Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-16


DEPARTURES.
Steamer Rubicou, st. Louis.
a. City of Alton, Vicksburg.
Indiana, Louisville,
@ X. L. Lee, New Orleans.
Utah, St. Louis.
. Mary Houston, Louisville.
BOATS IN PORT.
Belle Memphis, Gen. Anderson, Mary Boyd,
Legal Tender, Gallatin, Geo. W. Cheek, Rob
ert Burns, st. Francis.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river Is falling at the rate of nearly two
feet per day. Reports from above state that
all the upper streams, except the Missouri,
are declining. The decline at Cairo yesterday
was Is inches; at st. Louis inches. The ex-
IRENE upper Missouri is rising rapidly, and Is
now higher than at any time last season.
This will greatly relieve the many boats in
that stream now destined for the mountains.
The rise, however, will hardly be perceptible
here. The Ohio is rising at Louisville, with
feet inches in the canal and feet 6 inches
over the falls. AT Cincinnati 1t is declining
with 10 feet in the channel. White river re-
mains in fair boating condition. The Ar
kansas is falling slowly with feet nine inches
to Little Rock and 20 inches above there to
Fort Smith. The weather is warm and OPP
pressve. Business opens fair for Monday the
receipts, however. largely exceeding ship
ments.
The R. L. Lee passed down last night and
the Utah from the Arkansas passed up this
morning. The Legal Tender came in from
White river with 1873 bales of cotton and left
SO bales at the mouth of Whiterlver.
The Gallatin made railroad time to this port
and brought fair freight and passenger list
The Mary Boyd, from the Arkansas arrived
yesterday with 127 bales of cotton and a good
trip of people. She came from the mouth Of
White river to this port in eighteen hours, In
GLIDING nearly an hours time lost In making
landings and taking wood. The Boyd has on
this as well as former occasions proved herself
the fastest boat on the Arkansas, and her time
up compares favorably with some of the larger
steamers. She is now loading, and will leave
at pm. to-day for all points on the Arkan-
sas, connecting at Little Rock with light
draught steamer fo5 Fort Smith Reub.
Haynes commands, and Messrs. Outlaw and
Shields are her secretaries.
The Belle Memphis, for st. Louis, and the
NJ. Z. Forsythe. for Vieksburg, depart this
evening.
An arrangement is about to DO made at ST..
Louis whereby ample accommodations for five
steamboat lines will be afforded by two large
wharfboats.
Steamboating in Red river has nearly closed
for the season.
The Gen. Anderson, Cap, Jim Lee, goes out
tonight for Helena and Friar's Point. Stack
Lee, Billy Booker and John Cummings are her
clerks.
The Elliott line of independent packets still
continue their regular trips to all points on
White river, going through to Jacksonport
connecting at Duvall's Bluff with the train for
Little Rock, and at Jacksonport with light
draught steamers for the upper White and
Black rivers. This line carries the I. s. mail,
and by their prompt attention to business have
secured a splendid trade on White river. The
Legal Tender goes out Tuesday at five p. IN. for
the points above named. Captain John d. Ell
lott is her master and b. p Fields, assisted by
Arthur Fields. are her clerks.
The new steamer Grand Tower reached st.
Louis Friday.
Nothing has yet been learned as to the
whereabouts of Bill Saunders, the murderer
of Mr.. and Mrs. Goode. A Coroner's jury
held an inquest Saturday over the body of
Mr.. Goode. and rendered a verdict in accord
ance with the statements made in the LEDGER
last week, charging Saunders with the murder.
A diary belonging to the murder was found
on the island. in which he had noted partieu-
larry the time the Marble City had passed the
island going each way for several days. 1t is
supposed he intended to wait for the Marble
City. but fearing some delay boarded the first
upward bound boat.
By a special telegram to Captain Dick Light
burne. agent, we learn that the eommodious
passenger steamer Mollie Able, Captain Dan
Able in command, will arrive from above to-
night. and depart at noon tomorrow for New
Orleans and the bends.