Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-05
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Departures.
In Port.
IuIs NItUUTIItf AIilTN 10
river. weather and Ruslness.


The river opposite the city fell TWEEN.
| ty-four inches in the last twenty-foul
| hours, and stands twenty-One feet nine
| inches above extreme low-water mark
A rise of several feet has taken place a
st. Louis, chiefly out of the lower Mis-
souri,. The upper Mississippi is risinl
from Keokuk down, and indications
| favor fifteen feet or more between Cairo
and st. Louis for several weeks to come
The Ohio is again rising at Pittsburg
| but falling at all points below; all othel
| tributaries are on the decline. Arkansas
river is stationary, with five feet out
White river is declining, but is in good
boating stage. The changes of the Tiy
ers elsewhere are as follows: AT Cairo
it declined thirteen inches; Cincinnati
ten inches; Davenport, two inches
Leavenworth, two inches; Louisville
two inches; Nashville, five inches
Shreveport, six inches; Vicksburg, two
inches. AT Pittsburg, it rose twelve
inches; st. Louis, fourteen inches; at st
Paul, Omaha, and New Orleans it i:
stationary. Weather clear and warm
Business on the leyee yesterday wa:
light, with few arrivals and departures
BY Telegraph.
New ORLEANS, May Arrived
NJ. J. Wicks, from st. Louis. Depart.
ed: John KilgOur, for Cincinnati. The
City of Alton has 2500 bars railroad iron
and the John F. Tolle has 1900 bars
railroad iron and 500 boxes sugar for St
Louis. Weather clear and pleasant.
PITTsBURG, May 4.-Weather cleal
and pleasant. The MOnonghela river
has feet inches water in the channel,
and is rising slowly.
NASHVILLE, May 4.-The river is
falling, with 4 feet water scant, on
Harpeth Shoals. Weather clear and
pleasant.
CAIRO, May ARRIVED: Great Re
public, from st. Louis, s pm; City OF
Chester, from Memphis. 10 :. I'm; Alaska,
from New Orleans, 2 am; Grand Lake,
from New Orleans, am; Mary Alice,
from New Orleans, s am; City of Quin-
cy, from New Orleans, l pm; Boaz.
from New Orleans, pm; Belle Lee,
from Louisville, pm; Belle Memphis,
from st. Louis, 5 Rm; Potomac, from
New Orleans, 8 pm. Departed: Indi-
ana, for New Orleans, pm; Colorado,
for Nicksburg, 10 pm; City of Chester,
for St. Louis, ii pm; Alaska, for Gin
cinnati, am; Grand Lake, for Louis
vile, am; Mary Alice, for st. Louis,
noon; Great Republic, for New Orleans,
noon; City of Quincy, for st. Louis,
pm; Boaz, for Pittsburg, pm; Belle
Lee, for New Orleans, pm; Potomac,
for Cincinnati, pm. The river has
fallen inches. Weather clear and
warm.
VICKsBURG, May 4.-Boats down:
Henry IS. Turner, 10 last night. Down
to-day: Frank Pargoud, pm. Boats
up: Exporter, Z, Nick LOngworth,
last night. Up to-day: Common
wealth, am; Robert E. Lee, am.
Weather warm and clear. River falling
LITTLE Rock, May .4-Weather clear
and pleasant. The river Is rising, with
feet water in the channel by the gauge.
Arrived: Dardanelle, from Fort Smith.
Departed: Nile, for st. Louis.
CINCINNATI, May 4.-The river is
falling, with u feet water in the chan
mel. Departed: Robert Mitchell, for
New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, May 4.-The river is
falling slowly, with feet 4 inches in
the canal and feet 4 inches in the
chute. Weather clear and pleasant.
Business fair. Arrived: Susie Silver,
Shannon, Mary Houston and John H.
GrOesbeck, from New Orleans. De
parted: Alice Dean, Edinburg and r. b.
Gray, for Cincinnati; Sam J. Hale, for
Memphis. All departing boats passed
through except the Anna. The Charles
BOdman went in the cadal expecting to
get through the new locks tonight.
ST. LOUIS, May ARRIVED: Pauline
Carroll, from New Orleans. Departed:
City of Cairo and Bismarck,E for New
Orleans; City of Vieksburg, for Vicks-
burg. The river is rising. Weather
clear and warm.
The towbOat Sam Clark passed down
early yesterday morning with four barges
Of ice for points below.
The Thomas H. Allen leaves tO-mor-
row for Arkansas river.
The Grand Tower, from st. Louis, ar
rived with fair trip. A few items of
her cargo were sixty-eight hundred feet
Of lumber, two hundred and ninety
eight packages of beer, one hundred and
fifty sacks of bran, one hundred boxes of
soap, four hundred barrels of -four, fifty
barrels of meal, seventy-two head of
stock and twelve hundred and ninety
eight packages sundries.
The Potomac, from New Orleans, four
ldgo Outi J<IoScO up II ilutD HlSull dlleI
iischarging fifty tons of freight here. !
She had two hundred and fifty tons of
reight for the Ohio and her cabin
'rOwded with people.
The Lady Lee, from st. Louis, passed
lOwn, bound for Red river, with five
hundred ton cargo, loaded flat.
The Mary Miller passed down without
anding.
The r. P. Watt, for White river, de-
parted with a fair trip of freight and
)eople.
The Belle Lee, Indiana and Great Re
public, are due from above this morn
ng.
The City of Quincy passed up with
arge cargo of railroad iron.
The Sam j. Hall leaves next Tuesday
iOr Cincinnati.
The Thompson Dean, from st. Louis,
arrived yesterday afternoon, added a
iew passengers here and departed for
New Orleans with one thousand eight
hundred ton trip, several items of which
were four thousand barrels of flour, nine
thousand sacks of corn, eight thousand
sacks of oats, and three hundred and
sixty hOgsheads of tobacco.
The Grand Tower departed for st. !
Louis with fair way trip.
The towbOats Grand Lake and Mary
Ann are due from below to-day.
The City of Cairo, Bismarck and
Great Republic are the next boats due
from above, bound for New Orleans.
The City of Vicksburg leaves for
tomorrow evening.
The Julia, Captain Boyd, leaves this |
at five O'Clock for st. Louis |
and all the coast landings. Mr.. James
Thompson, our popular townsman, Off !
,iates in the office.
The Robert E. Lee leaves this evening |
1t four o'clock for Louisville. Captain /
Cannon commands.
The passenger steamer Belle Lee win |
De at the wharf to-day. Persons who
prefer the pleasures of a delightful voy- |
lge TO the larrlng Of railway trains win |
axe passage on the Belle Lee. She
caves for New Orleans this morning at !
en- o'clock. Captain ], F, Hicks COM
hands, and Mr.. ]. S. Sullivan is chief