Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
SIGNAL SERVICE U. s. ARMY,
MemDhis. Nav Is. 6.43a. n
7. ]. Brown, Observe
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.


The river rose seven feet and five inches
up to noon to-day, making total rise of one
foot since yesterday morning. and is now ten
feet nine inches below high water mark. The
rise yesterday at Cairo was three inches, to-
day il rose seven inches up TO noon. At st.
Louis a decline has set in, which. though not
rapid, will preclude the possibility Of any
| thing like an overflow. Tho rise in the Ohio
has reached Evansville, and with the swell
now coming from the Cumberland and Ten
nessee may cause a swell of several feet, but
will not be sufficiently large to swell the river
enough to reach the hight attained several
weeks since. White and the Arkansas are
falling, with about nine feet of water in EACH
The st. Francis is falling. The Ohio is falling
at Louisville and all points above. Business
to- day is brick and the levee crowded with
steamers discharging and receiving freight.
The weather is clear and uneOmfortahly warm.
The Mary Houston passed up this morning
for the Ohio with good trip, putting out here
l20 tons Of assorted freight.
The Legal Tender arrived from White river
this morning with Isl bales Of cotton and l52
| sacks seed.
The A. ]. White, from Napoleon. arrived
this morning, bringing l25 bales of cotton. 5lS
sacks seed and a fair passenger list.
The Cheek came in during the night FROM
Friar's Point with good trip Of people and
freight.
The Belle Memphis gets $50 bales of cotton
for reshipment.
The Mary Houston added $50 bales of cotton
for Louisville,
The Sallie passed down at noon for the Ar
kansas.
The Lady Lee arrived at l p. M, from st.
Louis with good trip. She came from Cairo
to this port in seventeen hours.
The Alaska, from New Orleans. passed up
at noon after discharging here a small lot Of
assorted freight. She was fully laden and
wanted nothing.
The G. B. Church-dubbed Colored Baptist
Church by the ecclesiastical river weather of
the St. Louis Republiean-passe down this
morning well laden.
The Belle Memphis came in this morning
with an excellent trip. Among her many
passengers was Captain Frank Hicks. of the
Belle Lee.
The st. Francis is at the wharf. and will
leave tomorrow evening for Wittsburg and
all other landings on the st. Francis.
A lively little scrimmage" occurred on
Front street this morning between a couple Of
gentlemen directly connected with the river
interest, but excepting few bruises and a
broken window, no injury was sustainedsS
The gay Belle Memphis, Captain Crane. will
get away at o'clock this evening for Cairo
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tleman. is her purser.
The Legal Tender is the regular United
States mail steamer to leave tomorrow eve
ming for White river.
The Sam J. Hale goes out on Wednesday
evening for the Ohio river.
The United States mail packet Phil Allin,
James Lee master, will leave at 5 O'Clock this
evening for Helena and Frar's Point. She
has an excellent cabin and makes splendid
time. Stack Lee does the honors of the office.
The elegant steamer A. J. White backs out
at 5 pm. to-day for Helena, Friar's Point,
Napoleon and all way points. George Malone
commands. and Messrs. Barinds. Jackson and
Whitehead are clerks.
The gay Celeste. Capt. Harbin in command.
goes out at 5 p. M. to-day, in place of the
Thos. IL. Allen. for Little Rock and all land
ings on the Arkansas. The Celeste has supe-
rior Accommodations. and being the regular
U. S. Mail packet, will go through on ca I'd
time, whichis forty hours. Secure your state
rooms early.
The Bismarck will pass down at 6 p. m. to-
morrow for New Orleans and the bends. She
will get several hundred bales of cotton here.
Nineteen steamers have arrived at this port
since Saturday noon.
The Mississippi legislature did not pass De-
Ravens grand steamboat bill.
W. II. Brown, the Pittsburg coal king. is at
Louisville.
Upwards of 100000 bushels of coal will
pass over the falls at Louisville on the present
rise for Southern ports. So says the CD.
The Belle Lee, Continental and Bismarck
are laid up at St. Louis.
On her recent trip up the Dexter made the
run from New Orleans 10 Vieksburg in thirty
eight hours. and had 1000 tons Of freight.
Of crevasses. the New Orleans Times says;
There is not men enough in this delta OF. the
Mississippi to contend successfully against
the ravares Of that great foe Of our leyees-
the erawfish. he Is the chief agent and con-
spirat0r in producing these crevasses. lie
starts with whole army Of sappers ana
miners. and digs a.hole from the held within
the levee through to the river. when ne he'll
lows into a large chasm. into which the water
flows. and where an eddy Is quickly formed,
the leveo undermined and the current d.
verted, and presently there IS large break
and an immense volume o. water drawn
tends the break and dehes all human power
10 arrest IL.