Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-08

five o'clock to-day. Messrs. Davis,
Clarke aud Booker are her clever clerks.
FoR NAPoLRoS.-The steamer George
w. Cheek is the United States mail
packet for Helena, mouth Of White
river and Napoleon at five o'clock this
evening. Captain George Malone rings
the bell, and Charlie Smither is chief
clerk
FoR CNcINNATI.-The popular and
elegant steamer Minneola leaves for
Louisville aud Cincinnati at five o'clock
to-day. She is the regular packet, has
6rstola accommodations and is in
command Of Captain Skunk, an expo
rienced steamboatman and clever gen
tleman.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Anna took the James Towards
freight from Cairo to St. Louis.
The Henry Ames left st. Louis on
Wednesday with 100 tons on herself
and barges. She has company of
200 gipsieS, with their wagons, horses,
etc., coming South for the winter.
The new City of Alton is owned by
Captain L. A. Sheble seven eghths and
Captain VIM. Mason one-eighth; is
valued by the St. Louis Inspectors at
10000, and by the underwriters at $780,
900, and IS insured for $4,000.
The Susie Silver is on her way from
st. Louis with over thousand tons Of
freight.
The Minneola did not put her cotton
Off at the elevator, as stated yesterday.
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell, wife of Mr..
Thomas Caldwell, the well known mate
on the A. j. White, died of yellow fever
at her residence in this city yesterday.
The Colorado leaves the elevator to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock for
Vicksburg and the bends. Captain G.
W. Boyd is on the roof
James Salisbury and James Frank
lin, both well known in river circles, are
out again, after severe attacks Of the
fever. Neither are in fighting condition,
but are figuring on foot race, to come
off tomorrow.
The st. Lonis Republican of Thurs
dsy says:
River still stationary. Steamboat
matters on the upper Mississippi are
rapidly coming to close, and the pack
cts will in very short while 20 into
winter quarters. THERE'S large amount
freight above the rapids awaiting trans
portation and the X. N. line boats are
doing their utmost to clear it up before
navigation is closed by ice. The pros
pect for their accomplishing the work is
very favorable. Business on our wharf
does not show much improvement in
Southern shipments. Still a fair amount
of freight is moving, but at unusual low
prices on this stage Of water There is
very little money for steamboatmen in
carrying -four at so cents per barrel and
pound freight at % cents, when there is
Cairo, and very little more to that point.
A pilot just up from below says the three
channels at Horsetail, are continually
shifting, with not over five feet to be
found in any of them. The John F.
Tolle was aground there yesterday, in
the lower crossing, but is probably off
and gone ere this. The Vicksburg stuck
there some time, but soon released her
SELF The Grand Tower sent her yawl
down yesterday evening to sound the bar
before leaving the wharf.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 9Th
has the following;
Business was lively along the leyee
yesterday, owing to the unusual number
of departures for the South. The fol-
lowing pilots left: Heck, Kelso and J.
Williams on the James D. Parker, Oscar
Written and VIM. Stricken on the Ale
gheny Belle No. 4, and Z. hanly and E.
K. McFall on the louisville The Ar
lington, for Memphis and the Thompson
Dean for New Orleans, depart on Satur-
day. The Willie leaves for New Orleans
to-day. The new Cherokee is now ready
for business, and will commence loading
for New Orleans during the present week.
The Louisville has one item of over 600
casks of bacon for New Orleans. The
Charter Line steamers Lady Lee and
Belle Of Shreveport have entered the
Star Line of Red River steamers Capt.
A. Stein has dropped the John Kilgour
down to the levee TO leave for New Or
leans on next Wednesday, following the
Thompson Dean, which leaves next Sat-