Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-07

RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.


The decline during the past "a hours was
inches, and the river is now % feet 2 inches
below the high water mark of 1867.
The decline at Cairo has been checked, and
to-day the river is stationary at that point.
A slight rise is reported at ST. Louis coming
from the upper Mississippi. The lower Mis-
souri, is falling, while the upper portion of
that stream is rising rapidly. --latest reports
from the mountains state that the June
rise . has fairly set in, and will be larger
than for several years. The Ohio is falling
slowly all the way up. with no immediate
prospects of a rise. White river has seven
feet in the channel to Jacksonport, and is
falling slowly. The Arkansas is falling at
Little Rock. with about seven feet from there
to the mouth. business at the landing is dull.
The Pat Cleburne goes out on Friday eve
ming for the Arkansas.
The Thos. II. Allen is the next regular
packet for White river. She leaves Saturday.
The good steamer Continental, Captain Nc
Cloy, will arrive from above to-day and de-
part at five ,. IN. for Vicksburg. Natchez and
New Orleans.
The Natchez arrived at Cairo shortly after
nine o'clock last night, making the run from
New Orleans in three days and four hours.
Pretty good time.
A dispatch from Sioux City. Iowa. reports
the river rising at the rate of three feet in
twenty-four hours at that point and six feet
per day at Yankton. The long expected
" June rise " is certainly coming this time.
"Gophers " do not take to water; hence the
Appeals comparison Of Dacus. Of the St.
Louis Republican, and that animal is not we'll
applied. The catfish comparison, although
horribly gotten up by the sorrel-topped river
scribbler of the Appeal. is much better, but
rather Old and smells fshy.
A resolution will be offered at the meeting
Of the General Council this evening to reduce
the wharfage tax from eight to five cents per
ton, and also to extend the time of short
wharfage" from two to six hours. We trust
that eur City Fathers have the interest of the
future commercial prosperity of our city
enough at heart to pass the proposed amend
ments without dissenting voice. The idea
seems to prevail with some, however, that the
revenue derived from steamboats, cannot well
be spared just now. There are railroads TO
build. and the city needs the steamboatmen's
money to aid in their construction. We should
not be surprised, were the Council to reject
the amendments. to see a general uprising of
all the steamboat interests, and fiat refusal
to pay any wharfage.
The Charles Bodmann has been fully re-
paired, and is now at the landing at Cinein-
natl.
Yesterdays St. Louis Times says:
Rates are entirely too low to admit of boat
men making any meney. Ohio boats are
charging lust double for Southern freight
what st. Louis boats are; and still our mer-
chants are disposed TO complain. Flour is
beinr taken from here to New Orleans for
twenty-five cents a barrel, and all other
freights in proportion; while from Cincinnati
Il costs fifty cents a barrel with a correspond
ing tariff on other goods. Let our merchants
offer inducements equal to those set forth by
boatmen, aud il is very likely that our trade
with the South would soon show large in
crease.
The bell-boat Usage is at New Orleans try
ing to remove or recover the wrecks of the
Julia and Rudolph. destroyed by FIRE January
last.
The 0uacihta river is overlooking It's banks,
and is higher than it has been since 1851.
Cant. Dodge has commenced on his last row
Of piles for the elevator, and Will have them
an down in a couple Of days. The framework
Is well under way. One boiler has arrived,
and the balance Of the machinery viii be
down in a short time PieksJHrg Times. 4th.
Captain Thomas Rea, Of the Lady Lee.
leaves on this afternoon train for Pittsburg,
to ft out and take TO Red river the new Car
ter Line packet Belle Roland. This steamer
will not come to st. Louis, but run from
up, connecting with the St. Louis
packets at that place; During the absence Of
manded by Captain Green Shisids.-N. Louis
Times, Al.