Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-16
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY,
Arkansas river. Fort Gibson............~...5 pm
Friar's Point. Phil Allin... -.............5p IN
0sceola, George W. Cheek.....-..-..........5 pm
New Orleans. Charles Morgan......-.........5 pm
81. Louis. 81. '''''''s''o Pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer st. Joseph, St. Louis.
" John Kyle, St. Louis.
H. s. Turner Cincinnati.
=" Phil Allin. Friar's Point.
" Osceola, Osceola.
Belle Of Texas, Arkansas river
Capitol City, St. Louis.
Geo. w.. Cheek, Osceola.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer GAINESVILLE, Arkansas river.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
City of Augusta, White river.
st. Francis, Friar's Point.
g" Chas. Bodmann, New Orleans.
" Capitol City, Vicksburg.
BOATS IN PORT.
Phil Allin, Mary Ament, John Kyle,
Ella, Fort Gibson, Belle of Texas, II. s.
Turner, Ashland, st. Joseph, Geo. W.
Cheek.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather dark and gloomy, with light
rains. The river is still on the decline,
with eleven feet in the channel from
here to Cairo, and four and half feet
from thence to st. Louis. The Ohio Is
rising at Pittsburg, but falling from
Cincinnati down, with nine feet in the
channel in the lower Ohio. There is no
improvement as yet in navigation in
Arkansas or White rivers. Business on
the landing is moderate.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Disagreeable day on the landing.
Shipments retarded by the rain.
The Exporter for Cincinnati, Mary
Houston for Louisville, and W. ]. Lewis
for st. Louis, left New Orleans yesterday.
The Bismarck and Carrie V. Kountz
for st. Louis passed Vicksburg yester'
day.
The Utah for Memphis and Colorado
for Vicksburg left St. Louis yesterday.
The Vint Shinkle left Cincinnati last
evening for Memphis.
The John f. Tolle, for New Orleans,
added $50 bales of cotton here.
The Charles Bodmann passed down
last night for New Orleans with fair
trip. She edded here $50 bales cotton.
The Kittie Hegler, bound for Little
Rock, has laid up at Douglas bar await
ing water.
The Kouns, bound South in Arkansas
river, is laid up at Arkansas Post.
The City of Augusta got away last
evening for White river with good
trip.
The White for Napoleon and St.
Francis for Friar's Point we're well
laden.
The Belle of Texas, CaptaiR John
WOODBURY. in command, came in last
night from Arkansas river with 4O3
bales of cotton, and reshipped at the
mouth I'll bales.
The St. Joseph, Capt. Sam McPeters,
is the Anchor Line packet, leaving here
this evening for Cairo and St. Louis,
connecting with the principal railroads
for all points East and West
Capt. Albert STEMS new and magnif-
cient side wheel passenger steamer
Charles Morgan will pass down this
evening for New Orleans and the bends.
The new boat is said to be fHe speei-
men of marine architecture, and her
outfit will vie with the finest hotels in
the country,
FIatboats from the Ohio river are COM
ing in quite freely.
The Glencoe will pass down to day for
New Orleans.
The light draught and staunch steamer
Fort Gibson, Capt. Eugene Smith in COM
mand, will leave this evening for Little
Rock, Fort Smith and all points on Ar
kansas river, attending to all way busi-
ness. Mr.. Williams is her chief purser.
The St. Joseph came in this morning
from St. Louis with good trip of grain
and other produce.
The Maria Louise has laid up at New
Orleans.
The II. S. Turner, in command Of that
popular officer, Captain W. B. Miller, ar
rived last night from Cincinnati with a
fair trip, including 400 barrels Of -four,
537 barrels of apples, 100 kegs Of beer
and 300 packages of sundries. She will