Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-23

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Allin, James Lee master, will get away
atfve clock this evening for Helena
and Friar's Point. Stack Lee is her
able and attentive clerk.
The royal packet Mary Boyd, Captain
Haines, is at the wharf receiving and
will leave at five pm. to-day for all
landings on the Arkansas. A. II. O'Neil
is her purser.
Col. Albert, United States engineer, is
in Nashville, and has commenced the
survey of Cumberland river. He has
made contracts for removing the OBJ
structions and repairing the dams from
Nashville to Smithland.
The Usage had a lively chase after
bear in White river few days since. His
bearship thought he would cross theriver
and obtain mutton breakfast, but was
spied by the crew Of the Usage, who let
off any quantity Of small arms at him
without effect. The boat ran completely
over him, and yet be made his escape.
The special committee to whom was
referred the matter of the grading of the
bluffs made report at called meeting
of the Council yesterday, but, like all
other important matters that should re-
ceive prompt action, it was laid over.
The elevator question still hangs fire,
and will, perhaps, be decided when our
City Fathers see with their own eyes the
foundation for an elevator started at
Hopefeld.
AT New Orleans freights are offering
freely at forty cents per hundred to Gin
cinnati.
The Frank Pargoud has withdrawn
from the Vicksburg and New Orleans
trade.
Browns iron propeller cannot be
launched at Pittsburg until there is
eight feet of water in the channel.
The mail line steamers between Louis
vile and Cincinnati are doing an i'm.
mense passenger business. On Wednes-
day the United States left Louisville
with over one hundred cabin passengers.
The Masonic picnic tomorrow prom
ises to be the affair of the season.
The Bismarck will pass down to-mor.
row at pm. for New Orleans and the
bends.
A tug-boat regatta is announced to
take place at New Orleans on the 4th
of July.
The Mary Miller has commenced
loading at Evansville for New Orleans.
The following is the memoranda of the
Natchez from New Orleans to Cairo on
her last trip: Left New Orleans Satur-
day, 18th, at $3.50, foil of passengers;
time to Donaldsonville, 5:4l; Baton
Rouge, 9;2l; Bayou Sara, Has; mouth
of Red river, 1923; Natchcz, l8:45;
Grand Gull, 24:lO; Vicksburg, 27:O5;
Lake Providence, day, 9 hours, min
utes; mouth of White river, day, 81
hours, rs minutes; Memphis, 2 days, IS
hours, II minutes; Cairo, 3 days, IL
hours, SO minutes. Made I ladings to
Natchez, II. to Vicksburg, % to Mem
phis, and Cairo was our 33d landing.
Made regular business trip. Laid at
Memphis hour and 80 minutes Her
run to this port, as previously stated in
this column, was 2 days, Is hours and Z
minutes. Compared with the time made
by the Lee and j. NJ. White, it is as fol-
lows:
oh. M.
J, NJ. White run to Memphis, in 1914 2 IL S
Natehez' run to Memphis, July, 1S702 40
X. Il Lee run to Memphis, July ,lS702 9
hatcher run to Memphis, June, 1871 s III
Natchez' run to Memphis, juno 20......2 Is
She arrived at St. Louis on Wednes-
day night at u o clock, seven hours be-
hind the time made on her previous
trip.
Martin Meeklin, Louisville and New