Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-12
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
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RIVER. BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river Is now declining at the rate of 81,
inches each day. and doubtless go as low o.
lower than 1t was before the swell. There ar,
nine feet scant below. and nearly eight feet il
the channel to Cairo. and little less thar
five feet thence 10 st. Louis, with q
tortuous and wretched channel, and, a,
yet, no indications of rise from
above. At Quincy there is but eighteen
inches of water, and at Keokuk it is three
inches below the lowest mark Of 1854. The
upper Mississippi is reported swelling little
The rise in the Ohio was but temporary and
of but little advantage. There is but three
feet four inches on French Island bar, and
ninenteen inches in the chute at Louisville.
White and the Arkansas continue to decline,
and the latter has less than two feet to Little
Rock. Red river and the 0uachita are, quite
low, the latter only being nayigable for one OF
two light draught boats.
Business, since our last report. has been
light. The Geo. W. Cheek came up yester-
day from Friar's Point. with twenty five bales
of cotton and Ge9 sacks of seed. The Colora-
do, from Vicksburg, brought seven bales OF
cotton and two hundred and fifty sacks of
seed. and added here a lot Of assorted freight,
and left after dark for st. Louis, taking the
trip of the Belle Memphis. The latter named
boat arrived at midnight well laden. The
Mary K. Poe, from Red river, passed M for
st. Louis at late hour with light trip
The A Il Whffa xutNh
for Napoleon. The Boyd failed to depart for
the Arkansas. The Belle Memphis departed
fer St. Louis this morning as soon as she dis
charged her cargo. The st. Joseph, from 81.
Louis. was at the HOpefeld landing at an
early hour. and after diseharging a lot of
freight there came over about 10 o'clock with
a fair cargo Of produce. The Utah, from ST.
Louis. passed down for Vicksburg with a fair
trip. putting out here FIVE hundred barrels of
-four, twenty-five packages Of eggs, eleven
coops Of chickens and some miscellaneous
stuff. This constituted the business done up
to the hour of our going to press. The weather
is warm and cloudy in part, but without indi
cations Of rain.
The st. Louis and New Orleans barge and
boat lines have increased their rates AS fol-
lows; Barge line to co cents a barrel for -four
and SEA cents on pound freight. The New
Orleans line TO Is cents on -four per barrel.
and 40 cents per loo on pound fFeighs.
The Fort Smith came of the docks this
morning, and the wreck Of the Wheeler was
taken on.
The II. S. Turner is due from below. and the
City Of Quincy from above.
The Pat cleburne goes out on Friday for the
mouth Of White river. where she connects
with light draught boats for the Arkansas.
Eighteen inches in the Cumberland over
Harpeth shoals.
The Helena Clarion. Of Sunday. says the
river at that point is rising. and is about three
feet above the low water mark Of last year,
and thirty -nine feet below high water mark.
II still lacks some ten OF eleven feet Of the
lowest point measured previous to the com
meneement Of the general levee system Of
Use.
salurdA5's Vicksburg Times says the Colo
RADIO was discharged the night previously by