Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-11
The Port of Memphis.

The river at this point is falling very
slowly. Business this morning was
lively, and the weather hot enough for
anyone.
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last
Arrivals.
Liberty No. 2, Louisville.
Platte Valley, Vicksburg.
Atlantic, st. Louis.
Lady, Hale's Point.
Magenta, St Louis.
Pauline Carroll, St. Louis
Des Arc, Vicksburg.
Commercial, White river.
City Of Cairo, ST. Louis.
Molie Able, New Orleans.
Clifton, Cincinnati
Departures.
Platte Valley, st. Louis.
Magenta, New Orleans
Harry Dean, Cincinnati.
Guidon, Arkansas river.
Linnie Drown, Pine Bluff
Southerner, St Louis.
Atlantic, New Orleans
st. Patrick, Vicksburg.
Marble City, St Louis.
Mollie Able, St Louis.
Pauline Carroll, New Orleans.
Liberty, Louisville.
Boats in Port.
City of Cairo, Commercial, Clifton,
Celeste, Lady, Flora, Des Arc
Boats Leaving To-Day.
The lannon's City of Cairo is the St.
Louis packet this evening, leaving at s
O'Clock. She is gay craft, runs fast,
lives well and has superior officers.
Capt. Bob X. Riley commands, and W.
Il. Block presides at her desk. Tickets
can be obtained at the Union ticket
office, 5 Jefferson street.
The Lady leaves for New Madrid this
evening at 8 clock.
Boats Leaving o.Morrow.
The Dean Line packet Clifton leaves
tomorrow evening at clock for Louis
vile and Cincinnati The Clifton is a
new boat and has frst-class accommo-
dations. Capt. Stein is her commander
White river travellers should bear in
mind that the Commercial, Capt w. J.
Ashford, leaves tomorrow evening for all
points on that stream.
Miscellaneous.
Capt. Smith, Superintendent Of the
St. Louis and Memphis Packet Line, has
the contract to remove all the sunken
and wrecked steamers Of the Atlantic
and Mississippi Steamship Company.
The Missouri, however, sunk just above
Evansville, has been turned over to the
submarine Underwater. That vessel is
now on her way up from Cairo to go to
work wrecking the Missouri. -
From the Cleveland Herald we learn
the important intelligence that sturgeon
that have become unfit for food, are used
as fuel on some Of the Western steam
boats. Twenty sturgeon, it is stated,
make as much steam as a cord of wood.
The officers OF the City of Cairo report
the river falling all the way down.
A new invention to cut through sand
bars has been patented. 1t is floating
vessel, propelled by steam, the forward
portion of the vessel acting as double
dam At the stern are large water-wheels,
driven by powerful machinery. The dams
direct a strong current of water centrally
towards the stern-wheels. So admirably
is the invention apparently adapted to
the purpose of cutting q channel through
sand bars, that every one who has seen
the model thinksit will be success.
The St. Louis Republican Of Satur.
day says Business on sthe landing yes
terday was only moderate. The river al
this point is again on the decline,
STEAMBOAT PRINTING We respectfully
ask our steamboat friends TO call and ex.
anime the specimens Of fine steamb oat
printing daily executed at the PUBLIC
LEDGER Office Our prices will be found
to compare favorably with those of Gin
cinhati 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
whs take in work they are not prepared
to execute