Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-03

Louis the river Is utcilhlhS ioPluAJ'
Ohio is rising at Pittsburg and Ciscin-
natl, but falling from Louisville down.
White river is falling steadily Arkan-
sas river is falling rapidly with u feet
in the channel at Little Rock BUSH
ness on the landing is quiet, with little
movement in freights, and small list
of boats in port doing business
MISCELLANEOUS.
Another dull day on the wharf. Ship
ments to all points light.
The river here has fallen two inches
since yesterday noon.
The towboats John A. Wood, Coal
City and Simpson Horner, passed down
last night with lows of coal.
The Bee and barges passed down last
night.
The Chester for St. Louis last even
ing had 500 bales of cotton.
1.-THE John F. ToIle, with 300 tons Of
freight, passed up at noon Tor St. Louis.
The towboat Mary Alice, with tow Of
barges, passed up at noon.
The Ben Franklin from Memphis and
Nick Longworth from New Orleans ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Andy Baum left Cincinnati last
evening for Memphis.
The Mary Boyd from Memphis arrived
at Little Rock yesterday.
The City of Vicksburg for St. Louis
left Vicksburg yesterday.
The John KiIgour for Louisville, and
City Of Quincy for St. Louis, left New
Orleans last evening.
The Exporter leaves New Orleans this
evening for Cincinnati
The City of Alton left St. Louis yes
terday for New Orleans.
The Minneola for Memphis, and Mary
Houston for New Orleans, passed Ev-
ansville yesterday noon.
The Indiana, which was gobbled at
Evansville by the United States Mar
shall, reshipped her freight on the Mary
Houston.
The Phil Allin, Capt. James Lee,
came in this morning with SO bales of
cotton and q good list of freight She
leaves this evening with return trip for
Friar's Point and the bends. Captain
Stack Lee does the honors of the Office
The towboat kellogg, which left here
on Saturday last with tow Office barges,
had not arrived at Little Rock up to last
evening, She has probably been de-
taiued by bad weather.
Captain George Van Houten, pilot on
the Inflated steamer Crescent City, left
yesterday for St. Louis on the steamer
City of Chester.
The John b. Maude, Captain Noel,
leaves promptly this evening for New
Orleans and the bends. The Maude is
q safe carrier, and has superb passenger
Captain Alf Girls
som, an afFabie gentleman, presides in
the office.
The Frank Forest, Captain o. X. Jop-
lin, brought in from the upper coast Sc
bales cotton and 100 sacks seed. She
had also in tow large cypress raft She
leaves this evening with return trip for
Osceola and all way landings on the
upper coast J. w. Rhodes, a clever
will be found in the office.
The Mary Alice, John f. Tolle and
Belle and barges are due
from New Orleans.
The James Howard, Captain Pegram,
will leave this evening for New Orleans.
Captain W. D. Smith, the inventor Of
an angle propelling wheel, was on Change
yesterday, and leaves for Yicksbnrg this
evening on the Maude,
The Marine Hospital at Louisville ad-
mit;ed ffty-two patients last month, aud
on the lst instant had s;xty-five remain
ing, Matt Williams, river carpenter,
aud a colored rouster named jerry Jor-
dan died during the month.
The A. J. White, Capt Mark Cheek,
arrived last night from Napoleon with
% bales Of cotton and lot Of other mis-
eellaneous freight She leaves this
evening with a return trip for Napoleon
and the bends. Messrs. Wildberger aud
Sharpe, two clever gentlemen, have
charge OF the Office
Captain William Hsrdwiek is loading
two fiatboais with corn in Wabash river,
Which be will Goat to New Orleans.
The Clarksville. Capt. Reese Pnteh-
ard, is receiving for ail points on Arkan-
sAs river through to Fort Smith, and
leaves tomorrow evening.
Captain James Kerr. jr.. has assumed /
he position Of river reporter OF the New