Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-30
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

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inches. At Cincinnati there was q rise of
two feet and one inch, at Louisville three
inches, at Shreveport six inches, and sta
tionsry ct Lesvenworth, Omaha and ST
| Louis. At this port the water now stands
three and 9 half feet above loW-water
mark. The ice made its appearance yes
terdsy morning and flosted down during
the day. 1t Is feared that If the weather
| continues eold it Will come down In
heavy cakes snd stop navigation from
here up. kilograms below will give later
/ information concerning the river above.
The weather at above points is reported
fair, cloudy and clear. Here 1t was clear
Last night was one of the coldest within
the memory of that reliable gentleman
"oldest nhRbitantN-however 1t slightly
moderated yesterday evening, with q
prospect OF q little more of the same sort
to-day.
BOATS LEAVING To -DAY.-The fest pas
| senger steamer Legal Tender, Captain
| William Ashford, leaves this evening st
five O'Clock, positively, for DsvslIs Bluff,
| JacksonporE and all poinbs on White
| river. E. O. Postal, Dan. Sullivan and
| Ed. Crowell are clerks, 1.-THE Anna,
Captain Smith, leaves this evening at five
o'clock for Cincinnati and all way land
| ings. Mr.. Woodberry is clerk......... The
st. Francis, iue steamer, Captain 7. r.
| Bowman, leaves this afternoon at 5 D M. for
Phillips bayou and all points on st. Fran
| els river. Sam G. Paine and Billy Dean
are her clerks.........The regular tri-week-
| ly passenger pRoket G. W, Cheek, Captain
i Geo. Malone, leaves this evening at five
O'Clock for Friars Point and all way land
ings. F. @. GontermRn and L. II. Briggs
are clerks...-...The regular Monday and
Friday coast packet Frank Forrest, Osp-
tain J. g. Andrews, leaves this evening at
| five O'Clock for Fulton and all way land
ings. Mr.. Ohio Joplin is chief clerk .........
The passenger steamer John KilgOur
leaves at twelve O'Clock for New Orleans.
Captain A. Stein commands. 1.-THE pas
senger steamer Nick Longworth, Captain
Lew Kstes, leaves at four O'Clock this eve-
ming for New Orleans and all way land
ings. Mr.. Eugene Bowers holds forth in
the Office.
ARRIvALs-Thompson Dean, Cairo;
Anna, Red river; Mary Boyd, Arkansas
river; Minnie, Arkansas river; G. W.
Cheek, Friars Point; A. J. White, Napo-
leon; Frank Forrest, Fulton; Legal Ten
der, White river.
DKPARTUREs-Phil Allin, Frisrs Point;
Dsrdanelle, Arkansas river; A. J. White,
Napoleon; Thompson Dean, New Orleans.
In PoRT-St. Francis, Anna, Mary
Boyd, G. W. Cheek, Legal Tender, Frank
Forrest, Minnie.
ATTHE LEVEE business was fair...,.. The
Thompson D5sn passed down yesterday
afternoon drawing seven feet .........T The
Anna arrived from Red River yesterday
morning and lays over until this even
ing The Mary Boyd went down TO
Reeves bar last night to discharge lot of
cotton on the Thompson Dean ......... The
Frank Forrest from Fulton, brought in
one hundred and tW6nty-eight bales Of
cotton and a lot of aundries to order, She
leaves this evening az five O'Clock ......... The
Minnie came in from Arkansas with four
hundred and sixty-eight bales Of cotton.
She re-shipped three hundred and
mouth for New Orleans, and has
one hundred and twenty-one bales
of cotton for Rboye...,.....The Legal
Tender arrived from White river with five
hundred and fifty-nine bales Of cotton
and lot of sundries to order. She re-
shipped sixty-seven bales of cotton at the
mouth for New Orleans Phil
Allin, Dardanelle and A. J. White de-
parted with fair trips.........The Mary
Boyd, from the Arkansas, arrived with
eight hundred and thirty bales of cotton
and eleven hundred and sixty-fve sacks
| OF seed A lot of this is from the wreck
| OF the Importer. G W. Cheek
brought in fifty-two bales of cotton and
fifteen hundred and ffty-eight sacks of
seed and fair passenger list......... The A
]. White, from Napoleon, came in with
| one hundred and six bsles of cotton, eight
hundred and seventeen sacks of seed, and
| g lot OF sundries to ordsr.........T The tow
boat Allegheny Belle and bsrges passed
up early yesterday morning.
| OTHER MATTERS. We announce, says
! the Natchez Democrat, with no little Pleas
ure the fact that the Vicksburg and st.
