Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-23
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING D

ARRIVALS.
Steamer Susie Silver, Cairo.
St. Joseph, st. Louis.
Capitol City, St. Louis.
Fannie Tatum, Vicksburg.
Thompson Dean, New Orleans.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
Q~uickstep, mouth White river.
Mipneols, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Susie Silver. New Orleans.
Capitol City, Vicksburg.
Geo. W. Cheek, Helena.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
Fannie Tatum, st. Louis.
Belle Memphis, St. Louis.
Belle Of Texas, Ashport.
BOATS IN PORT.
Legal Tender, A, j.. White, Thompson
Dean, Minneola, Era No. 8, 0sceola,
Quickstep, St. Joseph.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather inclement, with hard rains at
intervals from last night up to moor to-
day. The river here came to a stand
yesterday, and is ten feet eleven inches
above low water mark. There is a good
steamboat stage of water from Cairo to
the Gulf. At Cairo the river declined
five inches yesterday. At st. Louis it
fell one inch, with FIVE feet in the chan
mel out to Cairo. At Pittsburg the river
rose three inches. At Cincinnati it rose
one inch, with fourteen feet ten inches
in the channel. At Louisville it was
stationary, with seven feet three inches
in the canal and ten feet water on the
bars in the lower Ohio, The Cumber-
land river declined fourteen inches yes
terday. Arkansas river remains at low
tide, with twenty.seyen inches in the
channel from Pine Bluff to the mouth.
White river remains at a fair steelhoat
stage,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hard rains last night and this morn
ing.
The Phil Allin, Cheek and Belle of
Texas went out last night with good
trips of freight and people.
The City Of Chester left st. Louis last
evening for Memphis.
The J. D. Parker arrived at Cincinnati
yesterday and leaves there tomorrow
evening for Memphis.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, passed
Evansville yesterday.
The Mary Houston for New Orleans
passed Evansville this evening.
The Ii. C. Yaeger for St. Louis and
Louisville for Cincinnati passed Vicks-
burg yesterday.
The City of Alton and j. c. Macarthur
are due down today for New Orleans.
The Susie Silver passed down this
morning for New Orleans we'll laden. She
put off here l247 buckets, 276 kegs and
80 tietces lard, 10 barrels molasses, 40
boxes shoulders and 100 barrels potatoes,
added 255 bales of cotton reshipped by
the Era No. 8 and added 500 bales at
Hope6eld.
Captain William Maingault is made
happy by the presentation of his wife Of
a bouncing girl weighing eleven pounds.
The Commonwealth and Cherokee are
due down tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Pat Cleburne has laid up at
Evansville.
Two coal boats are sunk in the chan
mel Of the lower Ohio, near Metropolis.
The new hull building for the Great
Republic at St. Louis viii be launched in
a few days.
The elegant steamer Illinois, Captain
Mark Cheek, leaves this evening fer
Vicksburg ana tue bonds, paying strict
attention to all way business, and con-
meets at Vicksburg with the Bob Lee fer
New Orleans. Captain Joe Spears has
charge of the Office, and has for his ai6s
Messrs. Charley Smithers and John
Chsmberlin.
The Capitol City passed down this
morning for Vickshnrg well laden. She
added here 40 tons Of bends freight.
The St. Joseph, Captain Sam Nc
Pheters, is the Anchor Line packet leav
ing this evening for Cairo and st. Louis
connecting with the principal railroads
for all points East and West.
The 0sceola, Captain Milt Harry il
command, came in this morning from
White river with l44 bales Of cotton, 4
lot Of seed and sundries and reshippeC
at the mouth ia bales. She leaves thii
evening for all points on White, Blacl
and Little Red rivers, carving the mai