Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-12

The river IL Sill rising slowly, q Is
now ten feet three inches above IoW-watsr
mark. The Mississippi and upper tribu.
taries are reported declining. Business
was light ct the whsrt yesterday, although
the weather as clear and pleasant.
ny Telegraph.
VIoKsBURe, January u-Downi Andes,
5 pm; Glencoe, 5 pm. Up: Belle st.
Louis, IL m; Colorado, pm.
LITTLE Rock, January u.-Weather
clear and pleasant. River rose 2 inches.
Arrived: Minnie, from st. Louis. De-
parted: DsTdsnelle, for Memphis.
NEW ORLEANS, January u.-ArTiYed:
n. J. Wicks, from st. Louis. Departedi
Shannon, for Cincinnati.
ST.. LOUIS, January u~.-Depsrted: Emf.
lie LaBarge, Mary Alice and Argonaut,
for New Orleans. The thsw progresses
steadily.
PrTrsBuRa, January 1.-The Mononga-
hela has 4 feet In the channel, and falling
slowly. Weather clear and mild. Trade
active.
CAIRo, January n-Arrived: Minneola,
from Memphis, z pm; James Howard,
New Orleans, 2 bpm; John A. ToIle, St.
Louis, 4 MI Allegheny City, P1ttsburg,
6p.m. Departed; Minneola, tor Cincin-
natl, 2 pm; Allegheny City, Now Orleans,
6pam. Thermometer 4Os.
.OINoINNATI, January II. Arrived.
John II GrOesbeck, New Orleans De-
parted: John ". Garrett and Charles B,
Church, New Orleans, Thswtng steadily
to-day.
RfSeaIIane0uAs
The Frank Forrest came in from F'ulton
with AZ bales cotton, 8S sacks seed, and
$50 sacks corn.
The nightingale, from the Arkansas.
brought in se7 balss cotton, and departed
for the Ohio with . fair trip.
The A. J.. White arrived from Napoleon
with 148 bales cotton, 1882 sacks seed, and
9 good passenger list.
The Burns came In early yesterday
with q splendid trip Of produce.
The Ouachita Belle, rom New Orleans, |
arrived yesterday morning with lS8 sacks
seed, 162 hogpheads sugar and $40 barrels
nolssses, and returned last night after
adding $50 bales cotton, 1900 sacks seed, |
ane large trip Of way freight.
The Vioksburg Herald OF Tuesday says
that ct 9 meeting held ct st. Louis, Il was
decided to locate the oommuntcation-box
for pilots on the citiEsns whsrfboat, at
that city.
The Charles Bodman from New Orleaps,
six days out, with g barge in TOW, came In
early yesterday morning. She discharged
here eos hOgsheads Of sugar, S96 barrels
and LIZ half barrels Of molasses and had
$50 tons for the Ohio mostly sugar and
molssses.
The q. w. Cheek came In from Friars
Point with So bales of cotton, 1888 sacks of
seed md g lot of sundries to order. She
returned ct dark last night with q fair
trip of freight and passengers.
The new transfer boat for the Memphis
and Little Rock road made her trial trip
yesterday afternoon and proved satisfac-
tory. L,
The Thomas n. Allen leaves for Little
Rock tomorrow afterDoon at i've O'Clock.
The Dexter and Great Republic Will be
down tomorrow and leave for New Or
leans.
Barge rates on pound freights from Gin
cinnatl 70 Kew Orleans are quoted at S0A
$50, on -four, e0eI on pork, $50, on Whis-
Ky, 81. Pound freiRhss 70 this city were
received At 40c per hundred, and to Nash
vile ct Soc I,
The st. Louis Republican, Of the 10Th.
sayss HThe towboat Sampson has rome to
Louisville to take . tow TO Memphis
Captain Pat. Yore did not 70 down to
Cairo last evening, and Captain J., II,
Jones viii still retain command Of tbs
Dexter The Atlanti9 II helping She :
Mohawk with her toN out to CAIRO. ]
The p. W. Stradsr II at New Orleans, and
will enter the Ouachita river trsde....,. ]
Captain Singer win go down to Cairo in 3 :
day or two and commence loading tbs
for the South-a..Jerome Lau-
e deck hand on the Beaver. WA .
drowned OF thst boat By falling ever
last Wednesday St DEVILS island,
dve miles above Cape Girz1deau....The
Columbia came mp from the Ways last
night in thorough repar---,The Nary {
VIII losd for Ouaohita DIVER a.
'sF her arrival hsrs tom koaaa Gaty-.-l