Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-31

river has raised the Illinois clear back
to Pekin, but above that place the river
is still low and falling.
The Mohawk and barges will pass up
to-day.
The City of Helena, City of vicks-
burg. Belle St. Louis, Colorado and
Natchez presented a cake each to fair
held in Vicksburg last Thursday. ft
The James Howard arrived at Evans
vile ON Tuesday, having 1854 bars Of
railroad iron, equal to 1887 tons. The
iron was shipped in bond, and the duties
upon it amounted to $l9, 427 10.
Ike Cincinnati Commercial of yester-
day says: 1.-THE former employees of
the towboat Valid have sought the Uni
ted States Court in redress for their
grievances. -Four libel suits were filed
yesterday against the owners of the
boat, claiming unpaid wages, in various
sums, which amount in the aggregate to
81 1924 49,"
The new sidewheel steamer Andy
Baum, intended for the trade between
Cincinnati and Memphis, made trial
trip at Cincinnati Wednesday. A num-
Der of the friends of the officers were
aboard, including large gathering of
ladies. The Baum started from the foot
of Willow street, in Fulton, just one
square below the Eureka Docks, at pre-
cisely quarter past ten o'clock, and
ran up to Columbia in twenty-nine min
utes, making one landing in the mean
time. She afterward ran down the river
as far as the mouth of Mill creek in less
than one hour. After the trip she re-
turned to the wharf landing at the big
wharfboat, from where she will load in
turn after the Minneola for Memphis.
The elegant steamer City of Helena,
Captain Mckee, now lying at the wharf.
boat, foot of Court street, will back out
at five pm. for Hickman, Belmont,
Cairo and St. Louis, making all railway
connections, and also connecting with
the packets for the upper Mississippi.
Will T. Power, live, energetic and pol
ished gentleman, is her purser.
The passenger steamer A. j. White,
Captain Mark Cheek in charge, leaves
this evening at five o'clock for Napoleon,
Chicot City and all way landings. B.
F. Fields and Charles Sharp are her
clerks.
The Arkansas rose fourteen inches at
Little Rock last night and is rising to-
day.
The WIND TAKEN FROM THE Phil AL
Inns SAILs.-The Phil Allin and City
of Helena had lively little scrimmage
coming up last evening. As the story
goes, the Phil Allin had waited above
Helena for the City of Helena, for the
purpose of passing her under way, but
before we go further we will state that
our information is fully corroborated
BY passengers who came up from
Helena on the Allin. The City
Of Helena left Helena about Ais
!. m, and coming up to the foot of
ng in Walnut Bend. She (the Allin)
hen rounded to and made tracks for the
DOT of the chute, and was, on coming
Up, about 400 yards below the Helena,
md gained steadily on her until the
read of the chute was reached, when the
Helena Strengthened up a point or two
ind regained the distance lost. The
Allin boys seeing this, had landing to
make at Ashley's, while the Helena
,ame on up to Bass and took wood.
The Allin followed soon after, and took
he passengers awaiting her. The Allin
hen rung her bell to go as a taunt to
he Helena, but didn't back out. The
Helena seeing the Allin bound to pass
hem under way rang her bell and backed
out, closely followed by the Phil-so
close, in fact, that both were Strengthened
md the go-ahead bells were sounded at
lbout the same time and the boats bows
we're nearly even. Both then struck out,
he Allin paying no attention to the
tails from guns on the shore nor other
ignals, bat keeping steadily ON and los
ng ground all the time After running
our miles to Bledsoe's and seeing the
Helena over half mile ahead, she con-
luded that there were some passengers
t the landing, and went to the shore,
lot again to behold the stern of the
lily of Helena until her arrival here.
he defeat as reported by one of the
Lllins passengers was complete, and it
ill be long before the Alin again buck
IS to the Helena for a race. The speed
the latter was retarded by the break
x of wheel-arm at DeSoto, or perhaps
he might have run out of sight Of the
hill Allin during the squirt of race.
A lively libel anecdote, wherein the
ndine was libeled for fifty cents will
: found in our local column.