Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-19

BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, February IS. - River
falling. Weather fair.
PITTsBURG, February 8.-Noon-Riv-
er 10 feet inches and falling. Weather
clear and pleasant NIght-River
10 feet and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant. Departed: Granite State,
Portsmouth; Exchange, Cincinnati.
EVANSVILLE, February 18.-Weather
clear. Mercury go TO 500 River 81
and 60 fest ard rising. Wind from
the south. Port-list-up: Pat Cleburne,
am; Andy Baum, $50 pm; Cons
Millar, 1920 am. Little business.
CAIRO, February 8.-Noon-Arrived
City OF Alton and Sam Brown, st.
Louis. Up: SchencE, Cincinnati, 10
am, James Howard, New Orleans.
Noon-Dsparted: Grand Tower, Mem
phis, p. m. .Night-Arrived: H. 8.
Turner and Robert Mitchell, New Or
leaDs. Departed-up: ScheOck, New
Orleans, p M, Jas, Howard, s.. Louis;
Turner and Mitchell, Cincinnati, 2p.m.;
Sam Brown, s.. Louis, 8 p. NJ; City OF
Alton, New Orleans, pm. River 40
feet 2 inches and rising. Weather clear.
Mercury 400.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
Geo. w. Cheek, Helena; Ruth, White
river; City of Helena, ST. Louis; Colo
RADIO, Vicksburg; Legal Tender, Arkan-
sas river.
DEPARTURES.
Geo. w. Cheek, Helens; Phil Allip,
Frisrs Point; O.ceola Belle, Ashport;
Colorado, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
Ruth, Legal Tender, City of Helena.
BOATS DUE.
Grand Tower, U. P. Schenck, City of
Alton.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE sATUR.
DAY.
ST.. LOUIs-Grand Tower, Lennox,
master, five P 10.
WHITE RIvER-Ruth. E. G. Postal,
master, five pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-LegsI Tender,
Ed Rowland, master, five p M.
New ORLEANs-City Of Alton, H. S.
Bixby, master, five p N.
VICKsBUBG- City Of Helena, M'Kee,
master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Ruth-Broughto out OF White river 460
bales cotton, 636 sacks cotton-Jeed, 80
packages sundries.
Geo. w. Cheek-135 bales cotton, q
bags seduction, 59l sacks cOtton-seed,
9S packages sun6ries.
Legal Tender-Brought out OF Arkan-
sas river 966 bales cotton, IS bags seed
cotton, 2542 sacks cottOn-seed, 81 pack
ages sundries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business slacks
Weather clear and pleasant.
Major John D. Adams left for Wash
ingtOn yesterday.
The Golden Rule LEFT Cincinnati with
a cabin full OF people.
The Thomas Sherlock repaired her
damaged cylinders at Evansville.
The U. P. Schepck lost few hours at
Louisville on account Of high winds.
When a marine is observed half seas
over nowadays, they say " ne hiss found
the lacking Ingredient"
The Ohio is so higd that steamers have
10 go through the draw in the bridge a.
Louisville, SO says the Courier. Journal.
The Paducsh Tribune quotes freight
RATES on tobacco at three dollars ana
quarter per hOgshesd from that port to
New Orleans.
big trip out OF Arkansas river, and de-
serves smashing big one to return with
this evening.
The Ruth came out of White river
with an immense load of Gotten and
other truck. She leaves on her return
this evening, aud ought to be loaded fl 1t.
The beautiful weather, the majestic
river, and magnificent steamer are
all we'll enough in the mariners eve,
but where is the load to come from
that ID the lacking ingredient.
New Orleans papers and dispatches
say that the Maude has entered the New
Orleans aud Red river trade, and Il
packet company Immediately put
freights down to ten cents per barrel.
A Bayou Sara, Louisiana, dispatch
says that the steamboat Billy Hender-
son Thursday night collided with the
John f. Iolie, and sank in few min
utes. One deck hand was repoI ted
drowned. The Tolle was gninjured.
Admiral Stormy, Prof. Tice and Old
Prob have been in committee Of the
whole on the subject OF the quality OF
weather TO be dished out to us on Mardi
Gras day. The admiral issued his Or
dsrs for just such weather as we have
enjoyed the past week, aud the professor
and chief Of the signal service sre put
ting their machinery in condition that
the royal mandate Of his marine high
ness shall be obeyed to the letter.
Here is the Charles MoTgan's record
Of her recent lightning run, clipped from
the Cincinnati Times, of Wednesday:
"The Charles Morgan arrived from New
Orleans at ten O'Clock last night, with
between four and five hundred tons,
seventeen days out on the round trip.
She left New Orleans, Tuesday evening,
eighth instant, at seven O'Clock, and
was seven days and three hours out from
port to port. This time includes four
hours lost by fog the first niKht out,
three hours fixing machinery at Hermit
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