Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-19

last year, and 1861 the year before
at the same time, a decrease of receipts
year as compared with last Of
1906 bales. Stocks at all United
ports are 300, 1893 bales, against
1885 last year, and 1855 the year
before at the same time.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For Friars Point, Coahoma.. .......5 D m
" Commerce, Rene Macready .....5 D m
Arkansaw City, Dean Adams...5 p m
" Osceola, Coahoma unconventional D m
" ST. Louis, John b. Maude.. ..5 D m
" Arkansaw river, Plow Boy....5 p N
" New Orleans, Chas. P. Chouteau5 p IN
ARRIVED.
Steamer Rene Macready, Osceola.
Coahoma, Friars Point.
" Dean Adams, Arkansaw City.
John B. Maude, st. Louis.
Tiger, st. Louis.
Plow Boy. Arkansaw river.
Gold Dust, Vicksburg.
" Grand Tower, ST. Louis.
John l.. Rhodes, st. Louis.
" Carrier. New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Milt Harry, White river.
" Gold Dust, st. Louis.
" Grand Tower, Vichsburg.
John L. Rhodes, St. Louis,
" Carrier, St. Louis.
IN PORT.
James Lee, Rene Macready, Coahoma'
Dean Adams, Plow Boy, Tiger, PiasA,
John b. Maude.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Pillow Boy, from Arkansaw river
80 bales cotton, 34l SKIS cotton seed.
Per John L. Rhodes, from st.
LOuis-l57l bbls -four and sundries.
Per Coahoma, from Friars Point
$50 bales cotton, 81 bags seed cotton,
772 axis cotton seed.
Per Rene Macready, from Osceola--
490 bales cotton, 20 bags seed cotton,
3S5 Bks cotton seed.
Per Carrier, from New Orleans
100 bbls cement, 100 SKIS salt, So cases
saTdines, 81 casks pitch.
Per Dean Adams, from Arkansaw
City-325 bales cotton, 16 bags seed
cotton, 1893 SKIS cotton seed.
Per John B. Maude, from st. Louis
liza bbls flour, 300 SKIS wheat, 81
pkgs rye, 81 SKIS corn, 165 pals, IS les
and 10 half bbls lard, IS bales cotton,
1923 pkgs sundries.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the reading of the
gauge was 2 feet 10 inches, or 8
feet 8 inches above low water mark,
being a rise of 2incbes during past "a
hours. The Ohio continues stationary
as low down as Evansville, with 10
inches below the zero of the gauge at
P%it.sburg; % inches on the gauge at
Cincinnati; 2 feet in the canal at
Louisville, and 6 feet IL inches on
the gauge at Cairo, where a rise of 3
inches is reported. The Mis-
sissippi, at Louis, rose 3 inches,
with IL feet 4 inches on the
gauge. The Cumberland, at Nash
vile, fell Is inches, with % inches
on the gauge. The Tennessee at Chat
tanooga is rose 10 inches, with 17inches
on the gauge Arkansaw river rose
B inches at Little Rock, with 6 inches
on the gauge. White and St. Francis
rivers remain unchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and pleasant.
Good cotton picking weather.
Business has been quite brisk since
Saturday.
The rise of the river at this poiai
continues.
The Paris G. Brown, for st. Louis
left New Orleans Saturday.
The Hard Cash is the packet leav
ing Wednesday for White river.
The Joe Kinney is the Anchor Lin,
packet passing up tomorrow at II
a. m. for Cairo and St. Louis,
The local packets brought in sine,
last report 1912 bales cotton, 20 bag
seed cotton, and 1891 SKIS cotton seed
The Milt Harry departed Saturday
for White river with about all thu
freight she could carry on the water
The Will Kyle, for New Orleans
left st. Louis Saturday evening anC
will be due down to morrow after
noon.
The Pillow BoyIbrought of Arkansav
river 76 bales OF cotton, % of which
she reshipped at Terrene for New Or
leans.
The Tiger, in command OF Capital
Billy Flowers, came in Saturday wit
a good trip, including 1900 bbls dou
and meal.
The H. j. Dickey is loading at 81
Louis outside OF the Anchor lime
and is expected to leave there to-da.
Tor this port.
The Gold Dust, from Vicksburl
passed up yesterday forenoon. Sh
put of a few pkgs and added 1863 bale
of cotton for st. Louis.
The John L. Rhodes arrived yel
terday forenoon from st. Louis an
discharged 400 pkgs. She went bac
in the evening with a light trip.
The Carrier, Eve and a hall da,
out from New Orleans, with 300 toI
Of freight passed up this morniT
after putting off here nearly 400 pkg
Captain Harry Brolaski's splendi
Anchor Line packet John B. MauC
will leave at 5 pm. for Cairo, s
Louis and intermediate landing
Lem Carter is in charge Of the Ofic
The City Of Vicksburg, in commar
Of Captain r. K. Riley, is the Anch.
Line packet passing down at 10 al