Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-21


tBelow high water Of 1871.
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Observer Signal Service. u. s. A.
THE RIVERS AND WEATHER.
The river here is declining at the rate
Of eight inches day, and is now twenty
one feet nine inches above low water
mark. Elsewhere the decline is as rapid,
or more so. The Lower Ohio is going
down rapidly. kilograms from the Up
per Missouri reports a rapid decline as
far up as Benton. The Illinois is fall
ing steadily, but the light-draft steamers
running there will have trouble for
some weeks. The steamers below are
declining fast, and all but Red river are
down to a dead low-water level. The
Arkansas has less than three feet over
the bars to Little Rock, and only two
feet on Skylark bar. White river has
two and half feet to Jacksonport, and
the Ouachita about the same depth to
Camden. The Yazoo and Tallahatchie
are so low that only the l:ghtest draft
boats can ascend them. Yesterday the
weather was quite cool, and today it is
clear, with the mercury at 7s0 at 8 am.
BUSINESS.
There wasn't much activity visible at
the landing yesterday, and this morning
the local packets had their cargoes out
and their decks washed off at an early
hour. Among yesterdays arrivals was
the Phil Allin with 20 bales Of cotton
and 1867 sacks of seed. The Julia went
up at noon light, and the st. Francis
brought IS bales Of cotton. The Key
stone had 4 barges Of salt. The White
came up late at night with moderate
trip. The Pauline Carroll went down at
two I'm. with 400 tons, Of which 400
tons was way freight.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For LoUIsvlLLE.-The Mary Houston
will leave on Wednesday.
For CINcINNATI.-The Lawrence will
depart on Wednesday afternoon.
For ST. LoUIs.-The elegant steamer
Belle Memphis, John Crane in com
mand and VIM. Banker purser, will
leave the elevator at five o'clock this
evening foT Cairo and St. Louis, making
all the intermediate landings and con-
Meeting with the railways aud Northern
steamers at both points.
For VIcKsBURG. To-day at six pm.
the renowned steamer City Of Vicksburg,
Captain Robert X. Riley in command
and Garrett Huls clerk, will take her
departure from the elevator for Vicks.
burg, Greenviile, Chicot, Napoleon,
and all landings between. The Vicks-
burg has earned the reputation of being
the finest and best differed boat in the
Anchor Liue, and she justly deserves it.
Don't it?
MISCELLANEOUS.
General Broad-gauge Ticket Agent
Jimmy Speed dead-headed the entire
river fraternity over his four-mile rail
road yesterday, and the result was the
of about half of them
at their posts of duty this morning.
They undoubtedly filed themselves with
chalybeate spring water, and remained
out there all night to sleep off the
effects.
The Keystone came down yesterday
with four barges, containing $500 bar
rels Of salt. Three of the barges are
moored at the foot of Union, and the
fourth below the foot of Jefferson street.
The ferryboat Cairo is offered for sale
at Cairo.
The Colorado river Swirl" item is
having an extensive run in the papers
of this city. 1t first appeared in the
river column Of the Appeal three weeks
since, a week later the Avalanche had
it, and the same paper reproduces it
this morning.
Captain Albert Stein says he will
grease the bottom of the John Kilgour
while she is out on the ways, with the
hope Of making her fast enough to com
pete with any Of the crack. New Orleans
packets next season.
Captain James II. Pepper Is visiting
bis old stamping ground, Rising Sun.
He has shortened the chimneys Of the
Thompson Dean twelve feet, in erder
that she may pass under the Suspension
Bridge and come up to the city wharf
next season during high water. Her
we're 73 feet above the hurri-
cane roof, and will only be Ct feet when
cut down. So says the Cincinnati Com
nercial.
Gus Shinkle, a well known St. Louis
and New Orleans pilot, is visiting old
friends and relatives in Cincinnati and
Covington.
The general average Of the Collier
and argesfreight losses have been made
up and amount to 4 fraction less than
eight and half per cent.
The Tionees brought ten boafs and /