Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-23

Inc river IS al q stand at this point
Weather clear and cool Business &C
tive.
The following are the arrivals and de.
partures since our last.
Arrivals
Palestine, Louisville.
White Cloud, ST. Louis.
w. r. Arthur, New Orleans.
W. II. Osborne, New Orleans.
Commercial, White river.
Submarine No. IL, Cairo.
Yankee, Cairo.
Departures.
Marble City, St Louis.
White Cloud, New Orleans.
Mary Erwin, Cincinnati.
W K Arthur, St. Louis.
Submarine No IL, New Orleans.
W. II. Osborne, st. Louis.
Lady Gay, St. Louis.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Victory. St Louis.
Boats in Port.
Die Vernon, j. d. Perry, Commercial
Importer, Palestine, Natoma, Mollie
Hambleton, Sam j. Hale.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For Cairo and 81. Louis.-The reg
ular St. Louis packet this evening at 6
o'clock is the Belle St. Louis, Capt Alex.
Zeigler commanding, and W. c. Blenker
presiding at the desk.
Helena, Vicksburg and the Bends.
The good steamer Die Vernon departs
at o'clock this evening for the above
points. Capt T. s. Lee, Clay Rice and
VIM. j. Fields are her officers.
White Rirer This evening at five
o'clock the popular steamer Commercial
leaves for The White river country. The
welLknown Capt Jno. B. Davis is still
commanding, lth Messrs Geo. C. Blish
and Bob o. in the Office.
White Rirr.-The J. D. Perry has
her single up for White river, departing
at pm. to-day. Capt. A. Baird is in
command, and Mr.. F. W. Hurlburt, as
sisted by Messrs. Fillmore and Bradley,
has charge Of the Office.
Louisville and Cincinnati. The Dean
Line packet Sam J. Hale will leave to.
day at pm for Cincinnati, making
landings at all way points VIM. P.
Walker is her commander, and VIM. II.
Armstrong clerk.
Cairo and Louisville The Louisville
packet Palestine, Capt. Yves. Whithorn,
leaves this evening at O'Clock.
Miscellaneous.
0ne-half of the steamer Memphis was
sold on Change yesterday to Dan. Able
for $4,000.
The new wharfboat for the St. Louis
Packet Company arrived yesterday
The channel between Cairo and St.
Louis is in better condition than last re-
ported, but it is yet difficult of navigation
for steamers drawing six feet of water.
The Ohio is falling and low at Pittsburg,
but in fair stage below Cincinnati, with
seven feet of water in the canal at Louis
vile and full banks below. White, Ar
kansas and St. Francis rivers are still
falling and very low The channel depth
to Little Rock is two feet, and to Jack
sonport three feet.
John Smith, pilot, died in Cincinnati
Wednesday, and Robert Minor, engi-
neer of the Maggie Hayes, died very
of cholera at Newport.
Captain E. F. Owens sold his interest
of oneeighth of the steamer War Eagle,
at St Louis, to W. II. Thompson, for
S2625. One-fourth of the towboat Storm
was sold at the same place for $4,000, or
at the rate of s24, 900 fer the whole boat.
STEAMBOAT PRNTrSG.-We respectfully
ask our steamboat friends to call and ex-
anime the specimens of fine steamboat
printing daily executed at the PUBLIC
LEDGER office. Our prices will be found
to compare favorably with those of Gin
cinnati or St. Louis, and to be greatly
below those asked by other city Offices.
Bring your orders directly to US, and
save the commission charged by parties
who take in work they are not prepared
to execute. I