Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-20

sIAdES VI ii RIVERS.
Memphis-7 feet 5 inches, a rise o
| inch during the past 4S hours, bu
stationary to-day.
Pittsburg-2 feet 10 inches, q de
cline Of 4 inches.
Cincinnati feet 4 inches, a risI
Of ID inches.
LOuisville-6 feet, a rise of
inches.
Evansville feet 10 inches, a de
cline Of 8 inches.
CairO-l2 feet, a decline of
inches.
St. LOuis-lO feet 6 inches, a ris,
Of 2 inches.
ViOksburg--lO feet 9 inches, a ris
of 7 inches.
Nashville-2 feet 5 inches, a ris,
Of 5 inches.
Chattanooga feet 4 inches, a de
cline of 3 inches.
ShrevepOrt-l5 feet 6 inches,
rise Of 5 inches.
Little RoCk-6 feet 5 inches, a ris,
Of 5 inches.
White river is rising with a goOC
stage from Jacksonport to the mouth
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cold rains.
River still rising.
This weather retards business.
The packets brought in fine trips.
The Henry Lourey and barge
passed up yesterday for st. Louis.
The Golden Grown will be due to-
morrow morning bound for Cincin
natl.
The U. P. Schenck, from the Ohio
is due dowu to-day, bound for NV
Orleans.
The Fannie Tatum, for ArkansaV
and White rivers, left st. Louis Sat.
urday evening.
The present rains seem to be genera.
to the north of us, and a better stage
Of water may be expected.
The John a. Scudder, for st. Louis
and the Golden Rule, for Cincinnati
left New Orleans Saturday.
The upper river steamer Peninal
leaves St. Louis to day for New Or.
leaps with 500 tons of freight.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis, anC
the Paris @. Brown for New Orleans
lett Cincinnati Saturday evening.
A dispatch from Pittsburg reports
considerable rain in that vicinity
which SEEM to have been general.
The Josie Harry, for White river
and the Ida Darragh, for Arkansav
river, departed Saturday with gooC
trips.
The W. P. Halliday left St. Loui
Saturday and will be due down Wed
nesday morning, bound for New Or
leans.
The Commonwealth, from st Louis
passed down yesterday forenoon 70
Vicksburg, after adding fifty tons o
freight.
The barge Hartford, sunk while il
tow of the Paris G. Brown, wa
raised by the Andy Fulton and towet
to Louisville.
Commodore RolliDgpin has resigned
the river department of the st. Loui
Post Dispatch, and is succeeded b,
Frank Bigner.
1t is reported at St. Louis that tn,
Wyoming, Montana and two othe
steamers are about to form a line iron
Cincinnati to this port.
The Katie Hooper is due to da,
and leaves at 8 pm. tomorrow on be
return trip to Pine Bluff and inferno
date landings on Arkansaw river.
Seessel, Ashner q Co., beef an,
pork packers, Nos. 5 and 6 Howard row
are prepared to furnish steamboat
with all kinds Of fresh meats at loves
market prices. . ut
The Annie P. Silver, with a splen
did trip Of freight, passed down thi
forenoon for New Orleans, and adde,
70 bales of cotton and % tons of mis-
%cellaneOus freight.
The Andy Baum departed Saturda
for Cincinnati with 68 bales cotton, Z
bales rags, 400 bbls oil, 1900 bags cot
ton seed meal, 5000 feet lumber and
good list Of people.
Captain James Moore, the sub
marine diver, will raise the govern
ment Board Of Health steam launc
Picket, sunk in front of the cit
several months since.
The Rene Macready will be th
packet leaving tomorrow evening fo
Helena, Mariana, the Cutoff an
intermediate lannidgs on L'Anguill
and st. Francis rivers.
The City Of V~icksburg, in comman
of Captain r. X. Riley, will be tn
Anchor Line packet leaving here a
10 am. tomorrow fol- Cairo and 81
Louis. VIM. Blenker is her polit
clerk.
Captain Harry Brolaski's elegan
Anchor Line steamer Arkansas Cit,
will be here to leave at 10 a m. to
morrow for Vicksburg and principa
way landings. Charles Quesnel is il
charge of the office.
Tx nortnrr;oI L.. C.-L l.,