Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-07
RoArs LEAVING SUNDAY.
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New Virginia ..................10 a. m.
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and the water is now thirty-fJur feet an
three inches below high water mari
There is now but seven feet over the ba
at Choctaw, and five feet fonr,inches o
Reeves bar below, and scapt six feet t
Cairo, where the. decline yesterday wa
one inch. The latest report from Do,
Tooth bar is that but four feet tire,
inches can be found. iThere4is hot th,
slightest prospect Of rise in. any Of tn,
streams above, all being as low as they
conveniently can be aud retain the nam,
of rivers. White andthe Arkansas are
no better. After the close of our yes
terdays report, and up to nightfall, the
Ada Heilman and Frank Forrest came
in. The former brought all the grain
she could carry, and the latter had ninety
FIVE bales Of cotton and eleven hundred
sacks Of seed. The departures for be
low had good trips, while those for above
added but little here. A dense fog en-
veloped the city and river during the
night, and did not clear away until late
this morning The Mary e. Poe from
Red river, passed up this morning
for st. Louis with light trip,
on one wheel. The r. P. Walt came
in from St. Louis. She was eighteen
hours aground above. She brought in a
good cargo of grain and produce, The
GAINESVILLE departed last night for St.
Louis with sixty bales of cotton. F., The
Sioux City, Belle of Pike and Henry
Ames are due from above, and the II.
NJ. Shreve from below. The weather is
clear and pleasant,
The Cheek had not arrived at noon,
but we learn by telegram to Captain
Cheek that she will arrive in time to
leave about eight o'clock this evening,
thus affording those living below an op-
portunity of attending the races.
The transfer steamer McGregor was
burned at Lacrosse, Wis, Sunday last.
She was owned by D. H. Moulton, and
valued at $4,000. N9a.3 ia2ttih
John B. Hall, river editor Of the
Evansville Courier, is in command of
the Ada Heilman. erI lif
The Indiana will pass down on
Wednesday next for New Orleans, en-
tering the trade between that city and
Memphis. ...e 5.ss
The Secretary of the Treasury yes
terday recommended to the Board OF
Supervising Inspectors several modifca-
tons in the existing laws. Particulars
will be found in our telegraphie column.
The Cincinnati delegates of steam
boatmen made known their views of the
new laws, and were heard by the Super
vising Inspectors on Thursday.
The steamer Welcome will be sold, by
the marshal, at New Orleans to-day. /.
The Belle Lee is advertised to leave
st. Louis to-day.
The Sallie V is the regular railroad
packet to leave Devall's Bluff Monday,
upon the arrival of the train from this
city, and goes to Jacksonport.
The w. Cheek, Captain Mark Cheek,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Helena and Friars Point. Frank Con
terman is clerk.
The Celeste, Captain E. W. Outlaw,
leaves at five o'clock this evening in
place of the Mary Boyd for Jacksonport
and all landings on White river. M. C.
Harmon and Andy Granger are clerks.
The Belle of Pike, Captain Lennox,
leaves as advertised this evening at five
p. m. for Cairo and ST. Louis. Chas. G.
Huogh is her secretary.
The Virginia, Captain Schultze, will
pass down at ten am. tomorrow for
Vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans.
Captain Lightburne, agent, will receive
freight up to her arrival.
The Emile La Barge, Captain Gun
soils, will arrive in time to leave at ten
o'clock tomorrow morning for Helena,
Napoleon and Vicksburg. .if
The steamers now running in the
Cincinnati and Louisville Mail Line are
as follows: The Armadillo, Altoona,
Anna, Texas, Leonra No. 2, Juniata
Arlington, C. I. Dumont. The three
last named will soon lay up if no more
water comes. The Ben Franklin and
Gen. Buell. are both laid up.
The wharfage tax is being discussed
at New Albany. The wharfage is not
exorbitant there, as it is levied on the ad
yalorem plan. but it should be repealed
by all means. As also should the wharf
age tax at Louisville, before the canal is
opened, or Cincinnati will "absorb "
considerable of the lower trade that has
hitherto found its way to Louisville.
Memphis having reduced her wharfage,
and being just now the head of naviga- !
ton, can well afford to divide portion
Of her trade with either Cincinnati or
Louisville, and the place that offers the
greatest inducements to the steamboats,
will get it. Pr
Regarding the low water in the upper
Mississippi, the st. Paul Pioneer says:
The river has almost reached the low
water mark of 1864, while the condition
of the bars is far worse, being fiat and
to cut channel through.
Steamboatmen are discouraged, and
they tell us the boats now running are
all losing money. There is less than
twenty inches on Mendoza bar, and only
about thirty inches on Willow river bar,
on the st. Croix. The Red river is
almost dried up, it taking from two to
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