Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-22
Captain Harrison Blasdell was in Gin,
cinnati on Thursday

Captain Harrison Blasdell was in Gin
cinnati on Thursday.
Pittsburgers arc disturbed about
bridge proposed to be built by the Pitts
burg, Charleston and Virginia Railroad
Company over the Monongahela, at the
foot of Jefferson street, and have held
meeting to protest.
The Camden ARK Journal Of the
18th says: "The bank on the west side
of the river, on the south part of the
city, caved and fell into the river last
week. The part that fell in was about
one hundred and fifty feet long by about
one hundred feet wide, throwing several
large trees standing on the bank beyond
the middle of the river. Unless the
water washes the dirt from these trees
so as to let them float away, they may
seriously affect navigation"
Fridays New Orleans Times, referring
to the departures of the day previous,
says: 1.-THE Bismarck had fine trip of
freight consisting of $500 boxes Of rail
rosd iron, q crates of earthenware, l75
sacks coffee, los barrels rosin, $50 tons
of miscellaneous freight, and rs cabin
passengers. The City of Cairo had
good passenger list and , medium show
of freight. Freight for the Ohio river
has been rather scarce for some time
past and packets for that section of
country depend mainly on passage re-
ceipts, which even then is not what they
ought to be,
A telegram from Shreveport dated the
10Th says that there was but six feetof
water at that point, and the river was
falling ten inches in twenty-four hours.
Rates from Cairo to New Orleans have
again declined to fifteen cents per hun
bred.
Up to Friday night last the shipments
of coal from Pittsburg we're as follows:
For Cincinnati, 1,4ll,O0O bushels; for
Louisville, $4,000 bushels; for St.
Louis, 10000 bushels; for Baton.. Rouge,
22O, 900 bushels. Total, 7,777, 900 bush
els. OF the above, W. H. Brown, the
Coal King owns ], l25,OOO bushels, and
in addition he sent out 3S7 600 bushels Of
coke. The amount of coal would have
been much larger but for the scarcity of
towboGts, many of which were detained
below by the low water. The following
is list of the boats that left on Thurs
day: For Cincinnati-Lion, Whale,
Stella, Leader, Coal City, V. f. Wilson,
Tigress No. 2, Niagara, Bengal Tiger,
Joseph A. Stone, William Stone, Little
Giant and Leopard, with ll9 barges and
boats containing l,338,OOO bushels of
coal and coke. For Louisville-Tom
Dodsworth, Lake Erie No. 3, Boaz, Blue
Lodge, John Hanna, Willie Duck, N. j.
Bigley No. 2, Lioness No. 2, Charley
Mcdonald, Storm, Tom Rees No. 2,
Fred. Wilson No. 2, Fred Wilson, Sam
son No. 2, Lark, Eagle, Diamond, Ben
Wood, jr., Sam Roberts, Veteran No. 2,
Veteran, Keystone, Tom Lysle, j. H.
Bigley, John Penny, Picket, Sam Clark
and Fox, with 225 boats and barges.
On Friday evening the gauge at Little
Rock indicated twelve feet six inches of
water.
The Belle Memphis leaves this evening
at FIVE o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis
direct. Captain Crane commands and
Billy Blenker is purser.
The City of Helena departs at five
pm for Vickburg and all the usual way
landings. Captain Mckee is her popu-
lar commander. and those clever wor-
thies, Messrs. Will T. Powers and Andy
Parsons are her clerks.
The Lady Lee went up before daylight
this morning with three hundred tons.
The Cheek came up to-day with seven
teen bales of cotton, two hundred and
fifty sacks of seed and good passenger
list.
The Belle Memphis arrived this morn
ing with FIVE hundred tons Of corn, oats,
-four, ETC., and returns tonight.
The City of Cairo went up this morn
ing for the Ohio, after discharging here
one thousand bundles Of cotton ties.
She had light freight, but registered
quite formidable passenger list.