Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-27

in the status Of affairs on the river. The
exceedingly low stage Of water continues;
only boats of tbs very lightest character
can navigate th8 present channel, oven
without freights....a..Somo time ago Ft-
lot Bass Fenton brought suit against the
Western Union Telegraph company for
damages on account Of delay Ia deliver
ing g message, by reason OF which ne
claimed that he lost a berth on the ArRosy
for the season, and laid bis DANCES at If
teen hundred dollars. The court, At Law
renceburg, Indiana, recently gave him
Judgment for five hundred dollars.".,....
The Cairo Bulletin of Tuesday says:
t'The fast falling river has left the Mary
e Forsyth in rsther an unpleasant posi-
ton on the rocks below the railroad
wharf. Her stern Is resting on them, and
and is several inches out of water, while
under her bow there Is plenty of water.
There is some danger of the rocks going
through her hull unless she Is relieved
soon. "........." Lookout" the Louisville
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Com
mercial, says. 'Ths new steamboat bill,
which originated Ia your Wide-aWake,
go-ahesd city, has passed its third resd-
Ing In the house, and the bright hope is
entertained that It will be carried through
and that an end will be forever put to
subsidiary supervisory inspectors. (Here
Is a spurious word coined, / believe; but
If the supervisors are blotted out, then
wipe IL out, tool. The main features and
obisots Of the bill and the law are to pro-
tect life and properly, yet to remove re-
strictious that are not practical, but a
check and detriment to commerce, which,
to be successful, must be free or con-
trolled by general laws that bear
equally upon all classes and upon
every department OF trade. A plain, sim
pie bill is ~demsnded--a bill shorn of all
opportunities, whether Of Verbisge OF
officials; q bill simple and pure in acts
and In words that can be plain and under
stood by ell. AS of the most inbuen-
tiaI and reliable commercial papers of the
countrysrsmarks (the New York Shipping
List: none of the most Objectionable
\ features of the law enacted during the
| last session is the discretion it gives the
inspectors In regard to the adoption o.
numerous 'patsnt' articles for b en-.
riohmsnt of pstentess. In the bill now
pending, all this Is lone AVA with, and
it's early adoption Is sought, +" etc So, you
see, the east Is in unison with b west
| The month Is th-ree-fOurths gone, and the
weather, "a predicted on the lst, has beer
mild and cloudy, yet but little rain on
snow has fallen in the interim, but enough
TO fallow the earth, and the hopes fol
/ spring products ara moro promising. ThS
river, however, is shrinking into a shallow
and narrow eow-pass,and news is scarce
By Telegraph.
NASHVILLE, January % River sta
tionsry, with ~ feet on Harpeth Shosis
( Weather cloudy and cold.
PTFrsRURG, January s6-Nsyigstion Il
/ entirely suspended.
CAIRO. January 26 Arrived: Minneola
from Memphis, 8 } m; r. G. Gray, from
| Louisville, 5 D m Departed: MinneOla
for Cincinnati, 5 p n. River has fallen 4
inches. Weather cloudy. Thermometer
500.
ST.. LOUIS, January 26-No arrivals OF
departures. The river has risen slightly
and is full of heavy ice. Boats bound az
and down between tere snd Cairo have
zone TO the bank to swsit a more fsvors
Bile condition OF the river. Weather cleal
and moderating.
EVANSVILLE, January q -Westhel
cloudy and cold. Mercury 90 to 29'
| River has fallen 4 inches. and Is full o
thin ice. Up: Lawrence, $3.50 pm. Down
| Charles BOdman. IL al n. Business Fair
Freights are Offering literally ct low
rates.
LOUISVILLE, January 28.-River hal
| fallen u inches, owing 70 the gorg5 above
with 4 feet seant in the canal, and 2 fee
In the chute. Weather cloudy and cool
Navigation Is suspended for the thtrC
time this winter. The gorge at Tow HeRC
Is extending a considerable distance. TIT
ice is thick enough for pedestrians. It Il
reported tbs there are several gOrges be
tween Louisville and Cincinnati. Ar
] rived: Shannon, from New Orleans. ThS
Falls City started out for Green river
The Buel, Little Rankin, Csmelis, Ton
/ Reese, Morning Star, Mary Houston
/ Shannon, Exchange, EspersnZs and E II
! Durfee are laid up here on account Of ice
LITTLE ROCK, January 26.-Been snow
/ ing since dark. River falling. Arrived
| Pat. Cleburne, from Memphis. Departed
/ Little Rock, for above.