Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-31

pass down tomorrow for New Orleans.
A terrific rain storm prevailed at
Evansville Friday night, flooding the
streets and doing much damage.
The John f. Tolle and Bee and bsrges
will pass up tomorrow morning for st.
Louis.
The Commonwealth left St. Louis
Saturday evening for New Orleans.
The Colorado returned to St. Louis
Saturday evening with fifty bales OF
cotton and moderate passenger trip.
The Ella, for White river, had fair
trip,
The Government dredge boat, Octsvia,
passed down yesterday at noon for
Vicksburg.
Rates of freights from St. Louis to
New Orleans are fifty cents per barrel
for -four and twenty-five cents per hun
dred pounds.
The A. J. White, Captain Mark Cheek,
came in last evening from the lower
coast with 80 bales of cotton and SO2
sacks seed and good passenger list.
She leaves tomorrow evening with q
return trip for Napoleon and the bends
Messrs. Lee Cummins and Charley
Sharpe, two clever gentlemen, have
charge Of the office.
Captain DeHaven is in the city and
goes to st. Louis to negotiate for his
civil rights boat.
The st. Francis, Captain James Lee,
came in yesterday at noon with 35 bales
cotton and 62l sacks seed and fair pas
senger trip. She leaves this evening
with return trip for Friars Point and
the bends, attending to all way business.
Captain Stack Lee, courteous gentle
man, is her purser.
The A. j. White, on her down trip,
had a shipment of 1900 watermelons
from Walnut Bend to Helena, three of
which weighed 2l3 pounds.
The James D. Parker, in command of
that efficient and popular officer, Capt.
Bob Wise, arrived last evening from
Cincinnati with 400 tons of freight, and
did big way business all the way down.
She leaves this evening with a return
trip to Cairo Louisville and Cincin natl.
The Parker has excellent passenger &C.
commedations, and will 60. through with
dispatch. Mr.. Deems is her purser.
The St. Louis and New Orleans pilots
have advanced rates by the action of the
Pilots Association, and rates hereafter
will be on boats less than 500 tons cas-
tom-house measurement 5000 per trip or
month, boats over 600 tons $3.50 and
towboats $500. The Louisville and Gin
cinnati pilots will also adopt the above
rates, and it is thought that steamboat
owners will agree to the rates.
The Fannie LIE wis, Captain Crapster
in command, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator tomorrow morning
at ten o'clock for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business
Captain H. G, Arthur, of Nashville,
purchased the Shannon at auction, at
Cincinnati, on Thursday last. Price,
s9525.
The Frank Forest, Captain 0. X. Jop-
lin, brought in fair trip from the upper
coast, and leaves again this evening
with a return trip for Osceola and all
way landings on the upper coast. j.
w. Rhodes, clever gentleman, does
the honors of the office.
We are glad to learn that Captain Noel
is recovering from his paralytic stroke.
The officers of the A. ]. White report
new channel at Ship Island, which
rams to the left of the snag and between
the Arkansas shore. Coming up the
White found nine feet large all the way
through.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
from st. Louis brought in full cargo of
grain and produce. She is the Monday
packet for Cairo and st. Louis leaving
the elevator this evening and connect
ing at Cairo and St. Louis with the
railroads for all points East and West.
Mr.. Hewitt, q courteous and attentive
officer, presides at the desk
Commodore Davidson, of the North
ern Line Packet Company, has been en-
Joined from voting the 1918 shares of
stock recently purchased by him, and
with which he expects to control the
directory and manage the affairs of the
The General Council had another
stormy session on Saturday. They
quarreled among themselves ana de
ferred legislation for the improvement of
the landing.
The splendid steamer Mary Boyd,
CAPTAIN John D. Elliott in command,
leaves ton morrow evening for all points
On White river through to JacksonpSrt,