Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-05
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING rms DAY.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For Commerce. w. j. Poitevent..5 D m
Friars Point. James Lee.......5 D m
" O%seeola, Osceola Belle.............5 D m
Arkansas City, G.. w. Cheek..5 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Annie p. Silver. New Orleans.
Hard Cash, White River.
Centennial, st. Louis.
Chas, ?. Chouteau, New Orleans.
Il City Of Helena, Vicksburg.
Silverthorn, Hailes Point.
James Lee, Friars Point.
Osceola Belle. 0sceola.
Commonwealth, st. Louis.
Cherokee. New Orleans,
w. j. Poiteyent, Commerce.
DEPARTED.
Steamer John 4. Moore, Helena.
Coahoma, Helena.
Centennial. New Orleans.
Annie P. Silver, St. Louis.
City Of Helena. st. Louis.
Commonwealth, Vicksburg.
IN PORT.
Chas. p, Chouteau, Hard Cash, James
Lee, Osceola Belle, Rene Macready. Sill
verthorn, james w. CAT. Cherokee, Com
monwealth.
CONDITIONS OF THE RIVERS.
The river is rising steadily at this
point and at noon to-day was 5 feet
6 inches on the gauge. The
Ohio fell 10 inches at Pittsburg,
with 6 feet | inch on the gauge. At
Cincinnati it rose 20 inches with 9
feet 8 inches on the gauge. At Louis
vile it rose II inches, with 5 feet |
inch in the canal. At Cairo it
fell l inch, with 8 feet ! inch
on the gauge. The Mississippi, at
St. Louis fell | inch, with 8 feet l
inch on the gauge. The Cumber-
land, at Nashville, fell 4 inches, with
8 feet 8 inches on the shoals. The
Tennessee, at Chattanooga, rose s
inches, with 26 inches on the gauge.
Red river, at Shreveport, rose 2
inches, with 5 feet s inches on the
gauge. Arkansasri river is falling slowly
with about q inches to Pine Bluff
and about 20 inches to. Little Rock.
White river is also declining, with
Al feet to Augusta and about 3 feet
to Jacksonport.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per James Lee, from Friars Point,
l43 bales cotton, 6 bags seed cotton,
48l sacks cotton seed.
Per Silyerthorn, from Haile's Point,
SO bales cotton, 30 bags seed cotton,
94l sacks cotton seed.
Per 0ceola Belle, from Osceola,
54 bales cotton, 8 bags seed cotton,
738 sacks cotton seed, so head hogs, 2
head cattle.
Per Chas, p. Chouteau, from New
Orleans, 81 bbls molasses, II hhds SUI
gar. 100 hhds cocoanuts, so casks
pitch, ID SKIS salt, 6 bags seed cotton,
1876 bales cotton.
Per Cherokee, from New Orleans,
l29 bbls plaster, IS bbls oranges, 2
bales cotton.
Per City Of Helena from Vicksburg
80 bales Of cotton.
Per Commonwealth, from St. Louis,
IS bbls ofapples, l43 bbls potatoes, Is
crates cabbage, u ties of hams, 1876
pkgs lard and "a bales cotton.
Per Centennial, from 81 Louis, 5
bales cotton.
Per Annie p. Silver, from New Or
leans, 275 boxes ink, 80 baskets cham
payne.
Per Hard Cash, from White river
335 bales Of cotton and 1870 sacks OF
cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool and cloudy.
Wind brisk from the north.
The 0uachita Belle, it is said, will
prove a total wreck.
A fair amount of business is being
transacted at the landing.
Tho James w. Calf leaves to-n.or-
row evening for Cincinnati,
The Coahoma, for Helena, departed
last evening with a light trip.
The r. r. Springer, from New Or.
leans, left Cincinnati last evening.
The Cumberland and Tenne sec
rivers are both reported rising to-day,
The Paris 6. Brown, bound for
Cincinnati, passed Louisville last even
ing.
The Charles P. Chouteau and Hard
Cash expected to got away a IL m. to-
day
PIE heavy shower Of last evening
did some good sanitary work at tho