Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-24
RIvER4NTELLIoENcE.


RIVER AND WEATHER.-The weather
since last night has been goWing colder
and colder, 90 that there were favorable
indications for q firm freeze last night;
however, it Is clear. In tbs absence of our
regular weather and river report, we are
left to conjecture he condition Of affairs
above, which Is easily done, we think,
without much risk; that is, Is Is safe to
say that It Is very cold and freezing, with
the river having fallen from hv8 to ten
inches. The Arkansas is booming. with
plenty Of water fer the largest boGfs.
White riverhas five feet to Devalls Bluff
Boats LEAVING To-DAY.-The regular
tri-Weekly United States mail packet
Phil llin, Captain James Lee, leaves this
evening at four O'Clock for FFiars Point
and all coast landings. Stack Lee and j.
Q. Harris are her chief secretaries .........
Inc regular Ohio river passenger packet
Mtnneola, leaves this evening at FIVE
O'Clock for Louisville, Cincinnati and all
the ususl landings. Captain W. B, Mil
81 commands, and J.. s. Jones is her chief
secretary light-drsuRht packet
B~atesv1lle leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for White, Red and Black rivers
and all the usual way landings. Captain
A. b. smith Is her popular commander.
j. J. Young is clerk---...Ths Alice, Cap
tain Cartwright, leaves to-day at i've
O'CLOCK for Cairo and Sc. Louis.
ARRIVALS. - Andes, New Orleans;
Thompson Dean, New Orleans; ". J..
Lewis, st. Louis; Minneols, Cincinnati;
j. Groesbeck, Cincinnati; Belfast, Gin
cinnatt; w. s. Hays, New Madrid.
DEPARTUREs.-St. Francis, Phillips
Bayou, G.. W. Cheek, Frisrs Point; Pat
Oleburne, Arkansas river; Legal Tender,
White river; Pink Varble, Evansville;
Andes, Cincinnati; Thompson Dean,
Cairo; ". ]. Lewis, st. Louis; ] b.
Groesbeek, New Orleans; Belfast, New
IN PoRT.-Minneols, ". s. Hays,
B~stesville.
BUSINESS AT TIE LRvEE-Au the
local packets departed with fair trips.
Business at the wharf Yesterday was
moderate The Minneola arrived from
Cincinnati with 4 good trip Of produce
1.-THE toWboat Dick Fulton passed
down yesterday with a tow of cosl.........
h Andes, from New Orleans, six DAYS
out, discharged forty tons of freight here,
n had i've hundred tons for tbs Ohio.
1.-THE Pink Vsrble departed with sev-
en- hundred bales OF cotton for Evansville.
..--".The mammoth steamer Thompson
Dsan arrived from New Orlesns,
three days and twenty hours cut. She
discharged here tWenty-seven bales Of
cotton, hfseen hogshsad5 o. sugar, sixty
barrels Of molsssss and two hundred
and sevsnty-hve bags Of coffee, snd had
three hundred and fifty tons for the Ohio.
....-"Ihe d. Q. Yeager pssssd yesterday
afternoon without lsnding .......T The W, J.
Lewis departed with three hundred and
nineteen bales OF cotton for aBove...-....
The wiz s. Hsys came in from New Mad
rld with splendid trip of grain----.The
Groesbeck and Belfast departed for New
Orleans yesterday morning well laden,
Sddlng nothing h6T6.......Th Belfast dis.
charged soma furniture here..--..Tbe
towDost Argosy and barges passed down
yesterday morDing.--..Ths ". j. Lewis
arrived from above with q splendid trip OF
grain nd roduGe.....-.Th n new ferry
oost John OvertOn makes another trial
trip to-day"".-.We hear Of but little
complaint Of the condition of the river
below; pilots report plenty OF wster,
though falling here daily on an average of
| seven inches. Business has been almost
suspended at S.. Louis, and only light at
Cairo.
FROM OTHER PoINTs.-The Louisville
Ledger cOntsins tbs following: ''Ths Lou
isvills Ledger started tbs story that tne
j, +. R8nkin had taken the place Of tie
Bermuda In the EYansvilis trade, the lat
ter steamer having been condemned.
