Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-16


Steamer Hesper, OsceoIa.
s. C. Day, St. Francis river.
"a City of Alton, Vicksburg.
Geo. W. Cheek, Friar Point.
Grand Tower, ST. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Gen. Anderson, Friar's Point
City of Alton, st. Louis
Mary Boyd, Arkansas river.
BOATS IN PORT.
Sam J. Hale, Grand Tower, r. P.
Walt, s. C. Day, Hesper, St. Francis,
Geo W. Cheek.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river is rising very slowly here
and at Cairo. The Ohio, Mississippi and
Missouri are all reported declining. The
Illinois is said to be drying up. The
Cumberland continues to rise slowly,
and has now FIVE and half feet on Har-
peth Shoals. The weather continues ex-
cessively hot. Business to-day is mod
erately active for this season of the year,
but no great activity can be observed in
any of the trades. Light draught steam
ers are now being brought into service in
nearly allof the upper river trades.
The elegant side-wheel steamer, R. P.
Walt, Capt Ashford, commanding is the
regular Saturday mail packet for all
points on White river, leaving this eve
ming at o'clock. This steamer, with
her gentlemanly and attentive officers
and crew, is great fayorite in the White
river trade, and well worthy the liberal
patronage she receives. Charlie Butler
does the agreeable in the Office, assisted
by our friend Smithers Passengers en-
route to Little Rock or Hot Springs will,
by taking passage on the Walt, make d.
rect connection at Devalrs Bluff with
the Little Rock train.
The Geo. W. Cheek came in this
morning on time as usual, and backs out
at 5 o'clock pm, this day for Helena,
Friars Point and all intermediate land
ings. Mark Cheek is her worthy master,
and Frank Gonterman, assisted by Char
lie Jackson, presides at the desk.
Major Adams has a telegram from
Little Rock this morning which states
that the river had fallen two and half
inches at that point up to last night.
The new and elegant sidewheel steamer
Pat. Cleburne will arrive from above this
evening, and enters the Memphis and
Little Rock trade at once. She will be
the first boat leaving here for points along
the Arkansas, departing on Monday even
ing next. Captain Reese Pritchard is
her able commander.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
came in this morning, and leaves for st.
Louis at five pm.
Captain W. P. Walker will back out
the Dean line steamer Sam. j. Hale at
FIVE clock this evening for Cairo, Padu-
cab, Evansville, Louisville and Cincin-
matt. The Hale is well known as first
class steamer, and will doubtless clear
with her cabin full of passengers. Mr..
Z. C. Miller presides at the desk
The Rubicon, Mckee, master, will be
in port to leave at FIVE pm. for Vicks-
burg and the bends.
The Natehez will pass up tomorrow
Sunday morning st nine o'clock for
Cairo and St. Louis.
The Boyd got away for the Arkansas
last night with good trip.
Barney Hughes article explaining the
cause of the defeat of the Natchez is
being extensively copied by Northern
papers.
The East Saginaw Courier of recent
date says:
The propeller Antelope, Capt Robert
Ballentine, left the anchorage, July 6,
with six barges in tow, containing in all
!, $4,000 feet of lumber for Chicago
With one exception this is the FIRST barge
tow that ever left the Saginaw river for
Chicago and is the largest that ever left
the river for any point.
The tugboat W. J. May caught fire at
Louisville Thursday night The FIRE was
extinguished without serious loss.
The Cairo Bulletin. referring 10 an ar
tiele in the Cincinnati Commercial, that
all bets made on the race between the
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