Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15

City Of Cairo. 81 Lonis.
Mississippi, Cairo
G. W. Graha1i, Vichsburg
Louisiana, Louisville.
W. j. Lewis, St. Louis 4tt
Ned Tracey, St Louis.
America, New Orleans. I
Departures.
VI. ] Lewis, New Orleans
Ned Tracey, New Orleans.
Louisiana, New Orleans
america, Pittsbuig,
Boats in Port. "a
IT. Patrick, City Of Cairo, Comet, Com
mercial, Mollie Hambleton, G. W. Ora
ham, Southerner, Mississippi.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
Cairo and 81 Louis. = The famous
and fleet craft known as the City of
Alton is once more at our landing and
will depart Cor Cairo and ST. Louis this
evening at five o'clock. Captain Bob K.
Riley is in command and Pete w. Sheck-
" presdes in the Office The Alto is
one of the ,,ayest of the st. Louis packets
and will do to travel on. v
Helena and Vicksburg.- The cele.
brated steamer St. Patrick, Capt J ames
Lee, win leave for Helena, Wick sburg
1.-The Bends this evening at FIVE OF lock.
Hcv office is in charge of Clay Rice, and
W. j. Fields, gentlemen who unders aaud
their business.
Arkansas Ri6er.-Capt N. S. GREEN s
packet Cleaner, with the mail and q .sar.
age insurance agent ON board, will depart
for the Arkansas this evening at five
o'clock John T. Fenwick and R. De
Shields attend to her official duties. THE
Cleaner is good boat, has gentle.na My
officers and the other requisites to make
passengers comfortable. 1
81. Francis Rirer. : The pc pular
iynllie Hambleton is the regular Jacket
for st. Francis river this evening. Capt
II 4. Boz man will be found on thei root
and Tn:h Day and R. B. Majors st the
desk. The Mollie is decidedly popular
and her of GERS endeavor to keep he r So
Watte Rirer. The wel.known st ca mel
Commercial, Captain John B. Davis il
s,:n,sard and George C. Blish aud M lit
z Harvey in the Office, viii leave for th'
waters o. White river this evening. l',,s
sengers bound that way should stretc b 1
poin. to travel on as good boat as az
Commercial 81
Miscellaneous.
At Cincinnati yesterday the river W a.
stationary, rad the ice quite rotten.
The Naugatuck, recently sunk in t y
Mississippi near Dogtooth bend, has bee .
raised. She will go on the docks at Cair {
for repairs.
Capt Larry Harmstad and Mr.. Robert
Gibson have purchased Capt Jenning s
interest in the city wharfboat..
A Cairo dispatch states thst the Sam
Gaty struck sunken barge a. Devils
island and touched bottom She is lying
or a bar in shallow water, but badly
listed. The Sam Gay was bound from
St. L5sis for New Orleans, with six
i.pndred teas of miscellaneous freight
Nine feet is reported in the channe! to
Caitr from this poirt AtSt Louis the
river IL falling, witt i've and half feet
to Cairo The Ohio is declining from
Pittsburg down. The Arkansas is de-
clining rapidly, with three feet to Little
Rock. White river continues in fair con-
dition
SrEANBoAT PRINTING. -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 viii be found
to compare favorably with those Of Gin
cinnah or St Louis. anl to be greatly
below those asked By other city Offices
Bring your orders directly to us, and
ave the commission charged by parties
who take in work they are not prepared
to execute. 7