Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-05

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san has fallsu oyer a foot, and White
river is declining. The condition o.
other streams are given above. The
weather is clear and cool.
PORT NEWS.
The A. j. White and T. III. Allen de.
parted last evening fairly laden........
The st. Francis had also a good trip
..".....The Robert Mitchell went down
with all she could carry ...... The City
of Quincy went up during the evening
with a cargo of railroad iron, sugar and
salt.........The City of Vicksburg came
up late, and after taking few lots Of
freight left for St. Louis, leaving the
landing without boat.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Indiana will 90 up tomorrow
morning.
The City of Helena goes down to-
morrow evening.
A negro rouster was lost overheard
from the Robert Mitchell yesterday
morning above this city.
Steamboat excursions by moonlight
will be the rage soon as the picnic trade
is nearly over.
The Dolly Warden canoe, mentioned
by us few days since, was built at Troy,
New York. We clip the following dimen-
sions from an Eastern exchange:
She is of one-tenth tons burden, weight
of boat fifty-six pounds, rigging ten and
quarter, baggage sixteen and three
quarters, and galley four and half
pounds. Weight of crew one hundred
and twenty-six and quarter pounds.
The hull is of paper, with cedar deck
She is rugged to carry spritsail, jib and
mizzen, and is fitted with ample accom-
modations for cooking and sleeping on
board. The Dolly Warden is the pioneer
cruising canoe in America. She left
New York on May 2lst, and st. Paul on
the 18th for Lake Itasca, where she will
descend the Mississippi to New Orleans.
Our friend s. B. Miller, agent, this
morning received telegram announc-
ing that the Mallie Ragon will arrive
here o-morrowin time to leave at four
pm for Little Rock, Fort Smith, and
all points ON the Arkansas.
That splendid steamer, the Charles
Bodmann, will pass down this
evening for Vicksburg, Natchez and
New Orleans. So says dispatch from
Captain Shinkle, her master, to S. B.
Miller, agent
The steamer Northwest, when she
struck rock in the rapids FIVE miles
above Keokuk, on Monday, was coming
down with barge in tow. Three thou
sand barrels Of -four and two hundred
sacks of wheat were damaged.
The two locomotives, two tenders, six
cars and ten trucks recently sunk in
White river, will be raised with the aid
of St. Louis wrecking company.
ITEMs.-Captain Abe McPike is COM
ing down to go to his plantation. The
Armadillo loads at Cincinnati for New
Orleans The Hamilton was sold on
the 2Sth of last month at the mouth of
Cypress bayou by the United Marshal of
Western Louisiana. j. W.. Baskette,
clerk Of the City of Chester, will rusti-
cate a month or two in the mountains of
this State. Hewett, of the st. Joseph,
takes his place, and Goebel, late of the
City Of Helena, fills the St. Joseph's
office. The President has signed the
bill authorizing the construction of the
bridge at Little Rock.
AElliott's new Memphis and White river
packet Belle of White, built at Padueah,
is now receiving her finishing touches at
New Albany, and will be ready for bust
ness on the 18th of June. She is 100
feet long, 30 feet beam, and feet hold.
The Eckert Dugan Irwin wrecking
BOAT is at Cairo waiting for something to
urn up. She has been painted through
nut and looks as nice as a bran new
Dolly Warden.
The John Kilgour went up before noon
With good trip for the Ohio. She dis
charged here thirty tons of freight, and
va1 full of people.
The James Howard gets lot of oil
AXE here.
The picnic trade at Cincinnati is -four
shing. Four boats were engaged therein
me day last week.