Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-10

light. .,..... The A. ]. White came up
this morning with 10 bales Of cotton
and 1903 sacks of seed .........The Henry
Ames went up early for st. Louis with
1000 tons, the items Of which we gave
Saturday. Mary Il. Poe, from
Red river, went up at daylight with a
light trip ........ The Richmond came
down before noon with 1000 ton cargo
loading her deep. She waits for the
afternoon train.........The Belle Mem
phis came down with good trip, and
returns to st. Louis this evening.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The S. s. Merrill was struck by the
storm at Canton last week, and lost
some of her upper works.
During the heavy storm in Illinois
Thursday the immense volume of water
pouring into the Illinois created back
water, and the current was up stream
for several hours. No definite estimate
can be made of the damages by the
food. 1t rained necessarily for six
hours.
A Washington dispatch states that
Mr.. Holman's proposition in the House
to reduce the tolls on the Louisville
canal was migrated on the river and
harbor bill in the Senate, and has been
concurred in by the House, thus fixing
the tells at five cents per ton.
A dispatch from Louisville yesterday
says these is great rejoicing there among
steamboatmen because Of passage in
the House of bill reducing the tolls of
the Louisville canal from fifty cents to
five centsper ton.
The river rose six inches at st. Louis
last night.
The fleet passenger steamer Thomas
H. Allen, in command of Captain Eu-
gene Smith, leaves Tuesday evening at 5
o'clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all the usual way landings. Messrs.
Morrison and Willis are her clerks
1t is stated on good authority that
line of steamers will be shortly run from
Milneburg, the lake terminus of the
Pontchartrain railroad, to the various
watering places along the Gulf sound,
in opposition to the New Orleans, Mo
bile and Chattanooga railroad.
VIM. Hines, brother of Ed Hines,
mate on the Anchor Line wharf boat
here, was drowned at St. Louis yester-
day at four clock. His brother left at
noon to-day to secure his remains if
possible.
The City of Vicksburg leaves this even
ing at FIVE o clock for Vicksburg and all
the usual way landings, including Hele-
ma and Friar's Point. Garrett Hulls is
purser.
The Nashville will take 1900 bales of
cotton, 867 of which are for reshipment
at New Albany, and the balance, with 30
bales of rags, for Cincinnati.
By card in our steamboat column it
will be seen that the favorite steamer
Potamac, Captain Bachelor in COM
mand, will pass down at FIVE p. m. today
for Vicksburg Natchez and New Orleans.
She possesses all the requirements of
firstclass steamer, and will go through
with dispatch.
A lady passenger on the Belle Mem
phs attempted suicide coming down.
Particulars in local column.
ITEMs.-The Richmond's guards are
fiat in the water. The Bee and barges
have $500 bushels grain for New Orleans.
The Thompson Dean loads in turn at
St. Louis for New Orleans. The Mo-
hawk and barges due up have 2O5l bars
rail iron, 32l tons pig iron and $4,000
feet lumber. The Atlantic has 1925
bars iron, 42l bushels fish platess The
case of the steamer Sabine VS.. Rich
mond, in admiralty, has been postponed
at New Orleans until the November
term OF court. The Mary E. Forsythe
is to go on the ways at Mound City with
the intention of making new boat out
of her. She is to have new guards, rig
ging, etc., painted throughout and re-
ceive a general renovating. When
completed she will rank frst-class. The
United States Marshal sells the Hartford
at Evansville Thursday. The wrecking
steamer Aid gees to White river to raise
two engines and tenders, and six cars
and ten trucks recently sunk in that
river The Glencoe coming up has 500
tons, including 1000 bars rail iron, 1900
boxes and fifty hogsheads sugar for St.
Louis. The Elevator is rapidly APP
preaching completion. Captain Sam
Shock has returned from St. Louis.
The Belle Memphis, one of the most
popular packets of the Anchor Line, and
q first-class steamer in every respect,
possessing speed, comfort and every
thing necessary to an A. No. packet,
is now at the wharfboat loading for
Cairo and St. Louis, for which points she
departs at pm. to day. Her running
time is so scheduled that she makes di-
rect connection at Belmont and Cairo
with the trains for the North and East,
and at St. Louis with the different pack
cts for points on the Missouri and upper