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

| New Orleans.........-.Olive Braneh.....5 p. m
....Anna................-o p. m
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river continues to decline at
Vicksburg and this port, and is rising at
Cairo and st. Louis. Above the latter
point another rise is mentioned. At
Quincy it rose 8 inches on Wednesday,
and at Dubuque the rise was 6 inches.
A rapid decline is reported at st. Paul.
The total rise at st. Louis up to the
present time is IL inches. Navigation
between that point and Cairo is greatly
improved. The total rise at Dubuque
on the 9th was feet. There is no
change for the better in the Missouri.
The Cumberland has but 80 inches on
Harpetb Shoals, and is navigable for
light-draught boats only. The Ohio is
declining all the way up and has feet
scant in the chute at Louisville, and
| Z feet 10 inches in the channel at Gin
cinnati. White river has 4 feet to Au-
gusta and feet thence to Jacksonport.
The Arkansas is declining slowly, with
about 81 inches over the shoal places to
Little Rock and Is inches above there
to Fort Smith. The weather continues
warm and pleasant. Business at the
levee is fair, but not as active as yester-
day.
The steamers Shannon and Olive
Branch, for New Orleans; Grand Tower
and Anna, for Memphis, passed Cairo
yesterday.
The Colorado, for Vicksburg, left St.
Louis yesterday evening
The Emile LaBarge passed Vicks-
burg yesterday, bound up stream.
The W. R. Arthur left New Orleans
yesterday for st. Louis.
The Memphis and Arkansas u S. mail
steamer Mary Boyd, r. L. Haines, mas
ter; Z. W. Outlaw and Bob Shields, pur-
sers; is now lying at the wharf with her
cargo nearly all on board and will depart
at 8 o'clock this evening for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and all intermediate land
ings on the Mississippi and Arkansas
She is light draught boat and goes
through on time, and will connect at
Little Rock with the stages for Hot
Springs, and light draught packets for
Van Buren, and Fort Smith.
The feet steamer Anna, Capt. Frank
Stein, master, will depart at pm. this
day for Cairo, Evansville, Louisville,
Cincinnati, and all intermediate land
ings on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
A. F. Powers is her attentive Secretary,
and Larry Harmstad & Co. her agents
The Olive Branch, Capt. John McCord
commanding, will arrive from above
to-day, and gets away at 5 p. IN. precisely
for Vicksburg and New Orleans. Par
ties wishing to secure staterooms, or
those having freight to ship, can obtain
all necessary information from Capt. j.
T. Washington, agent, No. A Madison
street.
The Shark has, it is said, grounded
two of her barges at "34, " and at last ac-
counts was trying to pull them off.
The Petrolia No. Will make some
necessary repairs here, and enters the
upper White river trade next week
While dragging the river yesterday in
search of the tug Nettie Jones, Harvey
McNeel, with the tug Little Giant, fished
up out of seventy feet of water a dray
lost two months since.
The improvements at our levee are
rapidly progressing, under the supervi-
sion of our able and efficient Wharf
master, Robert Good.
James o. Durff, formerly river editor
of the Avalanche, has, it is said, pur-
chased the Crystal Palace saloon, and
will doubtless be glad to see his old
friends at his new place of business.
The Pat Cleburne is the regular mail
steamer leaving tomorrow for all points
on White river.
Capt. W. C, Postal has eturned to the
city from his recent trip st. Louis.
The P. W. Strader goes on the docks
at St Louis as soon as the Church and
Carrie Kountz come off
The friends of Captains r. c. Gray
and Joseph Walton are confident that
those gentlemen will be elected to 60 to
Harrisburg, Notwithstanding they are on
the Reform ticket and did not receive the
regular nomination. 1t is well-known
that Captain Gray is not a politician,
and has no desire to be a legislator. Mr.
Walton would like very well to be sent
back to the State capital
Carroll, Green & Co., of Vicksburg,
have disposed of their wharfboat to ].
p Crosby & Co., who will carry it to
Delta to be used there as a wharfboat
We believe Sl3, 800 was the sum netted
by Carroll Green 4 Co.. in the sale.
The Governor Allen took 232 bales Of
new cotton into New Orleans Monday.
The Gen. Anderson, Capt. Lee, de-
parts at S pm. to-day for Helena and
Friar's Point. Stack Lee and Neil
Booker are her secretaries.
The Southwestern is due from below
Ameng her items she had 1864 boxes
sugar, 1000 bundles iron ties, is casks
soda and a good miscellaneous freight.
A Sioux City paper of a recent date
says the river is still falling at that
point, and many snags heretofore con-