Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-19
Pat. Cleburne, Magenta, Sallie v.

RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river is declining at this port and
all points above. The Ohio is stationary
at Louisville and Cincinnati, and declin.
ing slowly at Pittsburg The Cumber
land is falling, with twenty inches on
Harpeth Shoals. White river is falling
slowly, and has about 81 feet to Au.
gusta. Heavy rains have fallen along
the upper Arkansas, causing six-foot
rise in that stream. There is now
upward of nine feet of water to Little
Rock, and plenty above there. A driz-
cling rain commenced falling at mid
night, and continued until late hour
this morning, interfering somewhat with
business at the levee.
All the steamers in port yesterday
were tastefully draped in mourning, and
displayed their flags at half-mast in re-
spect to the memory of General Lee.
The gay steamer City of Alton goes
out this evening for Cairo and st. Louis,
making all railway connections.
The regular Wednesday packet for
Shawnee Village aud all the upper land
ings is the Oil City. She leaves at four
pm, with Captain Randall as com
mander and NJ. W. Quinln as secretary.
The U. S. mail steamer Dardanelle
backs out at five clock this evening for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all way land
ings on the Arkansas, connecting at the
Rock with packets for Van Buren,, Fort
Smith and all upper landings, as well as
with the stages for Hot Springs, Captain
Dismukes is her commander, and Messrs.
Banksmith and Mussellman are clerks.
The old sternwheel steamer Express
sunk at Wheeling, just above Wilson,
Dunlevy & Co.'S shipyard, where she was
to have been stripped of her irons. The |
water is up to her guards.
j. o. Battelle, formerly Secretary of |
the Norway Iron company, at Wheeling,
has engaged IN the rolling mill business |
at Memphis. Com, l3th.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce |
have appointed a committee to act in
concert With q aommit,ee from the Board
Of Trade, TO carry out the resolution,
and have the work on the Newport and
Cincinnati bridge stopped. The Newport
Bridge Company are working, night and
lay, q large fYFes hgrFyipg up the COM
lletion Of their bridge on the present
,lans, Notwithstanding the roeeat oppo-
ihaR meetings held ON this subject.
The wharf boats at st. Louis are to be
lighted with gas.
A New Orleans exchange says: "a
elegra%. received yesterday announces
hat the collector Of the par, Of calves
On, Texas, has arrived in Washington,
nd states that the yellow fever is much
more serious than has been generally
Quarantine has beea de-
Jared at Houston aad IL other interior
pwns slong the Central railroad. With
he yellow fever South, the European
-ar, the Spanish fever among the Texas
attic, smallpox North aud several
ther ills to which human flesh is heir
ne prospect for river business is aOl as
rilliant as it might To-"
Yesterdays ST. Louis Republican
'ys; "A large number of boats are lay
lg up at this port. Cause. no frelghts
II them to carry. There is but little
ping up Red aud Arkansas rivers; the
ossieT, however, had a fine trip uu the
lrmer yesterday. To Vickshurg and
iemphis freights are fair Trade up
'e Mississippi good
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th |
'ys; Governor Fairchilds. Of Wiseon-
n, is here. He has received assurance
ON the War Department, that the work
improving the Wisconsin river. for
Inch Congress appropriated one hun
red thousand dollars, shall be pro
seded With al once.
The St. Louis and New Orleans packet
J. r. Arthur, Pat Yore commanding
% John Bowman. clerk, win arrive to-