Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.

The river fell 2 feet inches during the
twenty-four hours ending at noon, and
continues to decline rapidly. The de-
cline at Cairo, st. Louis and all the
upper ports continues. The Ohio is
falling its entire length, and has less than
4 feet in the channel at Pittsburg and is
getting extremely low at Wheeling.
White river is declining slowly. The
Arkansas was rising yesterday, but may
be falling to-day as the changes in that
stream are sudden. Business at the
landing is fair for the season, but not
active. The weather is cool and cloudy.
The Pat Cleburne goes out tomorrow
evening for all points on White river.
A pleasure trip with Capt. Reese Pritch-
ard up the Arkansas is something every
one would enjoy, and in order to secure
pleasant room application should be
made at once.
The Nashville, Capt Merrilees, is now
at the landing, and will leave on Satur-
day for the Ohio.
The Thomas H. Allen leaves on Satur-
day evening for Devalps Bluff Jackson
port and all landings on White river.
The City of Chester, Captain Zeigler,
leaves for st. Louis at five o'clock Mr..
Baskette is clerk and Billy Dill agent.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain Car
ter, leaves at five pm. for Vicksburg
and the bends. Andy lsaacs is her sec
rectary.
The elegant little steamer George W.
Cheek, Capt. Mark Cheek in command,
will depart at five o'clock this evening
for Helena, Friar's Point and all way
landings
The great low-pressure steamer Rich
mond, Captain Nat S. Green master, will
arrive to-day. and departs at G pm. for
Vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans.
Cook Creighton and John Langlois, two
popular gentlemen, do the honors of the
office and freight department.
A Pittsburg telegram of the 22d an
nounces that large leak at Lock No. .
on the slackwater was discovered on
Monday, and navigation on the Monon-
gahela will be suspended for at least ten
days
The John Kilgour has gone to the
bone-yard at Cincinnati.
Referring to the new steamer Wild
wood, the Cincinnati Commercial says:
On her maiden trip to Maysville, on
Saturday, she made the run from Cincin-
matt to New Richmond in two hours and
three minutes. including four landings,
averaging five minutes each. This was
made with but eighty-fve pounds of
steam. Her time from Ripley to Mays
vile, under a pressure of one hundred
and five pounds of steam, was forty-five
minutes.
The United States survey boat Green
back arrived at Louisville a few days
since from Pittsburg, with two crane
boats in two, and will, as soon as the low
water season sets in, commence wreck
ing and pulling snags out Of the river
between there and Cairo.
The John Lumsden was raised on
Tuesday night without the aid of the
Eckert, and will soon resume her trips
between Nashville and Cairo. The Eek
ert returned to Cairo last night.
The steamer New State collapsed a
fue above Wheeling a few days since
while she had large excursion party
on board. Several persons were badly
scalded.
The Sallie is due from the Arkansas.
Capt feathers has advertised the
Natchez in New Orleans papers to leave
for St Louis, as follows: Saturday,
June 3; Saturday, June IL Saturday,
July 1; Saturday, July 10.