Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-18
New YORK Cotton Market
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer st Francis, st Francis river;
Geo w Cheek. Friar's Point;
a. Gen. Anderson, Friar's Point;
=" Rubicon, Vicksburg;
Commonwealth, New Orleans
" Virginia, New Orleans;
." Mary Miller, New Orleans;
Kenton, New Orleans;
- Mary Houston, Louisyillei
" Robert Burns, Cincinnati;
=" Belle Memphis, ST Lousi
Ozark, Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Rubicon, st Louis;
Commonwealth, st Louis;
- Virginia, Louisville;
- Merry Miller, Louisville;
Kenton, Cincinnati;
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
BOATS IN PORT.
Mollie Gratz, T + Eckert. Ozark, George W
Cheek, st Francis, Belle Memphis, Gen, An
derson, Robt. Burns,
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river here, after reaching a point II
inches below the high water mark Of 1867, il
now stationary. We shall now, perhaps, have
few inches decline which will last but few
days, however, as the swell reported above
will reach here by Thursday, if not sooner.
At Cairo yesterday the decline was inches,
while at St. Louis the river rose ID inches. Al
that point Saturday the water was % feet
inches above low water mark of 1868, and Il
feet inches below high water mark of 1874,
A dispatch from Dubuque reports the river
rising 10 inches daily, and says it is now as
high as tie great rise Of 1859. A further rise
of feet is anticipated there. At Galena the
rise continues at the rate of Is inches day
and the water is but Il inches below the high
water mark of 1859. The Ohio is falling again
at Louisville, with feet of water in the canal
and I feet inches over the falls, At Cincin'
natl il is stationary, with q feet in the chan
mel. The big rise in the Kanawha having
reached Cincinnati will check the decline for q
few days, but will not cause much of rise
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers are declin'
ing, Major John d. Adams received tele'
gram from Little Rock this morning stating
that the Arkansas had risen altogether 8 feet
and was still rising slowly. A letter of the
l4th from Fort Smith to Reese Pritehard, Maj.
Adams agent at Little Rock. says heavy rains
have fallen above and there is prospect of a
big rise. The letter also states that there is IS
inches on Van Buren, bar. The America and
Nile we're at Little Rock this morning and
we're going above. The Mary Boyd left Little
Rock at o'clock this morning for Memphis.
Business on the levee this morning opened
fair.
Weather clear and pleasant.
The regular U. S. mail steamer for the Ar
kansas to-day is the elegant and swift Ozark.
She departs at FIVE o'clock this evening under
command Of Capt. r. G. Caldwell. and will
60 through to Little Rock, where she connects
with light draught steamers for Fort Smith
and Gibson. Tom Brashear is her purser. W.
H. Kenneday, agent, No, Madison street.
The Rubieon passed up this morning. having
been detained by the storm Saturday night.
The NJ. f, Forsyth will pass down for vieks-
burg. and the Belle Memphis departs for St.
Louis at pm,
Capt. George Rea. late of the Jefferson has
contracted at Pittsburg for a new steamer for
the Red river trade.
The Moliie Able leaves st. Louis tomorrow
for New Orleans.
The Mollie McPike is at st. Louis leading
for the Arkansas, and is announced 10 depart
Wednesday.
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from this city announcing the arrival here Of
the Church. etc.. and after paying that
steamer and the Wieks a compliment, adds /:
I'VE know some river reporters that think
they exhibit great enterprise in reporting
rumors. IL they had to pay the printers bills
for the apologies which they have to make
the next day, they would not be so enter
prising." Our curiosity is aroused to know
what the Times man means. He certainly
don't refer to the course pursued by the Demo-
crat regarding the inspection and rejection Of
the Church and Wieks, when the latter paper
upheld the 81. Louis underwriters aud lauded
to the skies the 1.-TWO competent" men who
made the report, etc.
The wreck Of the towboat Raven. which ex-
ploded her boiler few days since. now lies at
the foot Of Ludlow street. Cincinnati, twenty
yards from shore. in the channel. Only .
small part Is visible. The Albion struck the
wreck Saturday evening aud tore OF thirty
feet Of her guards, AID iajured her hull to
such an extent that the boat took consider
able Wafer.
Capt. Donaldson is having built for the
Northwestern Unien Packet Company I've
steamers, one at Madison and the other Al
Cincinnati, 10 be out AsEgEt lst FER business.
The Missouri a. 81. Joseph is higher than It
va. - ans time last year.
lhe Dubuque Herald Of The l4th says;
The river continues 20 rise AZ the rate Of
quarter Of an inch every hour. making siK