Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-05
The Port of Memphis.

and beautiful. 4c,.
The river has almost come TO stand
Business continues dull.
The following are the arrivals and de
partures since our last
Arrivals.
St Patrick, Vicksburg. giliri ilGO
j. s. McCune, White river.
Linnie Drown, Arkansas river
Albert Pearce, St. Louis.
Belle St Louis, St Louis.
Prairie State, St Louis.
P.W. Strader, New Orleans NJ
Continental, st. Louis.
Minnie, Cincinnati.
Departures.
j. S. McCune, White river.
Southerner, st. Louis.
q Silver Moon, Cincinnati. q ft4g
Mollie Hambleton, St Francis river
P. W. Strader, ST. Louis.
Continental, New Orleans.
Minnie, Arkansas river.
Boats in Port.
DieVernon, Lady, Flora, r. NJ. Bishop,
Florence Traber, Nevada, St Patrick,
Belle St. Louis, Q. Lloyd, Linnie Drown,
Albert Pearce, Prairie State, Leonora,
Cleaner.
Boats Due.
City of Cairo, Swallow, Pauline Car
roll, Robert Burns, St Cloud, Louisville,
Atlantic, Virginia.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
! For CAIRO AND ST., LoUIs.-The splen--
did steamer Belle ST. Louis leaves for
above at o'clock this evening She is
An charge Of the veteran Captain Zeigler,
with the popular Billy Blenker in the
Office For a safe and comfortable boat
she is not to be surpassed. Dave Kerr,
one of the most popular and whole-souled
gentlemen, is the dispenser" and he
understands his biz"
For ARKANSAS RIVER The elegant
and light -draught steamer Cleaner leaves
for all navigable points on the above
named river this evening at 8 o'clock.
She is in charge of the whole-souled, ge-
nial-hearted gentleman, Captain Jno. h
Moody, one of the most popular and
skillful commanders on the river Will.
X. Speed, one of those jovial, kind
hearted gentlemen, is her clerk With
such officers the Cleaner is bound to do
we'll For comfort and safety go by the
Cleaner.
aarl IlI Miscellaneous. H al.
The river at St. Louis is rising at the
rate of 81 inches per day
The Guidon is undergoing repair at
the St. Louis dockyard.
On the last trip of the Fanny Barker
from Jacksonville to ST. Louis, she had
twenty-four preachers" on her passen-
ger list
The steamer Illinois broke her pitman
at St. Louis on Thursday evening last
Mr.. Gus Harms, the clerk of the Major
Anderson, who shot man named Miller,
at Lawrenceburg, few days since, after
an examination, was discharged, on the
ground that he acted in selfdefence.
We CLEAN the following from our ex-
changes:
ST. PAUL. Pioneer, of the 18th,
says: The river is steadily falling, hav-
ing receded more than foot from its
highest point The Minnesota is also
falling rapidly.
PITTsBURG Gazette, of Wednes-
day, says: The river continues to recede
at this point, though there is, as yet, an
abundance Of water for all navigable
purposes; aboat eight feet in the chan
mel, according TO the Allegheny marks
The weather continues clear and pleas
ant, and very favorable for business at
the landing.
CINoIYNATI-The Enquirer of the same
day says The weather yesterday was
clear and pleasant during the greater
part of the day, but last evening it
clouded up and a slight rain set in, with
indications of heavy rains during the
night. The river is falling very rapidly
at this point, with scant thirty feet of
water in the channel at 6 o'clock last
evening -...f. o.
LoUIsvILLE-The Courier, of the Same
day, says The river has been falling
fast all the week with 10 feet inches in
the canal last evening by the water
mark. During the previous twenty-four
hours it had fallen IS inches at the head
of the falls, and feet at Portland. The
weather was cloudy in the morning, in
dicating rain, but it cleared off in the
evening with a very high wind pre-
vailing. .........
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
whe take in work they are not prepared