Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-16
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
In Pert.
Legal Tender



The river fell ten inches in the last
twenty-four hours, and stands eleven
feet SIX inches above extreme low water
mark. The Upper Mississippi, Illinois,
and the Missouri rivers are rising slowly.
The river at st. Louis is on "A decline
again, after a rise of over fourteen feet
last Sunday The Ohio, Cumberland,
Red and Ouachita rivers are all falling.
The Arkansas and White rivers are
rising fast, with plenty of water in both
for large boats The weather is clear
and warm, with a light breeze during
the afternoon. Business on the levee
yesterday was only moderate. The
changes of the rivers elsewhere are as
follows: At Cincinnati it declined eight
inches, Leavenworth two inches, Louis
vile three inches, Nashville three
inches, New Orleans four inches, Omaha
twelve inches, Pittsburg three inches,
Shreveport four inches, st. Louis six
inches. At Cairo it rose thirteen inches,
Davenport four inches, st. Paul five
inches.
BY Telegraph.
NASHVILLE, May 15.-The river is
falling, with 26 inches water on Har-
peth Shoals. Weather fair and warm
NEW ORLEANS, May l5.-Arrived:
Robert Z. Lee, from Louisville; Henry
c. Yaeger, from St. Louis. Departed:
Bee and baFges, for st. Louis; Bismarck,
with 5000 bars railroad iron, for st. Louis.
Weather clear and warm.
LITTLE Rock, May 15.-Weather
clear and warm, with indications Of
rain. The river is still rising rapidly,
with IS feet in the channel at this
point. Arrived: Utah, from st. Louis.
PTTTsBURG, May 15-Weather clear
and pleasant. The Monongahela river
has 8 feet water in the channel, and is
falling.
CAIRO, May 10. = Arrived: Belle
Memphis, from Memphis, 5 am; At
lantic, from New Orleans, 10 am. De-
parted: Dexter, for New Orleans, Sam;
Belle Memphis, for St. Louis, Z an.
Weather clear and warm.
Miscellaneous.
The Murrillo, from Pittsburg, passed
down without landing. She goes to
South America.
The Celeste came off the docks yes
terday at noon.
The Phil. Allin, from Friars Point,
brought i'll a good trip Of freight and
people.
The Capitol City, from st. Louis,
passed down before daylight yesterday
morning with one thousand two hun
bred tons of freight. She was loaded to
the guards. The rates TO Memphis have
been reduced. They are: Flour, thirty
five cents; pound freight, twenty cents;
pork, sixty cents; also reduced to Nicks-
burg, and the figures are now flour, fifty
cents; pork, eighty cents, and pound
freight, TWENTY-FIVE cents.
The Lady Lee and Julia are due from
below to-day; also, the Dexter and Col
OTadO from above.
The towbOat Mary Alice and barges
passed down yesterday morning; also,
the Alice Brown and barges passed up
during the afternoon.
The Great Republic, from New Or
leans, arrived at noon, three and a half
days out, put off ten tons of sundries
here, and had nine hundred tons for st.
Louis, including three thousand bars of
railroad iron.
The Belle st. Louis, from below,
| passed up bound for st. Louis, light.
The Indiana, from New Orleans, went
up Monday night with a good trip.
The City of Chester, Captain Ziegler,
leaves at five pm. for Cairo, st. Louis,
and all way landings.
The Colorado departs at five o'clock
for Vicksburg and all theeOast landings.
Captain James Luker commands and
Henry Diedrickis clerk.
The MinneOla departed with one thou
sand bales of cotton for the Ohio.
&The Phil Allin got off at dark with a
fair trip offreight and passengers.
Mr.. Martin, mate of the Emile La
Barge, proved himself 8 smart officer
the other day at LeavenwOrth. He
unshipped and reset the smOke-stacks
Of the Emile LaBarge in thirty-five
minutes in the process of passing under
the bridge, without any accident what
ever. This is hard to beat.
The Leavenworth Commercial says of.
the situation at that point: 1.-THE pres
ent rain storm, which has now lasted
three days, is getting to be alarming.
There is danger of our gardens being
washed away, and we are having other
serious damage done too. A landslide
on the Kansas Pacific track, Just out of
the city, has detained the trains since
Thursday evening, and the road cannot
be repaired while the rain lasts. In the
bottom lands west of Topeka, we under
stand, the settlers are experimenting a
flood, and a continuance of the rain will
give realization to their fears. The river
is rising steadily, and Three Mile creek
pours in its turbid quota with the rage
of a mountain torrent. Heavy rains are
reported along the Upper Mississippi,
especially in the ne~ighborhOOd Of Rock
Island"
The Shreveport Times of the ninth
inst, says: "The officers of the Belle
Rowland report the lakes and bayous
above here falling fast. The lake fell
Over foot at SwansOn's landing from
the time she passed up until she re-
turned. Dan Smith, her pilot, reports
four feet in Bots DARE Pass, and the
same in the cut road across Albany
Point. This looks like falling with a
vengeance"