Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-06
nuslNEss. wEArnER.

Hight Of water above low water mark. IL
feet II inches.
RIVER, BUSINESS, WEATHER.
The total rise at st. Louis during. the
week has been FIVE feet eleven inches,
the river to-day being stationary, with q
depth of fifteen feet below and seven
feet above to Davenport. The rise was
from the Missouri, but slight rise is
also reported in the Illinois, which will
help matters some. A rise of two feet
has also taken place at Pittsburg since
our last weekly report, and the Ohio has
fair boating stage all the way up. Its
lower tributaries have fallen rapidly,
the depth over Harpeth Shoals, in the
mberland, being but four feet White
river rose few inches, but is again sta
tionary. and the uncertain Arkansas
went up nearly three feet, with no warn
ing, and has now nearly seven feet to
Little Rock. Red and the 0uachita, as
well as the Yazoo, are falling slowly,
with a good stage in the first named.
The weather during the week has been
warm and clear, and to-day is about
the warmest Of the season.
fOkT NEWS.
Including local packets, the arrivals
of steamers during the week number
fifty, and the departures fifty-three.........
Our local packets have done fair BUSH
ness, and transient steamers bound up
and down have been well freighted.
Rates frOm this point have been irregu-
lar, owing to competition, especially on
cotton to the Ohio........Business since
the close of our Saturdays report has
been more active. ........The Colorado
went down for Vicksburg we'll laden
1000. The Lady Lee for Red river had
good freight.........The Thompson Dean,
for New Orleans, had an lS00-ton cargo,
and the Indiana, from Evansville was
heavily freighted. ........The Walt took
fair trip to White river.........The Julia
went up light........The Glasgow, from
Red river, had light freight, and the
Henry Ames followed with a barge in
tow. ........The T. H. Allen came in from
Arkansas with % bales cotton. 1.-THE
St Francis, from Wittsburg, brought l47
bales cotton and 1872 sacks seed.........
The Belle Lee passed down with 1850
tons, nearly loaded to the guards. She
added 100 tons oil cake, and had 450
hhds tobacco and 5000 sacks corn.....
The Great Republic passed down with
an lsOO-ton cargo. ........The r. f. Lee
passed up less than three days out,
crowded with people.........The Sam
Clark left with tow of ice barges for
the Arkansas river at dark,u..,,..This
summed up yesterdays business. To
day but little has been done........The
Legal Tender came in from White river
late last night with 1873 bales cotton
.........T The A. j. White brought in 65
bales cotton and 500 sacks seed .........
The Nick Longworth passed up from
New Orleans before daylight without
doing anything here.........The Belle
Memphis arrived with fine trip OF grain
and produce.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The City of Alton is coming up with
$500 bars Of railroad iron, aud the John
+. Tolle has 5000 bars of railroad iron
and 500 boxes Of sugar, for st. Louis.
"One OF the up-river boats sent yawl
ashore at Memphis a day or two since,
and the clerk astonished the natives by
Offering to pay wharfage on his yawl.
Wharfage on boats in that port is $l2 to
land. and $l2 for every additional six
hours they lay-to. The consequence
is, those boats having a passenger or
freight list for them use their yawl and
give the city the go-by.
The river Bohemian OF one Of our
Yicksburg exchanges shoots of the
above. occasionally q boat does pass
the city without landing, but they are /
those that do not advertise nor employ |
agents. How, then, could they expect 1
10 get even enough passengers to pay |
their wharfsge2 II is only necessary |
10 append the following nom Friday |