Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-29

fcporltu. ADONe tnere is HcanJ nine
feet to Cairo and less than seven feet
thence to st. Louis, with crooked and
ragged channel nearly all the way. The
decline at Cairo yesterday was two
inches and at st. Louis one and half
inches The Ohio is rising slowly at
Pittsburg, is stationary at Cincinnati,
declining slowly at Louisville, and has
fallen four inches at Evansville during
the past twenty-four hours. The upper
Mississippi is extremely low, and the
Missouri is only navigated by the small
est class of boats above st. Joseph,
White river is receding slowly, with three
feet scant in the channel to Jackson
port, and the Arkansas is falling, with
three and half feet to Little Rock.
The weather is clear and sufficiently
warm, with light breeze from the south
west. Business is dull. The local
packets come in and depart with good
trips.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
leaves at five pm. for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Lady Lee will pass down Monday
noon for Jefferson, Shreveport and all
intermediate landings on Red river and
the Mississippi. She is the first boat
destined for Red river that will pass
here. Passengers and shippers will
please make note of the fact.
Mark Cheek will back out his neat
little craft, the Geo. w. Cheek, at five
pm. to day for Helena and Friar's
Point, connecting with the MARITIME for
the st. Francis river, in which stream
she now plies regularly.
The Thos. 81. Allen, Captain William
Ashford, will leave the landing at five
o'clock this evening for all points on
White river, going through to Jackson
port. She carries the United States
mail and makes connection with the
train for Little Rock at the usual point,
Devall's Bluff. E. W. Outlaw is clerk.
The Julia, Captain Townsend in COM
mand, and "Jeems Thompson presi
dent of the desk and cabin, will pass
down to-day at five pm. for Vicksburg
and the bends.
Among the crafts that are choking
stumps at the Cincinnati bone-yard, are
the Juniata, Nightingale, Armadillo,
Alice Dean, Silver Moon, Kate Put
nam, Armada, Shamrock, st. Marys,
Sam. j. Hale, John Fl. Groesbeek,
Fleetwood, Robert Burns, Altoona, EN-
peror, Mary Anderson, Bostona, Liberty
No. A, John w. Garrett, st. Charles,
Exchange and Granite State.
A gentleman who came up the river
day or two since says the cotton fields
are beginning to open out splendidly,
and that the season for picking will be
at least two weeks earlier this year than
last.
st. Louis rates. of freight to New Or
leans were advanced yesterday to GOc
per barrel on flour and 30c per 100
pounds.
The local Board of Inspectors at
Nashville have revoked the license of
Henry Leech, river engineer, for sleep
ing on duty and intoxication.
Fifteen thousand dollars was the price
paid for the GAINESVILLE by Captain
Hardwicke.
The Bee and barges passed down last
evening.
The Susie Silver passed down this
morning loaded to the guards.
The Geo. W. Cheek arrived from be-
low early this morning with thirty bales
cotton, six hundred and six sacks seed
and good trip of people.
Yesterdays St. Louis Democrat has
the following in relation to the loss of
the Olive Branch:
Captain McCord, clerk Ed. Hawks,
D. r. Powell Powell of Cincinnati, and
others, came up on the Jacobs yester-
day. Dugan Of Cincinnati and his
diver came on the same boat 20 Chester.
They say the Olive Branch is the most
complete wreck of the kind they ever
saw. The obstruction was not found
The boat is not lying on it. 1t raked
the boat from stem to stern, tearing ont
the bottom four and half feet wide on
each side Of the main kelson. The Ja-
cobs having agreed to bring up every
thing recovered from the wreck, she
brought yesterday large quantity of
-four, bacon, etc. She will bring to-mor-
row full load, probably, and the work
of wrecking will soon be completed.
The boat being abandoned to the Under
writer's, the Salvor is wrecking her with
all speed. The Jacabs was alongside
three hours.