Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-26

steamer Gold Dust. st. Louis.
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
Commonwealth, Vicksburg.
James Lee, Friars Point.
Coahoma, Osceola.
Dean Adams, Arkansaw City. 2
Plow Boy, Arkansaw river
Tiger, Cottonwood Point.
Belle Shreveport, ST. Louis.
Future City, New Orleans.
Star Of the West, Cairo.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Milt Harry, White river.
Rene Macready, Helena.
Marlin Speed, Arkansaw river.
City Of Helena, 81. Louis.
Grand Tower, st. Louis. .
Commonwealth, 81. Louis.
Belle Shreveport, New Orleans.
Star Of the West, south.
IN PORT.
James Lee, Coahoma, Dean Adams
Plow Boy, Tiger, Piasa, II. j. Dickey.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point continues to
rise slowly and at noon there was 4
feet 8 inches on the gauge or 5 feet
4 inches above low water mark. The
Ohio at Pittsburg is still stationary
with IA inches below the zero on the
gauge or | inch in the channel. At
Cincinnati it is falling with Z feet 6
inches on the guage. At Louisville it
is stationary with 5 feet 6 inches in
the canal. At Evansville it is falling
with 4 inches on the gauge. AT Cairo
1t is rising slowly with 8 feet | inch
on the gauge. The Mississippi at st.
Louis rose 4 inches with II feet 6
inches on the gauge. The Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers are both falling
with 10 inches on the gauge at Nash.
vile and 3 feet 8 inches at Chatta-
nooga. Arkansaw river is falling at
Little Rock with IA inches on the
gauge. The condition of White and
st. Francis rivers remain unchanged.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Gold Dust, from St. Louis-6l
pkgs butter.
|, Per Commonwealth, from Vicks-
burg-S5 bales cotton.
Per Tiger, from Cottonwood-137
bales cotton, 81 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Plow Boy, from Arkansaw
rivers bales cotton, l25 SKIS cotton
seed. .
Per Coaboma, from Osceola-45O
bales cotton, 81 bags seed cotton, 1855
SKIS cotton seed.
Per James Lee, from Frisrs Point
-633 bales cotton, Al bags seed cotton,
767 SKIS SKIS cotton seed. .
Per Dean Adams, from Arkansas
City-382 bales cotton, % bags seed
cotton, 4O3 sacks cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warm and close.
Some indications of rain.
Business quite brisk to-day.
The Annie P. Silver is due up on
her way to st. Louis.
The Montana left New Orleans
Saturday evening for st. Louis.
The Henry Frank is to leave here
on Wednesday for New Orleans.
The work of removing the wreck of
ldlewild Is progressing tavorably.
The City of Alton is to leave st.
Louis on Wednesday for New Orleans.
The Future City and barges, from
New Orleans, passed upto-day en- route
to st. Louis.
Only one inch Of rain it is said has
fallen at Pittsburg during the past
three months.
The Milt Harry departed Saturday
evening with a splendid trip Of freight
for White river.
The Marlin Speed departed Satur-
day for Arkansaw river, with a very
fair trip of freight.
The Monongahela river is lower
than it has been since 1860 with navi-
cation entirely suspended.
On the last trip of the Ed Richard
son she passed Vicksburg with 500
bales cotton and 1000 SKIS cotton seed.
The Grand Tower, from Vicksburg,
passed up yesterday morning for St.
Louis, doing nothing of interest here.
Captain N. B. Fowler, late chief
clerk of the Centennial, left here yes
terday on the Grand Tower for home.
The Rene Macready is the Lee Line
mail packet leaving tomorrow even
ing for Helena and intermediate land
ings.
The Belle Shreveport, from St.
Louis, passed down at daylight with
a full trip, doing nothing of interest
here.
At Louisville all work on the dyke
and the Indian chute is stopped on
account of the rise from Kanawha
river.
Captain R. W. Dugan has forward
ed a diving apparatus to New Orleans
to be used in raising the steamship
Gresham.
The Commonwealth, 48 hours be-
hind tims, passed up yesterday fore
noon, putting of lot of cotton, and
adding nothing ofinterest.
Work at Davis Island dam is being
pushed rapidly forward, the electric
light enabling night gangs to work as
well as if it were daylight.
The red light recently placed over
the wreck OF the Beauregard, a few
miles below the city, has been discon-
tlnued on account Of the rise in, the
river.
Colonel George H. Reotes. who rep
resents Brown x Jones coal interests
at New Orleans, is in the city visiting
his friends, after an absence of about
five years.
The Gold Dust from St. Louis
passed down yesterday forenoon on
good time. She put off a lot Of butter
and added 80 tons for Vicksburg and
way landings.
The City Of Vicksburg, in command
of Captain R.. X. Riley, is the Anchor
Line packet passing up at 10 a. m. to-
morrow for Cairo and st: Louis. Billy
Blenker is her chief clerk.
Pilot Charlie P%ursell, who was in
jured by the explosion of the towboat
John Means, is coming down on the
Golden Crown, making himself ae-
Guainted with the river changes.