Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-10
RIVER lNTELLIGEECE.

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY,
For White river, Josie Harry......5 m
Arkansaw river, Marlin Speed p m
Cincinnati, Jas. d. Parker.....6 p m
" 81. Louis, John B. Maude.....5 p m
New Orleans, Annie p. Silver..5 p m
BOATS LEAVING SUNDAY.
For st. Louis, Gold Dust...........10 a m
Vicksburg. Grand Tower 10 a m
ST. Louis, City New Orleans s p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Golden Rule, Cincinnati.
Josie Harry, White river.
Marlin Speed, Arkansaw river.
" John Il. Maude. st. Louis.
Sam Roberts. Cincinnati.
Dyersburg, Dyersburg.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee, Friars Point.
Coahoma, Osceola.
City of Providence, st. Louis.
Golden Rule, New Orleans.
Sam Roberts, New Orleans.
IN PORT. =
Josie Harry, Marlin Speed. James D.
Parker, John B. Maude, Dyersburg,
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the reading of the
gauge was IS feet 3 inches, or l9
feet 2inches above low water mark,
being a decline of Is inches
during the past tw~enty-four hours
The Ohio at Pittsburg rose 10 inches,
with A. feet on the gauge
at Cincinnati it rose 2 inches, with
IA feet on the gauge. At
Louisville it fell l inch, with Z feet
4 inches in the canal. At Evansville
it fell 2 inches, with 10 feet
on the gauge. At Cairo it fell inches,
with "a feet 4 inches on the gauge,
The Mississippi, at St. Louis, fell 5
inches with II feet 3inchos on the gauge
At Vicksburg it fell z inches, with
"a feet on the gauge. The
Cumberland, at Nashville, fell 7inches,
with 6 feet II inches on the gauge.
The Tennessee, at Chattanooga, fell 4
inches, with 4 feet Z inches on the
gauge. Red river, at Shreveport, fell
6 inches, witk IL feet l inch on the
gauge. ArkaDsaw river tell 3 inches
at Little Rock, with 3 feet 3 inches
on the gauge. White river is falling
its entire length, but retains a fair
stage for regular packets.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Golden Rule, from Cincinnati
800 bags corn, 20 bbls potatoes, 6 tons
iron.
Per Josie Harry-322 bales cotton,
6 bags seed cotton, 1892 SKIS cotton
seed.
Per Marlin Speed, from Arkansaw
river-670 bales cotton, 905 SKIS cotton
seed, 5 head stock.
Per Sam Roberts, from Cincinnati
760 boxes starch, % boxes soap, l25
cases tomatoes, IS bbls whisky, 81
pckgs glassware, 8 crates jelly.
Per John B Maude, from St.
Louis-1785 bbls flour, 100 bbls meal,
739 SKIS corn, IT'S SKIS bran, 200 rolls
bagging, d bales cotton, 13 bags seed
cotton, 30 SKIS cotton seed, 100 pckgs
sundries.
MIsoELLANEoUs.
Clear and cool.
Business good at the landing.
James D. Parker for Cincinnati at
5 pm.
The Ohio is rising a little at Pitts
burg,
The Mike Davis is duo to-day from
Hatchie river.
The Henry Lourey and barges
passed up yesterday for st. Louis.
The local packets James Lee and
Coahoma had good trips out last eve
ming.
The Dean Adams is the mail packet
leaving on Monday for ArkansaW
City,
Captain Thomas Darragh is in st.
Louis having the shaft Of the Mau'
melle repaired.
Southern freights ut st. Louis have
much improved, and Ohio riyel
freights are liberal.
The government gauge at the foot o
Jefferson street is broken, and should
be repaired at once.
The Guiding Star with $50 tons o
freight and full Of people passed u
yesterday for Cincinnati.
Engineers were at work yesterda.
on the levee, and river men are to b
treated" to another railroad.
The City Of Alton arrived at Ne
Orleans yesterday aud leaves Their
this evening with a return trip for S
Louis.
The Fannie Tatum has withdraw
FROM the st, Louis aud Paducah trad
and goes to Pittsburg with a load {
iron.
The w. P. Halliday will leave S
Louis this evening for New 0rleani
and pass here on Tuesday evenin
next.
Mr.. J. w. Bryant has taken charg
Of Iho river ~depTsmyit of the copso