Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-13

out at live pm. to-day for Helena
triar's Point and all way points. Frank
Gonterman is clerk.
The reliable steamer Fort Gibson will
depart at five pm. tomorrow for Pine
Bluff, Little Rock and all way points ON
the Arkansas
Captain Reese Dugan, of the T. F.
Eckert, returned last evening from the
wreck Of the j. s. Durham, and reports
that her hull was imbedded in the sand
and mud nearly to her guards, and that
there IS enough sand on her deck to
raise the Little Rock railroad foot or
So Men are at work upon her, and he
expects to get her ont when the river
gets lower.
Captain J. W. Blake has chartered
the steamer Bertha to take the place of
the Lizzie Hopkins in the New Orleans
and Ouachita river trade.
The Spray, from Cincinnati to this
port, will pass Louisville to-day.
A st, Louis exchange says the r. J.
Lockwood will get four hundred bales of
cotton at Jefferson and five hundred at
Shreveport, to be transported to New
York via st. Louis.
The Belle Memphis is being thoroughly
overhauled. She is to have new boilers
and cylinders, and every unsound plank
and timber in her is to be removed and
replaced with new ones.
Heavy rains have fallen along the
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers as
we'll as in the lower portions of Illinois
and Indiana. An improvement in the
depth Of the water in the Ohio is conf
IDENTIFY expected,
The Belle Yazoo has been "hugging
stump" opposite Vioksburg ever since
the storm carried her chimneys away
some months ago. She will probably
run in the Yazoo trade this fall. She re-
ceived new chimneys on Saturday.
A few days since negotiations were
pending between Captain John Cannon
and Captain Fowler for the substitution
of the Idlewild in the place of the Rob
crt &. Lee while the latter is being re-
paired. Captain Fowler telegraphed
Captain Cannon on Saturday, asking
him how long he wanted her, and what
would he pay.
The Beardstown, destined for Calves
ton, Texas, win pass down about one
week from Friday, She will go to Red
river and up that stream twenty miles;
along the Atchafalaya to Berwicks Bay,
INTO Vermillion Bay, will remain there
Two days, and thence proceed to Sabine
liver and Galveston harbor.
Tuesdays Cincinnati Commercial has
he following items:
Capt. Slant j. Bachelor, late of the
Potomac, has taken charge of the office
If the Ohio No. 4, and is assisted by
sam. A. Dunbar and George Reeder.
Yesterday morning Maj. c. S. Hart,
clerk of the steamer Nashville, was ar
-aigned before the Police Court on the
charge Of assaulting Jerry Johnson, bar
keeper on the same boat. He pleaded
guilty, and was fined ten dollars and
costs. just as he was leaving the court
'oom he was again arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Lew Martin, on
he charge of opening letter not ad-
lressed to him, and taking therefrom
! sixty-dollar bond The affidavit on
which the arrest was made was sworn
tut by johnson. Hart was taken before
United States Commissioner Halliday,
where he gave bail for his future appear
lnce.
An Evansville telegram says:
just as the Bowling Green was enter
ng the lock at Spottsville, on Sunday
the lower lock gave way, and
eft her on the ground. She has ninety
Iogsheads of tobacco, and cannot move
Intil the lock is repaired. Ig
Yesterdays St. Louis Democrat has
be following:
Consolidation is not proper word to
eslgnate the New Orleans packet ar
1t is merely an arrange
lent whereby boat of each line loads
lternately here and at New Orleans.
his merely puts a quietus upon compe-
tion and revives the dormant feelings
{ friendship and esteem. The origina-
Ors of the measures are true philan-
hropists.
Capt. A. NJ. hutchinson, having pur-
hased an eighth of the New Orleans
teamer John Kyle, takes command of
nat steamer when she comes back.
lie wants to be a Southern man.
aptain Remission takes charge of
ne Tom Jasper, from which his absence
to be only temporary. No change in
ie clerks. Not yet determined who
i'll take command of Hutchinson's
resent craft-the s. S. Merrill.
No Vicksburg packet till Saturday,
hen the Julia will leave.
The Colorado goes in dock TO be fixed
# the low water campaign, but we see
D immediate prospect of low water
snce to the lower Mississippi.