Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-10
CAIRO CORRESPONDENCE
Railroad Matters Death of an Old CltizeI
The Fire-Business-Hig Water, etc.

The business Water, etc.
ST.. CHARLES HOTEL,
CARo, ILL.,, Msy7, 1866.
EpIroRs PUBLIC LEDGER Ten days
sickness in Cairo with chills and fever
has prevented me from writing to you as
proposed on leaving Memphis. Through
the courtesy of Capt VIM. c. Postal, the
Superintendent of the St. Louis and
Memphis Packet Company at Memphis,
we took passage on the Belle st. Louis,
in company with number of passengers
from the Crescent City and a goodly
number of passengers from Memphis,
among whom were Miss Emile Ham
merskold and her sister, the well-known
vocalists of Memphis. And that the music
on board the Belle st. Louis was of the
highest order, all who know their
ability will testify, as does your cor
respondent
On arriving at Cairo late at night we
found our way to the st. Charles, and
there found our old personal friend jew
EFT Wilcox, one of its proprietors, and a
we'll known and popular clerk upon some
of the finest boats that ever ran upon the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, viz the
Martha Jewe.t, c. Z. Hillman, City of
Alton alias Bull of the Woods, NJ. S.
Mepham and others. That we were well
taken care of none will deny, for that is
Jewett's forte, taking care of his friends,
and they are legion" Well, here we
are in Cairo, Monday morning; got up
at sunrise, took one. of the best of St
Charles eye-openers" and then started
out TO view the city of Cairo As it is
now is not what it was when you were
running the Democrat. A great change
has taken place, not only in appearance,
but in commercial point Of view. In
going up the levee, we met few old
familiar faces that we used to meet in the
early days Of the late war. First came
our old scribbHng friend, Sol Silver, with
his countenance wide open, and his hand
extended to meet an old friend and none |
can do it more so than Sol. The next |
we meet is one of Cairo's frmest friends
and unsurpassed as gentleman, citizen,
or financial man in any city on the
continent, Col. s. Stats Taylor. Leav-
ing him, we meet our old friend McKen-
zie, another Of Cairo business men, and
upon meeting him we could not do other
wise than go to Billy Schutter's and take
a smile" and so we might go on, but
matters of more importance call our at
tention. Business in Cairo, as in New
Orleans, Memphis and ST. Louis, is dull
at this time, and will continue so until
the fall crops come in. Illinois will raise
a splendid crop of corn, wheat, cotton
and tobacco; and as the cotton crop of
the South comes into market, the produc-
tions of Illinois and other Western States
will find good market at Memphis, New
Orleans and Texas The rivers here
have been very high the past month,
being nearly as high as they we're in 1862.
The cellars on the levee and the back
part Of the city have been overlooked
with sipe water, and the two new rotary
engines built by the city have been in
full operation the past two weeks pump
ng it out The working Of these power
iul engines has been visited by large
number Of citizens and strangers AT
he present time both the Ohio and Mis-
'issippi rivers are falling. The city OF
Cairo and the county Of Alexander have
ust voted to loan the St Louis and
Cairo Railroad Company $4,000 each !