Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-21

The James Howard, with $500 bars of
railroad iron, left New Orleans last night
for Evansville. The John Howard will
arrive at Little Rock to-day with 1900
bars. ass
The United States Marshal gobbled
the Carrie Kountz for debt by boarding
her with steam-tug above Vicksburg.
That will be one of her landing places
hereafter, she having given $4,000 bond.
The City of Cairo is choking
stump at st. Louis, rather than load at
the present ruinous rates.
The Savannah, on her way down, col
lided the barge Hastings with the bridge
at Hannibal, Saturday morning, and
sunk it with its cargo of sacked grain.
The grain is being taken out damaged,
and the barge will be raised.
The following telegram is from A. G.
Lowery:
HELENA, MONTANA, May l6.-To W.
J. Kountz: The Missouri is rising at
Benton. Mountains are covered with
snow. Look out for big river
The river at st. Louis rose eleven
inches this morning.
According to the Railway Record,
Captain Ferd Hamilton is running a
bath house at Hot Springs.
The Railway Record is out again. and
this time with river column. CHANGING
over it, we were astonished to learn that
its editor had fondness for water, and
that he used to gambol (?) with John
Sullivan of the Belle Lee. That editor
is Dolly Warden supporter; he says so.
The new steamboat law passed the
Senate Friday in shape that will give
much satisfaction to steamboatmen, al
though it permits patent-right men to
force certain clap.traps on steamers. 1t
now goes to a conference committee.
The following amendments to the
river and harbor bill, offered by Mr..
Kellogg, were agreed upon by the SEN
ate Committee on Commerce, and re-
ported TO the Senate For removing the
RATS from Red river, 100000; for i'm
proving Tones BAYOU, $40, 900; improving
Cypress bayou, $4,000; improving the
Ouachita river, $4,000; completing the
survey on the st. Philip Canal at the
mouth Of the Mississippi river, $4,000.
The Robert Mitchell, Charles Bod
mann and Susie Silver will be due up
tomorrow. The Bodmann has 500 tons,
the Mitchell $50 tons, chiefly railroad
iron, and the Susie Silver $50 tons, the
greater part of which is iron.
The R. E. Lee ran from here to Cairo
in twenty-four hours, making the run
from New Orleans in four days.
The feet passenger steamer Thomas
Fl. 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.
The elegant and fleet passenger
steamer, Belle st. Louis, Captain viii
liam Blake, leaves this evening at FIVE
o clock, fer Vicksburg, and all the usual
way landings. She has superior accom-
modations for passengers. Captain ALI
Grissom holds forth at the desk.
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 favorite St. Francis, Captain I.
r. Bowman, leaves for Wittsburg, Madi-
son, Mariana and all way landings be-
tween here and Helena this afternoon at
five o'clock. Sam c. Paine and Billy
Dean clerks.
The good steamer Colorado, Captain
j. I. Luker master, will be up to leave
at five clock this evening for Cairo and
St. Louis, making all the usual landings,
including Hickman, Columbus and
Grand Tower. She he is A No. l boat,
and will leave on time.
Bya telegram to Agent Cobb, we learn
that the Robert Burns will be here to
leave at five pm. tomorrow for Louis
vile and Cincinnati.