Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-29

intervals through the night. To-day it
is cloudy and close with indications of
more rain.
The new and elegant passenger and
mail steamer Mary Boyd, Tom Berry,
master, will finish loading her cargo and
back out at FIVE o'clock this evening for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all landings
on the Arkansas, connecting at the lat
ter place with light-draught, steamers
for Fort Smith, and with the stages for
Hot Springs. e. W. Outlaw and Bob
Shields are her clerks.
The R. P. Walt came in this morning
from White river with fair freight trip
and one hundred and ten passengers
splendid trip for this season-and re-
turns to that stream tomorrow, leaving
here at pm.
The Memphis and Cincinnati packet,
Emma Floyd, will not get her freight
out in time to leave tonight but will de-
part tomorrow evening and goes through
to Cincinnati. the rise in the Ohio being
sufficient to permit her passage through
the chute at Louisville. Shippers viii
make a note of this, and have their
freight on board in time.
The Virginia and Nick Wall passed
down this morning deeply laden.
Capt Postal leaves for st. Louis this
evening by rail.
Although several parties from other
cities have been here during the past
week to look at the Wicks and Church,
nothing like respectable offer has been
made for those boats. They will be sold
at auction on August nth, unless pur-
chased at private sale before that time.
Mr.. Ellis, of Cairo, is in the city, and,
with Capt. Milt Harry. is looking around
for boat to run in upper White river
They will perhaps build a boat, as moth
ing suitable has yet been offered them.
The Red river trade is getting lively
Three boats for that stream have passed
here during the past "a hours.
The Louisville canal improvements
are being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. A large number Of hands are
now at work, and the force is being in
creased daily.
George Wood, the delicate clerk Of the
Kentucky riverpacket Dove, was in Louis
vile day or two since, and got off the
biggest fish story yet. He says: "a huge
catfish was found on bar, few days
ago, below Frankfort, that had died from
swallowing another catfish weighing six
ty-fve pounds. The large fish was SO
much decomposed that it could not be
weighed"
General Weitzel writes to Governor
Senter, that in in addition to other du-
ties, the work of surveying the Cumber-
land and French Broad rivers has been
assigned to him. He requests the Gov
ernor to forward any maps, surveys or
other documents relating to these rivers,
which may be ON file among the archives
of the State, in order that he may decide
upon an intelligent plan of operations.
The Carrie Converse, with two barges,
passed down yesterday evening.
An unknown darky from Mound City
shielded at Cairo day or two ago. AT
ter writing July 25th" on paper col
lar to attract attention, he jumped into
the river. Unrequited love for a saddle
colored maiden and Cairo tangle-foot
whisky, was. the cause,
-Four steamers comprised the entire
list Of boats in port at st. Louis Wednes-
day evening 50
Yesterday St. Louis Republican says:
Captain Nat Green viii leave Memphis
for this place Sunday, and if the sun,
clouds and sky are propitious, win arrive
Monday afternoon. Wehardly think the
"sun viii have much to do with Capt.
Green's departure; his youngest "son,
a bright lad, about two weeks old, may
have word or two to say say about it.
Miss McAlice, the winner in the late
female regatta, comes out in challenge,
published in the Pittsburg Commercial,
to row race" with Miss Maggie Lew
and Miss Mary Whalen, at one thousand
dollars a side.
Over $4,000 sacks of corn and $4,000
barrels of -four have been handled by
the Memphis and St. Louis Packet Com
pany this month.
The body of a white man was found
floating in the river opposite Monroe
street, this morning by some fishermen.
From appearances, it has been in the
water over month.
The steamers Sam. J, Hale, Rose
Hite, R. c. Gray. Pink varble. Pales-
tine, Morning Star, Glasgow, A. ].
White, Exchange, Edinbure. shannon,
Armadillo and six towboats we're at
Portland when the canal closed The
Allegheny Belle and barges, from St
Louis to Cincinnati. was the last boat 10 /