Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-21
The Port of Memphis.

The river at this place, after getting as
low as it has been for years, is station
AIRY. Business at the landing was fair
this morning The weather was pleasant
and occasionally cloudy.
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last
Arrivals.
W. r. Arthur, New Orleans
Sherman, Cincinnati.
Peter Balen, Vicksburg.
Belle ST. Louis, st. Louis.
Departures.
w. r. Arthur st. Louis.
Belle Memphis, ST. Louis.
Dan Able, Vicksburg.
Boats in Port.
Petrolia, Guidon, Centralia, CONNER
cal, R. NJ. Bishop Naugatuck North
west, Sherman Belle ST. Louis and Peter
Balen.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
The Belle St Louis, Capt Zeigler, is
the regular packet for St. Louis this
evening. She will leave the wharfboat,
foot of Jefferson street, at pm, for
Cairo and ST. Louis. Mr.. Blekner. a
courteous clerk, has charge Of the Office.
Tickets can be secured at the Union
Ticket office, Jefferson street
The Naugatuck will leave this evening
at o'clock positively fol Cairo and Gin
cinnati She has superb passenger ac-
commodations, and will 60 through all
right Capt Frank Cakes, an expert
enced officer, has charge of the roof, with
the amiable Mr.. Dunlap in the Office.
The United States mail packet Clean
err, Capt. Lee, will leave the Star wharf
boat to day at pm. for Little Rock and
all way landings on Arkansas river. Mr..
Speed, courteous and attentive clerk,
will attend to the shipping and travelling
public.
Capt. John B. Davis sails for White
river with the Centralis this evening, in
place of the Commercial Messrs. Geo.
c. Blish and Clay Rice will be found in
the Office. Those desiring a pleasant
trip should travel on this craft
Miscellaneous.
The Des Arc was towed to Mound City
last evening to be thoroughly overhauled,
repaired and reftted for the fall season.
She will ply in the Memphis and White
river trade during the coming season.
The rivers are all declining, and each
arrival from the tributaries reports them
lower and lower The Arkansas has
scant thirty inches out from Pine Bluff,
with navigation very difficult To the
" cut off in the ST. Francis there is
three feet. In White river there is still
enough TO reach Jacksonport without
any trouble. From here TO Cairo there
is seven feet, and in addition to troubles
at Plumb Point, the bar at "a is getting
bad.
Freights from Louisville to Memphis
are for pound lots, 6Oc.; -four, per Dbl
81, and pork, 81 %; other articles in
To New Orleans, pound freights, Zoe;
way lots, s5i.; pork, per Dbl, 81 so;
50 per Dbl; corn, 75c. per sack,
and potatoes 81 per Dbl The rates on
way freights are the same as through
OTIS.
The Commercial goes to St. Louis to
De repaired and repainted. She viii
receive an entire new outfit, have her
.epairs finished and resume her regular
rips in White river by the 18th Of next
month. The Centralia goes out in her
place. The crew of the Commercial
axes charge of the Ceniralia.
The St. Louis Democrat, of yesterday,
ays The river question requires but
,rief notice The Mississippi rose all
lay yesterday. The total swell is over
wo feet. 1t is all from the Upper Mis-
issippi There is eight feet water TO
Iairo, FIVE feet 20 Keokuk, four feet on
he rapids, and navigation is good TO ST. /
Paul. There is five feet in the Missouri,
wenty-eight inches in the Illinois, and /
10Th rivers are stationary. Business is
Tery quiet on the river at present A !