Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-11

cotton for st. Louis. The Belle l lem
phis came down early in the afern Dol
with GOO tons, ard returned to St. Lo nj
at 4 late hour last night. The Coz ri
mental came up with % casks OF self u
water, q barrels Of molasses, ll3 sac X
Of coffee and l25 casks Of bottled q /
for this city, and had so tons for Cain :
and 500 tons for St. Louis, including
one and the largest item 1881 boxes o \
sugar for Belcher's refinery there The
Belle Of Shreveport came up at dark,
six and half days out from Shreye-
port, with light cargo, and only waited
long enough TO coal and put out few
passengers. The Andy Baum came
down from the Ohio near midnight last
night with 700 tons, including 500 sacks
corn taken below Cairo, 300 bales hay,
$40 sacks oats, Go tons bulk meat, loose,
and had in all 10, 72l packages, which is
now being discharged rapidly. The Au.
gusta from White river arrived at 7 am.
with 479 bales cotton and reshipped So
bales. The Frank Forest brought from
the upper landings 1872 bales cotton, 979
sacks cotton-seed and 40 sacks seed cot
ton and towed a fat with part Of the
above trip from Sections landing. The
City Of Alton passed down at 81 m, but
didn't stop to pay wharfage, as she no.
ticed the filthy condition of the levee,
where, had she landed, her passengers
would have had to wade through mud
and mire foot deep in order to get
ashore to take stroll about the city.
The City of Helena, with huge trip for
Vicksburg, and the st. Joseph, loaded to
her full capacity for this city, came down
early, and after adding few people here
the former left for the south.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For ST. LoUIs.-The St. Joseph, Capt.
Gray, leaves as above this afternoon at
five o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis. Mr..
o. Hewitt is chief clerk.
For NAPoLEoY.-The regular semi
weekly coast packet A. ]. White, with
Captain Mark Cheek in command, leaves
this afternoon at five o'clock for Napo-
leon and all way landings. Messrs.
Postal, Sharpe and Smithers are clerks.
FoR WITTsBURG.-The regular passen-
ger steamer st. Francis, Captain I. R.
Bowman departs at FIVE o'clock this
afternoon for Helena, Mariana, Wits |
burg and the usual way landings.
Messrs. Sam Paine and James Franklin
are the clerks.
FoR WHITE RIvER.-The light-draught
passenger steamer City of Augusta, with |
Captain Milt Harry on the roof, leaves
this afternoon at five clock for Devalls
Bluff Jacksonport, and all points on
White river. Mr.. Walker Outlaw is chief
clerk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Two infatuated individuals, one
steamboatman, advertise for an intro
duetion to the Front street book-keeper
who on Mardi Gras personated the In
dian maiden. They both fell head over
heels in love with the squaw, and her
(his) pretty foot, and if they wish can
find her (him) in certain cotton Office
between Madison and Court, on Front
street, and there the maiden VII Cur
RE their favor.
One of the wheel-arms of the wreck Of
the R. P. Walt is about six inches above
the surface of the water this morning,
and serves well as warning to steamers
landing in the vicinity.
The Andy Baum brought as forage for
the cavalry horses about to camp near
the city, 300 bales hay and $40 sacks
oats, as well as a lot of camp equipage.
Some of the passengers of the st.
James carried off a bed-spread at Gin
cinnati the other day. The Chronicle,
in referring to the theft, says: THE
officers of that boat now request passen-
gers to leave the bed-clothes behind
them. The spreads being Of an elegant
pattern, make pretty shawls. However,
as the polar wave has spent its force,
their appropriation for that use is no
longer expected"
The Wharf and Landing Committee
are invited down to the leVee to stroll
along the bank and take a squirt at the
vast accumulation of filth left by the re-
ceding river. 1t would be well for them
10 saturate their handkerchief with
however, before they approach
he location of the produce boats below
Union street.
Captain Irwin Dugan left by rail this
afternoon for Cairo to join his boat, the
T. Z. Eckert.
From seven an. yesterday to nine
I'm. to-day the river fell eighteen inches,
md stands twenty-five feet and one
nch above low water mark.
The Era No. 9, with RObinsOn's circus
,n board, is coming up the river.
The Future City and her TOW is the
next steamer due from below.
There we're three hundred and twenty