Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-08
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS

cnannei at 81 ana Otner SnOal place.
above as well as several shallow places
below here. AT st. Louis the rise con
tinues at the rate of 3 inches per day
above that point the rise continues as fal
up as Dubuque, at which port the rive
rose inch yesterday. A decline ha,
set in at st. Paul. The Missouri has
feet 10 inches at st. Aubert, and is daily
groing worse. The Ohio is declining a
Pittsburg, and from there to Evansville
The Cumberland is again getting low
and has but p feet on Harpeth Shoals
White river is declining slowly, but there
is still ample water for our local packets
The Arkansas continues to decline slow
ly, and has abont 80 inches from the
mouth to Little Rock, and 10 inches
thence to Van Buren,.
The weathdr. is comfortably warm
Business at the levee is moderately &C
tive, with fair list of arrivals during
the night and this morning.
The favorite steamer, Geo. w. Cheek,
will continue her regular trips to Helena
and Friar's Point until the A. j. White
is extricated from her present position
on the bar at Friar's Point. The Cheek
goes out this evening at 5 o'clock with
the U. S. mail, and makes all the way
landings.
The Arkansas passed up yesterday
from the Arkansas river with several
bales of new cotton.
The regular Memphis and Evansville
packet Norman came in this morning,
and will return tomorrow at twelve M,
making all landings between this port
and Evansville.
The Mary Boyd is at the wharf receiv-
ing freight for the Arkansas river, for
which stream she departs tomorrow
evening.
The Julia, Townsend, master, leaves
this day with the United States mail for
vicksburg and all intermediate landings.
Jeems Thompson, a popular official, pre-
sides at the desk.
To-day's packet for Cairo and st. Louis
is the Belle st. Louis. She will leave at
FIVE p. m. and make close connections
with the railroads at Belmont, Cairo and
St. Louis for all points West, North and
East. Alex. Zeigler commands.
The steamers Belfast and Leonidas
passed Cairo yesterday for New Orleans.
The Grand Tower for this port, and
the Continental and McGill for New
Orleans, left St. Louis last night.
The Bismarck and Southwestern left
New Orleans yesterday evening-desti-
nation, st. Louis.
The st. Louis Democrat doubts our
report of six feet of water at "34. "
Our informant, pilot on one of the St.
Louis and Vicksburg packets, saw the
depth measured with the stick, and
ought to know
Six feet scant is the depth reported
over the bar at Jefferson Barracks, which
is said to be the worst point between
Cairo and st. Louis.
The Commonwealth is due from below
She has 1900 bars railroad iron and a
good miscellaneous list for St. Louis.
The Flavilla has gone to the wreck of
the Texarkania, in Red river. The Era
No. 9 received no damage by the COLI
sion.
While the R. ]. Lockwood was laying
at yicksburg, Monday night, two negro
roustabouts got into a quarrel, resulting
in one of them being fatally stabbed.
Yazoo river is getting quite low. So
say our Vieksburg exchanges.
On her last trip down, the Big Sun
flower carried lis bales of cotton out of
the Yazoo, 81 bales of which we're of the
new crop.
The Shreveport Bulletin, of the 3Oth
ult,, says;
The river at this point is still rising
slowly from water above the raft. The
lakes and Old river are rising. At last
accounts the bayou at jefferson was
bank full and falling slowly. The light
draught boats run all the cut roads
through the lakes without any trouble.
From this point out 10 the Mississippi
river we have good stage of water for
loaded boats The mouth of the river
is little troublesome. but not worth
speaking Of Rates of freight still con-
tinue low, though business is improving
Most of the boats have good
up freights and go out loaded with cat
tie.
The bids for removing the obstruc-
tons, consisting Of old wrecks, from the
st. Louis harbor, we're opened on Satur-
day. The amount of money wanted by
the bidders was in the neighbofhood of
$4,000. As the river was rising aud
the wrecks were not hindering naviga-
ton for the present, the committee de-
cided to postpone immediate action on
the offers.
The NJ. J. wicks leaves St. Louis to-
day for New Orleans. Captain Jas. H.
Tchudi, well known steambOatman. is
coming down on her as clerk.
Captain Milt Harry's recent pur-
chase, the Petrolia No. ?, arrived here
this morning with 200 tons of freight for
this port and points on White river.
The St. Msry's passed up this morning
after discharging here SIS sacks salt, 20
kegs soda and 5 hhds sugar.
The fetrolis, Norman and Glasgow
are at the wharf discharging freight
The Mary Boyd is getting full freight
trip.
Captain Andy Derth intends placing
the MARITIME in the Memphis and 0sceOla
trade. She win make her first trip %