Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-18
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
In Port.
G. W. Cheek, Emma Elliott, Belle of t
The Weather and Rivers.

IN ROFEs
G. W. Cheek, Emma Elliott, Belle of Texas.
The Weather and Rivers.
The weather yesterday was quite
warm, the mercury during the middle of
the day indicating eighty-fOur degrees
IN the shade, and at night it was but a
few degrees lower. The river rose seven
inches during the past twenty-fOur hours,
and at night the level of the water was
thirty feet five inches above lOw-water
mark, and less than six feet below high
water mark. The stage of water above
low-water mark, and rise or fall at other
points during the same time, was as fol-
lows: Fort Benton, five feet ten inches,
rise two inches; Omaha, eight feet, rise
two feet six inches; Cairo, thirty nine
feet ten inches, rise two inches; Iank-
ton, eight feet five inches, rise one inch !;
Paducah, thirty-two feet one inch, rise
one inch; st Paul, eight feet two inch
es, fall two inches; Davenport, nine
feet two inches fall three inches; Leav-
enwOrth, fall one inch; Keokuk, ten
feet two inches, fall three inches; St.
Louis, twenty-five feet eight inches, fall
six inches; Pittsburg, five feet six inch
es, fall four inches; Cincinnati, twenty
five feet four inches, fall two feet eleven
inches; Louisville, eight feet two inch
es, fall three feet one inch; Vicksburg,
thirty feet four inches, stationary;
Shreveport, twelve feet one inch, fall
two inches; Nashville, eleven feet, fall
two feet seven inches; Evansville, twen-
ty-seven feet four inches, fall one foot
eleven inches; Jefferson City, eight feet
six inches, fall six inches.
Movements OF Boats.
Business at the landing showed some
improvement yesterday, but there was
still a scarcity of shipment of lower
river freights. The +. Z. Lee came
down late the night previous and left at
one O'Clock yesterday morning with
1900 tons of freight, including 500 hogs
heads of tobacco and 5000 sacks of corn,
and got quite number of people here.
The John kigOur, from New Orleans,
came up yesterday, and discharged 200
packages of vegetables and mOlasses,
and laid here all day to clean and repair
her boilers. She had q moderate freight
trip and fair passenger trip for the Ohio.
The City of Nicksburg came down early
with 700 tons from st. Louis, and went
back at night with a fair cotton trip.
The Emma Elliott, from Vicksburg,
came up in the evening and lays over
until tonight, when she leaves for ST.
Louis as advertised. The Julia came
down during the afternoon well ladened,
and put out 90S dry barrels, SIG sacks
corn, 120 sacks oats, rs head stock, and
had 450 tons for points below. The Le-
gal Tender for White river, and Anna
for the Arkansas, left with fair trips, and
the Arlington for Cincinnati departed
with 1882 bales of cotton, 36 bales rags,
300 empty beer-kegs, and 100 kegs beer
By Telegraph.
NASHVILLE, May 17.-River fall
ing fast; 8 feet on Harpeth shoals.
Arrived: Eddyville, from Upper Cum
berland.
EVANSVILLE, May 17.-Weather
cloudy; signs of rain. River fallen two
feet. Mercury $50 to 720. Up: J. A.
Wood and Sam J. Hale, IL pm; Idle
wild, am; Henry Probasco and Lucy
Bertram, 7 am; Fayette, 9 am. ;
Charmer, 10 am; Geo. Roberts, 10 80
am; Richmond, II M. Down: Alex.
Swift, Z am; Sam Brown, am. !;
Gray Eagle, II 80 am; Mary Ament,
pm. Business dull.
VICKsBURG, May 17.-River rising
Weather clear and warm. Down:
L
Hyatt.
PIrTsBURG, May 1.-THE river is
falling slowly, with feet inch
es water in channel. Weather clear
and pleasant. No arrivals OF depart
ures. The Exchange left the wharf this
afternoon for Nashville, but had pro-
| ceeded only a short distance when she
was struck by the towboat FaiFplay, and
| sunk in ten feet water near shore on the
south side of the Monongahela. The
position of the steamer is such that
much of her cargo, which consists large
! ly Of iron and glass, can be saved.
CINCINNATI, May 17.-River falling,
| Weather clear aud cool. Arrived /:
| Pat Rogers, Memphis; II. S. Turner,
New Orleans: Jennie Howell, Pittsburg;
| towbOats with bar, Wild Duck, st. Lou
is to Pittsburg; Lion, Geo. Lyle, Eagle
and Panther, left for Pittsburg, and the
Conder, Lyon and My Choice, arrived
with coal.
CAIRO, May 17.-River stationary.
Weather clear and warm. Arrived !:
! Tyrone, Nashville, l am; City of
Chester, Memphis. l am; Sam. Rob
erts, st. Louis, ) am; Bismarck, st.
Louis, 7 am; Ajax, New Orleans, 9
am; Ruth, Camden, pm; Falls Pi-
lot, Ohio river, 3 pm; Quickstep,
Evansville, 4 pm; Belle Memphis,
st. Louis, 5 pm. Departed: Comet,
Pittsburg, s pm; City of Chester, st.
Louis, pm. Ajax, Louisville, IL pm.
Bismarck, New Orleans, pm; Ruth,
st. Louis, pm; Sam Roberts, Ohio
river, pm.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Weather
clear. Thermometer $50. Arrived
Thompson Dean, st. Louis. Departed
Mary Houston, Cincinnati; City OF
Quincy, st. Louis; John Howard, Ar
/ kansas river.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-River fallen
3 inches. Weather cloudy and cool.
Arrived: Babbage, and will go on the
docks for repairs; Beauer, Illinois river;
Mary Mcdonald, Missouri river; Min
nicola, Wheeling; Adam jacobs, Grand
Tower; Baysrd, Louisiana; Rob Roy,