Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-04

The following are the arrivals and de-
partures:
Cornelia, Cairo.
Belle Memphis, Cairo.
Alice v, New Orleans.
Welcome, Vicksburg.
Sam Gaty, New Orleans
Clara Dosen, New Orleans.
w. r. Arthur. Cairo
Die Vernon, Vicksburg
Darling, Cincinnati.
ST. Patrick. Vicksbirg.
Glasgow, Evansville.
Commercial, White river.
Nellie Hambleton, ST. Francis river
NJ. L. Forsythe, New Orleans.
Lizzie Gill, New Orleans.
Departures.
Welcome, St. Louis.
Sam Gaty, St. Louis
Clara Dolsen, ST. Louis.
Cornelia, New Orleans.
Des Arc, White river.
Dan Able, Vicksburg
Rose Hambleton, Pine Bluff.
Victor No. 2, Haile's Point.
Boats in Port.
Belle Memphis, Laura Fenton, Mollie
Hambleton, Gaidon, Glasgow, CONNER
cial, Die Vernon, Darling, St. Patrick,
W. r. Arthur, NJ. E. Forsyth, Lizzie
Gill
Miscellaneous.
The upper rivers are all rising. A
dispatch from Louisville, dated yester'
day, says the river is full of ice and
rising at the rate of one inch per hour,
with ten feet two inches in the canal
1t is said that the Missouri is to be
bridged at Omaha and Kansas City, and
perhaps at one or two other places.
The following steamboat sales have
taken place at St. Louis within the past
few days: Captain Ed Anderson sold
his one.fourth interest in the steamer
Only Chance for $4,000. Captain Murphy
sold one.6fth of the Evening Star to
Captain Bryan for $4,000. Captain Bart
Able sold one-fourth of the Albert Pearce
to Captain VIM. Ashford for $4,000.
In consequence of the action of the
St. Louis and other Merchants Elk
changes, the Naples and Illinois Packet
Companies will hereafter charge freight
on all sorts of grain by the hundred
pounds, not by the bushel-or sack as
heretofore. All other boats and packet
lines will do the same, no doubt, from
the opening of navigation.
The following is list Of the different
steamers at Cincinnati, laid up until the
resumption of navigation; Flying Eagle,
hull of the Superior, Pine Grove, St.
Charles, R. c. Gray, Arabian, Belle Yer
non, Starlight, Lizzie Hopkins, Potomac,
Rebecca, Nightingale, Edinburg, Alice
Dean, Emma No. 3, Lawrence, Arma'
dillo, Leonora No. 2, Shamrock, Cham
pion, Mary Erwin, Anglo Saxon, Robert
Burns, Minneola, Huntsville, Emerald
Westmoreland, Magnolia, Bostona,
United States, General Buell., Major An
derson and General Lytle. Of this lis
the following boats are loaded Arabian
Emma No. 3, Lawrence, Armadillo
Mary Erwin, Champion and Emerald.
The St. Louis Republican of Saturday
SAYS: Yesterday the weather was milo
and pleasant, with prospects of more
rain. Steamboats, and steamboatmer
generally are now busily engaged il
getting ready for business. We have M
news from the river between this ant
Cairo. The gorge above Alton is still
firm in its position. At this point thu
river is still swelling slowly. The gorg'
between St. Charles and the mouth o
the Missouri is reported to have broker
loose.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING. We respectful.
ask our steamboat friends to call and ex
anime the specimens of fine steamb GA
printing daily executed at the PUBLIC
LEDGER Office. Our prices will be foun'
to compare favorably 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, ant
save the commission charged by partie
who take in work they are not prepared