Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-08
River.


The weather is clear and cool. The
river here continues to decline slowly,
with big stage of water to all points.
The Ohio is still falling, with seven and
q half feet in the canal. White and
Arkansas rivers continue to recede, with
less than three feet on the bars below
Little Rock in the latter. The Cumber-
land is falling, with four aud half feet
on Harpeth shoals.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Des Arc, Captain John D. Elliott
in command, is the regular Tuesday
White river packet, leaving promptly ct
five pm. for all points on that river.
Captain Elliott is well and very favorably
known as one of our best and most reliable
steamboat commanders; in fact, all the
Elliotts are clever, heightened honor
able gentlemen, and we hope to see them
make bushels of greeHbacks. B. p.
Fields, aa excellent gentleman and ac-
commodating clerk, presides in the Office,
and is ably and quite efficiently assisted
by that prince Of good fellows, W. I. Ely.
Captain Clay Rice's fine Arkansas
river United States mail packet, Guidcn,
will leave to-day at FIVE o'clock for Fort
Smith direct, making all way landings.
Messrs. Batler and Waddell are her eff
cient clerks.
The splendid steamer st. Francis will
pass out Tuesday evening at FIVE o'clock
for all way points on St. Francis river.
Captain Bowman, whole-souled gen.
tlemsn, is her able and experienced COM
mander, assisted in the Office by those
clever and accommodating gentlemen,
Messrs. Paine, Consnt and Berry.
The fine steamer Liberty No. 2, Capt.
Pat. Wheat, is the regular Tuesday White
river United States mail packet, leaving
promptly at five pm. for all points on
that river through to Jacksonport. DR..
q. D. Green, Charley Smither and Chas.
Sharpe have charge of the Office
The Marble City, Captain Dan. Con-
way, will pass out this evening at five
o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis. Mr.
Powers is in the Office.
The George W. Cheek, Captain George
Malone in command, will get away this
evening for Frisr's Point and the bends.
Messrs. Barney Barinds and George
jackson have charge of the Office.
The old steamer Gallatin, which until
recently ran in the Memphis and Mound
City trade, has been on the docks and
came out an almost entirely new boat,
and entered the Hsle's Point and New
Madrid trade, making tri-weekly trips
She came 10 yesterday, on her first trip,
with l52 bales of cotton, l20 sacks Of cot
ton seed, Is packages Suudries, so head
hogs, IL head cattle and 100 passengers.
She leaves this evening at five o'clock on
her return trip, making all way landings,
under command Of Captain Mark Cheek,
with Tom Collier and Frank Gontermsn
in the Office.
The Mollie Grstz. Captain Desrth, is
up for Osceola and way points this even.
ing at five o'clock. Gus. D'Arche has
charge of the Office.
The regular Wednesday Cincinnati
uacket is the fine Minneols, under com
maud of Captain W. B. Miller, leaving
promptly at FIVE o'clock, and connecting
at Belmont with the Iron Mountain rail-
road aud at Cairo with the Illinois Cen
trail for ell points North. John S. Jones,
q clever gentleman, has charge OF the
office.
Tweuty-six of the Leading and most
prominent citizens Of Dss Arc have ad-
dressed the following to Captain John d.
Elliott, of the Legal Tender;
Your friends in Des Arc, Ark, desire
TO make known 10 you their high appre-
citation Of the able manner in which you
have at ell times transacted thsir bust
ness, and further, to cheerfully iudorss
your course, go far as has come under our
observation, IS correct, courteous and
genilemanly.
A worthy tribute 10 q worthy man.