Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-20

and John A. Scudder for ST. Louis lett
New Orleans Saturday evening.
The st. Francis, Captain Basket, is
the regular Tuesday packet for He lena,
the bends, Mariana and Wittsburg
The Minneola Captain Skunk, arrived
Yesterday from Cincinnati with a good
freight trip, and leaves tomorrow even
ing with a return trip for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati.
The George W. Cheek, Captain John
Elliott, arrived this morning from White
river with 81 bales of cotton, and re-
shipped 10 bales at the mouth. she
had also a good passenger trip. The
! Cheek leaves tomorrow evening with
return trip for White, Black and Little
Red rivers, carrying the United States
mail. Ed Postal and A. Cummins do
the honors of the office.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
WOODBURY., arrived this morning from
Pine Bluff with "a bales of cotton, 10
bags of cotton seed and 2l3S sacks OF
seed, and reshipped at the mouth Tor
New Orleans 40 bales aud at Helena
bales of cotton. She had also good
passenger trip, and did good way bus
mess. Her officers say they experienced
stormy weather during the whole trip.
The Belle Of Texas leaves again to-
morrow evening for Pine Bluff and wa y
points on Arkansas river. Frank Bus
kirk and Billy Wills, two courteous gem
tlemen and accommodating clerks, have
charge of the Office f
The ievee broke at Red Fork, on the
Arkansas river, on Thursday last. The
creyasse overAowed the plantations OF
} Colonels Williams and Boulder, and
they, to protect themselves, went ten
miles above their places, and cut the
levee to turn the water in another direc-
ton, and in doing so they endangered
the plantation of Aaron Coca. Some
colored men caught Colonies Williams
aud Boulder in the act OF cutting the
levee and informed Mr.. Coca, who ap'
p. peared on the scene and opened on the
marauders with his battery. Several
shots were fred, and the levee cutters
retreated, but was afterwards arrested
and placed under bonds. The crevasse
at Mr.. Goza's was successfully CLOSED
t without doing much damage.
The Andy Baum will arrive to morrow
5 morning from Cincinnati with tul
. cargo of Western products.
The John Howard leaves New Orlean
e tomorrow for Arkansas river. This tril
: close her seasons business in the New
Orleans and Arkansas river trade.
9 The whole of Lower Ouachita AM
e Black rivers are inundated, and grea
distress exists among the inhabitants.
!. Nearly the whole country from Vicks
burg to New Orleans is flooded.
p The Frank Forest, Captain 0. K. Jop
r lin, came in last evening from the uppe
coast, with a good list of cotton an
s. other freight. She leaves again thi
# evening for Osceola and way landing
on the upper coast ]. W. Rhodes,
I, clever gentleman, has charge OF th
If Office.
IS The Great Republic came in thi
# morning from St. Louis with 23OO ton
l. of freight and lot of stock. She dii
e charged here ESQ barrels pork, $50 sack
corn and 200 packages sundries, adde
It 300 bales cotton, and got away at moo
4 for New Orleans. She encountere
e tempestuous weather last night, whic
:. delayed her.
r The prospects are indeed gloomy fc
J, the planters in the bends. The exec
o siye rains and high water will prever
many of them in the bottoms or 10
/. lands from making a crop, while tn
2 merchants are unwilling to make az
q vances or furnish supplies in view
n the uncertainty of making cotton Gro
J. this season on account of the OVERT ov
r The outlook is discouraging in the e.
l. IRENE from every possible point of o.
n servation. At no time since the wa
have the planters Of this valley been lei
e able to bear the calamity which hs
fallen upon them than now; and we ca
q only say God help such of them as ha
n not the wisdom and foresight to rails
their own bread and meat.
d The John Kyle passed up Saturda
d night with a good trip of passengers an
freight.
n Messrs Glenn and Vinson have bee
y appointed agents of the Memphis an
Arkansas river line of packets
If The staunch and elegant light draugE
is steamer Fort Gibson, in command {