Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-18
The Port Of Memphis.

dull weather clear ana pleasant.
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last
Arrivals.
Belle st. Louis, St. Louis.
Guidon, Arkansas river.
Darling, Cincinnati.
Bee, New Orleans.
NJ. s. Mepham, ST. Louis.
Agnes, White river.
Departures.
Belle Memphis, St Louis.
Bee, st. Louis.
NJ. S. Mepham, New Orleans.
Agnes, st. Louis.
Boats in Port.
Belle st. Louis, Darling, Northwest,
Petrolia, Des Arc
Boats Leaving To-Day.
Cairo and 81 Louis. Belle
ST. Louis is the regular packet to-day.
The gallant Alex. Zeigler commands,
and the popular VIM. C. Blenker is her
premier She leaves at pm.
White Rirer.-The famous Des Arc is
the White river packet this evening
Captain Ashford commands, and Johnny
Sullivan and Charley Smithers are in the
office.
Arkansas Rirg.-The Guidon will
leave for navigable points on the above
stream this evening at o'clock, Captain
r. L. Dismukes commanding Jimmy
Thompson and Tom Halliburton ofiiciate
at the desk
Miscellaneous.
The MeCune and Southerner left Cairo
for the South last evening
The Louisville Courier of yesterday
says the river was falling slowly, with
five feet ten inches water in the canal,
by the mark On Saturday evening there
were six feet water in the canal During
the past twenty-four hours it had fallen
2 inches at the head of the falls, and 6
at Portland The weather was cloudy
yesterday and very warm, with light
dash of rain in the morning, and the
promise of storm in the evening. On
the falls last evening there we're three
feet ten inches water in the pass down
the Indian chute, and falling.
The Fort Smith, Capt Ed Rowland s
new steamer, sunk about fifteen miles
below Van Buren,, at 2 o'clock on the
morning of the Sth inst. She struck
snag and went down almost instantly.
Her cabin and upper works parted from
the hull, and it is feared the boat is a
total loss. She was on her second trip,
and was loaded with government stores
for Fort Gibson, besides about three
hundred sacks of salt for Fort Smith.
The boat was new, and cost about $780,
900. Capt Rowland was at the wheel
when she struck We lean that she
was insured at Cincinnati for $4,000.
No lives we're lost
A Gallipolis dispatch of the 18th states
that about ll:l0 a m. the steamer Allena
May blew up at the head of Raccoon
Island Virginia. She had just made
the landing and was backing out, when
both boilers blew up. She is complete
wreck. Two men belonging to the crew
were killed. Capt Hamilton was badly
wounded. The mate was badly wounded;
also the clerk and several passengers.
Several passengers are missing One
died going up on the Nora. The acct
dent occurred six miles below Gallipolis.
Among those sealded is s. w. Flowers,
engineer, well-known in river circles,
who was passenger on the boat at the
time.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING. 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. T