Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-08

The Commonwealth passed up last nigh
with moderate trip. The Pink Varbl'
from the Arkansas, last night, brought
l6l bales cotton, sGS sacks seed, 20 sacks
seed cotton, and reshipped 81 bales cot
ton for New Orleans. The Mary Il. Poe
from New Orleans brought up a cargo
Of railroad iron, which she is disoharg
ing above the foot Of Poplar street. The
Mohawk and barges passed up last night
and the Alaska, deeply laden, passed
down at IL am. without landing. The
gunboat Lookout arrived with II bales
cotton from Hatehie river.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR ST. LoUIs-The great and good
steamer Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
takes her departure at o'clock this
afternoon from the elevator, at the foot
Of Beal street, and makes direct con-
neciions with the different railway lines
at Belmont Cairo and st. Louis. Our
friend White is the obliging secretary.
Fox VIcKsBURG-The Capitol City,
Captain j. f. Luker, leaves Sunday at
10 am. for Vicksburg and all the usual
bend landings. Jimmy Thompson, a
Memphian, is her secretary,
FoR ARKANSAS RIvER-The Kittie
Hegler Captain j. d. Hegler, leaves as
above this evening, under the auspices
of the Arkansas River Packet Company.
FoR WHITE RIvER--The Legal Tender,
Captain John d. Elliott, leaves for
Jacksonport and all landings on White
river this evening. George W. Alcoke
and Gillespie are clerks.
For ARKANSAS RIvER.-The Pink
Varble, Captain John Fenwick, leaves
as above this evening.
For EvANsvILLE-The fine steamer
Idlewild, Captain VIM. Lowth, leaves as
above this afternoon. Mr.. Thomas is
chief clerk
For CIyoIYYATI-The Arlington, Capt.
Dan Moore, departs at o'clock this af-
ternoon for Cairo, Evansville and Gin
cinnati, and will go through without
detention. Mr.. AL Bunting is chief
clerk.
For RED RIvER-The Joe Kinney,
Captain Crapster, will arrive in the
morning and leave at o'clock to-mor-
row evening for jefferson, Shreveport
and all landings on Red river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Richmond and Republic have
gone to St. Louis.
The John B. Maude left New Orleans
last night for this city.
Heavy rains fell at many places in the
North yesterday and last night.
The Thompson Dean left Louisville
last night for the South
The City of Helena will be here Mon
day on her way to Vicksburg, and the
Clinton will arrive tomorrow from st.
Louis.
The Little Alps is loading two barges
at Cairo with freight for New Orleans.
The Hegler takes about 300 deck pas
sengers this evening.
The officers of the Palestine arrived
at Evansville Thursday night. The boat
is a total loss. Her cabin Aoated off,
took fire and burned. She was insured
for $4,000. She had no freight and no
lives were lost. The safe contained
$500.
The Peoria Transcript of Monday
says: The Illinois can go down as fast
as up, and even faster. 1t has fallen
more than ten inches during the last
forty.eight hours, and is still falling
The decline, however, is thought by
those best posted to be of short dura-
ton, and we may look for some very
high water this spring.
The Newport and Cincinnati Bridge
Company have brought suit in the
United States Circuit Court at Cincin-
natl against the United States Govern
ment for 1851 900, alleged damages in
cured in consequence of alterations re-
quired in the construction of the bridge
as to its hight and width of channel
span. The assent of the United States
to building this bridge was given March
3, 1869. The Congressional legislation
requiring the change on which the claim
is based was section of the bill for the
appropriation for the Postoffice Depart
ment for the year ending June 30, 1872,
and approved March 3, 1873. This act
provides that parties may seek redress
in the United States courts. This case
is said to be the first of the kind brought
against the Government.
On the arrival Of the City Of Quincy |
at New Orleans last trip Captain j. 7.
West employed one hundred and twenty
FIVE men at two dollars and fifty cents
per day to discharge his boat. When
the work was completed the men were
called up to the office and paid off; but
five Of them refused to take their money,
and demanded three dollars a day.
This being Fifty cents a day more than
the wages agreed upon, of course Capt.
West refused to pay it, when the men
went before United States Commissioner
Weller and had the boat attached. The
consequence was that Captain West was
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