Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-12
cline continues, with no Immediate pfos.

pect Of rise from fabove that gpqint 40
The Ohio is extrefheIy low below houis-
vile, and continues to ,recede, with bptme
eighteen inches in the chute and forty
four inches in the canals Thereis but
five feet two inches in the channel at ~
Cincinnati. and is stationary there and a
at Pittsburg. White and the Arkansas
are quite low, and are falling slowyaA u
delightful shower fell last evening, cool .gt
ing the atmosphere and will be, of great ~
benefit to the crops. Business Is some ~
what dull Not q boat laid at the wharf i
last night, and the only arrival to-day l5
was the Phil Allin. .tatk so sIA afld
The Fort Gibson is the regular Friday n
Arkansas river packet. She leaves at -
five pm. on that day with the limited u
States mail. ~ N ili .R'hHsi =,
The Geo. W. Cheek will arrive during ~
the night, and is the regular packet for, -
Friars Point tomorrow. 2 'sa'a " 49, rs
The Andes, new packet built at Cin-n ~
cinnati, was presented a few days since ~ III
with an elegant stand Of colors by the iu,Ig
Andes Insurance Company. isn ~.
Captain McCallister, Of the Mountain
Belle, has purchased the Kate Hendef-'
son, and will put insal now cabin and BN
otherwise repair her and then place her
in the Cincinnati and Portsmouth trade
The great Suez canal that cost over sga
a million dollars, is rapidly filing with -sI
sand blown from the desert through 'Ao
which it passes .,r,s
1t was rumored on the street this morn
Al ~ Ill
would pull doubleoared scullra with lew
Messrs Kinney and Boughner at six ~
pm. today over the course in front Of ai1N
the city. Bets are evens as the aver d.
age weight Of each of the party is not III
over 250 pounds avoirdupois o."
The Richmond added some 200 sacks iLlH
of oil cake yesterday, and left at dark
for New Orleans.
Rates of freight from St. Louis to this 5oE
city were advanced on Monday to soc. @
per barrel on -four and meal zoe per 100 q
pounds on bacon, lard, etc., soc on pork go
per barrel, and l7lc per 100 pounds on ~. u
grain. 90 ''''H Ah@
Yesterday St. Louis Democrat again
gives the information that the nonsolida-
ton of the two New Orleans lines is par
TALLY effected, and adds: Both com
panies are loading one boat Qhe John
Kyle, and the Bismarck will next re
ceive the attention Of the united brethren
of the wharfboats. If the crews Of the
two wharfboa cant load boat fast,
nobody else need try Its a.treat to see
them workingiso harmoniously for the,
common interest.
Capt. Ed F. Dix has taken full charge
of the Pauline Carroll, and is fitting her
up handsomely for the fall trade. M
N B. Fowler hasresgned his position
as clerk Of the Henry Ames. John
Spane who occupied a similar position
on the Bismarck, has been promotedto .tr
the command of that boat, taking with
him as purser J. A. oglesby, recently of
New Orleans. Capt Pat Yore takes a
rest and goes with his family to Long
Branch for the season. reN
The steamer Beardstown win pass
down in a few days for Galveston direct.
She was purchased in St, Louis recently
and repaired, and goes to her destiua-
ton via New Orleans 2a ,, nv.
The wharfage tax is three cents per
ton at Cincinnati, eight cents aI1ouis-.-s--.
vile, seven cents az Ewnsvllleq Cairodi
and from eight to ten cents at New Or
leans. At Vicksburg transient boats ns8
pay ten dollars for every landing, local
packets ten dollars per week, Besides the ee
regular wharfboat charges iesfsas
The Emma Floyd. for this port, passed
Louisville Monday, with two barges in
tow. She has one hundred tons Of Ar
kansas freight forthe Memphis and Ar
kansas River Packet Company, ssir,3
VIM. T. Graham, clerk of the steamer
Leonora, was married Monday morning,
at Louisville, to Miss Annie McDonough,
in the presence Of a large eoncourse of
friends, The happy pair left on the
Louisville and Cincinnati mail boat the
same day. for Put-in-Bay Island Lake
Erie, to spend their honeymoon. VIII
liam could not have selected more
lovely spot.
t The Arkansas River Packet Company
have elected H. Verhoof, jr, Esq, pres
ident, and JOHN II. Thomas, Esq, sec
rotary Of the company Mr. Verhoof Is 20
gentleman well fitted for the positiOnj
is full of enterprise, alive and wide
awake aud will put such forces in opera
ton rs will be well calculated to insure
success Louisville Ledger, llth
The Indiana came up late with 1873
bars of steel rails for the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, which road is being
rapidly laid with steel bars instead Of
the old iron ones.