Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-28
RIVER I~NTELLIGENCE.

RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For Friars Point, James Lee........5 D m
Osceola, Coahoma.....y........6 b m
Cincinnati, Granite State. .......5 D m
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For White river, Us. Bransford.. % D m
st. Louis, John b. Maude.......b D m
New Orleans, W. P. Halliday.5 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer james Lee. Friars Point.
Coahoma, 0sceola.
CITY Of Providence, st. Louis.
Belle Memphis, Yicksburg.
PiOsa, Chester.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Dean Adams, Arkansaw CITY.
Ste. Genevieve, st. Louis.
City Of Providence, Vicksburg.
Belle Memphis, ST, Louis.
IN PoKT.
James Lee, Coshoma, Granite State,
Piasa.
STAGES OF TUE RIVERS.
Memphis-19 feet 3 inches, a fall of
foot during the past "a hours.
Pittsburg-l foot 6 inches, a fall Of
3 inches.
Cipcinnati-1O feet 6 inches, a fall Of
2 inches.
LouiSville-5 feet IL inches in the
canal, a fall of 10 inches.
Evansville % feet 3 inches, a rise
of | foot 8 inches.
Cairo-23 feet II inches a fall Of
u feet l inch.
inch.
Vicksburg--38 feet 3 inches, a fall of
A inches,
Nashville feet 2 inches, a fall Of
10 inches.
Chattanooga 3 feet2 inches, a fall
Of 2 inches.
inches.
Little Rock feet 5 inches, a fall
Of z inches.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Paris G, Brown is overdue from
Cincinnati.
The Belle Memphis passed up this
morning for st. Louis.
The U. P. Schenck left New Orleans
yesterday for Cincinnati.
The Piasa arrived yesterday from
Chester with a tow Of stone.
The City of Alton, going down,
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The Ste. Genevieve returned to St
Louis yesterday evening with 55 SKIS of
wheat.
The John B. Maude will arrive to-
night and leave to morrow evening for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The Hard Cash left this morning in
charge of Captain Ed Postal for
Mound City, where she will 60 on the
docks for a general overhauling.
The W. P. Halliday, Captain s.
Jolly, leaves the Anchor Line wharf
boat tomorrow morning for New Or
leans and the bends.
The City Of Providence passed
down this morning for Vicksburg with
a good trip. She discharged here 100
bbls potatoes and so bbls meal, and
added 20 tons of way freights.
Captain Henry Cooper's reliable
CoahOma leaves at 5 O'Clock this even
ing tor Osceola and all way landings
on the upper coast. Messrs Hugh
Tomlinson and Charles Bourne are
her clerks.
The John S. Bransford, Captain
Jas. Kinman, leaves tomorrow even
ing for Indian Bay, DeValls Bluff,
Augusta, Jacksonport and all way
landings on White river, making direct
connections with light draft packets
for upper White and Black rivers.
Messrs. Fred Jones and Hugh Smith
are her clerks.
The Board of Health of this city has
50 modified health order No. Ia. issued
July 18th, that all goods, freight, mer.
ehandlse, ETC., by river or rail from
Southern ports, will be received ia
this city it accompanied by the official
inspection certificate of the National
Board certifying to the freedom from
Infection OF said articles.
The Granite State, Captain w. O..
T%ichenor, leaves from the foot of
Court street at 5 o'clock this evening
for Cairo, Evansville, Louisville, Gin.
cinnati and all intermediate landings
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
She makes close connection with the
principal railroads centeriug at Gin
c%innati, and will ticket passengers
through to all points North and East
at very low rates. CAPTAIN James
Surtees is chief clerk. lie is assisted
by Lew Briggs.
That fine, swift running and favorite
local packet, James Lee, departing this
evening on her regular trip in the
mail trade hence to Helena and Friars
Point, deserves more than the usual
notice. The Lee is as regular in her
time as a railway train, and is man
aged with the same care, precision and
discipline as a regular ocean vessel.
Her officers, including Captain Stacker