Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-08

Ylhl w per nedu lOr common. Lambs
$2a3 30 per head. Cows and calves, SIS
to 80 per head. Yearlings, 81 to 81 per
head. Hogsiactiye at AZ to 7Kc per ID, for
common to choice corn fed.
HORSES ANDMULES-Horses range
from 81 70 to 300 each forgood driving or
saddle, and $40 to SIS for plugs. Mules
500 to l75 each for Az to fG hands, and
upto 500 for large extra.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE. .
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
ForMadison, Rene Macready. ........4 d m
White River, Hard Cash.........6 D m
Arkansaw River, Plow Boy...6p m
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For Madison, Katie Hooper.......4 D m
=" Arkansaw City, Dean Adams..5 p m
st. Louis, Ste Genevieve.........5 D m
Friars Point, Coahoma.......5 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Plow Boy, Arkansaw river.
Thomas Sherlock, Cincinnati.
w. p. Halliday, St. Louis.
Rene Macready. Devalls Bluff.
ONeh'hAot AluAo Oill.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Tiger, st. Francis river.
Thomas Sherlock, New Orleans.
w. p. Halliday, New Orleans.
Cons Millar. Cincinnati.
Katie Hooper, Madison.
w. w. ONeil, Ohio river.
IN PORT.
Hard Cash, Plow Boy, Rene Maoready.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point is swelling a
little, and at noon to-day was a frac-
ton above 30 feet, but will hardly 20
any higher, as the upper streams are
falling. The Ohio at Pittsburg rose 3
feet 2 inches, with 10 feet 2 inches on
the gauge. AT Cincinnati it is rising
rapidly, with wei 30 feet on the
gauge. At Louisville itrose IA inches,
with II feet 2 inches in the canal
At Evansville it fell 10 inches,
with 30 feet l inch on the gauge.
At Cairo it fell 7 inches. with
48 feet 4 inches on the gauge. The
Mississippi at st. Louis rose 3 inches,
with l6 feet 9.inches on the gauge. AT
Vicksburg it fell l inch, with Al
feet 6 inches on the gauge. The Cum.
berland at Nashville is stationary.
with 36 feet 6 inches on the
gauge. The Tennessee at Chattanooga
fell 18 inches with 13 feet 4
inches on the gauge. Red river at
Shreveport rose | inch, with 30 feet
inches on the gauge. Arkansaw river
fell II inch at Little Rock, with 14feet
on the gauge. White river is declin.
ing at headwaters.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy to-day.
River about stationary.
Business good at the landing.
Receipts Of cotton are rather small.
Captain David II. Silver is at Eu-
reka Springs, Ark.
The upper Ohio and Mississippi
rivers continues to rise.
The Anchor Liner City of Alton is
due up 90 her way to st. Louis.
The Jno. b. Maude from Memphis
arrived at st. Louis last evening.
The Mary Houston will be due up
tomorrow morning, bound for the
Ohio.
The Tiger departed last evening for
st. Francis river with a good trip of
freight.
The Charles P. C%houteau, towing
the J. B. M. KehlOr, is due.up, bound
for st. Louis.
The Paris G Brown will be due
down tomorrow morning bound for
New Orleans.
The Ohio river is getting within its
banks; and people are returning to
their homes.
The U. p. Schenck, which passed
up yesterday for Cincinnati, added 942
bales Of cotton.
1t is reported that the break at
L%ongwood, Louisiana, has been sue
cesSfully closed.
The w. P. Halliday, with a good
trip o freight, passed down last even
ing for New Orleans.
The towboat Raymond Horner is
coming up the river, with the steamer
w. j. Behan in tow.
The steamer Sam Fowler will be
sold at public auction at Nashville on
Thursday, the 10th inst.
The Dean Adams will be in to night
and is the mail packet leaving to-mor-
row evening for Arkansaw City.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
the Guiding Star for New Orleans are
announced to leave Cincinnati this
evening.
The bridge over Cache river is again
in good condition, and the railroad
packets have resumed their trips to
Madison.
The City of Baton Rouge, for st.
Louis, and the r. r. Springer, for
Cincinnati, will leave New Orleans
this evening.
The City of Greenville departed last
evening for st. Louis after adding 63l
bales Of cotton and 1928 feet of wal
nut lumber.
An item Of freight on the steamer
James D. Parker, and consigned to
this port, was a couple hundred bar
rels Of whisky.
The Ste. GeneYieYe will be in To-.