Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-16

sas river is falling, with eighteen feet in
the channel ut Little Rock. White river
is rising again at head waters. The ex-
cessive rains for the past week and the
rise coming out of the Ohio and tribu-
taries makes the outlook for the planters
in the bends gloomy indeed. The whole
lower country is likely to be overaowed.
Much damage has already been done
below Vicksburg. and the planters in
the bends this side of Vicksburg cannot
stand much more water. There will be lit
tie planting of cotton in the bottoms this
season, unless there is more favorable
turn of the weather and rapid decline
of the river. Business in the bends is
partially suspended on account Of the
high stage Of water. Business on the
landing this morning was extremely
dull, with light shipments to all points.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather still moist.
The tornado that passed over Madrid
bends Monday night extended to Nash
vile, doing considerable damage in its
route.
Over two inches of rain fell here du.
ring the past twenty-four hours. So says
Old Prob.
The Mary Houston passed up yester-
day afternoon for Louisville with 300
tons of freight and good passenger
list She added here 200 bales Of cotton.
The John F. Tolle will pass down this
evening for New Orleans.
The Commonwealth from st. Louis
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Thompson Dean for New Orleans
and Minneola for Memphis left Louis
vile yesterday.
The Anna lost her chimneys in the
storm Monday night on the lower Ohio.
A large amount of coal of the present
run from Pittsburg has arrived at Louis
vile and has been dropped below the
falls for shipments to Southern markets.
Newt Pell and Bly, Weaver will pilot
the Ashland to Cincinnati
The Ashland, Captain Kyle, arrived
yesterday from Arkansas river with co.
900 feet of lumber and some other
freight. She reshipped on the John
Howard for New Orleans 1873 bales cot.
ton and 10000 slaves. She laid over
here to clean out her boilers and add
some old iron and rags, and gets away
to-day for the Ohio river.
The rate on cotton from this port to
New Orleans is rs cents per bale by
steamboat and 65 to 10 cents by barge.
The Mollie Moore is due to-day from
New Orleans for st. Louis.
The Bee and barges is on her way from
New Orleans to St. Louis with 400 tons
pig iron, 2299 boxes sugar, 1880 boxes
tin, 46 bales baggiDg, 35 crates Of empty
bottles and ice barge.
The Frank Forest, Captain 0. X.
Joplin, came in last night from Halle s
Point with 81 bales of cotton, 81 sacks
Of seed and bags of seed cotton. She
leaves tomorrow evening for all way
landings on the upper coast.
The Phil Allin, owing to the bad
weather, laid over and leaves tomorrow
evening for Friar's Point and the bends.
The GAINESVILLE is the Saturday boat
for Arkansas river.
The Pat Cleburne knocked out cyl
inder head at Caseyville Sunday night.
The steamer W. D. Smith, in passing
Lake Chicot, got in an eddy which ran
her over the bank into the woods several
hundred yards from the river.
The Charles Bodmann, o. P. Shinkle,
will leave the wharf this evening at
o clock for New Orleans and the bends,
attending to all way business. Captain
Frank Stein, clever gentleman, pre-
sides in the Office.
The Katie will probably leave New
Orleans on Saturday for Memphis with
several stables of horses and turfmen,
which come here to attend the races.
The City Of Chester, Captain Zeigler,
arrived this morning from st. Louis with
a good freight trip, and leaves the eleva'
tor this evening with return trip for
Cairo and St. Louis.
The towboat Jay Richards was cap
sized twenty-five miles below New Or
leans yesterday morning by the Belle
Chase crevasse, and sunk in eighty feet
of water. The Captain, engineer and
one laborer succeeded in swimming
ashore. Thirteen laborers, twelve col
ored and one white, we're drowned.
The Capitol City is the Friday Anchor
Line packet fer Vicksburg and the bends
leaving tomorrow evening.
The Thompson Dean will have slim
pickings in the Ohio river, as freights in
the lower Ohio are scarce and rule at
low rates.