Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-08-24
RIVER NEWS, WEATHER, ETC

The weather is warm and dry; an occasional cloud passing over the sun, but to die away and leave the anxious farmer disappointed ill his expectations of rain.
 River falling slowly.
 The Rowena passed up on Monday and down late "Wednesday evening. She was behind time about twelve hours, having run aground on a bar above Augusta. Capt. Davis is in command, and Mr. Kidder in the office. Thanks for fayors.
 The Commercial arrived on her up trip Thursday evening at 3ls o'clock, and passed down this morning. Her clerk, Mr. Morton, laid us under obli- gatious for late papers.
 The Des Are will enter the White river tratie, on the 18th September, as q regular packet throughout the sea- son, leaving Memphis every Friday.
 Ezg~The Memphis Appeal says: Col. Macomb, United States Engineer, has contracted with the submarine Under writer for three months service in re- moving snags and other Instructions to navigation in the Missouri river. He has also contracted with the White River and Arkansas River Wrecking . Company, through Henry Morton, Esq, of Cincinnati, for removing the ob- structious in those streams fora period of four months. At the expiration of three or four mohths Colonel Macomb hopes to have the new Government snag boats under contract completed. Captain David liiner has been appoint ed inspector for White and and Arkan- sas rivers, and Captain C. II. Meekin, of New Albany, for Missouri river.
 nss-The following is from the Louis- vile Journal of the l7th inst:
 The committee appointed by the Board of Trade to contract for line of packets to Tennessee and White rivers completed their arrangements yester- day noon during Change hours, with Col. May and Capt. Pink Tarble to run two boats in the Tennessee river trade and two boats in the White river trade. The following resolution was offered by Mir. Thos. J. Tapp, Chairman of the Committee
 To tAe President of the Louisville Beard cf Tradc:
 Theyommittee appointed to contract with steamboat owners to place line of packets in the Louisville and Tennessee river trade, and Louisville ana White river Ark trade, and possibly to Arkansas river beg leave to re- port that they have agreed with W. J. May and Pink Narble to put in a weekly line of packets tp the Tennessee river; also to put two boats to run regularly, in the Louisville and White river Ark trade. The contract made with them is herewith submitted to the Louisville Board of Trade for their approval. Ntlso we submit resolution of the Louisville Marine Association, adopted Aug, I 5ih which ye would recommend the Board of Trade 10 adopt, as to the rates of freight to be charged from and to this point by the boats running in said rivers under this arrangement. All of which is respectsully submitted.
 TII0S. J. TAPP, Chairman.
 The above resolution was adopted, the merchants giving to the owners of said boats guarantee to sustain them, and the owners of said boats binding themselves to have boat to leave this portion every Saturday for Tennessee river. and to have boat to leave about every ten days for White river, until the first of June next. The committee arc still soliciting subscriptions to com plete the Arkansas river packet line, and those who have not subscribed towards this enterprise should do sc at once, no matter how small the amount may be.