Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-06
The Port of Memphis.

The river is still declining at this
point, and business is exceedingly dull
The weather this morning was pretty
warm-the sun shining brightly - q. ~
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last: .|. t...
Arrivals.
St Patrick, Vicksburg.
Southerner, St. Louis
W. r. Arthur, St Louis.
Petrolia, White river.
Memphis, Little Rock.
Departures.
City of Alton, St Louis
Naugatuck, Cincinnati.
W. X. Arthur, New Orleans.
Lady, Fulton
Pine Bluff, Fort Smith
r.l Boats in Port,
Mollie Hambleton, Northwest, Petro-
liza, Cleaner Memphis, Linnie Drown,
Southerner, Minneola. 4l- 1JLt~
Boats Leaving To-Day.
The celebrated steamer Southerner
leaves for Cairo and st. Louis this even
ing at 5 o'clock, in charge of Capt Dan
Musselman In her office will be found
the popular Larry Entler, who will at
tend to passengers in his usual happy
style. The Southerner connects at Cairo
with the Illinois Central railroad. Tick.
cts can be procured at the Union ticket
office, Jefferson street.
Arkansas bound passengers are in
formed that The pretty steamer Cleaner
starts for Pine Bluff and Little Rock
this evening Her commander is Capt
John X Moody, and her clerkly duties
are performed by viii Speed and Tom
Halliburton, whose good qualifications
make them popular with all travellers.
For the Qaeen City this evening at
o clock, the steamer Minneola will leave,
in charge of Capt Lew Hates, a gen
tleman who understands his business.
Mr. VIM Grubbs presides at her desk,
and will furnish you with tickets and
make the trip comfortable one Ohio
river travellers, be on board early
The swift and popular steamer Mollie
Hambleton sails this eveningat5 clock
for Helena and St Francis river The
Mollie is becoming celebrated in this
trade, which is due to the efforts of her
officers to please her patrons. Captain
Bowman is commander, and Tom Day
and W. H. Clark, clerks.
Miscellaneous.
Arkansas and White rivers are report
ed falling, with sufficient water for all
navigable purposes.
The Ohio is reported falling with five
and a half feet in the canal, and eight
feet on the bars in the lower Ohio
The Mississippi was rising at ST. Louis
yesterday,
Nick NJ. johnson, late freight agent
of the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet
Company stationed at Cincinnati, and
Capt. VIM. S. Getty, of the Iowa City,
have entered into copartnership as gen.
eral steamboat agents, at 22 West Fourth
street, Cincinnati Captain George AL
coke, late of the Darling, succeeds Mr..
johnson as freight agent for the Mem
phis and Cincinnati Packet Company
The steamer Lorena, lying at the ST.
Louis wharf, caught FIRE on Tuesday
morning last, near the after guards. The
fire was extinguished with but little dam
age to the boat
STEAMBOAT PRIYrNG.-We 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 fayorably 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