Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-15


Orleans are passengers on the Potomac
on a brief playing trip through the
West.
The Minneola is towing barge to as
sist her over the shoals in the Ohio.
There are ten feet Of water in the Ar
kansas at Little Rock, and that stream
is rising from Fort Smith to the mouth
Of White river.
The Cheek came up this morning with
twenty-five bales cotton and good pas
senger trip. She returns to Chicot to-
morrow.
The Potomac went up at noon.
Saturdays st. Louis Republican has
the following: Business on the rivers is
dull. The periodical fly time is at
hand. Boats are laying up. The rates
on freight have been advanced. install
ments of grain continue to go forward.
Produce and provision trade south lit
tie bit dull. Iren and raw sugar are
about the only articles coming forward
to this port in large quantities.
The Richmond broke her shaft near
Natchez, and is coming up on one wheel.
A new shaft is being cast for her at st.
Louis.
The Peytona and barges are laid
up at Evansville. Captain W. R. Holl-
croft, her commander, fell through the
hatch of the Parker barge, one week ago,
above here, and was badly injured. He
is barely able to walk.
The Evansville journal of Thursday
says: On Tuesday last, Admiral W. t.
Nisbet bought Colonel r. K. bunker
sons interest in the Louisville and Hen
derson Mail line, and in the Evansville,
Paducah and Tennessee river lines, on
private terms. The bar stretches now
below the foot of Locust street.
The following is copied from the
Vicksburg Herald of Friday:
We regret that we have occasion to
caution the public against travelling on
the steamer Charles Bodmann. We
were informed that her commander,
Captain 0. p. Shinkle, disgraced him
self Wednesday by having negro passen-
gers seated with the whites az the dinner
table. Tom Shy, or Uncle Tom, as
he is Familiarity known, draynan of
Messrs. Grimes x Bro, of this city, who
was passenger on board, declined Shin
kle's Invitation TO eat with the white
passengers, saying he had been raised
differently, and knew how to behave him
self Finding that negroes were at the
tables and no other alternative to get
anything to eat, he reluctantly took a
place to himself. Tom had assigned
bin berth in the gentlemen cabin.
AS several Vicksburgers were on her at
the time, but who have probably gotten
off by this time, we hope to be able soon
to hear from them and have them speak
for themselves.
The st. Francis goes out tomorrow
evening for Helena, Wittsburg Mariana,
and all points on the St. Francis river.
The City of Vicksburg, in command
of Captain A. J. Carter, leaves at FIVE
o'clock this evening for Yicksburg and
all the bend landings. William Goepel
is clerk.
The Belle Memphis leaves this evening
at FIVE clock for Cairo and St. Louis
direct. Captain Crane commands and
Billy Blenker is purser.
Saturday st. Louis Republican says:
Captain Joe LaBarge informs us that
the late time of the Far West is not the
fastest on record, and the honor for the
quickest trip is due to the Emile La
Barge, which made the run in 1862 from
this port in thirty-one days and eleven
hours, including stoppages all the way
up from Omaha to cut her own wood. He
also includes the towing of the Shreve
port from the rapids to Benton, she being
unable to stem the current. On the trip
of the Emile she was drawing four and
one-half feet of water with all through
freight, and had over two hundred peo-
pie on board. lie also says that Sioux
City steamboatmen have been trying to
beat his time ever since, but have al
ways failed. His new boat Pagie, now
nearing completion, will make her initial
trip to Benton next spring, when tits ex-
pected the time of the Emile will be
beaten"