Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

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BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For ST. Francis river, Macready ......5 m
st. Louis, City Of Vicksburg.... ..5 D m
New Orleans, W. P. Halliday. % p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer City of G~reenville, 81. Louis.
City Of Now Orleans, N. Orleans.
City of Vicksburg, Vicksburg.
Thomas Sherlock, New Orleans.
James W, Gaff, Cincinnati.
Leslie b., Ohio river.
Port Eads, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer City Of Greenville, Vicksburg.
Dean Adams. Arkansaw City.
james Lee, Friars Point.
Coahoma, 0sceola.
. City Of Helena, st. Louis.
City of New Orleans, st, Louis.
Leslie b., New Orleans.
Port Eads, 81. Louis.
IN PORT.
Rene Macready, james w. GaE, City of
Vicksburg, Thomas Sherlock.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the river at this
point was stationary with 20 feet 3
inches on the gauge or 30 feet 2 inches
above low water mark. The Ohio at
Pittsburg fell Is inches with 8 feet 6
on the gauge. AT Cincinnati it iell
IL inches with 40 feet on the gauge
At Louisville it is stationary with
10 feet 3 inches on the gauge.
At Evansville it is rising with 30
f ct 3 iDches on the gauge. At Cairo
it fell 5 inches with 81 feet IL inches
on the gauge. The Mississippi, at st.
Louis fell 7tinches with II feet 10
inches on the gauge At Vicksburg
it rose inches with 80 feet4inches on
the gauge. The Cumberland at Nash
vile, fell 6 inches with Is feet 7
inches on the gauge. The Tennessee at
Chattanooga, fell Is inches, with II
feet l inch on the gauge. Red river
at Shreveport fell 3 inches with IA
feet Z inches on .he gauge. Arkan-
saw river fell 8 inches at Little Rock
with 5 feet 4 inches on the gauge
White river continues to decline.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per City of Greenville, from St,
Louis-l25 bbls -four, 20 pkgs sun
dries.
Per Thomas Sherlock, from New
Orleans, 43 hhds sugar, Sc bbls mo-
lasses.
Per City of New Orleans, from New
Orleans--l4 casks and 100 haxes of
wine, 100 boxes cider, s. hhds and u
bbls sugar, 400 bbls molaseea.
Per James W. Gaf, ROW Uincin-
nati-229 bbls -four, so bbls neal, 264
bbls potatoes, so bbls pitch, WOO bbls
salt, 100 bbls oil, 234 empty oil bbls,
100 boxes starch, 2S7 glassware, 220
kegs nails, 448 bales hay, COB bags oats,
81 bags beans, l72 bags corn, "A plows,
100 rolls paper, lib pkgs hOllowware,
4O2 pkgs furniture, l07 pkgs iron, 205
miscellaneous.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool and cloudy.
Heavy frost last night.
River stationary to. day.
Gaff for Cincinnati to morrow.
Business confined to transient boats
to-day,
The Henry Frank will be here to
leave Thursday for New Orleans.
The James d. Parker, on her way
to Cincinnati, passed Evansville yes
terday.
All boats from the South now pass
up with heavy cargoes, in fact all they
can handle.
The City of Greenvillo added about
40 tons and left this forenoon for
Vlcksburg.
Some Improvement was noticed in
the business Of the local packets leav-
ing here yesterday,
The Mississippi is filed with float
ing ice at st. Joe, and floating leo is
expected at st. Louis.
The City of Helena returned last
evening to st. Louis, taking a lot of
miscellaneous freight.
The little steamer Lessie B., from
the Ohio river, passed down last night
bound for New Orleans.
The r. r. Springer, coming up, and
the Guiding Star, going down, passed
Vicksburg last evening.
The Hard Cash will be in tonight
aud leaves Tomorrow evening with a
return trip for White river.
The shipments Of coal from Pitts
burg for Saturday and Sunday were
close on to 100000 bushels.
The Port Eads and barges, from
New Orleans, passed up yesterday
afternoon, bound for st, Louis.
Now thok kho kol.J.,.