Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-01
THE nIyERa Axp wEArHER.

The river here 10 declining nt the rate
Of eighteen inches every twenty-foui
hours, aud stands twenty-five feet Eve
inches above low water mark. The
heavy rain Of the past twenty four hours
will check the decline triae, as many
OF the small streams above have been
filed up suddenly, but viii empty in
twonty.four hours. The upper Missis
sippi is rising slowly, aud the Ohio
swelling a little at Pittsburg, but with
these exceptions the streams generally
are falling. After tweniy-four hours
rain, the clouds cleared away this morn
ing, and the sun came out bright and
warm.
BUSINESS.
The Mary Poe went up last evening
with 100 tons damaged freight, taken
from the Glasgow. The Mary Miller,
from the Ohio, arrived with 400 tons for
White river, and discharged here si7
sacks corn, 800 barrels cement, 200 bar
rels -four, 62 barrels meal, 100 boxes
glass, and lays over. The Alice Brown
and tow Of empty coal barges passed up
at 8 o clock in the evening for the Ohio.
The Great Republic arrived abo u 3
o'clock in the afternoon, loaded to her
guards, having fully 2l50 tons OF freight
on board, and added quite number of
passengers here. The Henry Probascs
left with 40 bales OF cotton and 400
beer kegs for Cincinnati; and the Shan
non, for the same point, took $50 bales
cotton, 40 hogsheads and 80 barrels
scrap iron, and 40 bales rags. The Slra-
der passed up at o'clock this morn
ing, doing nothing. The Continental,
FIVE days out, went up at 8 am. dis
charging 2lO sacks salt, 81 barrels fruit,
etc, and had 400 tons for St. Louis. The
Simpson Horner, with II coal boats,
went down early. The Bismarck went
up at II a.m. ~ days out, discharged 30
barrels ale, Go crates earthenware and
III packages sundries, having a light
trip for st. Louis. The Mary Miller left
for White river at II a. m, with 400 tons.
The Robert Mitchell, for the Ohio, went
up at midnight, putting out IS pkgs.
BOATS TO LEAVE. I't
For ST.. Lous.-The Thompson Dean
will pass up Saturday evening,
FoR New 0RLEANs.-The elegant
Richmond will be down to leave at 3
pm. tomorrow.
FoR New 0RLEAXs.-The champion
r. L. Lee will be here to leave at noon
tomorrow.
For CIScHYAu.-The Arlington goes
on Saturday evening.
FoR PINE BLUFF.-The Jas. E. Ran
kin is announced to leave on Saturday.
For WHITE RIvER.-The Legal Ten
der will be here in time to leave Satur-
day evening.
For LoUIsvILLE.-The Belle Lee is
on her way up and will leave here Satur-
day evening.
For ST. LOUISVILLE splendid City of
Chester, Captain Zeigler, now at the
elevator, departs at 5 pm. to- day for
Cairo and st. Louis.
For VIcKsBURG.-Th beautiful Emma
@. Elliott departs for Vicksburg at six
O. clock this evening. Robert X. Riley
commands, with Tom Whitledge, clerk.
For WHITE RIvEE.-The regular
White river packet Batesville departs at
Eve o'clock this afternoon for DevalIs
Bluff, Jacksonport and all points on
White river. Captain A. B. Smith COM
mands.
For Arkansas RlvER.--The Mary
Boyd, Captain R. L. Haynes, leaves for
Little Rock and all way points this eve
ming. A. II. 0'Neil, clerk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Legal Tender left Augusta for
this city yesterday morning, with 500
bales of cotton, and will be here in good
time to 60 back next Saturday.
The Cumberland is rising half foot
per hour at Nashville to-day, and the
rain is falling there heavily-the total
rainfall being for the past twenty-four
hours two and one-ffth inches to the
square foot. Here the rainfall during
the same.time was two and three-quarter
inches to the square foot. Heavy rains
are reported to-day at Louisville, Gin
cinnati, Pittsburg, and along the Mis-
souri, and Upper Mississippi. Rain is
also reported in Arkansas and through
out this State.
When thu Mary E. Poe passed Clark
towhead yesterday, the Future City had
her fuel boat and two barges off the bar
and at the bank and by this time has
the other two barges of, and is on her
way down the river
When the steamer Grand Tower ar
rived at Cairo Sunday night, with the
body of the mate, Thomas Doyle, DR..
Wardner, who first treated the case,
made post mortem examination Of the
skull and found it fractured, and de-
cided that it was the cause Of his death.
Bill Campbell, the murderer, was
Iaken into court on preliminary