Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-06

P1TTSBUkG, feDIuaIN O.-lue flNeI 10
rising gradually, with l7a feet Of water.
The Alleghany and MonOngahela rivers
are putting out large quantity of ice.
The E. H. Durfee arrived and departed
Saturday for st. Louis. No depart
ures. The EsperanZa and Carrie Brooks
will probably get off tomorrow.
CINcINNATI, February 5.-The river
Is is feet and falling. Arrived: Butt,
Nashville. Departed: Juniata, Pitts
burg, and Baum, Memphis, followed by
tows with empty coal barges for Pitts
| burg, Lioness, No. ,, Gipsey, Bengal
Tiger, Blue Ledge, and Hercules, also
w. H. Stone from Aurora to Pittsburgh
with four barges of empty oil barrels.
The weather is cloudy and warm.
VIoKsBURG, February 5.-Down:
Seminole. Up: City of Alton, COlOra-
/ do. The river is rising. Weather
is cloudy and cool.
LITTLE Rock, February 5.-Weather
cloudy. rainy and warm. The river
rose several inches with prospect Of a
good rise.
ST. LOUIS, February 5.-Arrived /:
Grand Tower, Cairo; st. Joe. and EN-
ma Elliott, Joe Fleming and Mary Oar
age from below. Departed: Capital
City, Memphis; City of Helena, Vlcks-
! burg; Andy johnson and G. n. Kauntz,
New Orleans. The river is about sta
tionary. The gorges at st. Charles and
Alton are firm, but are expected TO let
go anyhow. The weather is clear and
mild. The boats from below report the
Great Republic lying on the Illinois
shore above Perry's towhead taking on
stock and then to proceed on her vOy-
age, and the Richmond and Mary Nc
Donald aground at Horsetail, and the
Alice at the bank below Barracks load
ing.
weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, d. c., February o.
For New England, winds shifting to
easterly and southerly, and partly
cloudy weather. For the middle States,
easterly to southerly winds and partly
cloudy weather with probable areas of
light rain from Virginia to Southeastern
New York. For the northwest and ex-
tending eastward and southwark over
the upper lake region and Ohio valley
westerly to northerly winds and gener-
ally clear weather. For South Atlantic
States, winds veering to westerly with
clearing weather. For the Gulf States
east of the Mississippi, light to fresh va
riable winds and partly cloudy weather.
For Tennessee and Kentucky, winds
veering to westerly and probably north
westerly and generally clear weather.
miscellaneous.
The Belle Lee went out last night
with twenty-five hundred and seventy
| six bales of cotton, her cabin comfort
ably crowded with people, and quite a
large amount Of way freight. Quite a
crowd of citizens witnessed her depar-
ture from the bluffs and landing.
The City of Cairo came down last
evening, and when she left here had
four hundred and ten horses and mules
and nearly two hundred head of other
stock, besides seven hundred tons OF
| freight. She put out here about a hun
dred packages of furniture and light
| freight.
The Little Alps was to have got away
| last night for New Orleans with her
barge Lucius, upon which there was
piled twenty-three hundred bales of cot
ton. the tiers being nine bales in hight
and five in width. Il was taken at one
dollar and fifty cents per bale, which
amounts to thirty-four hundred and
fifty dollars.
The City of Augusta left Augusta yes
terday morning for this city with eight
hundred bales of cotton for this city. She
was aground twenty-fOur hours between
Augusta and Jacksonport. .H
The Legal Tender was delayed until
late in getting out last night owing to
the non-completion of her ice-broken
wheels.
The towboat, Oil City, with Shandly's
wrecking boat, came up yesterday, hav-
| ing been two weeks out from the wreck
OF the Cherokee.
The Arlington, for Cincinnati, left
at a late hour last night, with
three hundred bales Of cotton and
six hundred b-er kegs. The Andy
| Baum will be the next Cincinnati boat
to decorate the laTb0ard side of Captain
| Watkins wharfbCat.
The Mary Boyd did not get away un-
| til nearly noon yesterday when she was
crowded from stem to stern with freight
and passengers. The Dardanelle is the
next boat for the Arkansas, and goes out
Saturday.
The Minneola went up after dark last
night with two hundred and fifty tons
! Of sugar and molasses for the Ohio, and
put out eighty-two bags of coffee and a
few hogsheads of sugar here.
The Dardanelle came up yesterday
with three hundred and fifty-seven bales
of cotton and reshipped one hundred
and ninety-eight bales for New Orleans
We learn that move is on foot at
| Washington to make an independent
bureau OF the Signal Service, and take it
away from the army altogether. With
General Myers at the head of such bu-
reau we know from personal acquain.
tance of that officer that it would be
of great value to the shipping and ma
rine of the United States, and the matter
should be placed at once before Congress
aud acted upon.
Local Inspector CLARK, returned from
flying visit to Cairo yesterday.
Captain Reuben Dawson, one of the
pioneer steamboatmen of the Ohio river,
and once Local Inspector there, died on
Sunday at the advanced age of seventy
eight years.
The Pink Narble departs this after
neon at five o'clock for Pine Bluff, Lit
tie Rock and all way landings. Captain
Fenwick commands.
The big steamer Louisville, will be
here to leave at five o'clock this evening
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Shannon will pass up for the
Ohio tomorrow evening.
The City of Augusta goes to White
river Saturday.
On last Monday, says the Dyersburg
Progress Of the thirtieth ultimO, Mr..
Frank Shepard left here for Cairo, Pad
ueah or st. Louis, for the purpose ofbuy-
ing steam tug for Stevens Bros, to be
used in towing lumber boats out.
The Jacksonville (Florida) Republican
gives the following particulars of the ex-
plosion of a boiler of the propeller Fam
NY Fern, by which four lives were lost:
''On Tuesday morning of last week,
about two o'clock, the boiler of the
steam propeller Fanny Fern, while off
the mouth OF Trout creek, towing four
lighters loaded with shell, exploded,
killing H. Robinson, fireman; George
Wiley, pilot; Alonzo, son of w. T. Gar
win, and William Redding, belonging to
the lighters, and severely burning Thos.
Kellor, the engineer, in the face, and
injuring one of his feet. Mr.. kellor
swan TO one of the lighters and was
rescued. The body of Robinson was re-
covered and brought to the city for bu-
rial. The others have not been found.
The Fanny Fern was blown to pieces
and sunk instantly. and one of the light
ers was considerably injured. We have
heard no cause assigned for the explo-
sion. The engineer examined the wa
ter gauge only afew minutes previous,
which indicated sufficient water.
The Katie p. Kounts arrived at New
Orleans Sunday from Red river, and fur
nished the following to the Pcogaale: !:
''Left Shreveport on Sunday, January
26th. Encountered a severe snow storm,