Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-02

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In Port.
Mary Houston, Mary Boyd. St. Francis
Continental, Frank Forrest, q. W. Check
Thompson Dean, Phil Allin, Henry AmeS, a
J. White, Belle Lee, Mollie Moore.
Rivers and weather.
Although indicating a resumption of
navigation at no distant day, yester-
| days telegraphic advices are far from
being favorable for an open river at or
| to any point north within the next
| three or four days. True, several boats
have arrived here from both directions
since the heavy ice began running, and
] several have gone north and south
| The risk they took was great, however,
and though it would be unwelcOme
news, an accident Of some kind would
not surprise us in the least. The weather
was much colder here last night, e. Ough
mild during the day, and we heard Chat
the temperature throughout the North
was much lower and prospects for cold
weather were again favorable. The ice
that passed the city all day was very
heavy, but rather soft and less injurious
to the wheels of steamers than at any
time since it began floating past the
city. That collected on the opposite
side of the river, and hanging to the
banks, still holds firm, but does not in
crease to any great extent, nor is il
| probable that it will. AT the landing,
yesterday, business showed more anima-
ton than for several days, the principal
movement being in cotton, which was
sent down in large quantities for ship
ment south, but receipts of freight were
! light. The II. $. Turner came down
early with full cargo, and only stopped
! long enough to put out one hundred
! boxes of glass. The Julia came over
! to the elevator early in the morning,
and after getting seventy-five tons of
! freight left late in the evening
loaded deep for Vicksburg. The Henry
Ames came up the night before with
/ model barge at her stern, and had
| huge trip for st. LOuis. She lay at the
| foot of jefferson street when she started
up again, but only went to the Hone
! field bank, where she was seen at night
| The Grand Tower, for Cairo, left at five
o'clock in the evening with light trip,
and will work her way up slowly. The
Belle Lee came steaming upabout noon,
and walked through the ice quite rapid
ly, but did not find room enough at the
landing and laid outside of the Conti-
mental waiting for the Maude to get cut
She brought as freight two hundred and
twenty-eight bales of cotton, two hum
dred and thirty-three barrels of molasses,
eight hundred bundles of ties, seventeen
hOgsheads of sugar, sixty sacks of coffee, |
and two hundred packages of sundries. |
The A. j. White came up behind the |
Lee, and permitted her to make a clear |
way and crack all the ice for her nom |
Bordeau, and brought one hundred and |
twenty-One bales of cotton and one hum |
dred and ninety-six sacks of seed, which |
she put off over the big wharfbOat, then |
went little higher up and laid at the |
stern of the Cheek. The Maude was to /
have left with nineteen hundred bales of |
cotton and twelve hundred sacks of oil |
cake, and got away during the night or
early this morning. The Thompson |
Dean laid over until this morning, and |
was to have left early for Cairo.
Signal Teiegrams.
The river has fallen sixteen inches, |
according to the gauge-maFk, and now |
stands fifteen feet ten inches above low
water. A rise of two inches is reported |
at Davenport, three inches at st. Louis, |
and decline of eighteen inches at Cairo,
the same at Cincinnati, one foot at |
Louisville, and twenty-five inches at
Nashville.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-For the
Southern States, east of the Mississippi,
a rising barometer and decided fall |
in the temperature, with fresh, brisk
northeriy to west winds; partly cloudy
weather, with areas of light snow, over
Tennessee and Kentucky; for the Mid
die States rising barometer and de-
clded fall of temperature, with fresh,
brisk northerly TO west winds; partially
cloudy weather and occasional areas of
generally very light snow from the
Ohio valley and Missouri to Lake Erie
and the upper lakes, with diminish.
ing pressure, and winds gradually back
ing to westerly and south and generally
clear and cold weather. Telegraphic
reports from Minnesota and Dakota have
not been received.
NASHVILLE, February THE river is
falling, with six feet on Harpeth shoals.
Weather fair and cold.
VICKsBURG, February 1.-Down:
Governor Allen. Up: City of Vicks-
burg. Weather clear and cool. River
rising fast.
PITTsBURG, February 1.-The river is
about stationary at four feet four inches.
Cold and cloudy, threatening snow.
CINCINNATI, February 1.-The river
is still full of heavy ice, and has fallen a
foot and five inches. The weather is
cloudy but moderate.
ST. LOUIS, February l.-River falling,
with considerable ice still running.
Cloudy and colder; a furry of snow
with prospect of more.
CAIRO, February 1.-No arrivals or
departures. The ice has thinned out on
the Ohio since yesterday. The weather
is clear and colder. The river has fallen
six inches.
PITTsBURG, February l. Weather
cloudy. Mercury, 20o. A light snow
fell during the afternoon. The indiea-
tions of more water and a resumption of
navigation are not very favorable at
present.
New ORLEANS, February AR
rived: Robert Mitchell, Evansville;
Edinburg, Arkansas river. Departed:
Indiana, shannon, Cincinnati; City of
Alton, st. Louis. Weather clear and
pleasant.
LITTLE Rock, February Weather
clear and pleasant. The river is gorged
with ice above here. Just below Lewis
burg the steamer Fort Gibson is in the
gorge, and fears are entertained for her
safety. The river is still declining; ice
running.
EVANSVILLE, February 1.-Weather
cloudy and cold. Thermometer twenty
six to thirty degrees above zero, and
growing colder. The river has fallen
eighteen inches. Port list-Up: Fay
ette and Silver Wave. There is COM
paratively little ice.
LOUISVILLE, February 1.-The river
is falling, with seven feet in the canal
and five feet in the chute. The weather
is clear and much colder, and consider
able ice is running. There is no move
ment Of boats. The Grand Lake had
barge sunk at Twelve-Mile Island-it
belonged to Rafferty, g. Co. A lighter
was taken up to-day, and the coal will
probably be saved.
miscellaneous.
On Wednesday last a jury rendered 8
decision in the case between the Wheel
ing and Parkersburg Transportation and
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
in favor of the plaintiffs for thirteen
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