Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-10
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THU DAT.
White river, Hard Cash. ........-....- pm
White river, Red Wing....m............5 pm
Rriar's Point, Geo. w. Cheek...........,5 pm
)~sceola, Osceola Belle. .-."..-........5 pm
New Orleans, Thompson Dean ......"~....5 pm
Louis, Belle Memphis..."."."........,,.5 PIP
ARRIVED.
Steamer G. B. Church, Cincinnati.
" Annie p. Silver, St. Louis.
4" Belle Memphis, Vicksburg.
{" Batesville, st. Francis river.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
=" John d. Porter, Pittsburg.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Illinois, Riverton.
Ouachita Belle, Arkansas City.
G. B. Church, New Orleans.
Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Belle st. Louis, st. Louis.
Annie P. Silver, New Orleans.
Mary houston, CINCINNATI.
IN PORT.
Red Wing, Geo. w. Cheek, James D.
Parker, Osceola Belle, Batesville, John d.
Porter, Raven, Belle Memphis.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point rose 2 inches
in the past "a hours ending at noon
to-day, and will be on a stand by eve
ming, it now standing 20 feet 9'inche'
above low water mark. At Cairo il
declined 6 inches, with 26 feet 5 inches
on the gauge; at St. Louis it declined
/ inch, with 8 feet 3 inches on the
gauge, and scant 6 in the channel out
to Cairo at Pittsburg it declined !
inch, with Z feet on the gauge; al
Cincinnati it declined 10 inches, with
q feet 5 inches on the gauge; a
Louisville it rose 16 inches, with i
feet 4 inches in the canal at Evans
Vile it is falling, with % feet 6 inches
on the gauge. Cumberland river rost
% inches at Nashville, with 10 feet
inches on the gauge. Arkansas is sta
tionary at Little Rock, with 20 inche
on the gauge. White river is falling
with 4 feet in the channel from Jack
sonport to the mouth. st. Franei
river is rising, with a good stage 0
water from Wittsburg to the mouth.
Miscellaneous.
Raw weather.
Considerable stir on the levee.
The levee is covered with freigh
from Jefferson street down to Union
One or two of the packets had
hard time in getting into the landin
yesterday and securing room suficien
to discharge their cargoes.
The 0uachita Belle returned
Arkansas City with an excellent tri
of freight and people.
The Henry Frank passed Vicksbur
last night With oyer six thousand bale
of cotton and eleven thousand sack
cotton seed.
The Coahoma returned to Friar
/ Point last evening with a trip
freight and people as usual.
The mud held high carnival on Il
, levee to-day,
The Guiding Star, en- route fro
| Cincinnati to New Orleans, passC
Vicksburg last night.
, Ike John Means and barges ie
|, Cairo yesterday at IL am, for Ne
Orleans,
, The Cherokee, en- route from Gil
c%innati to New Orleans, left Cairo ye
terday at 3 pm.
The mud and filth on the lev.
retarded The handling of freights al
checked the removal from the leyee
4 cotton and other freight.
The Marlin Speed is the next pack
h due from the Arkansas river.
n The Paris G. Brown leaves Cinci
natl this evening for New 0rlssRs
The C. B. Church passed down Ia
! night, loaded down to her guards. S
had skogt all she could well carry.
:. The Belle NJ Shreveport, John
" Chambers, H. Q. Eaeget md Genel
y d. II. Rucker, from st. L0lis, army.
n a. New Orleans yesterday.
/; The Cons Nillar, bound from Me-
d phis to Cincinnati, Rassed EyanSvi.
last night at 8 o'clock.
The Vipt Shinkle, bound from @
cinnati to Memphis, passed Evansvi
4 last evening at 6 o'clock and "
/. arrive here Thursday.
9. The Andy Baum, from Memph
70 arrived at Cincinaati yesterday, a
leaves there tomorrow With . retu
/ TIP,
$, The Mary Houston passed up v
y terday afternoon for Cincinnati al
discharging here 80 bagFSIs OF orang
y The City of Helena is the AEel
Line packet leaving st. Louis too
~ for yickEburg.
Is The Gold Dust Cor New Orleans a
s, Joe Kinney for Memphis viii leave.
4: Louis Tomorrow.
a. The Commonwealth Of the Ancl
Line is due down tomorrow for N
If Orleans.