Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-26

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| New Orleans Lee D. IN
Arkansas river. Thos. II. Allen........5 D m
Eunice ..................Geo. W. Cheek ....5 D IN
Shawnee Village...0il City.................4 D IN
st. IN
New Orleans ..,re..M ollie Able..,....4,.-4 p IN
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river is declining two inches pei
day at this port, and is now twenty-eight
feet eight inches below high water mark
The decline continues at Cairo, and al
St. Louis the water Is stationary. The
Missouri is falling, with barely sufficient
water for navigation above st. Joseph.
The Ohio is falling all the way up, with
sixteen inches in the chute at Louisville
and six feet in the channel at Cincinnati.
The Cumberland is falling slowly and
has less than eighteen inches over Har-
peth Shoals. White river is falling
slowly and has less than three feet to
Augusta. The Arkansas is declining as
rapidly as it rose, having fallen four feet
at Little Rock, to which point there is
sixteen feet in the channel. The weather
is warm and cloudy. Business at the
levee is fairly active, with hut few boats
in port. '"'' '"' ~ nor
The Jennie Howell passed down this
morning after discharging here seventy
five tons of freight.
A number of steamboatmen and river
men were in attendance at the races yes
terday. IS - ~ Gt tg -
The elegant passenger steamer Belle
Lee, j. Frank Hicks master, is adver,
tised, and will depart this evening at
8 o'clock precisely for Vioksburg,
Natchez New Orleans aud the bends.
She has entered the trade between this
port and New Orleans, and will remain
init during the season, leaving here every
other Wednesday. Her passenger ac-
commodations are unsurpassed, and as a
freight carrier she is unequalled. John
S. Sullivan is her cashier, aud Tom Sui
livan and Owen Jarnison her clerks.
Passengers DESTROYS of securing state
rooms can do so on application to Mart
Walt Il Co., agents, St2 Front street,
where q plan of her cabin can be seen.
r. W, Lightburne is her freight agent.
The Julia, Capt. Townsend, will ar
rive from below to-day, and departs at
SPIN, for Cairo and St. Louis.
The Oil City, Capt. Randall, will leave
at the usual hour this evening for Shaw
nee Village and way landings. We learn
that Capt, Randall has secured the con
tract for carrying the United States mail
for the upper landings. The selection
of his steamer by the authorities is
good one, and our friends above may de-
pend upon their mails being delivered
promptly,
The elegant U. S. mail steamer Thos.
II. Allen, Clay Rice master. will back
out to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock
and all intermediate landings on the
connecting at the Rock with
packets for Fort Smith and all upper
landings, as well as with the coaches for
Hot Springs, Ernest Walworth and
Aleck Waddell, two clever knights of the
quill, are the Aliens clerks.
1t is rumored that certain steamboat
agent Of this city made small fortune
in the recent advance in cotton.
For New ORLEANs.-By reference to
our steamboat column it will be seen
hat the st. Louis and New Orleans
steamer Mollie Able, Captain Ed. F. Dix,
master, will depart at four o'clock this
evening for Vioksburg and New Orleans,
making all way landings. The Mollie
Able is well known to the travelling COM
uunity as a reliable and safe packet and
/ splendid freight carrier. Captain ]. T.
is her agent.
In letting the Kate Henderson off the
rays, at Middleport, Monday, one of the
hores gave way, nearly breaking her in
vain, which necessitates again taking
Ter out and Strengthening her. She
anne off again next day all right
The Fanny Brandus is coming here
rom Cairo.
An Arkansas river exchange says the
oats in that stream are .beginning to get
moderate cotton freight, and would get
more but for the natural disposition of
'lanters to hold for rise" as far as
hey can, without injustice to those who
ave made their advances. Commercial
eight is abundant, and every boat
bows full manifest.
The Silver Bow, Ray master, will pass
own tomorrow evening for jefferson,
hreveport and all landings on Red
Iver. See her card elsewhere.
A New Orleans telegram says yellow
'ver has ceased there. The Texas
lockade is raised, and shipments are
aing made "a al parts Of that State.
The ST. Loais Republican wants the
enerahle Stevenson, Of the Cincinnati
Iazette, to attend to the river business
{ the former place. SO says the Gin
innati Commercial.
On the 9th instant, the Belle of Alton
nd Rob Roy, both bound up stream, col
ded at st. Louis. Charles N. Davis
Tas at the wheel Of the former, and J. W.
'enfrOw pilot Of the latter. The st.
souis Local Inspectors, on the 10th last,
uspended Pilot RenfrOw for six months,
nd he was also fined thirty dollars.
'ilot Davis was also suspended fofthirty I
lays. lHuaI ta. r.H.III.
A deck passenger On.ihe Little Jessie, ]