Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-02
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

| st. Francis river....St. francis ........o pm.
| New Orleanss...-..,.Charles Bodmann@5 pm.
t.gs4fz, 90 ARRIVALS. q amo9al oi
Steamer Richmond, st. Louis. AIM
'i- Colorado, st. Louis.
49," City Of Quincy, New Orleans.
f;l595i ao DEPARTURES.
Steamer Belle Memphis st. Louis.
sf Phil Allin, Friar's Point. g..
| G. w. Cheek, Friars Point.
'N" Richmond, New Orleans
" Colorado, Vicksburg.
b" City Of Quincy, st. Paul. Z
al.,,e BOATS IN PORT. h
A. j. White, st. Francis. ia Oh
RIVERS, BUSINESS AND MISCELLANEOUS.
The decline in the last twenty-four
hours was nine inches, with the water
now twelve feet nine inches above zero
by the gauge mark. The rise in the
Ohio at Louisville was nine inches; ex-
cepting that, a decline is reported at
every point reached by telegraph, and
in all streams. The weather is dry and
blistering hot. Business at the landing
is dull The Belle Memphis left for st.
Louis last evening with a moderate trip.
The departing local packets were fairly
laden. The Richmond fred her gun
about midnightand came to the landing
soon after, but got very little freight;
she was. however, well laden and has a
trip that will more than pay expenses.
10 MISCELLANEOUS. sla. 7g1df
Now that the low water season has
fairly set in, steamboatmen are somewhat
exercised, and justly too, over the sud
den discontinuance of the Signal Bureau
river kilograms, and commerce will suf-
fer greatly until they are again furnished.
The difficulty seems to be between the
Bureau and the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, the latter refusing to
transmit the dispatches at less than full
tariff rates. h DIV
The water in the ST. Francis is becom-
ing exceedingly low, and it is more than
probable that the st. Francis will not be
able to get as far up as Wittsburg more
than week longer. isaa odf
Captain Wiley Simms, who is building
a new boat at Paducah, will name her
Longfellow it the famous racer lays over
Bassett to-day. The boat will be ready
to launch next Friday r1 "a.
The draw in the bridge over the Ten
nessee river at Jacksonville is closed
until the new iron one is completed. nal
The steamer Western made the trip
from Fort Benton to Sioux City in six
days and thirteen hours, the fastest time
on record. IN it, r,s,
The City of Cairo did not take the
railroad iron she expected to at New
Orleans. The City of Alton was to
leave on the same day, and the Cairo
having an eye to passenger business,
was not willing that the Alton should
get all, and consequently left New
Orleans light. The c. B. Church gets
the railroad iron, 500 tons, which she
lands at Helena at 81 per ton.
The towboat, ]. L. Hyatt, went up
last night with empty barges for the
Ohio. bua l9'si ldi lli n5aa .nHa
II is now reported by telegraph that
there viii be no work done in the canal
at Louisville this season, as the appro-
priation BY Congress was made on the
condition Of a reduction Of tolls to FIVE
cents per ton, which the company claim
they cannot do, having heavy debt
which that rate Of toll would not meet
The Emma c. Elliott win make excur-
sion trips to Island 40 on the Fourth Of
July Fare g. ar afr- bs5
The rain fall here during last month
as reported by our clever friend Rhode,
the observer, vas 444 inches. Average
mean Of Thermometer rs. Average mean
Of barometer s0.72l. Prevailing wind,
southWest--averags velocity, 29,38.
Three hundred and ninety boats and I
seventy-ons packets arrived at the port /