Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

over Harpeth Shoals by tonight. The
Arkansas is again declining at Little
Rock the reported rise in that stream
was Of but very little benefit to naviga-
ton. White river is cutting out rapidly
and has, we are informed, four feet of
water to DevalPs Bluff. The weather is
cloudy, with slim prospect of fair
weather to-day. Business at the land
ing is dull our local packets leaving
to-day will, however, carry good trips,
considering the dullness that prevails in
all branches of trade.
The regular United States mail line
steamer for White river to-day is the Des
Arc. She leaves at five pm, and goes
through to Augusta, connecting with
light draught packet for points above,
and also making close connection with
the Little Rock train at Devall's Bluff.
Capt. John Elliott is in command and
Arthur Field ofIiciates at the desk.
The Pat Cleburne goes out on Friday
evening for Napoleon and Buelah, con
Meeting with other steamers of the Mem
phis and Arkansas Packet Company's
line for all points on the Arkansas.
Capt. Newell will back out the regular
line steamer Geo. w. Cheek at five D. m.
this day for Helena, Friar's Point and
all intermediate landings. The Cheek
and her able officers are fixture" in
the trade, and is in every way worthy
of the patronage she receives. Frank
Gonterman and Charlie jackson attend
to the Office duties and freight depart
ment.
Joe Locke, the popular news dealer,
received to-day another supply of litho-
graphs of the steamers Lee and Natchez.
He has also all of the latest periodicals
and general variety of reading matter,
including New York papers of Sunday,
giving the particulars of the late yacht
race.
The steamers c. B. Church and NJ. J.
Wicks will be sold at auction tomorrow.
Several prominent steamboatmen from
other cities arrived to-day to attend the
sale, and others are expected tomorrow.
Captain McCord, Secretary of the St.
Louis Pilot Association, writes that he
will leave Ireland for home abont the
2jth instant. H
General Wilson, of the United States
Engineers, has received instructions to
prepare plans for the expenditure of
100000, recently appropriated by Con
gress for the improvement of the Illinois
river.
Capt. Patterson says he can recover
the Silver Sprays machinery as soon as
the Mississippi falls, as the wreck lies on
dry bar
Three thousand laborers are wanted
at Louisville to work upon the canal
improvements
Phil Baquette has sold his entire in
terest in the bar and bar fixtures of the
steamer Great Republic to Mr. VIM.
Thorwegan.
The Evansville Journal Of Friday
says: The towboat Warrior, owned by
Lehman, Hampton & Calvert, of Bowling
Green, and employed in the Green and
Barren rivers in towing, was destroyed
by fire at 1880 yesterday morning at
Calhoun's Ferry, nineteen miles above
Spottsyille. Several of the officers and
crew were compelled to leap from the
boiler deck to the shore, and lost a por-
ton of their clothing, watches, etc. The
Warrior was valued at $4,000, and was
not insured"
The Louisville and Jacksonville Fer
ry Company have contracted with Messrs
James Howard & Co, for the finest fer
ryhoat that has ever been built in the
West. She is to be built something after
the style of Eastern ferryboats, with
26-ipch cylinders, and will cost when
about thirty thousand dollars.