Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-21

The Illinois, in com n1and OF the ever.
popular officer Captain Mark Cheek,
came in last evening from the lower
coast with l42 bales of cotton, lot Of
seed and a good passenger LIST, and did
a heavy way business all the way up.
She leaves to morrow evening with a
return trip for Napoleon and the bends,
carrying the United States mail and at
tending to all way business Jimmy
Thompson and Charley Sharpe, two Of
the best fellows in the world, have charge
of the Office.
The Appeal wants the present Land.
ing Committee discharged for inefficieucy
and incompetency Part of the present
committee are working for self; hence,
their dilatory movements in repairing the
dilapidated landing The committee
ought to get ashamed of themselves and
resign.
The Ohio is so low at Cincinnati that
pedestrians can cross it without wetting
the soles of their feet
The Bee and barges are due down to.
day for New Orleans.
The Mary Alice and barges passed up
last night for St. Louis.
The West Wind had niuety.three bales
of cotton aud the Belle Memphis twenty
four
The st. Francis brought in the best
trip of the season--two hundred and
sixiy-six bales of cotton and one thous-
and and eighty-two sacks seed.
The 81. C. Yaeger, Captain Burk in
command, leaves the wharf to morrow
evening for New Orleans and the bends.
The Yaeger is staunch and excellent
steamer aud will go through with dis
patch. Captain Lightburne will make
engagements for her.
The Capitol City, Captain oNeal, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving to NOR
row morning at II o'clock for Vickt'
burg and the bends, carrying the United
States mail and attending to all way
business Henry DIETRICH, a clever gen.
tleman, does the honors Of the Office.
Captain Billy Dill, passenger agent of
the Anchor Line, attends church regu-
larry, and is one of the main pillars of
the little brick church around me cor.
ner. He converted a newspaper man
yesterday, aud by kind persuasion in
duced him to attend church.
Navig atom between Cairo and St.
Louis is quite precarious, on account Of
the low stage of water at Powers Island,
which is the shoalest place. and has
only four feet five inches in the channel.
The Mary Boyd, Captain John D.
Elliott, will be found in port tomorrow
to receive for all points on White river,
and will leave on Wednesday, carryipg
the United States mail and attending to
all way business.
The staunch and light draught steamer
Fort Gibson, Captain Ed Rowland in
command, will drop down to the wharf
boat to morrow to receive for Arkansas
river and all way points through to Pine
Bluff, and will leave on Wednesday
evening. Captain John Hardin, a pop.
ular gentleman and efficient officer, pre-
sides at the desk.
The steamer Utah will arrive in port
this evening, from ST Louis, with cargo
Of grain and produce. She will dis.
charge her freight at the elevator ard
return to St. Louis tonight.
Sid Dare, celebrated steamboat en-
gineer, returned this morning from La
coma, whittier he has been to repair
and put in order several stationary en-
gines.
A twelve foot rise is reported 10 Red
river.
The new crop of cotton is coming in
quite freely.
The cotton season this year will be
very short
Freigbts for the South are scarce on
account of the tronbles at New Orleans.