Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-02


a rain, which appears to have heen genera
}, over the North as well as the South, a
c will be seen by the extended river tele
. grams above. At Nashville the rise Ii
Q the Cumberland yesterday was thirieel
{ and half feet, which. with that from
{ the upper Cumberland. Tennessee an,
Wabash, will I'll tho lower Ohio NJ
again. White river is rising three fec
day, and tho Arkansas is swelling 81,
inches day. The weather is partially
clear but cool.
BUSINESS.
The Chester's trip yesterday amounted
to 800 tons. Her return trip, however
was not quite so large. The Louisville
went down during the aitornoeel well
laden, but did nothing here. Tf8Bates
vile got away for White riyd,ARith a
good trip. The Elliott went Ilgwn at
midnight, dischArging 100 barrels meal,
$50 kegs of beer and 800 packages Of
sundries. The A. j. White came up
with Al bales OF cotton. The Legal
Tender brought BIG bales Of cotton, and
reshipped 1877 bales for New Orleans.
The Arlington brought 400 tons from
the Ohio and goes back tomorrow. The
Richmond teleg.aphs us that she will be
down in the morning and leave to-mor.
row evening for New Orleans.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For ST. LoUIs.-The Thompson Dean
will pass up Saturday evening.
FoR CiYcINyATI.-The Arlington goes
Saturday evening.
For PINE BLuFF.-The j. e. Rankin
is announced to leave on Saturday.
For WHITE RIvER.-The Legal Ten
der win be here in time to leave Satur-
day evening
FoR LoUIsyILLE.-The Belle Lee is on
her way up and will leave here Satur-
day evening.
For ARKANSAS RIyER.-The Mary
Boyd, Captain r. L. Haynes, leaves for
Little Rock and all way points this eve
ming at 5 o'clock positively. A. II.
O'Neil is her purser.
For ARKANSAS RIvER.-The j. L.
Rankin, Captain John Fenwick, leaves
for Pine Bluff this evening.
FoR FRIAR's PoIyT.-The swift and
regular Phil Allen, Captain James Lee,
departs this evening. Stack Lee is chief
clerk.
For NAPoLEoN.-The A. J. White,
Captain Mark Cheek, leaves this after
noon at o'clock. e. c. Postal and
Charles Sharpe, clerks.
FoR New ORLEANS. The magnificent
passenger steamer Richmond is adver-
tised to leave Saturday at FIVE o'clock.
in command Of one Of the most gallant
gentlemen on the river, Captain Nat
Green. Ben Cougar is her sociable and
accommodating clerk. The Richmond
has splendid passenger accommodations,
and her capacity for the carrying of
freight and stock is equal to that of any
boat on the Western waters. The Of
fcers are all careful and competent
steamboatmen.
For ST. LoUIs.-The high headed He
lena, Captain Isaac II. Mckee, VIII I.
Power, clerk, takes herself off for St.
Louis at 5 o'clock this afternoon. No
better accommodation or officers on the
river.
For VIcKsURG.- The good steamer
Capitol City will leave the elevator at
five p. m. tomorrow.
For New ORLEAYs.-Having made
one of the liveliest trips up stream, the
champion steamer r. E. Lee is now on
her way to New Orleans, and will be
here to leave precisely at five clock
this afternoon. Everybody knows that
she has the finest accommodations Of any
boat on the river, and for speed she can,
net be passed nor surpassed John Mos
sop is her competent and genial secre-
tary, and is host within himself when
ne has passengers to entertain.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Ohio is rising rapidly at Paducah
.o-day.
Observer Rhode, in his report for the
month of April, furnishes us with the
ollowing information: Highest point at
aimed by the water, 80 feet 7 inches;
owest, % feet inches; range, feet 2
inches; highest temperature, so; low
st, 40; total rainfall, S7-lOO inches; r
REVEALING wind, S. w; miles travelled,
592; maximum velocity, 2s miles per
our; cloudy days, 2; rainy days, 5.
Professor Andrews, in late Ohio Ed
cational Monthly, gives several extracts '
rom a geography, which was written in
erse aud published in 1919. The fol-
owing is an allusion to the Ohio river, :,
-hich, at the time, may have been very \,
rue, but which does not represent facts
5 they now exist:
' Boats throughout all the year may ride y
To Pittsburgh on its azure tide;
And in the spring when murmuring rills
Bear tribute from the snowy hills, ~
The stream is always very deep, z,
Afording vessels twenty feet
Captain Billy Dill, whose best horse T
as named before as well as after the
g steamer that comes down to-day,
Ills us that FIVE of the best post-holes