Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-29

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Rivers, weather, Business.
The river continues to decline slowly
here, and advices from nearly every
point north of US is TO the effect that
there is yet 40 prospect c. rain, but cold
weather and low water prevail. There
is seven and a half feet water to Cairo,
but only three feet eleven inches at one
or two bad places above there to 81.
Louis. The Ohio is falling, and no rise
yet In any of its tributaries. The Arkan-
sas is low and full of logs. White river
is nearly as bad, having but twenty
inches al Little Island. Other lower
streams are In a bad fix. The weather
Yesterday was quite pleasant, but after
dark a nor'wester sprung up that re-
minded those who were at the landing
that an overcOat was a comfortable gar
ment. Business was fair, and nOtwith-
standing it was a day of thanksgiving
uptown, the number of drays and OK
teams used in hauling freight was about
equal to that of the previous day.
By Telegraph.
VICKsBURG, November 2s.-No boats
down or up to-day. Weather clear and
cool. River rising.
NEW ORLEANS, November B.-Ar-
rived: Sam j. Hale, from Cincinnati.
Departed: c. B. Church, for Cincinnati.
Weather clear and cool.
LOUISVILLE, November 2S.-phe river
Is falling slowly, with 3 feet 10 inches
water in the canal, and y inches in the
chute. Weather cloudy and cold. Ar
rived: Andy Baum, from Cincinnatii
Mary Miller, from New Orleans. De-
parted: Andy Baum, for Memphis; Nick
Longworth, for Cincinnati.
EVANSVILLE, November 29.-Weath-
er cloudy and cold. Mercury ranged
from 226 to 33o. Snow this evening.
/ River has fallen l inch. Business near
ly suspended. Thanksgiving was gene
rally observed.
CINCNNATI, November 2S.-Theriver
is falling, with 6 feet ( inches water in
| the channel. Arrived: Arlington, from
| Memphis, last night. Some side-wheel
packets in the upper river daue nave
| either withdrawn, or c~OESehiptate VIII
drawsng on accopaL Vi 10" ""Oei'
Weather cold and biususfy.
-sSs Going To-day.
~ rhil Allin, Captain James Lee,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Friars Point and all way landings. w.
P. Gray is chief clerk.
The United States mail packet G. W.
Cheek leaves this evening at five O'Clock
for FTiars Point and all the way land
ings. Captain Malone commands and
Robert Wildberger is clerk.
The Frank Forrest, Captain Sexton,
will back out at five o'clock this even
ing for Fulton and intermediate planta-
ton landings.
The steamer A. J. White, Cap
tain Mark Cheek, leaves this after
noon at five o'clock for Napoleon and
all bend landings.
The Z. H. Durfee leaves this morning
at ten o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis.
Captain COulson commands.
The steamer st. Francis was DELAYED
last evening repairing her machinery.
She will leave at eleven o'clock this
morning.
The City of Quincy, Captain West,
departs at noOn to-day for New Orleans
The Henry Ames, Captain Jacobs,
leaves this afternoon at three o'clock for
New Orleans.
The good steamer Glencoe, Captain
Calhoun, will be here TO leave at four
o'clock this afternoon for New Orleans
and the bends.
The Mallie Ragon, Captain Ballard,
will be here this morning, and departs
az five o'clock this evening for Cairo,
Evansville and Cincinnati, and will 90
through without detention.
miscellaneous.
The Commonwealth and P. w. Stra-
der are due from the south, and probably
arrived during the night.
The sternwheel Glasgow will be sold
by the United States Marshal at Cairo
on the thirtieth.
The steamboat Anna was attached
Saturday at Cincinnati by the United
States Marshal, on the process of one of
her owners
Since the present system of policing
the river front at New Orleaus has been
in force, wharf-rats have nearly passed
out of existence.
The Mary Miller dumped overheard
twenty tons of scrap iron when she
the log two miles above Union
town, Kentucky. She was in her third
season. The hull was built at Dover, /
and the cabin put on at
Louisville. She has the Ella Faber's
machinery. Captain James Paul is her
sole owner, and, we understand, is not
insured. Sine can be easily repaired.
The Mallie RagOn stuck herself near
the wharfbOat at ShawneetoWn.
The particulars of the famous run of
"Bull of the WOOdsn will
be found in another column. Read it.
Captain Reub Neal, Of the Indiana,
has authorized Captain Wilkerson, Of
V~icksburg, to raise the wreck of the City
Of Madison which was sunk at Nicks-
burg during the war. Asafe went down
with her which is said to contain twelve
thousand dollars in specie.
Major Ed Webb, of Vicksburg, will
present the new set of colOrs to the John
Maude.
The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle
the canal will never be in good
working order until the government
axes charge of it. That is a subject to be
considered by the Louisville convention,
and, no doubt, the delegates will urge
he government to buy the concern.
1t is q common thing for clerks of
steamers to look through a huge pair of
nagnifying glasses when they report
heir trips to the press gang. A case of
his kind occurred yesterday, when a
clerk of one of the boats that left port
his trip out as twelve hundred
bales, as the amount of cotton on board,
when the agent of the boat reported
six hundred bales. It does very
well to stretch the truth OCCASION
but that was putting it on a little
100 heavy.
Evansville wants some through boat
take from her wharf sixteen hundred
parcels of pork for New Orleans.
We find the following in the Evans
vile Courier, but cannot exactly under
stand its meaning: "Old MuldrO Hill
declares there is no confidence to be
placed in pilots. He offered a hundred
dollars if he would run the Robert Mitch
III aground on the Chain, so that Cap
ain Fowler would have to pay five hum
lred dollars to the Ella Hughes to light
IN him of. That pilot Indignantly de-
lined the rebate but went and
grounded the Mitchell at the seaside
place for nothing; he did"
The Mayfiower had nearly two thou
and bales of cotton when she passed
yicksburg.
Horny Sarders, a deck hand on the
)dity, died last Friday, and was buried
It YazoO City. His home was at Cairo.
The last boat up reports DEVILS Island
worse obstruction than Horse Tail,
here being only three feet eleven inches
o be found at the deepest place in the
,hannel with the stick.
Colonel Billy Adams came in ON the
GAINESVILLE from the Arkansas. He de-
lares that the water in that stream is s
n shaIiOU that the yaWl sent out TO IND