Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-13

early this morning, adding 1900 sacks of
oil cake here .......,. The Mary f. Forsythe
passed down with l000-ton cargo
MISCELLANEOUS.
Acting upon the suggestion of the
LEDGER on Saturday, Mr. Rhode, the
very efficient and obliging weather OBJ
server to-day furnishes with the usual
report of the rise and fall of the rivers)
report OF the stage of water at each
station, for which he will receive the
thanks Of the river fraternity. The re-
port in a tabulated form will be found
above.
The Tolle repaired and left for St.
Louis Saturday night.
The James Howard, now at the land
ing, has the following items of freight
for New Orleans: 10000 sacks corn,
1000 sacks oats, 450 hogsheads tobacco,
1000 barrels -four, 500 do. meal, 200 do.
pork, besides large miscellaneous
freight. She got SOC per sack, and SOC
per barrel for all the freight she brought
out Of the Ohio, and gets 81 so per ton
on the 700 tons of oil cake she adds here.
The Susie Silver had, when she passed
here last night, 5000 sacks corn, $50
sacks oats, 100 hogsheads tobacco, 1913
head sheep 100 barrels pork, 100 barrels
-four, as the principal items other cargo,
for New Orleans.
The Turner, up last night had one
hundred deck passengers for Cairo.
Nearly all of the largest boats that
run on the Mississippi was at our land
ing yesterday and night before last
The chief item of the Charles Bod
mann's freight to New Orleans are 500
hogsheads tobacco, 1900 sacks oats, and
1000 barrels -four She has large
way freight
The Belle Lee will reship her Ohio
river freight ON the Henry S. Turner at
Cairo and return from there. That was
the understanding last night.
Mr.. A. W. Robinson, river editor of
the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle,
came down last night on the Bodmann
and stopped here to continue his trip to
New Orleans by rail.
Mr.. Rhode, the weather observer will,
we learn, place a daily telegraphic bull
letin for the accommodation of steam
boat men, upon the bulletin board at the
office of the wharfmaster upon the levee.
The Thompson Dean, Captain Pepper
commanding, will pass up tomorrow at
nine a m. for Cairo and st. Louis, ma
king all the railway connections. We
commend her to the travelling public as
the best steamer now bound up. Mr.
N. B. Fowler, a gentleman well known,
presdes at the desk.
The Minneola, for Cincinnati; st.
Francis, for Wittsburg; Legal Tender,
for White river, and A. j. White, for
Chicot City, are announced to depart to-
morrow.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
leaves at five o clock this evening for
Cairo and ST. Louis. Billy Blenker is
clerk, and more clever river dignitary
does not exist than he. Popular at every
landing, kind and obliging to all, it is not
strange that his commander, Crane, and
himself have won worldwide reputa-
ton for their boat.
The City OF Helena leaves this even
ing at five clock for Vicksburg and all
way landings. Captain Mckee com
mands, and Will 7. Power, clever gen.
tleman, presides at the desk. Our pleas
ure-seeking community will remember
the City of Helena and her officers
Those who were passengers on her ex-
cursion trip to Helena will never forget
her.
The feet passenger steamer Thomas
II. Allen, in command of Captain Eu-
gene Smith, leaves this evening at five
O. clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all the usual way landings. Messrs. Nor
rison and Willis are her clerks,
A rise of twenty-seven inches is re-
ported to-day at St. Louis.