Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-02

Q be Ohio is the only naviRable stream
/ north or west OF us that is tributary TO
the Mississippi. The swell that is com
1 ing down will improve matters below
| Cairo considerably, and the back-water
| from the rise will benefit the river short
distance above there to some extent.
The weather yesterday was clear and
warm.
Signal ToIegrama-
The river fell once inch at Cairo yes
| terday, three at PittsbuTg, and one inch
each at Vieksburg, Shreveport and
Nashville. A rise Of four feet nine
| inches occurred at Cincinnati, six inches
at Louisville, and one inch at New Or
| leans. The water level at the different
points were as follows: Cairo, three
/ feet three inches above low water; ST.
Louis, five feet five inches; Pittsburg,
six feet three inches; Cincinnati, thir-
| teen feet six inches; Louisville, three
feet six inches; Vieksburg, two feet one
inch; Nashville, three inches above low
water mark.
Sy Telegraph.
EVANSVILLE, November Weather
cloudy and cool. Mercury 39' The
river has risen inch.
NEW ORLEANS, November AR
rived: Charles Bodmann, Susie Silver,
City of Quincy and Mary Alice and
barges, from St. Louis. Departed:
Glencoe, for st. Louis; LaBelle, for
Memphis.
CINCINNATI, November 1.-The river
is stationary, with IA feet water in the
channel.
LOUISVILLE, November River has
risen foot, with 2 feet water in the
chute and foot inches in the canal
Weather clear and cloudy.
CAIRO, November Arrived: City
of Vicksburg, from st. Louis, am;
Mary Z. Poe, from st. Louis, S am;
Grand Tower, from st. Louis, 4 pm.
Departed: Mary Miller, for New Or
leans, pm; Emma G. Elicit, for
Memphis, IL pm; Peninah, for New
Orleans, 6 am; Mary L. Poe, for New
Orleans, pm; City Of VicksC Irg, for
Vicksburg, 5 pm. River stationary.
| Weather cloudy and warm.
PITTsBURG, November 1.-The Mo-
nongahela river this afternoon is near a
stand-still, with feet 3 inches wEter in
the channel. Weather pleasant. Work
is progressing on the Hudson. Five
pumps were added this morning. This.
in addition to the three syphOns, viii
enable them to raise her soon.
VICKsBURG, November l. Boats
down: Robert Z. Lee. Up: Ouachits
Belle and ClarksvillA
ST. LOUIS, Novembr Arrived: 10
Fleming, from Memphis; Capitol City
and Utah, from Vicksburg; Pauline
Carroll, from New Orleans. Departed:
John Kyle and Henry c. Yaeger, for
New Orleans; Belle Memphis, for Mem
phis. River falling, with feet water
to Cairo. Weather warm.
Movements of Boats.
The handing yesterday was the object
Of more than usual interest, there being
an increased number of arrivals. The
George w. Cheek brought TO the city
SO bales Of cotton, 81 sacks cottOn-seed;
the Thomas H. Allen, from Width river,
had 247 bales of cotton, 2Sl sacks Of seed;
the Chester came down late Thursday
night, unloaded and returned before
noon yesterday with 700 bales of cotton
the Belle of Pike brought 300 tons Of
produce; the Jennie Howell arrived
from White river with 313 bales of cot
ton, l3l sacks of seed, and reshipped
1877 bales at the mouth Of White river,
which the Belle Lee takes to New Or
leans; the A. J. White brought from
4NdBblCOn 10 O1AGS VI CutlOAls Dbo EdtChH
Of seed and a good list Of passengers; the !
Phil Allin, from Friars Point, came up
in the afternoon with 2T0 bales of cotton; |
SIS sacks OF cotton-seed, 42 bundles OF
hides, tons of old iron, and some stock, |
which she put out and went back after
dark. She was aground four or five
hours above Delta, which caused the de- |
tention; the Celeste, from Shows land |
ing, came down during the afternoon |
with 80 bales of cotton, 81 bags Of seed |
cotton and 90 sacks Of cOtton-seed, and |
lays over until this evening; the City of
Helena, from Nicksburg, came up after |
dinner. with 75 bales of cotton, 400 sacks |
of seed and 80 passengers for Memphis |
and twenty-five for points up the river. /
She left soon after dark, and was fol- |
lowed by the Belle of Pike, with $50 |
bales of cotton for reshipment at st. |
Louis.
Miscellaneous.
William NJ Marshall, a steamboat pi- |
lot, committed suicide at the National |
Hotel, in Pittsburg, yesterday evening, !
by taking laudanum. Deceased left a
note addressed to the Coroner to the |
effect that he had taken poison.
Mrs. viii t. Power, the accomplished |
wife Of the clerk of that boat, was a |
passenger up last evening on the City Of
Helena.
The John F. Tolle was aground on
Thursday morning at the head Of Bulle- |
tin bar, but remained there only short |
time.
A dispatch from the City of Vicks- |
burg states that she has been delayed by |
fog and low water, and will not be down |
until this evening.
The Phil Allin last night reported the |
bars below clear of boats.
On Thursday, at Cincinnati, the Gin |
cinnati and Memphis Packet Company |
filed articles Of incorporation at the Re !
corder's Office. The capital stock is six !
teen thousand dollars, divided into |
shares of two hundred dollars each. II. I
A. Jones, J. G. Reno, L. a. easily, {. |
G. Pearce and T. A. Johnston are the |
corporatOrs.
The officers of the Celeste report the |
LongwOrth hard and fast aground fif- |
teen miles above here, and the Oil City |
tightening her. The Oil City had taken /
off one load of freight and cal4iCi it be- |
low the bar, and had two more 10 take /
off before the LOngworth could be pulled /
Off The Celeste pulled at her once and /
broke her bits, and was then obliged to |
abandon the effort.
The Great Republic is now three nun |
dred and forty-seven feet long, and will 4
carry twenty-five hundred tons. Her
hull has been made nearly new. She
has also been beautifully painted, and
she now draws forward eight feet
four inches; when she went on the ways
her draught forward wa seven feet
eight. She is also seven inches lighter
aft than formerly.
The canal company at Louisville
have decided to stick to the old rates,
and steamboats, will continue to pay toll
under protest. 1t is hoped that Con-
gress, when it meets, viii not delay in
adopting measures looking. to relief in
this direction. Fifty cents 8 ton is an
extraordinary price for the privilege Of
reaching the Upper Ohio.
The difference between the two lines /
Of boats to run from Cincinnati TO this |
port is this. One is the Cincinnati and /
Memphis Packet Company, or White
Star Line, the other is the Memphis and |
Cincinnati Packet Company,
The skipper(?) Steamer Glasgow, the |
sternwheeler that can plough the Mis- /
sissippi up stream faster than the Lee or
Natchez, will be sold at Cairo at |
auction to-day by the United States |
Marshal for the benefit Of "those whom |
it may concern" Several of our citi-
zens are concerned.
1t was reported last night that the T. /
II. Allen had been withdrawn from the |
White river trade.
The lady who was so severely burned /
with kerosene oil on Thursday was a
sister Of Captain Maingault, Of the Little
Alps.
Several old graves containing skele-
tons were found on Beale street near the |
elevator yesterday. How they came
there is a mystery.
The Bee is coming down with three /
barges, containing twelve hundred tons |
Of freight, including fifteen thousand |
bushels bulk corn.
T. L. Kick, of J. +. Baker's Office, has /
shipped on the Kyle as third clerk.
Eipht millinn hnshels of coal in fnw |