Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-09

Grand Tower. st. Louis.
Mary Boyd, Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Colorado, st. Louis.
Celeste. Arkansas river.
Gen. Anderson. Friar's Point.
BOATS IN PORT.
s. C. Day, Hesper, Natchez Geo. W. Cheek,
Robert Burns, Il. p. Walt, Grand Tower.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The decline goes steadily on at this port, as
well as Cairo, st. Louis and all points on the
upper Mississippi. The Missouri has, it is re-
ported slight swell above Sioux City, but is
falling at Omaha and below. The Ohio is sta
tionary at Pittsburg. The Cumberland has
been falling now forty-eight hours. We may
look for rise in that stream by tomorrow, as
it seldom goes two days without changing from
decline TO a rise. White river has a fair
stage to Augusta. The Arkansas is getting
quite low and navigation is becoming difficult
except for the lightest draught boats; there is
now only twenty-nine inches to Pine Bluff and
twenty -four inches above there to Little Rock.
The weather is cloudy and warm. with indica-
tions of rain. Business at the levee continues
quiet Receipts of freight are light. Ship
ments for to-day will exceed those of any day
during the week.
The Celeste left for the Arkansas last night,
with fair trip.
The United States mail steamer r. p. Walt
goes out at five p m. to-day for all points on
White river, connecting at Devalls Bluff with
the train for Little Rock. and at Jacksonport
with the steamer Batesville. for Pocahontas
oh In
command of the Walt. and Messrs. Butler
and smithers are her obliging secretaries.
The Ozark arrived at Cincinnati yesterday,
The wreck of the Swallow was sold at that
port for 5000, Capt. II. A. Jones being the
purchaser.
The George W. Cheek came up from Friar'
| Point this morning. with a good passenger
| list, and returns. touching at all way land
ings, this evening at five o'clock. Mark Cheek
is on the roof, and Frank Gonterman. assisted
by,Charlie jackson. does the Office work.
Capt. Frank Stein will have the musician Of
the Robert Burns at his post at pm. to-day,
and will back out the Burns an hour later for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. The Burns
is fitted up in fine style, and just the steamer
for parties going North to take passage on.
Mr.. A. F. Power presides at the desk.
The Grand Tower, Capt. Lennox, will leave
the wharf boat At . pm. to-day for Cairo and
st. Louis.
The City of Alton departs this evening for
Vicksburg and the bends. Capt. Carter is her
master, and Messrs. Yore and Parsons clerks.
The new steamer Pat Cleburne leaves Gin
cinnati to-day for this port.
The towboat Little Condor sank one of her
barges containing 1900 bushels of coal We'd
nesday in passing over Portland bar.
The New Albany Ledger of Thursday says /:
capt. feathers deserves credit for one good
action. He touched off the biggest Cannon"
ever fred on the Mississippi. The report was
deafening. and it is said the reverberations
lasted three days. eighteen hours and thirty
minutes. knocking Cincinnati boat out of
time, and leaving her captain in his "hole. p"
The case of the Dubuque rioters was closed
at Cambridge. Ills, on Thursday. Seven of
the nine indicted were convicted Of man
slaughter, and sentenced as follows: William
Blair, three years in the penitentiary VIM.
Dolan. two years; Nicholas Sehiltz, two
years; John Campbell. two years; John
Toomey, one year, james Cronan, one year; ;
Oliver Chandanals, one year. Halsey Ham
mond and John Gallagher were acquitted.
The other indictment against these two for
killing the negro Moses Davis, was noll pros.
Those convicted were tried for killing the ne
gro William Armstead, that being considered
the test case. They we're also indicted for
killing the negro Davis, but the indictment
will be noll pros. The case of Timothy But
Ter, one of the leaders, is continued to the
October term of the Henry County Court. He
is now in the Rock Island county Jail. The
ringleader's Qynch) case is set for trial at
the September term. Lynch, it will be re-
membered, was arrested in Arkansas and
taken to Rock Island two months since.
Yesterdays St. Louis Republican. in refer
ring to the extremely dull appearance Of the
leyee, says: There is no use in concealing
the fact that there is little freight to go, and
not much to come in; consequently, steam
boats running in regular lines of trade can't
get all they can do. and outsiders have very
little chance for trips from this port. The
dizziness has caused several of our regular line
packets to tie up for while. Yesterday the
prospect on the landing was quiet, almost dis
tressingly dull, and levee roustabouts, steam
boatmen were without anything to do"
Captain Nat Green, Of the Richmond, will
arrive to-day from St. Louis.
The following steamers have been laid up at
ST. Louis; Richmond, Thompson Dean, Lucy
Bertram. Belle of Pike. Emile La Barge and
City Of Pekin. side-wheelers; and Savannah,
Kei.hsburg. Schuyler. Illinois. George s.
Weeks. Gipsey. Antelope, Storm No. 5. Joe
Fleming and several others.
The New Albany Ledger says party of Gin
cinnatians sent an agent down to Louisville
with $50. 900 to bet on the hatcher, during the
race excitement, but not Annoying the tenor of
the dispatches. he took himself and his green
backs back to Porkopolis.
The Cincinnati Times says there are parties
in that city ready and willing to bet $4,000
that the hatcher can beat the Lees time TO
st, Louis.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the 9Oth says
Major Adams has done away with porters
on his packets. We trust that other steamers
will follow the example. The portage BUSH
ness, as practiced on steamboats, nov, is an
insult to travellers and disgrace to steam
boatmeh."
The hatcher came in late last night, and is !
now lying at the levee, She has been visited |
this morning by large number Of citizens. |
She has good freight trip and fair list Of
passengers.
The Hesper. Ferguson, master, leaves to-
night for 0sceols.
The Mary Boyd was placed on the docks /
yesterday for repairs.
The Thomas II. Allen. Ed, Rowland, mas
ter, Is the United States mail packet for all
points on Arkansas river Monday,
Wade Hampton's immense wharf-boat-