Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-07

way landings. Frank Gonterman is chief
clerk.
The excellent steamer Mary Boyd will de-
part this evening for DevalPs Bluff, Jackson
port and all landings on White river. She
carries the United States mail, and connects
with the Little Rock train at the bluff. aud
with the packets for the upper White river at
Jacksonport. r. L. Haines commands and
E. W. Outlaw is clerk.
The Indiana left Evansville for Louisville
on Monday, but has not been heard from
since. She is doubtless stuck in one OF those
huge gorges.
The Virginia, from New Orleans to Louis
vile, is aground at shoo-F Fly bar, and the W.
X. Arthur is lying above the bar with her
yawls out hunting channel.
The II. S. Turner, which sunk on Wednes-
day night at Island Is, was partially insured
in Cincinnati The wrecking-boat Eekert has
been ordered to her assistance.
| Louisville collected 5000 wharfage in De-
cember.
Mr.. John l. Covington telegraphs from New
Orleans to Cincinnati that the John Howard
| is being wrecked, with fair prospects of saw
The following boats are tied up at the bank
at Cincinnati on account of e; United
States. General Buell., st. James, J. C. Cross
ley. City wharf, Telegraph, Sam j. Hale,
Bermuda, Robert Burns, Silver Moon, Brill,
Kate Putnam, Alaska. Above Broadway
Major Anderson. John II. Groesbeck. Lorena,
Miriam. Abeana. Sam Roberts (towboat,
Fleetwood. Cincinnati Belle (ferryboat).
Yesterdays Courier Journal says steam was
raised on Captain Pegram's mammoth
steamer. James Howard, yesterday, and her
machinery thoroughly tested. every portion
of which worked as smoothly as though she
had been running six months. As soon as
there is sufficient water she will leave for New
Orleans direct. The James Howard is pro-
nounced by all judges of marine architecture
to be the most complete and substantial boat
ever built at this OF any other port for the
Southern or Western waters.
The Judge Wheeler gets about 900 bales Of
cotton and lot Of oil cake for New Orleans.
By telegram to Major Adams we learn
that the Arkansas river fell four inches last
night and is declining to-day.
The Virginia came up from New Orleans
this morning, and reports six feet scant over
Shoe Fly bar. She will perhaps reship her
Louisville freight by rail from this point. She
has for this city 2O3 hogsheads sugar and a lot
Of fruit lr
The Dardanelle came in from the Arkansas
this morning with $50 bales cotton, and re-
shipped lie bales at tho mouth of White
river.
There Is large accumulation of southern |
bound freight at Evansville. and several |
steamers now there loaded with cotton will
reship the same by rail and load for this port |
The new steamer Phil. Allin will be dropped |
down to the wharf to-day or tomorrow, and
will depart on Monday for Helera and Friar's
Point. Marsh Miller. her pilot. thinks there
is nothing on the river that can pass her under
way.
Washington telegram mentions as n cur
rent rumor that the President will. at an early
day, send special message to Congress upon
the subject Of American commerce and the /
shipbuilding interests Of the country gene
rally. In discussing our maritime interests,
il is said he will recommend the adjustment
Of shipbuilding at the Government yards. and |
to have the same transferred to private yards, !
in order to sustain individual enterprise. and
adds that ths measure would be heartily sus- |
tanned by the Maine delegation.
The New Orleans Picayune announces the
debut Of the new steamboat. or yacht, as she
should more properly be called. built BY John
Mahoney. Of Algiers. La. for the metropol-
itan harbor police. Her model is as near per-
lection as possible. She is very fast, and can
be handled with shoat the same ease as D
common skiH, and. IL put to a proper use
sill no doubt become terror TO the wharf
rats, cotton thieves" and other depre-