Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-13

through to New York for twenty-five
dollars, and to Baltimore for twenty dol
lars, including meals and staterooms.
Mr.. Muller is her purser.
The A. j. White, Captain Mark Cheek,
came in this morning from the lower
coast with 33 bales of cotton and las
sacks of seed. She leaves tomorrow
evening with return trip for Napoleon
and the bends.
The John A. Scudder took freight at
Cairo for New Orleans at to l0c per
100 pounds. This is cheaper rate
than has been made since ante bellum
times.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
arrived last night. from the lower coast
with 76 bales cotton, 1884 sacks seed and
lot of sundries. She leaves this even
ing for Friar's Point and the bends,
attending to all way business. Captain
Stack Lee is her prime minister
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
came in this morning from st. Louis
with $50 tons of grain and produce. She
is the regular Monday Anchor Line
packet for Cairo and st. Louis, leaving
the elevator this evening. Billy Blenker
does the honors of the office.
The officers of the John B. Maude
report the levees at several points below
Vicksburg in critical condition.
James B. Troy, mate of the James d.
Parker, made narrow escape of drown
ing at Cincinnati on Thursday. He
slipped on the gang-plank and fell in the
river between the Parker and wharfboat.
he swan to the stern of the wharfboat.
where he was rescued with line.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
WOODBURY., arrived last evening from
Arkansas river with 20 bales and 20
bags of cotton and 1879 sacks seed.
She reshipped at the mouth 40 bales of
cotton for New Orleans, and put on the
City of Helena for St. Louis l6 bales
cotton. She leaves tomorrow evening
for Pine Bluff and all way points on Ar
kansas river. Messrs. Frank Buskirk
and Billy Willis, two courteous and at
tentive gentlemen, have charge Of the
Office.
A colored roustabout on the Belle Of
Texas, while under the influence Of
liquor, fell overheard from the lower
guards at Auburn landing on Arkansas
river on Wednesday last and was
drowned. The crew did all in their
power to rescue the unfortunate man,
but he was carried under the boat and
sunk from view before he could be
reached. The deceased was named
West, and was supposed to be a resident
of Memphis. He shipped on the boat
at this port last trip.
The pilots here, feeling an interest in
their brother pilots, Nels WATSON and
Dave Thomas, at New Orleans, aud
fearing they may be drowned out by the
wave coming down the river, have con-
structed raft which they tagged and
started down the river for their use. On
its arrival they can float it to their resi-
dence and build cabin with their little
hatchets.
The St, Francis, Capt. Basket, leaves
tomorrow evening for Helena, Mari
anna, Wittsburg and the bends. Messrs.
D. P. Davis and Jim franklin are her
accommodating clerks.
Capt. julius W. McCullough's license
was suspended for thirty days, and
Pilots D. D. Millsr's and Thomas F.
Sanders for sixty days, by the local in
spectors at Cincinnati, on the sth inst,
for negligence of duty in the collision
between the Frank Willard and Kama.
VIVA Belle,
The officers of the packets that ar
rived this morning report no further
breaks in the levee this side of Napoleon.
All the tributaries of the Ohio ere
pouring forth their angry floods.
The GAINESVILLE is due tomorrow from
Arkansas river.
Captain Tom Clegg, of Pine Bluff
purchased of A. NJ. Boyd the ferryboat
South, at Pine Bluff, and has taken
command Of her.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley, is the Anchor Lire packet leaving
this evening for Vicksburg and the
bends, attending to all way business.
There is a large crevasse at Bonnie
Care landing, above New Orleans.
Charlie Sebastian and Billy Ford are
star.gazers on the Longworth.
Bayou Plaquemine, which was closed
duriHg the war, is to be opened to re-
lieye and draw off the water from the
Mississippi river. The Bayou is FIVE
hundred feet wide and several feet deep.
The new Forked Deer packet ALT
Stevens is on her way from Dyersburg