the chute. Weather
cloudy and warm. Business very dull.
Departed: Potomac, for New Orleans.
P-rTTSBURG, June Raining. The
MonOngahela river is rising, with 3 feet
Z inches water.
CAIRO, June Arrived: Mohawk,
from New Orleans. at 8 pm; Kate Kin
ney, from Louisville, at II pm; Belle
Lee, from White river, at l am; John
Kyle, from st. Louis, at noon. De-
parted: Grand Tower, for Memphis, at
| pm; Nashville, for Memphis, at L
pm; Mohawk, for st. Louis, at 4 pm;
Kate Kinney, for New Orleans, at Z
pm; John Kyle, for New Orleans, at
noon. The Belle Lee lays up here. The
weather is cloudy and warm.
NEW ORLEANS, June Arrived:
Shannon, from Cincinnati. No depart
ures. Weather clear and warm.
VICKsBURG, June Boats down:
Mary Alice, at Il m; Charles BOdmann,
at 6 pm. Boats mp: Henry Ames, at s
pm; Great Republic, at 2 pm. Wea-
Their clear and warm.
NASHVILLE, June Ts-NO change in
depth; "A inches on Harpeth Shoals.
Weather warm and showery.
LITTLE Rock, June Weather
cloudy and warm. River declining,
with IS feet water in the channel at this
point. Departed: Thomas H. Allen, for
Memphis; Fort Gibson, for above; Pink
Marble, for Louisville.
EVANSVILLE, June Z. Weather
cloudy and hot; heavy rain this morn
ing; prospects of more rain tonight.
Mercury, 500. Barometer, 261o. Port
list-BOats up: G. b. Church, at l am;
Arkansas Belle, at am; John Kilgour,
at noon. Business fair.
ST. LOUIS, June Arrived: Glasgow,
risen 10 inches. Business very dull. Ar
rsved: Nile, from Arkansas river; City
of Quincy, from NewOrleans; Merrill,
from st. Paul; w. G. Curtis, from Mem
phis. Departed: Richmond, for New
Orleans; Belle Memphis, for Memphis;
slowly. The Missouri has risen 20 feet
at Fort Benton. Heavy rain last night.
Weather clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, June THE river is ris-
ing fast, with Is feet water in the chan
mel. Arrived: J. e. Rankin, from
Evansville.
miscellaneous.
The James Howard got off Yesterday
morning for New Orleans with three
thousand tons of assorted freight, load
ed to the guards.
%The Phil Allin, from Friars Point,
came in with a fair trip of freight and
people.
The Legal Tender, from White river,
brought in forty-two bales of cotton, two
hundred and eighty-five sacks of seed,
and lot of sundries to order.
m. NNTlsL. F. Du-.--A o.
arrived with fifty-two bales of cotton,
twenty sacks seed, and lot of sundries
to order.
in at noon, coaled here and departed for
above, light.
The Henry Ames left New Orleans
last Tuesday with one thousand tons of
freight for St. Louis, three items of
which were twelve hundred and fifty
baBs railroad iron, fourteen hundred box
es sugar, and seventeen hundred and ff-
ty sacks salt.
The John Kyle, II. NJ. Shreve, Color
ado and Kate Kinney are due from
above to-day.
The MinneOla failed to get off last
night as advertised, butleaves this even
ing at five O'Clock, positively. for all
points on the Ohio.
The Bee and barges has seventy-five
thousand bushels of corn engaged at st.
Louis for New Orleans.
James Yore, formerly clerk of the
Dexter is now clerking for the Wanda
liza railroad.
The regular United States mail packet
Legal Tender leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Duvalls Bluff Jacksonport,
and all points on White river. Captain
VIM. Ashford commands, and Ed. c.
Postal and Dan Sullivan are clerks.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
departs at five o'clock this evening for
Cairo, ST. Louis, and all way landings.
The Colorado, Captain Luker, leaves
this evening at five O'Clock for Vicks-
burg and the bends. H. Deadrick is her
clerk.
The fine passenger steamer Minneola,
Captain Miller, leaves this evening at
five o'clock for Cincinnati and all points
the Ohio. Mr.. ]. s. James Is her
popular secretary.
The Mary Huston, Captain Schultz,
leaves at six o'clock this morning for
Cairo, Evansville, louisville, and all
points ON the Ohio. She is a splendid
boat, and viii go through on time.