Louis company INTENDS to extend the
| trips of its steamers to Nstchez This
line oonsists Of six good packets. The
pioneer steamer is the Belle st. Louis
| Captain Blake. This first. class packet
will arrive here next Wednesday morn
ing GATH, and will leave for st. Louis
and way points ct four O'Clock of the
afternoon OF that dsy-',,...,A A special
| telegram from Camden announces q
rise of seventeen feet at that point
| In the ohm W. Oakley,
.ttorney for the Ohio River TugDOst as
sociation, made an argument last s atur-
day before the house committee on COM
merce in favor of so amending the Neglsy
steamboat law that tugbOsts may bs per
mitted to carry An increased amount of
steam, irrespective OF the character of the
merchandise toWed. The committee will
dou 6tless report q bill in favor of such
amendment, striking out the words coal
and ics.........A Plttsburg telegram reports
both streams frczsn over there and the
river frozen over at Oil City, and says:
''The Kate Putnam is reported aground
81 Beaver GuOhiAs Ino Wr0CkAuHDOdb
Usage failed to raise the steamer Carrie
Converse, sunk at Bayou Sara. Henry A.
Dormsn telegraphed from New Orleans
that she had broken In two, The farni-
ture, bedding, eto,, will be shipped to st.
Louis. The Pittsb1rg Insurance COM
psnies lose $4,000"
ny Telegraph.
LITTLE Rock, January 29.-To-dsy was
the cOldest day of the season. Their
mometer go. The ioe has been running
hesvy all day. Arrived: Steamer Fort
Gibson from above.
EVANSVILLE, January 2e The river
has fallen inches and is now swelling
from the gorge below. The river closed
early today and will be solidly bridged
by tomorrow morning. Westher clear
and very cold. Mercury fell from 8 to
13S. Up: Kate Robinson, 8 pm; quick
step, IL pm. Down: Morning Star, p.
m. BusineEs entirely suspended in the
river circles.
LOUISVILLE, January 2e.-River frozen
above at Six mile island, Sugar creek,
Madison and several other points, below
at Wolf creek, Rock island, Hancock
mines and Troy. The ice has covered the
water-msrks and navigation is entirely
suspended at all points. Mercury fell to
zsro at 6 am; llo below at p.mi and l0s
at pm.
NEW ORLRANS, January zS.-ArrlY6d:
J. b. Groesbeck from Cincinnati. No de-
partures.
PTrTsBURa, January 2e--Weather still
extremely cold. The Monongahals Is
frozen over solid for the first time this
winter.
NASHVILLE, January 29.-River falling,
with 2 feet on Hsrpeth Shoals. Weather
clear and intensely cold.
VICKsBURa, January 20 Down; John
Howard. 8 p. m; Dick Fulton and bsrges,
SPIN. Up: Utah, 2 PM LsBsrge, 4 pm.
Weather cold, River falling.
CAIRO, January 29.-No arrivals. De-
parted: Charles Bodmsn for New Orleans,
2 pm; Nick Longworth for New Orleans,
pm. River fell inches Thermome-
ter I6s.
CINCINNATI January 29. River Rorged
above and below and is frozen over to the
opposite city. A Gszstte special says the
Viola was crushed between the floating
Ice and the shore at Portsmouth to day
and sunk In 10 feet of water.
ST. LOUIS, January 29.-The Ice still
runs past the city but 1t is expected to
gorge below here unless the weather
turns mild sgsin and speedily. The har-
Dor Is so full of heavy Ice that but one
ferrybost could run to-day, and 1t Is
feared thBt 1t will be Obliged to stop to-
morrow. The weather Is somewhat
milder to-day but still very cold. The
wind is now veerlng round toward the
south.