Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
BUSINESS

latter, and she had but 1900 bars rail
road iron for Mound City. The MarJ
E. Poe passed down we'll laden. The
Cheek and Phil Allin brought gooG
trips, and the 7. H. Allen went out fol
White river with all she could carry or
the water. The Katie came up late with
but little freight, and lays over until to
day. The Glencoe went up before day
light to-day with light cargo. The In
diana, from New Orleans, FIVE days out
passed up this forenoon with 400 tons o.
freight, and goes to Cairo. The Pa
Cleburne, from Friar's Point, brought in
46 bales cotton, 256 sacks seed. TIL,
Mary Boyd and City of Augusta, both
from White river, arrived this morning
the former having 433 bales cotton, and
discharged LOG bales at the mouth o.
White river for New Orleans; the latter
brought in 400 bales. The st. Francis
came in at noon with 81 bales cotton
and All sacks cotton seed. The Jennie
Howell passed Jacksonport this morning
for Memphis.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
The Pink Varble will leave the land
ing, at the foot Of Beal street. this after
noon for all points along the river as
low as Chicot. Charles Gormley clerk
The semi-weekly passenger steamer
St. Francis, Captain 7. R. Bowman
leaves this evening at FIVE o'clock fol
Helena, Mariana and all the usual way
landings. Sam @. Paine, Billy Dear
and James Franklin are her clerks.
The tri-weekly coast packet Pat Gle
burne, in command of Captain Stack
Lee, leaves this afternoon at five O'Clock
for Friar's Point and all the usual way
landings. Mr.. j. G. Harris is her prime
minister.
The Dardanelle goes out on Saturday
next for the Arkansas.
The Mary Boyd will receive freight a
the wharfboat for White river, and de
parts for that stream on Saturday even
ing.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Another rise is looked for at Pitts.
burg.
One of the gates for the new locks
was towed to the canal yesterday and
another will be brought over to-day. II
is believed now that the locks will be
opened the last of next week.
Wharfage collections at this port dur
ing October were $2997 70.
The stockholders of the Cincinnati,
Big Sandy and Pomeroy Packet Com
pany elected as Directors John Kyle,
Wash Hanshell, John Means, Hiram
Campbell, V. B. Horton, c. NJ. Hanway
and T. N. johnson. The Directors re-
elected the fermer oficers-John Kyle,
President; Wash Hanshell, Superintend-
ent, and 7. N. johnson Secretary and
Treasurer.
Wednesdays Little Rock Gazette says
there is but seventeen inches Of water at
Rob Roy bar, and has also the following
item: A new steamer recently finished
at Pocahontas, Ark, for the trade in
Black and Current rivers, by Captain
Inman, was inspected last Friday at De-
Wallis Bluff by Messrs. Clark 4 Rollston,
of Memphis, and by them was granted a
license to run. She is a small craft,
sixty-nine feet in length, and will carry
about fifty tons.
Stirrat Pepper is at the landing at the
foot Of Jefferson street, receiving freight
for the steamer Anna, which boat leaves
here on Saturday for Cincinnati.
A twenty inch rise is reported in the
Missouri at Brownsville.
st. Louis rates to New Orleans have
declined to-aour s5c, and pound freight
4ac. By barges, -four BE, pound freight
Ale.
The man drowned from the City o.
Quincy was Ulrieh, the carpenter, ant
not the captain,
There is some talk OF the Esperanzs
being elongated forty feet which will
increase her carrying capacity about loo
tons, and tighten her draught two OF
three inches. She is at present III fee
long, new, 3sl feet beam, 5 feet hold
and draws light 5-l2 feet; her presen
carrying capacity is $50 tons.
General N. Ranney east his fifty-thirC
vote at St. Louis, Tuesday. His frs
vote was under the Missouri territory
before the State was admitted he also
voted for Alexander McNair, the first
Governor under the State government
On Monday New Orleans rates to ST.
Louis we're advanced as follows: On
sugar Csc per 100 pounds, molassel
81 IS per barrel, csc half barrel, s5C
key; bales moss and domesties SOC per
100 pounds; salt. per sack, Liverpool
s5c, Turks Island SOC; liquors SOC per
100 pounds.
On last Sunday morning at about Eve
o'clock the steamer Belle Rowland
bound up, and the Leslie Taylor, from
Baton Rouge, bound down, collided at 1
point ninety-6ve miles from New Or
leans. The Leslie Taylor had her bov
crushed in above the water mark, anS
the Belle Rowland had her eapstar
knocked down. No one hurt The
Belle Rowland proceeded on her TIP
and the Lessie Taylor went 70 New VI
leans. put out her cargo snd then pro
ceeded 70 the docks.
tn. sbrevcpors Tines ofthe lst says:
aor- 49, iisformation from above the
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