Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-18

The level of the river is now nearly
thirty-one feet above low water mark,
and the river continues to ascend the
banks, though less rapidly, and it will
have been checked altogether by to-mor-
row night, perhaps. The Ohio is sta
tionary at Evansville, but falling at all
points above. A slight swell is reported
in the Missouri, while the upper Missis-
sippi is about stationary. The lower
tributaries are full, and likely to remain
so. White, as well as the Arkansas, is
falling, with nearly eight feet to Little
Rock. The weather is partly clear, with
a light breeze from the southwest. One
or two light showers of rain fell this
morning.
PORT NEWS.
The towboat Wilson passed up with
empty barges for the Ohio last evening,
stopping here to clean out her boilers
1.-THE Sam j. Hale came in during
the afternoon With 500 tons for our mer-
chants 1.-THE Exporter brought H.
800 kegs nails and nearly 5000 packages
glassware. ........The Fort Gibson, from
the upper Arkansas, arrived with two
hundred and forty.three bales of cotton,
nearly four hundred sacks of seed, and
will lay up for better business THE
Colorado came up at dark with a light
trip, cleaned out her boilers, and went
on up about ten o'clock last night .........
Business to-day was light One boat
arrived from above and two passed up
1.-THE City of Chester, from st.
Louis, came in this morning with fine
trip of grain and produce........The II.
S. Turner, from New Orleans, AZ days
out, put off 10 tons of freight here. and
had 200 tons for above. ......The Kate
Kinney, from New Orleans, with barge
in tow, passed up with $50 tons freight.
MISCELLANEOUS.
One hundred and thirty-one steamers,
towing II, 1873, 500 bushels of black dia-
monds have left Pittsburg this month.
The Belle Lee is at Evansville, where
she gets 1000 tons freight.
The Mary Boyd goes out tomorrow
with the United States mail for the Ar
kansas river.
The Sam Hale will be the first regu-
lar packet to leave for Cincinnati. She
goes tomorrow evening
Seven steamers were at the landing at
one time this morning, but aside from
the discharging of the Hale, Elliott and
Exporter but little business was done.
Freight rates from Cincinnati here
are from thirty to forty cents per one
hundred pounds.
The Exporter will get six hundred
bales of cotton, more or less, and three
sacks of oil cak here for New
Orleans
According to a morning cetemporary,
a locomotive can draw but ten cars Of
coal.
According to the reports sent by the
agent of the Western Associated Press,
the Arkansas at Little Rock has been
falling for four or FIVE days, but the stere-
otyped report of ten feet out has been
sent daily until last night.
We shall expect Captain Geo. Cheek
to transfer to our reporter the entire
ownership of the A. ]. White on her re-
turn. George is a man of his word, and
of course will not object to this. APP
plicants for positions on the White will
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The Mary Miller carried 9S2 bales Of
cotton aud 1888 sacks seed to New Or
leans from the Arkansas.
Three boats left st. Louis, going in diff
fcrent directions, that will have travelled
ten thousand miles if they return safely.
They we're the Susie Silver, for New Or
leans, 1900 miles; S. s. Merrill, for st.
Paul, 500 miles, and E. H. Durfee, for
Fort Benton, 5000 miles.
The next trip Of the James Howard
will be to Louisville.
Several distinguished Catholic divines
-one of whom is Rev. J. Lynch, Arch
bishop of Toronto, Canada-are coming
down as passengers on the City of Cairo.
On Saturday Joseph Powers sold his
eighth interest In the steamer Louisville
70 Captain Alex. F. Powers, chief clerk,
for $500. David Gibson 4 Co., of Gin
cinnati, also disposed Of an eighth inter-
est in the same steamer TO Captain ].
d. Parker, Of the bookstore frI1 Of
Parker, Wise 4 Co.