Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-22
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Boats Leaving To-Day.

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! New Orleans. s....-.HENRY AMEs...........-..-5 an
| New Orleans JOHN B.MAUDE...............5 pm
Cincinnatl.......,.ASiiLA PIN
| Arrivals.
Great LOUIS
MARY dOusJon.,.-............. NeW orleans
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j. L. hyatt New orleans
Departures.
Capital Clty Louis
Mary houston.....-....--.- LouisVliie
j. Il. hyatL........... .LoulSN
Great Republic Orleans
James ID. Parker Cincinnati
/ Eu Port.
| Utah, Cleburne, Cheek, Belle OF Texas, John
| b. Maude.
The Weather and Business.
The rain fell yesterday in every direc-
! ton, north, south, east and west, and
although the clouds threatened to turn
loose a flood nearly all day, it did not
come, and at night the thermometer
had fallen to seventy, with cool breeze
from the west. The river came to a
stand during the day, with the water
level thirty-One feet five inches above
low water mark, and four feet four
inches below high-water mark. The
principal changesin the streams at other
points during the day was decline offive
inches at Bonneville; two feet at Cairo; y;
! one foot three inches at Cincinnati; two
! feet three inches at Evansville; six
/ inches at Louisville, six at Omaha, eight
at Paducah, and seventeen at Morgan
| town; and at Kansas City a rise of one
| foot ten inches, LeavenwOrth eight
inches, Lexington six, Shreveport five,
and st. Joseph three inches. The Ar
kansas is swelling five or six feet each
day, and a rise is coming down White
river. The other lower streams, except
Red river, are falling.
Movements of Boats.
Taking into consideration the num-
ber of boats that arrived and departed
yesterday, business was fair. The Phil
Allin came up early with 40 bales of
cotton and 20 sacks of seed. The Capt.
tai City had 80 bales of cotton, 81 sacks
of seeds and added 23l bales of cotton
for st. Louis. The Mary Houston went
up at eleven o'clock this morning with
every stateroOm filled, and had for
Louisville and Cincinnati 500 barrels of
potatoes and onions, 10 crates of cab
bage, and for New Albany65 cases of
soda-ash. She put off here % crates of
ware, 30 barrels of mOlasses, 10 casks OF
ale, IS barrels of potatoes and onions, 20
barrels shells and other freight. The
j. Il. Hyatt and barges came up at noon
on her way to the Ohio. The Great Re-
public came down after dinner, loaded
about as deep as she could navigate, and
refused 800 bales of cotton and Is car
loads OF slaves for New Orleans. She
has engaged to carry 100 tons of railroad
iron from Chic0t to Natchez. She got
about fifteen passengers here, and put
out 100 barrels meal, having, as her
8 s., Al.
236 casks bacon, q half casks do, 734
sacks bran, "A head cattle, 99head hogs,
5654 sacks corn, 1900 bbls meal, go boxes
eggs, 1925 bbls -four, 13S packages do,
800 bales hay, 4S9 sacks malt, $50 cases
milk, $50 packages lard, 1855 sacks oats,
677 bbls pork, 200 hhds tobacco, 800 bbls
lime and about 5000 small packages.
The Parker left for the Ohio with 537
bales cotton and 5S7 empty beer-kegs
and took good trip of people. The
Chester was looked for down during
the night, and no doubt arrived early
this morning.
BY Telegraph.
CAIRO, May 21.-River fallen "a
inches. Weather cloudy and cool.
Arrived: Nashville, Arkansas river, 8
pm; Bodman, New Orleans, IL am.
Belle Memphis, Memphis, am; Pat
Rogers, Cincinnati, q L.; Smoky
City, Louisville, am; Leager, New
Orleans, II am; Simpson Horner,
Pittsburg, IL am; Colorado, st. Louis,
pm; Robert Mitchell, New Orleans,
6 pm; Forsythe, Mound City, pm.
Departed: Nashville, Cincinnati, 10
pm; Chas. .BOdman, Cincinnati, mid
night; City of Chester, Memphis, / am. :;
Belle Memphis, st. Louis, am. !;
SmokyCity, New Orleans, 6 am; Pat
Rogers, Memphis, 8 am. Yaeger, st.
Louis, II am; Simpson Horner. Vicks-
burg, noon; Colorado, Vicksburg,4 4 pm. !;
Mitchell, Evansville, pm.
LOUISVILLE, May 2l.-River falling;
s feet 2 inches in the canal and feet 2
inches in the chute. Weather cloudy
and warm. Business light Arrived:
Kittie Heigler, Cincinnati; John Kill
gouF, New Orleans; Arlington, Mem
phis. Departed: Kitty Heigler, Arkan-
sas river; Kilgour, Arlington, Cincin-
natl.
NASHVILLE, May 21.-River fall
ing, feet six inches on Harpeth shoals.
Arrived: Bransford, upper Cumberland.
Departed: Tyrone, Cairo.
New ORLEANS, May 21.-Weather
cloudy and warm. Arrived: Alice and
barges, st. Louis. Departed: Robert
r. Lee, Louisville; Thompson Dean,
st. Louis.
CINCINNATI, May 21.-River falling,
II feet in the channel. Weather
cloudy aud warm. departed: Probasco,
Memphis.
ST. LOUIS, May 21.-River falling
slowly. Weather warm and showery.
Departed; Emma Elliott, Memphis;
Henry Ames, New Orleans.
LITTLE Rock, May 21.-River rising
slowly, Is feet 4 inches by the guage.
Weather cool and cloudy. Arrived: {:
Anna, Memphis; Halle, Fort Smith;
Carrie V. Kountz, New Orleans. De-
parted: Anna, Memphis.
VICKsBURG, May 21.-River rising
Weather cloudy and pleasant. Down
Belle of Shreveport. Up: Susie Silver,
City of Helena.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 21.-For
northwest and entire lake region and
thence to Missouri and Kentucky, low
barometer, rising temperature, south
easterly and southwesterly winds, cloudy
weather and occasional rain, clearing
west of upper Mississippi tomorrow.
For Tennessee and gulf and south At
lantic States, sOuthwesteTly winds, ris-
ing barometer, partly cloudy and clear
ing weather and occasional rain.
For the middle States, diminishing
pressure, southeasterly and northeastern
ly winds, cloudy weather and rain,
clearing tomorrow in Virginia.
For Canada and New England, south
easterly aud northeasterly winds, fall
ing barometer, cloudy and clearing
weather.
Boats TO Leave
The Richmond will be here to leave
for New Orleans Saturday.
The elegant Henry Ames will be down
to leave this afternoon for Vicksburg,
Natchez and New Orleans.
The Anchor line packet for st. Louis
to-day is the City of Chester. She is
now at the elevator, and departs at ten
o'clock this morning, making all rail-
way and packet connections. Her Off
GERS, Captain Ed. Gray and Clerk
Thompson, are decided favorites.
The Colorado, Captain Vickers, de-
parts this evening at six o'clock for
Vicksburg and the usual landings. H.
Deadrick is clerk.
The Ashland, Captain William Kyle,
will be up to-day, to leave at two O'Clock
this afternoon for Cairo, Louisville zand
Cincinnati. She is a nice boat, and will
doubtless get good trip.
Going to-day for New Orleans. All
who desire to combine business with
pleasure and comfort, should not forget
that the fleet and magnificent steamer
Jno. B. Maude departs at five o'clock
this evening for New Orleans and all
way ports. Captain ]. f. Noel, than
whom more efficient commander cam
not be found on the Mississippi river,
has charge of the hurricane root, and su-
narintands al matters in relation TO the