Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-14
RIVER INTFLLIqE NCR
BOATS LEAVING TO DAY.

AAS AZ DAIs
Napoleon, Al. White................5p.m
Arkansas river, Rosa Miller. .........a p.m
white river, City Of Augusta ............ pm
st. Francis river, Era No. 9....4..........5 pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer St. G~enevieve, St. Louis.
Era No. 8, Cincinnati.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
Rosa Miller, Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer St. Genevieve, Vicksburg.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
Frank Forest, AshpOrt.
BOATS IN PORT.
Rosa Miller. A. j. White. CITY of
Augusta, Geo. W. Cheek, Era No 9
WEATHER AND BUSINESS
Weather clear and pleasant The
river here continues on the decline, with
8 feet Of water in the channel between
here and Cairo. AT St. Louis the river
is stationary, with 10 feet in the channel
from there out to Cairo At Cairo the
river is rising, with Is feet 2 inches
above low water mark. At Pittsburg the
river is stationary, with 6 feet 7 inches
in the channel. At Cincinnati the river
is A feet 8 inches, and falling. At Louis
vile the decline continues with 81 feet
in the canal and AZ feet on the bars in
the lower Ohio. Arkansas river is re.
ceding, with 3 feet 5 inches in the
channel from Little Rock 10 the mouth.
White river is in fair nsvigable order.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The packets out last night had good
trips.
The Cherokee for New Orleans and
Arch P. Green for White river left Gin.
cinnati last evening.
The Belle Memphis returned to St.
Louis last evening with 10 bales of cot
ton and a good list of people.
The West Wind has gone down in the
neighborhood of Greenville to tighten
off a barge loaded with slaves, which
was grounded a few days since. The
tow is in charge of Captain Warman.
The st. Genevieve passed down last
evening for yicksburg. She put of here
36l barrels of pork, IA tubs Of butter and
80 crates Of cabbage, and added 80 tons
of bend freight.
The SunAower Belle for Yazoo river,
passed Evansville yesterday.
The City of Helena for St. Louis, left
Vicksburg yesterday.
The John A. Scudder for New Orleans
and City Of Chester for Memphis, left st.
Louis last evening.
The channel at Hat Island, on the up
per Mississippi, has changed to where it
was five years ago, and now comes down
the Illinois shore. Q
Captain Sam MePheeters commands
the Belle Memphis this week, Captain
Crane having stopped off on account of
illness.
The GAINESVILLE is undergoing repairs
at Little Rock and getting ready for the
fall campaign in the New Orleans trade.
The new st. Francis river packet St.
Francis Belle leaves Cincinnati to.mor.
row for Memphis.
Captain Shalcross, of the Louisville
Board of Underwriters, has gone down
to the grounded steamer Indiana to rep
resent the interests of the Underwriters.
She is nearly dry, and will have to await
a rise before she can get off the bar.
The I. N. Miller is en- route from
Evansville to Memphis in search of a
trade.
The Grand Lake, en- route to New Or
leans, grounded her tow at 0sceola bar.
The barges are hard aground on the bar,
and the Grand Lake is up above the
barges aground in apocket.
The Dyersburg packet, Alf Stevens,
will be heightened % feet.
The Rosa Miller, Captain John Wood.
burn, came in last evening from Arkan-
sas river with a fair trip Of freight and
people. She leaves this evening on a
return trip for Little Rock and all way
points on Arkansas river, carrying the
mail and attending to all way business.
Mr.. Thomas Darragh, a courteous gem
tleman and efficient officer, presides at
the desk.
The Louisville and Henderson packet
Tarascon, struck a snag and sunk Sun
day evening at West Point below
louisville. She can be easily raised.
The Ella Hughes leaves Cincinnati
the latter part of this week for Arkansas
river, direct.
The A. ]. White, Capt. Geo. Malone,
came in this morning from the lower
coast with Il bales Of new cotton, a lot
Of seed and sundries and a big list of
She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Napoleon and the bends,
strict attention to all way bust
ness. Captain A. L. C1mmins does the
honors OF the Office, and is ably assisted
by Mr.. Smithers and Mr.. Adylett.
Brooks, of the Appeal, says some Of
the steamboatmen that repaired there
boats at Padueah neglecied 10 settle ali