Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-07

Csiro-2l feet 4 inches, a rise Of
Of 2 feet.
St. LOuis-ls feet 2 inches. a rise
OF 8 inches.
Vicksburg-29 feet, a decline Of 2
feet 2 inches.
Nashyille-8 feet s inches, a rise of
2 feet s inches.
ChattanOoga-6 feet 9 inches, a
rise of | inch.
Shreveport-9 feet, a rise of / inch.
Little Rocks feet and stationary.
White and st. Francis rivers are at
a fair navigable stage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant wea Their.
River almost stationary.
The week opens with fair bust
ness.
Macready for St. Francis river to-
morrow.
Business in river circles at Pitts
burg is almost suspended.
The City of Cairo added 10 tons.
and left on time fer Vicksburg.
The Paris G. Brown will be due up
to morrow on her way to the Ohio.
There is full 10 feet of water in the
channel between st. Louis and Cairo.
The John S. Bransford departed
for White river Saturday with a good
trip.
The City of Alton, with about 100
tons, passed up last evening for st.
Louis.
Captain Lloyd 7. Belt is at St.
Louis negotiating for a lower coast
packet.
The City of New Orleans, from St.
Louis, passed south at A am. yester.
day with a big trip.
The Henry Lourey and barges, from
st. Louis, passed south at 10 a m. to.
day, bound for New Orleans.
Steward J.. B. Codilote, late of the
Chas. Morgan, is now in charge of the
cabins OF the Golden Crown.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis.
and the Golden Crown, for New Or
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday.
Notwithstanding the dull season
the Memphis and Ohio River Packet
Line are sending out two boats per
week.
The Ohio river is now as muddy as
the lower Mississippi with huge green
trees lodged against the dam at Louis
vile.
The new steamer, City of Madison,
made the run on Thursday last
from Madison to Louisville in three
hours.
The w. P. Halliday left New Or.
leans Saturday evening and will pass
here Wednesday forenoon for St.
Louis.
The Gold Dust added 20 tons Of
freight aud several passengers, and
lett at the usual hour, yesterday fore
noon, for st. Louis.
The splendid Anchor Line steamer,
John A. Scudder, will pass down to-,
morrow at noon for New Orleans.
Captain Ad Storm, at the wharf boat,
is her agent.
Captain Ad Storm, agent ofthe 90"
Line OF steamers, announces the Paris
U. Brown to pass up at 10 am. TO.
morrow for Cincinnati and principal
way landings on the Ohio.
Captain NJ. NJ. Deem, who has been
absent from his boat for several trips.
owing to the death of his mother, is
aboard the Andy Baum this trip, but
looks a little under the weather.
A report was received at Ports
mouth TO the effect that the Fannie
Dugan, recently purch .sed fer the St.
Johns river, Florida, had been
wrecked on her ocean voyage. The
report is yet to be confirmed.
Mr.. S. v. Helm, formerly in charge
Of the bars Of the 0sceola Belle and
James Lee and other packets, died Of
malarial fever on Thursday last, al
Plum Point, Tennessee. He leaves q
wife and two children living in Iowa.
The Anchor Line packets leaving al
10 a m. tomorrow are the City Of
V~icksburg, for Vicksburg, and the
City of Greenville, for St. Louis
Both are elegant passenger steamers.
in charge Of clever und experienced
officers.
The Plow Boy will arrive to. morrow
and leave on Wednesday at 5 pm. in
place of the Hard Cash for all points
on White river through to Jackson
port where close connection is made
with light draft steamers for upper
White an Black rivers.
Captain 0. X. Jopliu's side wheel
steamer, Rene Macroady, is receiving
to leave at 5 pm. tomorrow for Ma
riana, the Cut OFF, Wittsburg and all
way landings on L'anguille and st.
Francis rivers. A. L. Banning is in
charge ofthe Office.
The Coahoma, in command of Cap
tain Heniy Cooper, is the Lee Line
mail packet leaving this evening for
| Osceola and way landings on the
upper coast, giving strict attention to
all business entrusted to her. Hugh
Tomlinson and Charles Bourne are in
charge of Office affairs.
The U. S. steam dredgeboat Essay
ons was sold at New Orleans on
Wednesday last, by Captain Henner,
U, S. A., by order of the War Depart
ment, the engineers having no further
use for the vessel. There was consid
cradle desire to obtain possession of
this vessel, but she was finally awarded
to a northern bidder for $l0,25O.
The Katie Hooper, with a light trir,
arrived carly this morning, and leaves