Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-11

BOATS IN PORT.
Jessie, Pink Varble, G. w. Cheek
Mary Boyd, City of Chester, John Over
ton.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TO-DAY.
St. Louis.........City Of Chester .........5 p. m
Yicksburg p. IN.
Friar's Point......G. W. Cheek.............5 pm.
RIVER, BUSINESS, WEATHER.
The rise in the river here since our
last report was inches. and the water
is gradually ascending the banks on
either side. Reports from above and be-
low Of the rise are as follows: At Cairo,
a rise of feet inches; Cincinnati, l6
inches; Louisville, feet inch; Nash.
vile, 8 feet; New Orleans, inch; Pitts
burg, I feet; Shreveport, inches; St.
Louis, 6 inches; Vicksburg, II inches,
and at Evansville rise of 10 feet, while
at st. Paul il declined Is inches; Omaha,
inch, and at Leavenworth and Daven-
port stationary. The total rise in the
Arkansas is l6 feet, and White river has
gone up 6 feet at Devalrs Bluff. All
other lower tributaries are booming
full, and water is abundant in all direc-
tons. The weather to-day is warm and
pleasant.
PORT NEWS.
The r. C. Gray passed down for the
Arkansas last evening with 400 ton
trip.........The Pink Varble brought from
the Arkansas 74O0 sacks of cotton seed
and 427 oil barrels. The Armadillo
got 60 bales of cotton and left for the
0hio.........The Mary Boyd brought l47
bales of cotton and 1890 sacks of seed
.........The Cheek laid over.........The
City Of Chester, from St. Louis, arrived
this morning with fair trip......The
City of Cairo, from New Orleans, put off
10 tons of freight here, and left for above
early this morning ........The John Over
ton, from St. Francis river, came in at
noon with fair trip of cotton and seed
MISCELLANEOUS.
Deducting the barges picked up by
boats, the loss of coal by the wave that
came cut of Licking river the other day
will be from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred thousand bushels.
A further rise of fifteen feet from the
Big Sandy was expected at Cincinnati
last night.
The rise coming from the lower tribu-
taries of the Ohio will reach Cairo by
tonight, and one week from to-day, or
perhaps sooner, we should not be sur
prised to see the water within foot of
the top of the bank on the Arkansas
shore.
Quite number Of boats saved canal
toll yesterday by passing over the falls
at Louisville. Several descending boats
tried it successfully.
The Richmond will pass down on Sat
urday night.
The John Kyle, Richmond, Dexter
and Thompson Dean. in the order named
are the next downward bound boats from
St. Louis.
The GAINESVILLE, with 1900 bales of
cotton, passed Little Rock on Monday
for New Orleans. The Carrie v. Kountz
her the next morning with 26el
bales. The Mary Miller had only light
trip.
The Cleburne is due from the Arkan-
sas.
The following coal tows we're to have
left Pittsburg Tuesday for Louisville:
Panther, 1910 bushels; Charley. Nc
Donald, 1872, 900 bushels; Evan Williams,
5000 bushels; Coal Bluff, $4,000 bush
lis; ]. S. Mercer, l32, 900 bushels; Gen.
sral Larimer, $4,000 bushels; Arrow, 49,
800 bushels; Fred. Wilson, ITO, 900 bush
lis; Storm, l32, 900 bushels; total, l,003,-
100 bushels. For New Orleans: Ajax,
$4,000 bushels; Grand Lake, 100000
bushels; Grand Lake No. 2, 22O, 900 bush
lis; Boaz, 2O9, 900 bushels; j. S. Melon
Id, $4,000 bushels; Dick Fulton No. 2,
40, 900 bushels; John A. Wood, 306,5O0
Lioness No. 2, 100000 bushels;
otal, l,939,OOO bushels. In all, seven
cen steamers, one hundred and twenty /!
our boats, thirteen barges and two mil
ion nine hundred and thirty-six thou
and bushels of coal.
The interest Of Captain Hugh Camp
ell, deceased, in the Mary Davage is to
e sold at auctida.
At sale of tie material saved from I
be sunken Sallie, at St. Louis, Satur-
ay, P P. Manion took in the bell an
hor and chains for $llO0
The immense sternwheeler Exporter, ,
new boat, constructed for John A. Viii
ANS, al Pittsburg, is coming down the ,
lhio, destined for New Orleans.
The G W Cheek failed to get off last +,
light, but leaves positively this evening
t FIVE pm. sharp for Friar's Point and r
II the coast landings.
The Colorado, Captain Luker, departs a
t 5 o'clock this evening for Vicksburg a
nd the bend landings. H. Dietrich and
Ir. Quesnel are clerks. =
The City Of Chester. CAPTAIN Ziegler f,