Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-26

Weather cool. The river here is swelling
slowly. with eight feet in the channel between
here and Cairo. and seven and a half feet be.
tween there and St. L luis. The Ohio is risins
from Cincinnati down to Cairo, with four feet
three inches in the canal. and four and hal
feet on the bars in the lover Ohio. The Ar.
kansas is declining. with three and half fee
in the ehanAel from Little Rock out. White
remains UNCHANGED.
RoATs IN PORT.
Des Arc. Kenton. Belle St. Lsuis, Wauanita
Lawrence, Mary Boyd.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The levee presented lively appearance THU
morning. with considerable movement in cot.
ton shipments.
The Pine Bluff and Napoleon packet Only
Chapca, saRK at Douelas Landing. on the Ar
kansas river. on Wednesday. 10 ten feet water.
She will prove total loss. The New Orleans
merchants gave her o bonus to ply in that
stream in the interest of New Orleans.
The Kenton arrived this morning, from New
Orleans. and leaves this evening for Cincinnati
The Belle st. LOWS. fro st. l ouis. brought
in large cargo of produce and stock. and
leaves this afternoon with return trip for St.
Louis.
The new and splendid passenger Steiner
Mary Boyd. Capt. Rube Haynes in command,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for all points
on White river thrsueh to Jacksonport. con-
Meeting OF Duvallis Bluff with the Little Rock
railroad. The Mary Boyd has superb passen-
ger accommodations. Mr.. Z. W. Outlaw. an
agreeable and socisble gentleman. has charge
of the office, assisted by Bob Shields.
The Lawrence. Ca plain Pearce. leaves this
evening for Cincinnati.
The NIGHTINGALE and Spray are due from Gin
cinnati.
The Wauanita, Captain Stein. will leave the
wharf this evening at five o'clock for Cincin-
natl. Captain Conway has charge of the office.
The Des Arc. Capt. Marsh Miller. backs out
this evening for Friar's Point and all way land
ings in the bends. Messrs. B. P. FIELDS and
Andy Granger have charge Of ths once.
The Thomas H. Allen will arrive this even
ing frsm White river and leave tomorrow
evening for Little Rock direct, attending to all
way business on the Arkansas.
Joseph 7. Bon6elj, of Chicago. act Captain
Joe Banall. Of Memphis. is the party who
cemes in possession Of $37, 800 by tho death OF
Louis @. Jones. recently, at st. Paul.
The splendid sts amer Liberty No. 2, Captain
Pat. Wheat. is tho regular Saturday White
river United States mail packet. She will be
found in port this evening to receive, and will
leave tomorrow evening. Jimmy Tss1PsOr
has charge Of the office,
The United States snagboat S. Ii. Long is
operating IN the vicinity of Mound City.
Among other distractions in the channel. she
will remove the wreck of Admiral Porter's old
flagship. the Black Hawk
A little newsboy, named Tommy Moore. was
accidentally drowned. Wednesday night. by
walking overheard eff the steamer Guidon.
The Colorado. Captain Fisher. will pass
down this evening for New Orleans.
The City Of Cairo is the Saturday st. Louis
packet.
The Spray Ia announced for Cincinnati to-
aorrow evening.
Tne Mollie Able and Nick Longworth will
pass down tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Natoma, Captain Ashford. will arrive
this evening from the mouth Of White river.
and leave to-morroE evening with a return
tEip.
The George W. Cheek starts out tomorrow
in the Friar's Point trade.
The owners Of the Des Arc entered suit for
six hundred dollars in the Admiralty Court.
yesterday. against the 7. L. McGill. for pull
ing the McGill off bar in Council Bend
The Luminary, Captain Conway. is the Sat-
urday Vieksburg packet. at
The steamer Arkansas, fFem St. Louis, ar
rived at Little Rock yesterday morning, after
tedious voyage ofsx weeks. She Was only one
mlnth in getting from a short distance below
Pine Bluff to Little Rock-setsn.y-e eight miles