Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-28
BUSINESS.

the decline. The weather to-day is
cloudy and mild.
BUSINESS.
The Richmond went up at dark last
night with 400 tons-principally railroad
iron-for the Ohio, and left fftY-three
cabin passengers here. The Little Alps
took barge up to Madrid to load with
corn. The big James Howard came
down at dark with 1000 tons on board
and got most all of it at Cairo. She put
out 100 tons of grain and feed here and
left for the South before midnight. The
John B. Maude left about the same time
with nearly 1000 bales of cotton, 1900
sacks oil cake and 500 barrels potatoes
for New Orleans, and zoe tons of way
freight. The City of Chester went up
light for St. Leuis. The Colorado came up
before dark and laid over until this morn.
ing, adding some way lots and few peo-
pie. The Mary Houston went down late
last night with over 1000 tons of freight,
all (which she got in the Ohio. The Nick
Longworth went down about nine o'clock
this morning loaded fiat; she got 500
sacks of corn, Is hogsheads tobacco and
20 bales cotton below Cairo, and had, all
told, 1850 tons, including as the princi-
pal items, 1000 sacks corn, 1900 barrels
-four and meal, 100 hogsheads tobacco,
$50 casks bacon, 500 tierces hams, 1900
barrels apples and potatoes, 1000 boxes
starch, 100 barrels pork, and large list
of way freight, and had forty cabin pas
sengers. The A. j. White, from Napo-
leon, came up early with 1872 bales cot
ton and 1872 sacks seed. The Cheek,
from the Arkansas, arrived last night
with light trip, having been on a voy-
age of exploration. The Frank Forest
brought down to-day, from Hale's Point,
l29 bales cotton and T97 sacks seed The
Emma Elliott, from St. Louis, brought
$50 tons, including 2,494 sacks grain, 80
bales cotton, 2,lOo dry and 200 wet bar
rels, "a casks bacon and so head of stock.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For ST.. LoUIs.-The Emma c. Elliot,
Captain R. X. Riley, leaves as above
this evening. Tom Whitledge, clerk.
FoR Arkansas RIvER.--The Pink. Var
BILE, Captain John Fenwick, leaves for
Little Rock this afternoon.
For New ORLEANs.-The Mary Z.
Forsyth, Captain Greenough, will leave
for New Orleans tomorrow evening.
For NEw 0RLEAKs.-The unsurpassed
steamer Bisparck, Captain John Spane,
and Ed. Hawks clerk, is announced to
leave to morrow for the South.
For VIcKsBURG.-The Anchor Line
will dispatch the City of Helena to-day |
at p. m. for Vicksburg. Captain Ne
Kee is in command and VIII I. Power
secretary. The Helena will leave the
elevator at the hour named.
For RED RlvER.-1he George c. |
Wolf, Captain Carter, will be here to !
leave at o'clock tomorrow morning
fer all points on Red river,
FoR LoVIsyuLE.-The R. E. Lee will /
he yp tomorrow evening early, and
leave at 10 o'clock at night for Cairo /
aud Louisville.
FoR CIScIxNGTI.-The Rew steamer
Pat Rogers, Captain 4. n. skunk, leaves
as above this evening.
FOE FPIARs PoHT,-The sWift and
regular Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
departs as usual this evening stopping
at all var freight and passenger land
ipgs. Stack Lee is chief clerk.
FOR NAPOLEON. The A. J. White,
Captain Mark Cheek, leaves a. Aosve
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. =. c. Postal
aud Charles Sharpe are clerks. The
White Is the regular mail packet. ]
FoE Arkansas RIvER.-Tbe Mary
Boyd goes Tomorrow 81 ahn /
FoR WHgTF REgR-Ihe Legal Ten
der Captain Elliott, Departs At pm.
TO 1ouOE. |