Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-29


The decline in the river opposite The
city since our last report was one inch
and now the water stands but one fool
ten inches above low water mark. 4
slight swell is reported in the uppel
Mississippi and the Missouri will doubt
less show a rise Of a few inches during
the week, but not enough TO benefit nav
igation. The Ohio is declining a
Pittsburg after having reached a hight
of ten feet and let out a large coal fleet.
The lower streams remain about as last
reported, the Arkansas has barely
eighteen inches over FOurche and Rob
Roy bars below Little Rock, and White
river has nearly thirty-two inches at
Little Island bar. The channel above
and below here is cutting out, and now
six and a half feet scant IS reported over
the shoals in both directions. The
weather yesterday wa clear and warm
and at night rather close, indicating
rain. Business at the landing was
rather dull, there being but five arrivals
and seven departures, including local
packets.
Signal kilograms.
The rise and fall in the streams as re-
ported last night by the kilograms is as
follows: St. Paul, rose three inches;
Louisville, two inches, and the decline
was nine inches at Keokuk, two inches at
Pittsburg, three incbesat Cincinnati, and
at Davenport, St. Louis and Nashville,
/ the rivers were stationary. The water
depth above low water mark, was at St.
Paul, two feet two inches; Davenport,
one foot eight inches; KeOkuk, two feet
one inch; Cairo, three feet four inches:
St. Louis, five feet two inches; Pitts
burg, nine feet two inches; Cincinnati.
five feet two inches; Louisville, three
feet three inches; Shreveport, one foot
eight inches, and Nashville, four inches.
~ Telegraph.
CINCINNATI, October 2S.-The river
is stationary, with ) feet 4 inches water
in the channel.
CAIRO, October 2s.-Arrived: Joe
Kinney, from st. Louis, s pm; Henry
Yaeger, from New Orleans, 10 pm;
Emma G. Elliott, from Memphis, II
pm; Commonwealth, from New Or
leans, 8 am; City Of Alton, from New
Orleans, 5 am; Emile LaBarge, from
New Orleans, 8 am; Ada Heilman,
from Memphis, 8 am; Belfast, from st.
Louis, 10 am; Grand Tower, from
Memphis, 2 pm; st. Joseph, from st.
Louis, ) pm; w. J. Lewis, from st.
Louis Bpm. Departed: City of Vicks-
burg, for st. Louis, 8 + N; Joe Kinney,
for Nicksburg, II pm; Henry G. Yae-
for St. Louis, II pm; Emma c. Elliott,
for st. Louis, I am; Commonwealth,
for st. Louis, 8 am; Ada Heilman, for
Evansville, 4 pm; Grand Tower, for
st. Louis, ) pm. River stationary.
Weather clear and pleasant,
EVANSVILLE, October 2S.-Weather.
clear and pleasant. Mercury $40. The
river is stationary. Business fair.
LITTLE Rock, October 2S.-Weather
warm, with indications Of rain. River
declining.
LOUISVILLE, October 2S.-River sta
tiOnary, with 20 inches water in the
chute, and "A inches on Portland bar.
Weatherclear and cool. Water will be
let in the canal al midnight Wednesday
night. By noon Thursday boats a
pass through the old locks. The new
locks viii be opened in about two weeks.
NEW ORLEANS, October 27.-No arri-
walls or departures.
PITTsBURG, October 2s.-The river
is falling, with 8 feet 3 inches water in
the chrnnel; the Monyngahela is fall
ing above. Weather cloudy and cold,
with slight prospects for rain. Steamer
Hudson collided with the Blue Lodge
This morning, and was so badly injured
that she Immediately sunk near Smith
field bridge in IA feet water. A number
Of coal barges were started for lower
ports to-day.
ST. LOUIS, October 2S.-Arrived: Bee,
John Kyle and Yaeger, from New Or
leans. River stationary.
Movements OF Boats.
The local packets brought good trips
yesterday and left in the evening well
The Pat leburne brOugha thirty
three balesof cotton, two hundred sacks
seed, and bad out, a fair trip Of people
and some stock for exhibition at the
Helena Fair. The Celeste and Undine
brought good trips. The Cheek, for
Point, left with a fair freight and
passenger list and had fifty deckeFs who
go down to work upon the railroads and
The GAINESVILLE, for Little Rock,
left at nOon with two hundred tons, and
lhe st. Luke got away for st. Louis
light. The big Exporter with a barge
went up at daylight with a hundred
5ons Of old iron and other stuff, and the
Belle Memphis came down soon after
with three hundred and twenty-five tons
If freight, several items Of which We're I
thousand eight hundred and fifty
barrels, two hundred and fifty pack
lges beer, 5ixty-fOur bales OF hay, one