Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-23

tncnes, With 4 feet 3 inches On the
shoals. The Tennessee, at Chattanoo-
ga, tell 2 inches, with 2 feet 3 inches
on the gauge. Red river. at Shreve'
port, rose l inch, with 8 feet s inches
on the gauge. The Arkansas river
is on a stand, with 7 inches on
the gauge at Little Rock. White
river has a good steamboat stage
through to Jacksonport.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Josie Harry, from White river
All bales cotton, 1852 SKIS cotton seed,
26S ducks, SIS deer aud 1914 pkgs sun
dries.
Per Ida Stockton, from Hatchie
river, 81 bales cotton, 429 SKIS cotton
seed.
Per D~yersburg, from D~yersburg,
167 bales cotton, $50 SKIS cotton seed,
Per Mark Twain, from Dyersburg
2l7 bales cotton, 300 SKIS cotton seed.
Per R. R. Springer, from New Or
leans. 40 hhds sugar, Is bbls molasses,
6 bbls salt.
Per Storm, from Pomeroy, 1900
bbls salt.
Per Andy Baum, from Cincinnati,
424 qbls apples, 636 bbls salt, 800 bbls
meal, AZ bbls vinegar, 466 bbls pota-
toes, 100 bbls -four. "a bile whisky, q
bales cotton, 70S7 pkgs Sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and cool.
Business fair at the levee.
Weather moderating again.
The Ohio continues to decline.
The w. j. Poitevent departed last
night for Hatchie river.
Weather at Cincinnati clear and
cold but no ice floating yet.
The Dean Adams, for Arkansas
City, had a good trip out last evening,
The James Lee for Friars Point and
the 0sceola Belle for 0sceola, had fair
trips out.
At Louisville there is six feet in
the canal aud four feet 10 the chute
on the falls.
The new upper Arkansas river
packet, Dove, expects to leave Pitts
burg to day.
The upper Missouri river closed OF
the 18th instant, the earliest period
for ten years.
The Henry Frank will be here il
time to leave Thursday at 5 pm. fol
New Orleans.
The Joe Kinney, from Vicksburg
passes up to-day, bound for Cairo-thI
head Of navigation.
The ice grows heavier at st. Louis
with prospects OF its closing. A gorg,
is expected to-day.
The James w. GaF, from Cincin
natl, enroute to this port, passel
Evansville yesterday.
The Raven and barges, from Nev
Orleans, arrived last night, on her wa,
to Cairo and St. Louis.
The Storm No. 2 from Pomeroy ar
rived last night with four barges con
tanning IL 900 sacks Of salt,
The Paris c. Brown, for New Or
leans, passed Cairo at 5 p m. yesterda.
and is due down this evening.
The Cons Millar, from Memphi!
and the Golden City, from New Or
leans passed Evansville yesterday.
Captain John Deering arrived yes
terday on the Ida Stockton aud lei
last night as pilot oftbO W, j. Polite
vent.
The Annie P. Silver, from St. Louis
and the Thomas Sherlock, from Gin
cipnati, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday.
Shippers Of freight to Arkansa
river will remember that the steame
Marlin Speed will not receive ireigt
after 5 p. m.
The Katie Hooper has been towe
i to the upper landing, where she wi
lay up until there is better stage
/. water in Arkansas river.
The Bedford, from New 0rlean
went into White river Saturday !
Q search Of load Of cotton. Very littl
is reported in sight, but she a wa
for losd.
The Henry Frank carried into Ne
3 Orleans on her last trip 77O5 bales co
!. ton, 1881 SKIS cotton seed, 400 SKIS Q
cake, 5 sk4 seed cotton, l76 bbls co
ton seed oil.
The R. R. Springer and Will XVI
= from New Orleans, passed up la
night enroute to the Ohio. They p
of a lot Of sugar and molasSes al
other stuff here.
= Captain $. H. Withheld is puttiI
the G. W. Check ~ good order, al
{ starts her out on Friday next In Il
!, Memphis and Commerce trade as
semi weekly packet.
8 Captain P. a. Montgomery, W
/, with a government force is cleani
q ont Hatchie river, has worked dov
from Bolivar to behring's landing
y distance of 2OOmileg.
r A New Orleans dispatch repo.
several steamers al the wharf unloa
10 cd, but hands refuse to work for !,
than forty cents per hour, while I
boats offer twenty Eve cents per ho'
Captain Berry expects TO put a n
S.iler in his propeller Dyersbu
which will mae her much faster.
IA aaU -s--1--- -. - - 4