Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-17
1.-The Port of Memphis.

The weather this morning was quite
cool, especially so for this season.
The river continues to recede at the
rate of about two and-a- half feet per day.
Business remains exceeding dull.
The following are the arrivals and de-
parmres since our last.
Arrivals.
Resale Judson, Louisville. T
'n2 p. W'Strader, Louisville.
Silver Spray, Cincinnati.
Amazon, Cincinnati.
Harry Dean, Cincinnati
Alps, Cincinnati.
Darling, Cincinnati
Molie Hambleton, ST. Francis river
City ofAlton, St Louis.
New Bon Accord, ST. Louis.
Magnolia, New Orleans
=, Departures.
Adam Jacobs, St Louis.
Alps, New Orleans
New Bon Accord, New Orleans.
- Silver Spray, New Orleans.
Resale Judson, New Orleans.
/. r. Amazon, New Orleans 80.
Alice Dean, Cincinnati
Magnolia. St Louis.
Boats in Port.
? Tennessee, Mollie Hanbieton, Celeste,
R. NJ. Bishop, Harry Dean and Darling
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For 81. Louis. The great steamer
CITY OF. Alton, in charge of the greatest
of all commanders, Capt Flem. Calvert
leaves. as above at five this evening,
Peter Sheckly, one of the most amiable
gentlemen on the river, And Ne!fie Dukes,
one OF the most attentive and polite Off
GERS, are his clerks. For speed, safety
and comfort, she is the boat.
4 4 For ARKANSAS RIyER.-The splendid
steamer Celeste leaves this afternoon at
FIVE clock for Arkansas river. She is
commanded by the popular Russ Prltch-
ard. Her clerks are attentive and &C
commodatng gentlemen. She offers
every induoement for the Arkansas
Boats Leaving IO-hoffOW'
For CIycISYATI-The splendid steam
er Darling, in command of the most pop
ular of all the Ohio river commanders,
Capt. George H. Alcoke, and one of the
most eourteousand polite of gentlemen,
leaves tomorrow evening at FIVE clock
for the Queen City. ,.
Miscellaneous.
The St. Louis Republican has an ar
ticle in which il attempts to point out
the advantage Of the St, Louis packets
for White river over the Memphis steam
ers. II says considerable but means
little, ind we can tell the wonderful river
editors of that paper that the Memphis
and White and Arkansas river packets
offer more and decided advantages than
any other steamers ahoat They live bet
ter, run faster, and are much safer than
any Of their ST. Louis tubs,
The Louisville Courier says that the
present rise in the river is caused by a
head rise from the Kentucky, that ia
NOUS contributor TO the Ohio having
risen nearly FIVE feet at Frankfort up to
the time Of the departure Of the Wren on
Friday last for that port.
.1sCaptain Sanders says that the river
had been gradually swelling for several
days, the rise being from the extreme
head waters in the mountains With a
head rise in the Kentucky, there ought
to be rise in the Monongahela and the
Kanawha
The river at Cincinnati up to noon
Saturday had been rather on the decline,
but in the evening late it was on the turn,
and had commenced rising.
The river at Pittsburg was still falling
Saturday, with only little over three
feet water in the channel at Glass-house
ripple.
From Exchanges.
The A. & NJ. S. S. Company-the soul
less set of gougers and swindlers-are
doomed, Their brief and miserable ca
reer Of running rough-shod over the peo-