Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-05

nongahela river is stationary, witt
Z feet water in the channel No ar
rivals or departures. Carrie Brooks de
parts this evening. Weather cold.
CINCINNATI, December 4.-The rive
is stationary, with 6 feet 8 inches waite
in the channel
CAIRO, December 4.-Arrived: And,
Johnson, New Orleans. 2 am; J. W
Mills, Ohio river, am; H S. Turner
New Orleans, noon; Idlewild, Mem
phis, pm; PeytOna, New Orleans,
pm. Departed: P. w. Strader, New
Orleans, 5 pm; Nashvill, Memphis, L
am. Weather clear and mild. Rive
fallen inches.
EVANSVILLE, December 4.-Weathe
cloudy, with signs Of rain. Mercury
ranged from $50 to 40o River abou
stationary. Port list-up: Quiekstep
9p.m. Business duh on account of Low
water. Freights plenty.
ST. LOUIS, December 4.-The rive
is falling and some ice is running
Weather mild and clear. The Mary Z
Poe is still fast in the ice, near Wind
ser Castle. The Belfast started down
The Joe Kinney is loading for the South
and other light draught boats would dc
so if the river was fully open.
LOUISVILLE, December THE rive
is stationary, with feet inches Watel
in the cana, / foot s inches in the chute
Weather clear and mild. Business dull
No boats left this morning except pack
cts.
New ORLEANS, December 4.--No arri.
walls. Departed: John Kilgour, Cincin.
1f 7 orrfox-sTln NUanfh.
er clear and pleasant. The epizOotiC
cases are generally improving only 9
few cases fatal. The flags of the news
paper offices are at half mast in honor Of
Mr.. Greeley.
VICKsBURG, December 4.-No boats
down to-day. Up: Sam. J. Hale, j. T.
TOlle. Weather cloudy and eeOl. River
falling.
NASHVILLE, December 4.-The riveI
is falling, with ? feet water on
Harpeth Shoals. Weather fair and cold.
Movement Of Beats.
Business at the landing was moderate
yesterday. The Phil Allin came up
with one hundred and sixty-six bales OF
cotton, four hundred and eighty-seven
sacks of seed; and the Cheek brought
one hundred and fifty-three bales of cot
ton, and one hundred and seventy-One
sacks of seed. The Thornton went up
for the Ohio before noon, after putting
out here eleven hundred bundles cotton
ties, and one hundred and fifty packages
of salt. The Capitol City brought up
thirty-six bales of cotton, and one thou
sand sacks of seed, and laid over until
evening, adding four hundred bales OF
cotton for reshipment at Belmont OF
Cairo. The Lady Lee came up later
with ten bales Of cotton, and was at the
elevator at dark, but expected to leave
during the night for st. Louis. The
Tyrone got eight hundred bales Of cot
ton on board, and left for the Ohio. The
James Howard cdded three thousand
sacks of oil-cake, and four hundred bales
of cotton for New Orleans, and left about
ten O'Clock, drawing six feet, and tow
ing a barge. The Bismarck and Fannie
Lewis were expected from above, but
had not arrived at dark.
Boats Going To-day.
The st. Francis, Captain Bowman,
leaves this evening at five o'clock fol
Helena, Mariana, and all the usual be-
low landings. Mr.. Sam G. Paine is
chief clerk.
The regular packet, Pat Cleburne,
Captain Stack Lee, leaves this afternoon
at five o'clock for Friar's Point and all
the usual way landings. Messrs. James
G. Harris and Neil Booker are heI
clerks.
The fine passenger steamer City Ct
Augusta, Captain William Elliott,
leaves this afternoon at five o'clock for
New Madrid and all the bend landings.
E. c. Postal holds forth at the desk.
The Undine, Captain Goodrich, now
at the landing, will back out at five
o'clock this evening for OsceOla and all
landings.
The fine passenger steamer May
Flower with Captain James Carlton on
the roof, leaves this afternoon at five
O'Clock for New Orleans and all the way
landings. Passengers travelling south
will find her accommodations first-elass
in all respects. Mr.. Wildbank is her
Secretary.
The United States mail packet Thos.
H. Allen, leaves this afternoon at four
o'clock for Devalls Bluff, Jacksonport
and way landings. Captain William
Ashford commands, and Ned w. Out
law is chief clerk.
The Nashville, Captain A. J. Ross,
leaves at five O'clock for Cincinnati
direct.
The R. C. Gray, Captain Yerkes,
leaves this evening at five O'Clock for
Cincinnati direct.
Miscellaneous.
The H. NJ. Shreve is lying where she
burnt, with her bow in twelve feet
- IL -,
feet water. Both her shafts are over
board, and her stern is lying on one of
them. As soon as the river is clear Of
ice bellboSt will be taken to her to get
out what freight there is in the hold,
and probably her machinery also.
General Godfrey Weitzel has trans
mitted to the Treasury Department a
special report on the Louisville and
Portland canal in favor of its transfer to
the government. He thinks the toll for
the first year should be twelve cents per
ton. After that, in view of the expected
increase in the use of the canal, conse-
quent on the reduction of tolls, five
cents per ton would be sufficient to meet
all expenditures.
A telegram from Cincinnati states
that the r. G. Gray has been repaired,
obtained fuel and has reloaded her
freight and is now probably on her way
to this city.
The Phil Allinis band is quite an at
traction at the landing now on the days
of her departure, and does not make bad
music either.
There are some three or four hundred
bales of cotton now at the landing await
ink shipment to New Orleans.
OF two thousand five hundred and
eighteen bales of cotton received yester-
day, four hundred and thirty-five bales
came by boat.
The Signal Service Bureau, through
Observer Rhode, has placed at the
Chamber of Commerce a large and
handsome weather map-the map that
attracted so much attention at the Gin
cinnati Exposition-and there it will be
corrected daily, Mr.. Rhode now bulle-
tins the river reports at each of the ho-
tells and telegraph offices, as well es at
the Wharfmaster' office at the landing,
and will soon, we understand, place a
board at the Elevator for the daily re-
ports.
Over two thousand bales of cotton are
now in store at Dardanelle, on the Ar
kansas, and a large quantity is also
stored at Batesville, on White river,
awaiting a rise in those streams.
The James Howard expected, when
she left here yesterday, to get fifteen
hundred bales of cotton at Helena.
Rates from there to New Orleans are a
dollar and a half per bale.
The season just closed on the upper
lasted but two hundred and
twenty days, and was the shortest for
years.
The mules and horses at Cairo have
the "kollifiOptic.n What viii the Bll-
getin man do now for items?
Two firemen were killed on the Ex-
porter, last Friday, by the parting of
lines while the boat was endeavoring to
spar over DEVILS Island. Two of the
hands lost their lives similarly, about
ten days ago, on the same steamer at
'tHorse Tail"