Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
The Port of Memphis.

ana TINS morning shO"eu some ~ ptoihs
of falling. Business wore lively APP
pearance at the landing this morning,
freight being piled up and laborers NOV
ing quite briskly. The weather was
pleasant and clondy
9 The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last:
Arrivals
Cleaner, Pine Bluff.
Mary E. Forsyth, New Orleans.
Ruth, New Orleans
Adam Jacobs, ST. Louis.
Peter Balen, st. Louis
Mollie Able, st. Louis.
Agnes, White river.
Darling, Cincinnati.
Lady, Hailes Point
Departures.
Marble City, St Louis
Mary Z. Forsyth, St Louis
Ruth, ST. Louis.
Agnes, st. Louis.
Mollie Able New Orleans.
Mollie Hambletou, St Francis river
Northwest. St Francis river
Pioneer, Fort Smith
Boats in Port
iDau Able, Die Vernon Cleaner Oar
ling, Peter Balen, Adam Jacobs, Lady.
Boats Leaving To-day.
The Adam Jacobs is the regular 81.
Louis packet this evening Capt. JAS.
w. Rowland commands, and Tom White
presides in the Office.
Capt. Nat S. Green's new steamer Dan
Able leaves for Vicksburg and the Bends
this evening at o clock John T. Fem
wick and John Langlois have chargs Of
her office
The mail packet Cleaner leaves for
Arkansas river this evening with Capt
John X. Moody in command viii. X.
Speed and d. NJ. Wells are her clerks
Boats Leaving To Morrow.
The Laura Fenton, first class NJ AZ
phis aud Louisville packet, will lre,e
for The latter aud all way points to NOR
row evening at O'Clock. The we'll
know Capt Sam. Archer will be found
on tn. roof, with Mr.. Hewitt in the office.
For freight or passage apply to Messrs.'
johnson & Wright, agents, on Siar wharf
boat. foot of jefferson street
Miscellaneous
Capt. Jas. McGinnis, pilot Of the Nile,
died on the boat of cholera and was bur
led near Lexington, Mo, on Wednesday.
A Louisville contemporary says that
owing to the vigorous opposition by the
railroad and the cumpetifion of rival
boats, the rates to Memphis declined to
forty cents. Then, to make the thing
more absurd, the Palestine snd Cora S.
were offering to take Memphis freight
at twenty cents and New Orleans freight
at fifty cents.
Dubuque papers say that boats are
running only to Prescott, the head of
navigation for large steamers.
The Ohio is falling from Piitsburg to
the mouth.
Yesterdays ST. Louis .icrat says
The river is falling fast 8" steadily, 1t
is supposed there will be but seven feet
water to Cairo by tomorrow evening.
Boats from Miami and Leavenwort
found four feet in the Missouri. Bust
ness has improved little. There will
be heavy time on the rivers soon. The
larger Missouri river boats are withdraw
ing, to put themselves in order for the
New Orleans trade. Weather hot, APP
pearances last evening were favorable
for rain.
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
leinnati or ST. Louis, and to be greatly
below those ssked by other city Offices,
Bring yoar orders directly to us, and
save the commission charged by parties
who take in work they are not prepared
to execute. 7