Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-28

A. j. White, Napoleon.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Clarksville, Arkansas river
Grand Tower, st. Louis
Yazoo, New Orleans
Julia, Vicksburg.
Camelia, Cincinnati.
Bismarck, New Orleans.
Bee and barges, New Orleans
e City Of Vicksburg, st, Louis.
IN PORT.
Belle Memphis, A. j. White, st, Fran
els, Phil Allin.
THE RIVERS AND WEATHER.
The steady decline in all the upper
streams continues, except in the Mis-
souri,, which, after rising few inches at
Omaha, is now stationary. The rapid
tall in the upper Mississippi has been
checked a trihe, and at one or two points
it is stationary, while the passage Of the
lower rapids is very seriously threatened,
and the Keokuk Northern Line are al
ready making arrangements to divide
their boats and place those Of the light
est draught above the lower rapids,
where there is only three feet eight
inches. The Ohio is falling fast, and is
threatened with an early ascendency of
French Island and other bars. The
weather is partly cloudy and quite cool.
BUSINESS
All but a few Of the boats mentioned
in the arrivals came in on Saturday
afternoon. Yesterday the Vieksburg
went up light, and the local packets ar
rived with decidedly light freights.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For CINCINNATI. The fine fast steam
er Nick Longworth, Captain Lew Hates,
with Captain f. Eugene Bowers in the
Office, leaves at 10 am. tomorrow.
A For VIcKsBURG.-The City Of Helena,
Captain Mckee, will leave for Greenville
and Vicksburg this evening Geo. o.
Walton is in the Office The Helena, be-
sides being nearly new, is one Of the
finest boats ON the river, and Captain
Mckee having recovered from his recent
severe indisposition, is again on board
to welcome his friends.
FoR ST. LoUIs.-The capacious, safe
and reliable steamer Belle Memphis,
with that experienced veteran John
Crane in command, and the ever atten-
tive and agreeable purser Banker in
the Office, is now at the elevator dis
charging large freight cargo, and will
be ready to depart at exactly five o'clock
this afternoon for Cairo, Grand Tower,
st. Louis and all side landings, making
direct connection with the trains on
every road that terminates at the river,
and with the Missouri and upper Missis-
sippi river steamers at st. Louis. The
Memphis" with her officers named
and those not named, have a famous
reputation, and, all told, is one of the
finest crafts on the river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Van Hooks Henry Yaeger follows the
Robt. Lee from St. Louis, and the Lee
leaves there to morrow.
The Great Republics chimneys are
probably the highest on the river. They
are said to be seventy feet in length
from boiler deck TO top of leaves those
of the Richmond sixty-two feet, and
the Howard sixty-Gve feet.
William Storm, the bartender on the
Phil Allin, fell out of his room window
last night in the third story of the
Ayres block to the paved alley below,
distance of thirty feet, and was killed.
The water is now below the foot of the
gauge at the foot OF Jefferson street, and
that in front of the big red wharfboat is
used by the reporters aud the weather
prophet.
On Saturday last the steamer Jennie
Howell bound from New Orleans to
Cincinnati, sunk, ten miles below Shaw
neetown by striking the same obstruc-
ton that sunk the Umpire, and went
down in fifteen feet of water. Two
children are known 10 have been
drowned, but the remainder Of the pas
sengers were taken of by the Quickstep
and the Eckert, sent from Cairo to the
relief Of the Jennie Howell. The latter
boat passed here on last Wednesday
with 1000 sacks Of salt, 200 tons Of scrap
iron, 1000 beer kegs, IS hogsheads OF
sugar, 5000 boxes Of wine and 100 bales
Of rags for points on the Ohio, and bad
about Is cabin passengers. She be
louged TO Captain Halliday, and was in
sured for something like 5000 in North
ern companies
This mornings AVsianche has IL that
steam ioEage Is about to be introduced
On the canals Of this State on the cable
principle. and says The motive
h.sfs Of the svsteu Il the same as that Of