Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-07

IN PORT.
Rene Macready, Jas. d. Parker, Marlin
Speed.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the reading of the
gauge was 10 feet | inche, or 16 feet
above low water mark, being a
decline of 8 inches during the past "a
hours. The upper Ohio river at Pitts
burg rose Is inches, with 7 feet 6 inches
on the gauge. At Cincinnati it is
stationary with Z feet Z inches on the
gauge. At Louisville it is stationary,
with 4 feet 10 inches in the canal. At
Evansville it is falling, with 6
feet 3 inches on the gauge. At Cairo
it fell B inches, with 20 feet 8 inches
on the gauge. The Mississippi at
st. Louis rose 6 inches, with % feet
on the gauge. The Cumberland at
Nashville is stationary, with 4 feet 3
inches on the shoals. The Tennessee
at Chattanooga rose l inch, with
q feet 6 inches on the gauge. Red
river at Shreveport rose | inch.
with 20 feet 5 inches o n the gauge.
Arkansaw river fell 2 inches at Little
Rock, with 8 feet 7 inches on the
cause. White and st. Francis rivers
continue to decline, with yet a good
stage of water for regular packets.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Grand Tower, from Vicksburg,
8 bales cotton.
Per Marlin Speed, from Arkansaw
river, 81 bales cotton, 500 sacks cotton
seed, 10 head cattle.
Per City of Greenville, from st.
Louis, 30 bbls -four, 425 barrels meal,
10 bbls grits, 10 bbls hominy, 1900
sacks corn, $50 sacks bran, 5 casks and
3 boxes bacon, 20 boxes eggs, 36 boxes
crackers, 355 pckgs lard, Is tubs but
ter, 30 bbls molasses, II bales cotton,
$50 pckgs sundries.
Per James D. Parker, from Cincin-
natl, 734 bbls -four, 500 bbls salt, 30
bbls oil, 33l boxes canned goods, GO
boxes and % ties bacon, 1888 SKIS corn,
2l3 SKIS cats, lis SKIS bran, 1917 pcs
stove pipe, ITO cook stoves, 345 pcs
casting, l2O rolls paper 26 plates iron,
IL pcs water pipe, 200 pkgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
River fell four inches.
Warm and close.
Cloudy, with indications of rain.
Business quoted fair at the landing.
The r. M. Norton and barges, from
New Orleans, passed up last night.
The Cons Millar, en- route to this
port, passed Evansville last evening.
The Belle Shreveport will pass down
tomorrow en- route to the Crescent
City.
The James W. Calf, on her way to
Cincinnati, passed Louisville last
evening.
The Parole expected to get away
this forenoon for Carrollton on the
Ohio river.
The coast packets, James Lee and
Osceola Belle, departed last evening
with fair trips.
!. A decline of II feet has taken place
In the river at this point since the
recent high water.
The Golden City was at New Albany
last night, Tightening up in order to
pass over the Portland bar.
The Will Kyle is four days out this
evening from New Orleans, and will
probably pass up during the night.
There is less than 4! feet of water
at Portland bar, which is getteng
lumpy and the channel hard to define.
The John A. Scudder passed
Vicksburg yesterday morning, and is
due here to. morrow on her way to St.
Louis.
Several broken ringbolts can be seen
about the levee. They should be re-
moved, and new ones put in their
stead.
The Red river picket Ashland has
been purchased by Captain Lloyd T.
Belt for the Teche river trade. The
price paid was $4,000,
The Ste. Genevieve returned to St.
Louis last evening, taking no cotton
but had engagements above tor a fair
cargo of lumber and gr in.
An effort is being made by the
friends of "Smarba," OF st LOuis, to
induce the river commission to test
his patent wrack-heap dyke.
The Grand Tower arrived last even
ing from Vicksburg, went up to the
compress took on 1870 bales of cotton
and left at 10 am. for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The shipments of coal from Pitts
burg for yesterday amounted to 1874
600 bushels, 100000 bushels going
to Cincinnati and the balance to
Louisville.
The texas of the iron steamer John
4. Moore, is to be placed on the John
N. Chambers, it having been pur-
chased by Captain Lloyd 7. Belt for
that purpose.
Charlie Parish left this forenoon on
the Grand Tower to pilot Captain