Captain Sam. 7. James yesterday in
formed us that the story Is without foun-
| dstiOn. ss the Bermuda has not been oa1-
1 EA-AAI& A4A AEGGA1 ~ GA5 NAOLHEL AlEEugTAs
ties here for further Information, and,
if necessary, q substsntistion Of what be
says" The above the Evansville Jcurnsl
credits to tho Cincinnati Enquirer. With
| regard tC tbs statement thai the Bermuda
had been condemned. it did not originals
with the ledger. Thst par5 Of the psrs-
graph which refers 80 tbs J. (. Rankin
mEy have first appeared in the Ledger,
II SO It WIS reported to Us by some one
whom VS. supposed knew what ne was
saying. No Injury to the interests Of the
owners was intended......... We see it stss-
ed that Captain Charles b. Arthur, steam
boat sgent, CT Nashville. Is lying il q
critical condition at New Orleans, csuzei
by a wound rsesiYed in a ehoctfug
affair. No particulars ara GWEN beyond
he tact that the r~encoUnssr Wss brought
about by domestic troubles, which CON-
menced four or hve years Sgo..-...The
Cincinnati Times aud Chronicle says: Mr.
Dick Jones, engineer OF the BOdmanu,
was this morning conveyed from the
Robert Barns to the residence Of his
brother-in-lAW, Mr. Moore, of this CITY.
He is in 8 very preCsTiOUs condition, and
only b greatest care \ medical skill
can ssve his LIE. Owing to the accident
to the Burns, Nj. Jones's wound has not
been dressed since he left Cairo, and on
this account 1t is much worse than It
might otherwise have besu. ........ Csptsin
Shannon arrived from Vicksburg this
morning, He has sold his steamer New
Richmond Belle to Reuben n. Frank, Of
Vicksburg. BE reports business down
South fair and rates coed. BE also says
the cotton on 6 large number of Southern
Plantations remsins unpicksd, owing to
the inability of the owners to obtain
money snd man 70 perform the work.
BY Telegraph.
PITTsBURG, January ES-Weather clear
and growing cold. The Monongahels hss
8 fee5 9 inches in the channel, and Is Sta
tionary. No arrivals or departures.
NASHVILLE, January % River falling,
with 8 feet scant on Hsrpeth Shoals.
Weather cold and cloudy.
NEW ORLEANS January 23.-Arrived:
Jobn ". Garrett and bsrgss, Cincinnati.
Indiana, Cairo. Departed: r, j. Lock-
wood, Emile LsBargs, Mohawk and
barges, 81, Louis; Robert Mitchell, Gin
cinnati.
EVANSVILLE, January % -Westber
cloudy and very cold, with some snow
this morning. River has fallen 4 inches.
Business lively.
LITTLE Rock, January 23.-Weether
clear q cold. River rose 8 test since
Saturday, and Is still rising. Arrived:
Minnie, from st. Louis; Mary Boyd, from
Memphis. Departed: Fort Gibson, for
above.
ST. LOUIS, January 2S.-Arrived: Mollie
Moore, New Orleans. Departed: Sioux
City, White river; Capital City, Vicks-
burg, River stationary. Weather clear
snd,coid; has been frozen hard all day, and
there is considerable ice running.
LOUISVILLE, January q River station
airy, with . feet in the canal, and 3 fest in
b chute. Showed at intervals during
the day now cloudy and cold. Mercury
go. Arrived: Belle Vernon, New Or
leans Departed: Belle Vernon, Cincin-
natl; r. @. Grsy, Arkansas river. The
Bodmsn and barge Arlington, with Eve
hundred tons Of freight for Cincinnati,
viii be brought through the canal in the
morning. One barge and the hull of Bro
lsski's new st. Louis and Illinois river
steamer were hoated over the falls this
morning. The BodmEn snd Nick Long
worth are advertised to leave for New
Orlea1Sto-morroW.
CAIRO, January 23.-Arrived: Potomac,
from Cincinnati, 6 pm. Departed: Mary
Mcdonald, for Memphis, 8 %. River
has fallen 10 inches. Heavy snOW-storm
this forenoon, but it melted as it fell; clear
snd cold tonight. Thermometer 20o.
VICKsBURG, January 23.-DOWu: Utah,
Z last night; Mary Alice and barges, 10
last night; st. Msrys, II lsst night. Bosts
down to-day: Champion, 2 pm; Nstchez,
rpm. Up: Mary Z. Poe, 9 LAST night.
Boats up to-day: Bismarck, 10 q N; Tom
Jasper, 4 pm. Weather cool and clear.
River has fallen II inches in the last
twenty-four hours.
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