Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-11

leans; Simpson HOrneT, for New Or
leans; Alice Brown, White river.
CINCINNATI, April 10.-The river has
risen 3 feet 7 inches, with 81 feet 10
inches water in the channel. Weather
clear and cool.
PITTsBURe, April IO.AWeather clear
and warm. The MOnOngahela river
has IS feet water in the channel, and Is
rising.
miscellaneous
The Charles BOdnan, from Cincin-
natl, arrived early yesterday morning.
put off ten tons of miscellaneous freight
here, and departed for New Orleans
loaded to the guards.
The Potomac, from New Orleans, four
and a-balf days out, added four hundred
bales OF cotton, and left for the Ohio
with a fair trip.
The s. s. Merrill, from mouth Of Red
river, arrived at noon, coaled here, and
departed for st. Louis light. She re-
shipped her Ouachita river freight on
the steamer ID. Il. Talley, at the mouth.
The Capital City and City Of Cairo are
the next boats due from below.
The Phil. Allin, from Friars Point
brought in thirteen bales of cotton, two
hundred and forty2eight sacks of seed,
and a lot of sundries to order.
The Edinburg, from Cincinnati
bound for Red river, passed down early
yesterday morning, well laden.
The O.. w. Cheek, from Friars Point,
arrived with a fair trip of cotton and
seed and cabin full of people.
The ArmadillO, from the Arkansas
river, came in with n~inety-four bales of
cotton, and brought up the shaft of the
Thomas ii. Allen. She added sixty
bales of cotton here, and left for the
Ohio with a light trip.
The R.. G. Gray, from Cincinnati,
came in at noOn, discharged twenty-five
tons of freight here, and departed with
four hundred and fifty tons for the Ar
kansas, and took the United States mail
from here for the above river.
The Mary Boyd, from Little Rock,
brought in n hundred and fOrty-seven
bales of cotton, three thousand two hun
dred and thirty sacks of cotton seed and
a lot of sundries to order. She returns
tomorrow evening at five o'clock.
The Silver Moon and Nick LOngwOrth
leave for the Ohio river tomorrow even
ing.
The GAINESVILLE passed Little Rock last
Tuesday, bound for New Orleans, with
twelve hudnred bales Of cotton; also, the
AdlAAt AOuLlAL 4Ol TIE EdAllE DDlLL
with two thousand six hundred and one
bales of cotton.
The G. w. Cheek failed TO get off last
night, but leaves positively this even
ing at five p. m. sharp for Friars Point
and all the coast landings.
The Colorado Captain Luker, departs
at 5 o'clock this evening for Vieksburg.
H. Dietrich is clerk.
The City of Chester, Captain Ziegler
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Carlo and st. Louis.
In the course an interview yes
terday between General Chatham and
one of his old soldiers, Major c., the
General asked the Major: How many
children have yOU?r 81 have nine,h
modestly answered our friend, land
would have but eight had it not been for
your "How's that?n asked the Gene
raj, somewhat surprised. 81 was in
debted to your kindness for a fuFloughn -
The General saw it.
The ice boats in the Illinois, loaded to
eve feet and over can't get down.
Some of the tOw-boats, therefore, will
bring down canal boats with cargOes in
stesd.
Capt. VIM. NJ. Brown will command
the John Kyle during the absence of A.
M. hutchinson.
The St. Paul Pioneer of the 5th has
the following items: "The ice still holds
in front of the city, but it begins to
wear a look Of great Encouragement.
The river is still slowly on the rise, hay
ing risen some three inches in the last
twenty-foW hours. Our city contempt
raries are a little wild in reporting the
total rise at from thirty inches TO four
nh IL LII - I-11.I dr.
eighteen inches at the outside. The ice
is reported to have broken below the
bend and moved down some half mile OF
more. From Our down river exchanges
and from kilograms we have received,
we CLEAN the following as the latest in
telligenee concerning the ice below:
The ice in front of Red Wing moved out
on Tuesday last, and the river is now
clear both above and below, as far as can
be seen from that city. The ice moved
Wednesday at WinOna, and it is ex-
pected that the FLYER will be cleared to
La Crosse tonight. AT La Crosse the
ice commenced to on Tuesday,
with a fair prospect of an open river all
the way down in a few days"
The Cincinnati Commercial of the
8th instant says: f"The Robert Mitchell
returns for New Orleans, from Louis
vile, leaving tomorrow. Captain r. NJ.
Wade left On the mail-boat yesterday, to
take charge this trip, having sufficiently
recovered from his illness. The new
towboat, Iron Mountain, passed down I
Pittsburg to st. Louis yesterday.
Her hull was built by Wilson, Dunlevy ]
& Co, Wheeling; she is one hundred
and eighty-three feet long, thirty-ive
feet beam, six feet hold; her engines are
twenty-five inches, eight feet stroke, :
shaft twelve inches; journal working a
water-wheel twenty-five and a half BY
twenty-four and a half feet. She is fur {.
with doctor engines and boiler,
and also four niger engines TO work four
steam eapstans, two forward and two
aft of the boilers. Her boilers, five !
in number, are twenty-eight feet long, I
inches in diameter, double flues, a
the celebrated homogeneous steel from 5
The works of Park Brothers & Co., of I
Pittsburg, and are double-riveted, with :
all drilled, and are estimated
TO Withstand a pressure of eight hundred
pounds to the square inch, and have a
working pressure of one hundred and 1
seventy pounds, The Iron Mountain
to Gray's Iron Line, Of which
Messrs. BeltzhOOver & Gray are the
principal prOprietOrs. Boats Of the coal \
ieet continued to arrive yesterday.
Probably nearly all of the Pittsburg fleet
will be in to-day. A number Of the :
boats with tows for this city were start
ng back. The present run of coal, con-
its extent, has been remarkably J
rec from disasters. T. Mahon, financial &,
igent Of the Memphis W~aterworks Com :
Saturday, contracted with Gay
ord for two thousand five hundred tons 1
'firon pipe"
Rates Of freight from st. Louis to 4
Memphis were reduced last Tuesday to
he following figures: Flour, forty cents;
'ound freight, twenty-five cents; hay, a
orty cents; pork, seventy cents; whisky, 4
ne dollar and twenty-five cents.
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