Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-03
RIVER, BUSINESS, WEATHER.


The establishment of gauges at Mem
phis and other cities along the Ohio and
Mississippi as well as some Of their trib-
utaries, as urged by the Ledger here and
other papers, in the North and South
that have interested themselves in the
river commerce, has been accomplished,
and without doubt we shall hereafter be
able TO present TO our river friends an
accurate report daily Of the stage of the
river at all the principal points furnished
by the Signal Service of the War De
partment. 1t will be found under the
head Of " River Report in this column.
RIVER TELEGRAMs.
LOUISVILLE, December 3.-The river
is stationary, with eight feet eight inches
in the canal, and six feet eight inches
on the falls. Weather clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, January 3.-River seven
teen and a half feet and rising. De-
parted: Minneola, Memphis; Charmer,
Evansville; Anna, Red river, with full
load.
PIrTsBuRG, January 3.-River rising,
with eleven feet six inches at dark. Six
million, bushels of coal went down the
river on the present rise.
EVANSVILLE, January 3.-Weather is
cloudy and mild. River has risen four
feet and there is plenty of water to
Cairo.
NASHVILLE, January 2 .-River rising,
with five and half feet on Harpeth
Shoals. Cloudy and moderate.
CAIRO, January 2.-Arrived Susie
Silver, st. Louis, 4 pm; Minnie, St.
Louis, o pm. Departed: City of Ches-
ter, st. Louis, pm. City of Alton
struck snag last night, and broke forty
timbers; will reship and return to ST.
Louis for repairs. River has risen six
inches. Cloudy.
ST.. Louis, January 2.-Arrived: Lady
Lee and Belle st. Louis, New Orleans;
Belle Memphis and St. Luke, Memphis;
Alice, Cairo. Departed City of Helena,
Helena; Colorado, Vicksburg; Illinois,
Ouachita river. River has fallen ten
inches since Monday, and there is now
about five and one-half feet to Cairo.
Weather cloudy, with indications Of rain
PORT NEWS.
All told there were eleven arrivals
and upward Of fifteen departures yester-
day giving an unusually active appear
ance to our levee, which twenty-five hon
est candidates for Wharfmaster would
like to tread and declare themselves
monarehs of all, ETC., etc. The river is
twenty.four inches above low water mark,
and rising .........The Elliott Brothers
purchased the r. P. Walt yesterday,
from Major j. d. Adams. Price, 500, 900
1.-THE Mountaineer passed down
yesterday evening, drawing six feet
..""... The towboat Kellogg and barges
passed up yesterday .........Ths Cleburne,
for the'Arkansas, left with fair trip, as
also did the Batesville and Legal Ten
der, for White river, and the Cheek, for
Friar's Point. The Dafdanelle, from
the Arkansas, brought $50 bales of cot
ton, and had fair passenger list.........
The Katie Kountz came down with l08
bales of cotton and over 1000 sacks of
corn taken on in Madrid bend. She
went up to the Memphis oil works to take
100 tons oil cake,,,.,-, There were four
arrivals to-day. John Howard
got 5000 sacks corn between here and
Cairo, and passed down drawing six feet.
...."..The Exchange discharged twenty
tons here. She has been eight days
coming from st. Louis. ........The Shan
non, fourteen days from Louisville, is
putting out lot of furniture. The |
R. c. Gray brought 3l2 bales of cotton
and $50 sacks soed from the Arkansas,
and loads here with cotton for Louis
weather at noon was clear
md warm.