Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-17

again-3O inches is reported to Pine
Bluff, and Is inches above. Weather
cloudy and cool. Business at The leyee
fiat, with but one or two boats at the
wharf, and no arrivals from above since
our last report. Iaafh9 GEh 2iugGaB
SALE OF, THE WIcKs AND CHURcH.-The
steamers c. B. Church and NJ. j. Wicks
were sold at auction this morning, and
purchased by Mr.. c. b. Church at S22,-
500 for the Wicks and S23, 900 for the
Church The bidding was anything but
animated, and the attendance at the sale
not very large. 1t is generally under
stood that Mr.. Church bid in the boats
for the former owners; they not desiring
to let them go at sacrifice.
uThe outgoing packets yesterday had
fair trips. se
= The Geo. w. Cheek backs out to-mor-
row evening for Helena and Friar's
Point. 7 .l - tt4i
The Pat Cleburne will arrive from be-
low in time to leave on Friday for Ma
poleon and Buelah.
By special telegram to Captain J.
t. Washington, agent, we learn that the
Olive Branch, Captain McCord, will ar
rive to-day from above and depart at 5
pm, for Vicksburg and New Orleans,
Freight rates to Vicksburg and New
Orleans have declined at St. Louis. To
New Orleans the rates by barge line are,
on -four soc per Dbl, corn 25c per 100,
oats 273c per 100, hay 4Oc per 100, pork
Soc per Dbl, and whisky 81 Is per Dbl.
By steamer, -four 6Oc per Dbl to yicks-
burg and New Orleans, and other arti-
Giles in proportion.
b. The Dubuque Herald complains ofthe
irregularity ofsteamers and says, some
of them have been up the river so long
that people have forgotten their names"
The Cincinnati Pilots Association
adopted resolutions of respect
to the memory of Aaron NJ. and Charles
E. Jordan, who were lost on the Silver
Spray.
The I. F. Eckert has taken ffty-three
bales of cotton from the wreck of the
Emma No. 3, and expects to recover
about two hundred more.
The Wauanita has laid up at Louis
vile. .lHsIl G
On Saturday last the little propeller
Brilliant, with a cargo of $50 barrels of
lime and cement, struck a snag a. few
miles above Cincinnati and sunk in four
feet of water. She was subsequently
raised and ran upon bar.
A Dubuque telegram says the water is
down to the lowest point reached this
year; declining three inches per twenty
four hours, Low water packets are
A little daughter of Robert Court, mate
Of the steamer Richmond, was very ill
at st. Louis, on Monday, of hydrophobia,
produced by the bite of pet dog. Mr..
Courts other children, a son and
laughter, were also bitten but as yet
have shown no indications of illness
In referring to the above, yesterdays
Democrat says: Captain Nat. Green,
The commander of the steamer Rich
nond, the packet on which Mr.. Court
was engaged, arrived in town yesterday
morning, and we understand left in the
afternoon for the purpose of seeing to
he family during the absence of father
md mother" if
Yesterdays st. Louis Times says the
st. Louis and Arkansas River Picket
Company propose to put on another boat
about the 18th of September to run up
he White river from its mouth to Jack
'onport and other points. This boat
will connect with their through packets
'unning from St. Louis up the Arkansas.
The boat intended for this new route is
laid to be the +. Hensley.