Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-19
The Andv Baum denartsd last aver.

The Andy Baum departed last even
ing with go bales Of cotton, 100 bbls
oil and fair trip Of people. .
The Vint Shinkle arrived at Gin
elnnati this evening, and the Cons
Millar left there for this port.
The James w. Gaff will arrive TO-
night and leaves on Saturday with
return trip for the Ohio river.
Mr.. james franklin, levee clerk for
the Memphis and Ohio Packet Com
pany, is lying i'll at his residence.
The Marlin Speed is due to-day
from ArkansaW river and leaves on
Saturday at SPIN. with a return trip.
Steward Boyd, of the Coahama.
yesterday resigned his position, and
James McNett went out in his place.
The City of New Orleans, for st.
Louis, and the Golden Crown for Gin
ccinnati, left New Orleans last even
ing.
Captain W. G. Hardwick is coming
out of the Ohio with a feet of bar
ges loaded with corn for the sugar
coast.
The Coahoma and James Lee will
be back to leave again tomorrow
evening for the upper and lower
coasts.
The City Of Providence is the An
Choir Line packet leaving here to-
morrow evening for Cairo aud st.
Louis.
The New Mary Houston should
pass here tomorrow evening on her
way to New Orleans. Captain Ad
Storm, at the wharfboat, is her agent.
Captain james Rees is coming down
In command of the new steel hull
steamer Chattahoochie, which is des.
tined tine to Columbus, Ca, via New
Orleans.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-
morrow and is the mail packet leaving
Saturday evening for White river.
Captain K. W. Lightburne, her agent,
will make engagements for her.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain |; H. Mckee, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at lOa.m.
to morrow for Vicksburg and inter
mediate landings. Henry Corbyn is
her polite clerk.
The Ste Genevieve, in command Of
Captain G. w. Vickers, is the Anchor
line packet leaving promptly at bpm.
to-day for Cairo, St. Louis and all way
mail landings. John Messengale and
Harry Crane are her polite clerks.
An interesting suit is in progress in
the United States District Court at
Cincinnati, relative to the hull of the
Sam Gaty, built by James Mack. az
forwards called the John A. Scudder
between Captain A. j. Carter and
James Mack.
The river at this point is 2 feet 7
inches below the danger line, and at
st. Louis it is eighteen feet below.
At Cairo tits 4 feet 2 inches above the
danger line, and at Vicksburg it is
10 inches below the danger liHe At
Nashville the Cumberland river is
stationary, and within 3 feet of the
highest water known, which was in
lS47 when there was 81 feet 6 inches
on the gauge.
The swift aud elegant steamer,
Dean Adams, in Command of Cap
tain Mark R Cheek, is the regular
mail packet leaving this evening for
Helena, Terrene, Arkansaw City and
all way landings, attending promptly
to all business that offers and max.
ing close connection with trains on
the Little Rock, Mississippi River
and Texas railroad. Captain A. L
Cummins presides at the desk and
is assisted by Lee Cummins.
The present prospects seem to in
dictate that the floods of the upper
rivers have about reached their
height. The Tennessee river is still
rising, but the Cumberland river after
reaching 81 feet 6 inches or within 3
feet OF the great rise of 1S47, is sta
tionary at Nashville and falling at
points above. The rise from the up
per Ohio has spent its force and on.
~ that coming from the Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers is causing the
swell at Cairo, most of which passes
through bayou above New Madrid
into the Sunk Lands, thence down
tie St. Francis river to the Missis-
sippi. This accounts for the lieht
rise at this port each day, and ii is
safe to say that the river will not
reach the point attained during the
spring rise of April last, when it
went to "a feet 2inches or two inches
above the danger line. The latest
report from the Cumberland is that
the river is falling foot per hour
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