Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-17

left soon after putting out l32 packages
of fruit and wine. The Probasco took
$50 bales of cotton and left for the Ohio.
The James Howard got away about ten
O. clock last night. The Dexter went up
at An. with good trip. The Indiana
came up at 9 am, put out q barrels
molasses, hogsheads sugar and some
other small lots, and left for Louisville
with 200 tons, the principal portion Of
which is for way points on the Ohio. She
laid up last night nt Commerce to clean
out her boilers and repair couple Of
broken wheel.arms. The Armadillo got
away before noon for the Ohio, with 100
Bales cotton she got in the upper Arkan-
sas, and for which she gets nearly 81 per
bale freight. The Arlington brought
nearly 400 tons from the Ohio. The
Emma Elliott had 500 tons, nearly all Of
which she got at St. Louis. She had the
following items: l477 sacks corn, $50
do. oats, 252 do. bran. l724 barrels -four
and meal, 4s9 kegs beer, 81 bales hay,
A head of stock, 46 bales cotton, and
1880 packages sundries.
| BOATS TO LEAVE.
For WHITE RIvER.-The regular pas
senger packet Batesville, Captain
Dougberty in command, departs at FIVE
o'clock this evening for DovalPs Bluff
and all points on White river.
For ST. LoUIs.-The City of Chester
leaves this afternoon at five o'clock for
Cairo, st. Louis, and all way landings.
Captain Ziegler commands.
For VIcKsBURG.-The elegant steamer
City Of Vicksburg will be down to leave
at ten a. m. tomorrow for Helena and
Vicksburg.
For CIYCINXATI.-The Belle Vernon
departs at five pm. tomorrow.
For NEW ORLEANs.-The Robert E.
Lee viii be down tomorrow morning.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Henry Ames will be up tomorrow
for St. Louis, and the Charles Bodmann
for Cincinnati.
All Acheelang, who went up on the
Lady Lee from Red river last night, in
charge Of the Chinese, seemd quite a
favorite with the officers, as well as the
lady passengers. He speaks English
we'll.
Captain J. 7. Washington, who for
several weeks has been confined to his
bed by illness, will leave for his home at
Newport, Kentucky, on Saturday.
The St. Louis Republican announces
still further tumble in freights, as
follows: Flour to New Orleans, by
barges and steamers-35 cents per bar
rel; pound freight, Is cents per cwt. To
Vicksburg-Aour, 30 cents; grain and
bacon, III cents. To Memphis-no
change"
Captain Elem Calvert came down this
morning passenger on the Emma c.
Elliott.
The project of line of railway from
St. Louis along the western bank of the
Mississippi river to New Orleans has
taken tangible shape. st. Louis mer-
chants have taken firm hold of the move
ment.
The Board of Supervising Inspectors
yesterday resolved that hereafter fire ex-
tinguishers shall not be required on tug,
tow or freight steamers, nor on passen-
ger steamers of over one hundred tons;
also that hereafter only two certificates
of inspection shall be required on all
tug, tsw and freight steamers.
A Shreveport telegram says Red river
has risen twenty-three feet at Dooleys.
The Exporter went into New Orleans
yesterday with $500 bales of cotton-the
largest trip since the war, and far ex-
eeeding even the capacity Of the So
called renowned R. E. Lee OF any Of the
big lower river boats.
Lake Pepin is open and navigation
uninterrupted from St. Paul to the Gulf.
At noon to-day the river stood at
thirty.two feet seven inches above low
water mark, having risen an inch last
night 1t is now nine inches below
the March rise. and is three feet two
inches below the high water mark Of
1871. A decline will probably set in to-
night.
The Msllie RagOn is due from the Ar
kansas.
According to yesterdays Arkansas
exchanges the loss by the inundation Of
Jacksonport will not be less than $50
900. Many horses and cattle were
drowned, and the gardens entirely de-
stroyed.
A floating graveyard is the latest
novelty in the Arkansas river.
DnFrvOoD.-Work vas again com
,.,,.5 ~, The Fslls pilot'r harre today.