Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-29
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
In Port.
!, Belle Vernon
Rivers, weather ana Busipe..,

The river at this point fell eighi
inches since last report, and stands by
the gauge fifteen feet seven inches above
extreme low water mark. The changes
of the rivers elsewhere are as fNrows: Al
Omaha it rose four inches; Cincinnati
seven inches; Louisville, two inches
Nashville, one inch. At st. Paul it de-
clined two inches; Keokuk, three inch
es; Cairo, six inches; st. Louis, six inch
es; Pittsburg, four inches; Vicksburg,
eight inches; Shreveport, two inches;
New Orleans, three inches. At Daven-
port it is stationary. Weather clear and
warm. Business on the levee yesterday
was light. The local packets, however,
got off with fair trips.
BY FeIegraph.
NASHVILLE, June 2S.-The river Is
falling, with 36 inches water on Har-
peth Shoals. Weather fair and very
warm.
EVANSVILLE, June 2S.-The weather
is chiefly cloudy and hot Mercury $50.
River has fallen 2 inches. Port list
Up: Mary Houston, am; Shamrock,
2 am; Indiana, am. Business very
dull. W
CINCINNATI, June %. The river is
rising, with s feet water in the channel.
Weather warm and clear.
LOUISVILLE, June F2S.-The river is
declining, with scant feet in the canal,
and feet ia the chute, and 5 feet to
Evansville. Weather clear and hot.
Mercury 9Oo at l pm. Business very
dull. Arrived: H. S. Turner, from
New Orleans; Shamrock, from Menu
phis. Departed: Shamrock and Henry
S. Turner, for Cincinnati.
PIrTsBURG, June e2S.-Weather cloudy
and high wind blowing. The Monon-
gahela river is failing, with 6 feet 2
inches water in the channel; also fall
ing above. The total amount of coal
shipped by this rise, S5l 600 bushels ~
NEW ORLEANS, June 2S.-Arrived: /:
Robert Mitchell. from Cincinnati; City
of Cairo, from St.Louis. Departed:.H.
c. Yaeger, for ST. Lcuis. Weather clear
and warm. ga
CAIRo, June 2S.-Arrived: Henry
Ames, from st. Louis, am; Kellogg,
from St. Louis, pm; City of Helena,
from st. Louis, pm. Departed. Grand
Tower, for Memphis, am; John T..
Moore, for Bed river, pm; City of
Helena, for Vieksburg, pm. SeRiver
has fallen inches in the past twenty
four hours. Weather clear and hot.
ST. LOUIS, June 2S.-Arrived: Colo
RADIO, from Vicksburg. Departed: Belle
Memphis, for Memphis. The river is
rising slowly. Weather clear and very
warm.
VICKsBURG, June 2S.-Boats down:
Ouachita Belle, pm. Up: Glencoe, Z
last night. Up to-day: Atlantic and
barges, 5 am; Great Republic passed
up at pm. with 40 cabin passengers
and 700 tons of freight. Weather clear
and warm. River falling.
Miscellaneous.
The Julia, from st. Louis, for Vicks-
burg, passed down before daylight well
laden.
The Belle Vernon, from Cincinnati,
arrived with a five hundred-ton cargo.
and returns this evening with cargo of
cotton.
The Phil AIlin, for Friar's Point, and
A. J. White, for Chicot, got Off before
dark with fair trips.
The Louisville, from the Ohio, arrived
st noon, discharged nine hundred pack
ages furniture here, added one hundred
barrels oil, and got off for below at dark
with eleven hundred tons of freight.
The A. J. White, from Chicot City,
brought in fifty bales of cotton, sixty
sacks of seed and sundries TO order.
The Legal Tender, from White river,
came in with twenty-six bales of cotton
and lot of sundries to order.
The City of Vicksburg, from below,
departed for above with light trip.
The Gladiola, from New Orleans for
the Ohio, passed up early yesterday
without landing.
n A Al
brought in fair trip of freight and
people. a 20
The Cheek win go out at ave o'clock
,o-day for Helena and Friars Point. OIL
ler recent renovation and overhauling
he Louisville Courier Journal says;l
She has been heightened fifteen feet
'hree inches, which adds greatly to her
exterior and Interior appearance. Her
,abin has been torn out and made entire
y new, and refurnished with Henry
Wehmhoff's best upholstery. She has
llso had her machinery thoroughly over
lauled, substituting new boilers, made
# the best Tennessee iron, in place Of
he old tubular ones. These boilers were
made by Mr.. Jack Pearce, OF this city, |
which is sufficient guarantee tnat they |
IRE perfect in every respect, he having |
be reputation Of being one of the best |
Doiler makers in the United States. |
Her machinery was tested yesterday by |
Hessrs. Reynolds and Roughton, local /
and pronounced by them to |
'e perfect in every particular, coming
Up to the full requirements of the new
teamboat law. This is the fourth boat |
,uilt by the enterprising firm of Check !
! Malone, all Of which have proved ad-
l. >