Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-22
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS

RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river is rising Two inches per day
at this port, and is stationary at Cairo.
A decline has. set in at 81. Louis, but il
will doubtless be of short duration as
very heavy rains have fallen on the
Upper Mississippi and tributaries during
the week, which no doubt will cause a
rise at all points above. The Ohio is
declining at Evansville and is STATIONARY
at Louisville and Cincinnati The Mon
ongahela is rising slowly at Pittsburg
with three feet in the channel. There
are no prospects yet Of GOAL
boat rise, however. The Cumberland
and other lower tributaries Of the Ohio
are falling. White river is rising at
Augusta, with good prospects of suf-
ficent depth of water to permit the pas
sage of the local packets to that point.
The Arkansas continues TO rise at Little
Rock, having already risen eighteen
feet there, Weather clear and warm.
Business good,
The elegant steamer Bismarck, Capt.
VIM. Thompson, will pass down at A
p. m. to-day for Vicksburg, New Orleans
and the bends. Messrs. Spare and Hull
are her clerks Captain Washington,
agent, will have a clerk on the leyee to
receive freight up to the hour Of her
arrival.
The new and unsurpassed siaewheel
steamer R. P. Walt, Captain Ashford
commanding, will leave the levee at d
pm. for neyalls Bluff, JacksonpGrt and
all way landings on White river, con-
Meeting at the Bluff with trains FOR
Little Rock, and with light-draught
steamers for tho upper White and Little
Red rivers. The Walt carries the U. S.
mall aud can be relied upon to 90
through on time, W. T. Butler and
John Smither are her popular and agree
able clerks
The A. j, White brought up 473 sacks
Gotten seed, 2l9 bales of cotton, sixty
six barrels apples and q good passenger
list.
The Belle Vernon passed down this
morning after adding forty bales cotton.
The Walt brought 4sl sacks cotton
seed, 3O4 bales cotton, and reshipped
forty-two bales at the mouth of White
river Her officers report about three
and half feet of water in White river
to Augusta, with but thirty-eight inches
over Little Island bar
The Grand Tower brought 100 bales
of cotton, aud has engaged 700 bales
for reshlpment at Cairo,
The City ofVieksbmg passed up at FIVE
o'clock this morning, She added here
1860 balee of cotton for reshipment at
Cairo.
The regular Saturday st. Louis packet,
Grand Tower, is at the wharf-boat load
ing, and leaves ats pm. for Cairo and
St. Louis, making all railway connec-
tons. Captain Lennox is master, and
Thomas II. White purser.
The Belle Lee will arrive tomorrow
from below, and does not go above, as
has been reported.
The United States mail steamer Pat
Cleburne Gold reliable'), Reese Pritch-
ard commanding, is now at the leyee
receiving freight, and will back out
promptly at pm. to-day, with the U.
S. mail, for all landings on the Arkansas
river, going to Little Rock, where she
connects with the packets for Fort Smith.
With the present stage of water in the
Arkansas, we expect Capt. Pritchard
will make some fast time up and back.
Mr.. John N. Hardin officiates at the Gle
burns desk.
The elegant and popular steamer In
diana, Capt. Rube Neal, passed Cairo
y yesterday, and will leave this port at 8
pm. Sunday, for Vicksburg, Natchez,
New Orleans and the bends. This
steamer and her popular officers are well
known to the travelling public and ship
pers, and viii get all she wants here.
Dick Lightburne, her agent, has a clerk
upon the levee receiving freight for her.
Capt. George Malone goes out at 8
pm. to-day, on the roof of his fine
steamer, the A. j. White, for Helena
and Friar's Point carrying the United
States mail and making all the way
landings. Charley Smither and the
Granger brothers are her secretaries.
The George W. Cheek broke her mud
drum below here yesterday and was
towed back to port by the Little Alps
Capt. Halliday has contacted with
Hamilton, of Cincinnati, for new side
wheel steamer to take the place Of the
Dan Able burned sometime ago) in the
transfer business between Cairo and
Columbus. She will be two hundred
and nifty feet long, thirty-two feet beam
and seven feet depth Of hold. She is
built for the Illinois Central and Mobile
and Ohio railroads, and will have a fine
cabin. The Arlington is at present
running in the trade under charter.
AT the Trinity Church fair, soon to be
held in Vieksburg, a beautiful flag will
be voted to the most popular vicksburg
packet. City Of Vicksburg, r. E. Lee
Natehesand Katieare the favorites thus
far.
The Frank Forrest passed Cairo yes
terday, en- route to this port, to enter
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