Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-29

with 3feet 6 inches on the gauge.
The Cumberland, at Nashville,
rose 8 inches, with 3 feet 6 inches
on the shoals. The Tennessee, at
Chattanooga, rose s inches, with 2 feet
4 inches on the gauge. Red river, at
Shreveport, rose 10 inches, with IL feet
8 inches on the gauge. Arkansas riv-
er is rising slowly at Little Rock, with
about 6 inches on the gauge. White
river is in a good boatable condition
all the way from ~Jacksonport to the
mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sultry.
Muddy at the landing.
The Ohio is rising at P~ittsburg.
The week opens with a fair bust
ness.
The levee from Madison to Monroe
street is covered with salt.
The Cons Millar, for this port,
leaves Cincinnati this evening.
The Golden City, for New CLEANS,
left Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The R. R. Springer from New Or
leans, arrived at Cincinnati Saturday.
The Guiding Star and New Mary
Houston left New Orleans for Cincin-
natl.
The Sam Roberts and barges, from
st Louis, arrived at New Orleans
Saturday.
The vast amount Of mud on the
levee is qni'e a drawback to business
on the landing.
The Viii Kyle and Charles Nor
gan, from New Orleans, arrived at
Cincinnati yesterday.
The Annie P. Silver, on her fifth
day out, passed up at 10 am. with
about 400 tons of freight.
Some prominent men at Natchez
propose to put a regular line of pack
cts in the st. Louis trade.
The Josie Harry, for White river,
had a fair trip out Saturday. She is
TO be back again to leave on Saturday
next.
The Storm No. 2 will have the un
loading of her barges completed by
evening and leave for Cincinnati With
a tow of empties.
The Henry Frank departed Satur-
day for New Orleans with about 200
bales Of cotton, and had engagements
below to fill her out.
The Anchor line packet Gold Dust,
Captain j. G. McCord in command,
passes down this evening, bound for
V%iCksburg and the bends.
The steady rains of the past few
days have extended all along the
water courses, and a slight improve.
ment in navigation is next in order.
Nearly one hundred white men are
at work to-day on the levee unload
ing boats, For unloading salt from a
barge they are getting 4 cents per bar
rel,
The Andy Baum left hero twenty
four hours behind the Jas D. Parker
and beat her four hours to Evansville.
They both passed Evansville on Sat
urday.
The Hard Cash is ia port receiving
to leave on Wednesday next, her reg
ular day, for all points on White,
Black and Little Red rivers through
to Jacksonport.
The Charles P. Chouteau was de-
tanned at New Orleans until yester-
day morning. She will arrive here
on Thursday next, and receive ioI
New Orleans.
The Rene Macready departed Sat
urday for st. Ftahois river With a fair
trip, and will be back in time to leave
again tomorrow evening, going
through to the Cut OFF.
The Golden Rule, with 1900 tons
of freight, and drawing u feet, passed
down yesterday forenoon. She did
no business here, but took on 400
bags Of corn In Madrid Bend,
The James W. Gaff departed Satur-
day evening for Cincinnati with 70
bales cotton, IS bales rags, $50 bbls
oil, lotions old iron, 1900 feet Of
lumber and a'fair list o~f'pe0pls.
Order is getting along steadily with
his contract Of paving that portion of
the levee just below the wharfboat
The other contractor will have his
WORK finished at the time appointed.
Captain s, H. Whitehead has tie
G. w, Cheek in good trim, and starts
her out tomorrow evening as a semi
weekly packet to Concordia, under the
auspices of the Adams U. S. mail line.
The Kountz line steamer Mollie
Moore arrived from New Orleans, and
put off l246 empty oil barrels. She
remains here with the prospect Of
getting a load Of cotton for New Or
leans.
The Cumberland, Tennessee, upper
Ohio, upper Mississippi, Red and Ar
kansas rivers are an fising, and the
resumption of navigation from ST.
Louis south will probably take place
by tomorrow.
The Annie P. Silver and Thos
Sherlock, from New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg early Saturday morning,
and will both pass here this evening
the former bound for st. Louis and
the latter for Cincinnati.
The Grand Tower, from Vicksburg,
passed up last evening having on
board Cooper 4 Jgckson's circus on
their way to st. Louis. The Tower
put off nothing here but added AGO
bales of eastern hound cotton.
The tovboat Hiram Campbell, with
Captain w. G. Hardwiok's feet of
mammoth produce boats, nine In all,
passed Evansville Thursday evening,
and went in to Tennessee river to
await the events Of the weather,
Captain Jim Nichols fue side
wheel passenger steamer, Thomas
Sherlock, is DUG up this evening,
bound for Cairo, Louisville. Oincin-
natl and all way landings on the Ohio.