Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-09


it was Saturday. All the upper streams
are high and rising, and destructive
floods are looked for in some Of the trib-
utaries Of the Mississippi and Illinois
rivers. The Arkansas is on the ramp
age, and has risen seven feet in twenty
four hours. White river follows suit with
a two foot swell, aud will be rising soon.
The weather is partially clear and COOL
mercury, 49,.
BUSINESS.
The Bodmann went down yesterday
afternoon we'll laden. The Forsythe up
had fair trip, and the Longworth, for
the Ohio, had l60 tons scrap iron and
got 100 bales Of cotton here. The huge
old low-pressure Richmond passed down
after midnight with 1890 tons of freight.
The Henry Ames came down this morn
ing loaded to the guards. She discharged
here $50 sacks bran, 100 sacks oats, 4I5
sacks corn, 50 barrels whisky and 10 tons
miscellaneous freight, and added so bales
cotton. Her principal items for New
Orleans we're 1000 sacks corn, 500 barrels
meal 300 casks bacon, 1000 barrels -four,
400 bales hay, 400 barrels pork, 2l2 head
cattle, IO4 head hogs, 50 coops poultry,
100 barrels whisky, besides which she
had a large amount Of way freight and
got twenty or thirty passengers here.
The Phil Allin brought up SO bales cot
ton and 3 tons scrap iron. The Lookout
brought few bales of cotton from tne
Hatchie and goes back. The Julia left
at c O clock this morning for Vicksburg.
The Crescent City and barges went up
at midnight. The John B. Maude came
up before noon with good trip her
principal freight items were 100 barrels
potatoes, so boxes tin, 30 casks wine, 10
bales cotton. The Henry Ames left at l
nm. The Crescent City and barges
passed up last night.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For FRIAR's PoNT.-The Phil Allin
leaves as above this evening.
For CINCINNATI. - The excellent
steamer Andy Baum, Captain II. j.
Vinton, leaves as above this evening.
c. B. Woodbury., clerk.
For ARKANSAS RIvER.-The steamer
Mary Boyd, Captain John Myers, leaves
for Little Rock and way landings this
afternoon. A. II. 0'Neill, clerk.
| For CIYCIxXATL-The Pat Rogers,
Captain Schenck, is announced to leave
at FIVE p m. to-day.
For New ORLEANS. The large and
handsome steamer Great Republic takes
her departure tomorrow evening at .
o'clock for New Orleans and way points.
This steamer has no superior on the
Western rivers for the accommodation
of people, freight and stock.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The towboat Little Alps, Captain Stir
lev. left New Orleans Sunday evening
for Memphis.
One item added here by the Bodlnann
Yesterday was a lieutenant and nve men
for Texas. Three of the men are SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for deserving
the flag of their country, and were
marched to the boat shackled. One
deserted in 1869, and another a year
previous.
As the LEDGER prophet stated, the
nresent rise in the Arkansas will let all
the big stern.wheelers out. Some are
already on their way down, and won't
he caught up there soon again. The
Nashville goes 70 Cincinnati and the
Ashland to New Orleans.
The Cleburne repaired her machiHery
and dropped down to the elevator this
morning to get fifty tons of White river
freight.
The model barge that aOated past the
city Yesterday morning, and which
nearly ruined the Julia, was caught and
landed BY the McNutt about a mile and
a half below Fort Pickering in the chute
and in the mouth OF a bayou. She has
about seven feet Of water in her hold
hut strange to say therefs large amount
of her freight uninjursd. From the mer
left on her last night We learn that she
has now on board 500 tons Of freight
consisting Of furniture, -four, whisky
principally, all Of which will prove a
valuable catch " to the McNutt. That
boat takes down two barges, upon which
the freight will be loaded this evening
and brought TO this city.
The City Of Chester towed up to St
Louis barge loaded with freight from
the wreck Of the W. J. Lewis. This
was all uninjured, and there is at least
$40, 900 worth Of IT,
While the City Of Cairo vas lying Al
Cincinnati Saturday a passenger on
board lost out Of bis pocket, while IN
the water closet, a package coutaininz