Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-06

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at st. Louis. The swell in the Missouri
is about done for, however, and the rise
will soon run out. The other streams
above are falling, and Red river is rising.
The Arkansas has depth of ten feet to
Van Buren,, ten miles below Fort Smith
and rise is expected at Fort Gibson.
White river has good stage to Jackson
port, and is falling. The weather is
partly cloudy, and the mercury 80.
BUSINESS a4 ..t
The City of Vicksburg came down
last night and discharged 100 tons be-
fore leaving for Vicksburg. The Rogers
brought good trip, and the Chester left
with 90 bales Of cotton and 1900 beer
kegs for St. Louis. The City of Helena
came up from Vicksburg and lays here
until tonight. The Quincy passed down
loaded to the guards, only waiting what
few passengers she got here The Henry
Ames came up this morning, and is dis
charging ia bars railroad iron at the
foot of Jefferson street. She has 600
tons for St Louis, including 1900 sacks
salt and 1900 boxes sugar. The City of
Helena brought I3 bales cotton.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For ARKANSAS RIVER The Mary
Boyd departs at 8 o'clock tomorrow
evening.
For CNc1NNATI.-The Pat Rogers
leaves to morrow afternoon.
For VIcKsBuRG.-Th Anchor Line
steamer Capitol City will be down to-
| morrow afternoon.
For CINcIYNATI.-The Robert Mitchell
will be up tomorrow morning on her
way TO the Ohio.
FoR LoUIsvIILE.-The R. E. Lee
leaves here punctually at 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon for Cairo, Evansville
and Louisville.
For WHITE RIvER.-The City Of Au-
gusta goes to White river tomorrow.
For V1cKsBURe--The City of Helena
leaves this evening at clock for Cairo
and st. Louis. Captain Mckee com
mands, and Will I. Power is purser
For NAPoLRoN-The regular semi
weekly coast packet A. j. White, with
Captain Mark Cheek in command, leaves
at 5 o'clock this evening for Helena, Ma
poleon and all way landings.
For PINE BLUFF-The James E. Ran
kin leaves this afternoon at 5 o'clock
for Pine Bluff and all intermediate
points on Arkansas river. Captain John
Fenwick is her popular commander, and
Cash Thomas is clerk.
FoR New ORLEANs.-We have adver-
tised to leave at o'clock this evening
the elegant steamer Nick Longworth,
Captain Lew Hates and Ben Merilees.
The Longworth goes at sharp o'clock.
Get on board in time. You will find her
at the big red wharfboat at that hour.
MISCELLANEOUS.
About twenty years ago, says the well
known Nashville contributor to Com
modOre Rollingpinsp column, the Bap-
fist preachers of the country held gen.
eral meeting at Nashville, for the pur-
pose of revising the Bible. The Altoona
was then running in the packet trade
between that city and st. Louis. A
delegation of our preachers waited upon |
James Miller-0ld Gibraltar-and APP
piled to him for half rate fares. Not
exactly understanding what was meant
by revision of the Bible" he applied
to his clerk, Ben F. Egan, for informa-
ton. Being told that they wanted to
change the wording of certain passages
in the Bible, he instructed full fare to be
collected, saying, plague take my skin
if the Bible isn't good enough for me the
way it is.
The Ella Hughes wants a fractional
purchaser. She has been slung to
stump over at Nashville now two weeks.
Won't somebody buy and put her in the
Wolf river trader
/ Colonel Ned Outlaw, OF the Arkansas
River Packet Company, arrived last
night from New Orleans, where be has
been on business.
Elem Calvert's horse will be rafHed al
the Peabody Hotel tomorrow night.
The new and fast passenger steamer
Robert Mitchell, Capt. Gus DuSouchot, /
ana Fred Jones clerk. leaTes in The