Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-14

800 sacks Of bran, 500 pieces Of bulk
meat. 400 barrels of meal. and when she
left she was drawing u feet, with
her guards deep in the water she
had also 70 cabin passengers. The
Henry c. Yaeger, loaded Fat, passed
down without landing. She added 5000
sacks Of corn at Madrid. The Chester
had a fair trip out, and the Lawrence
had $50 bales Of cotton. The Julia went
up late, discharging lOl bales Of cotton.
The Anna arrived early this morning
with 500 bales of cotton and 800 hides.
The A. j. White brought up big pas
senger trip and 1877 bales Of cotton.
The Longworth, nearly week out from
New Orleans, detained by fog and wind,
vent up with 400 tons for the Ohio,
dischargiDg 30 hogsheads Of sugar, 100
boxes Of oranges and &C sacks Of coffee
here. The Potomac, from the Ohio, ar
rived early With 400 tons, including 22l5
kegs of nails, 80 boxes Of eggs, 203 bar
rels Of apples, 27O sacks Of oats, $50
bales Of hay, 100 barrels Of potatoes, 20
crates of cabbage, 400 barrels Of flour,
267 sacks Of bran, l25 casks Of bacon
and hams, &c barrels Of onions and 10
bales of cotton. The Marble City dis
charged 100 dry barrels, $50 sacks corn,
and added 40 tons for Vicksburg. The
Parker brought 600 tons, including 400
pieces bulk meat, 1000 barrels salt, 500
buckets and so tierces lard, 50 bales hay,
90 casks bacon, 1876 sacks oats, $50 bar
rels potatoes. 80 barrels apples, 10 bar
rels onions 1863 barrels flour, 74l sacks
bran, 300 cases oysters, 800 barrels meal,
tierces hams, 400 kegs beer, 100 boxes
soap, 100 barrels whisky, ITO plows, and
fair miscellaneous list. The Elliott
brought 700 tons, aud goes back tonight.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For ARKANSAS RIvER.-The Anna
goes Saturday.
For CNcIXSATI.-The Potomac de-
parts on Saturday.
For ARKANSAS RIvER.-The West
Wind, now at the foot of Court street,
leaves tomorrow evening.
FoR FRIAR's PoIST.-The swift and
regular Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
departs as usual this envening, stopping
at all way freight and passenger land
ings. Stack Lee is chief clerk.
FoR NAPoLEoN.-The A. ]. White,
Captain Mark Cheek, leaves as above
this afternoon at o'clock. E. C. Postal
and Charles Sharpe clerks.
Fox ST. LouIs.-The Emma Elliott,
Captain Robert Riley, leaves as above
this evening. Tom Whitledge, clerk.
For New 0RLEAYs.-The great low
pressure Richmond, Captain Nat Green,
will pass down tomorrow evening.
For RED RIvER.-The Carter Line
steamer Mary E. Poe will pass down to-
morrow evening.
Fox WHITE RIvER.-The elegant Pat
Cleburne backs out tomorrow evening.
MISCELLANEOUS.
During the twentY-four hours ending
at Gam. to-day the river fell two feet
one inch, making a total decline since
the 3D. inst. of fourteen feet.
The first boat of the season, the Alps,
arrived at Peoria, ILL.,, from St. Louis
yesterday. She reports the Illinois river
clear of ice from Grafton to Peoria.
Hiram W. johnson, the deputy collec-
tor of customs at this port and gentle
man we'll known to river men, started
home from his Office night before last
and has not been seen or heard of since.
1t is feared that he has been foully dealt
with.
The Great Republic is said to have
larger machinery and to work larger
wheel than any boat in the West. She
has two large cylinders 6fty-eight inches
in diameter and ten feet stroke, and two
small ones twenty-eight inches in diam
eter and ten feet stroke.
Eighteen boats will be engaged on the
Upper Missouri this season.
The following is list of tows coming
out from Pittsburg on the present rise:
For Cairo-Resolute, 10 barges 2 coke,
100000 bushels; Leonard, 8 barges, 1907
900; Hornet, barges, 100000; Whale,
barges, 100000. For Louisville
Fred Wilson No. 2, IA barges, fuel
boat, 10000 bushels; Boaz, 6 barges, 2
fuel boats, l6l 900; 0ctoroon No. 2, l
boat and barges, $1,000; Eagle, 10
barges, $4,000; Reindeer, 8 barges, go
900; Ny Choice, 9 barges, 100000;
Sampson No. 2, 9 barges, 100000 Sam
Clark, Ii barges, fuel boats, $4,000;
James Gilmore, barges, 10000, and l
of coke, 10000. Several of the above
boats left Pittsburg yesterday.
The projected James river and Kama
wha canal will pass under the Allegheny
Mountains through a tunnel eight miles
long.
Major John d. Adams came home
last night from Little Rock.
The Maysville city Council has passed
an ordinance charging hatbOats or
scows of six tons capacity or less fifty
cents wharfage for each landing, and
the same amount per day as long as