Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-11

The 1aeger passed up Tor ct. Louis
near midnight with 500 tons of freight,
including 226 barrels molasses, 1873 hogs.
heads Of sugar, GIT packages Of soda.
l66 barrels rice, lib packages of liquor,
100 packages iron, 1853 packages of bot
ties, 1926 boxes of paste and rs packages
of sundries. She put off here lot Of
molasses and salt.
The John Howard, from New Orleans,
arrived at Little Rock yesterday.
The GAINESVILLE left Little Rock yes
terday for Memphis.
The Mary Houston, from Louisville,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Nick Longworth for New Orleans
and James D. Parker for Memphis, left
Louisville yesterday.
The John B. Maude for Memphis, and
Susie Silver for ST.. Louis, passed Vicks'
burg yesterday.
The Belle Memphis left st. Louis last
evening for Memphis.
The J. w. Bigley, with tow of coal
for New Orleans, passed Evansville yes
terday.
The Grand Tower, Captain Len
nox, came in this morning from st.
Louis with 500 tons Of grain and pro
duce. She is the regular Saturday
Anchor Line packet for Cairo and st.
Louis, and leaves this evening, attend
ing to all way business.
The sternwheel steamers st. Johns
and Josie, six model barges and two
sixths of the Illinois river wharfboat,
we're sold at St. Louis yesterday.
The St. Francis, Captain Basket, ar
rived this morning from st. Francis
river with SO bales of cotton and lot OF
seed. She leaves this evening with a
return trip for Helena, the bends and
Mariana. D. P. Davis has charge of
the office.
The steamer Tarascon ran into skiff
containing two persons Thursday night,
few miles below Louisville, capsizing
it and drowning man named Henry
Hudson, of New York. His companion
made narrow escape.
The Mary Boyd, Capt. Reub Haines,
leaves on Monday for Arkansas river and
all points through to Fort Smith.
The A. ]. White got away last night
with good trip for the bends.
The sheriff at Louisville yesterday
seized lot of merchandise on the j. D..
Parker, marked ITO Cunningham &
Co., Charlottesville, Missouri" to satisfy
debt of Ulman & Co., of Louisville.
The Ben Franklin, Captain William
Miller, leaves this evening for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati attending to
all way business, and ticketing passen-
gers through to New York for twenty
FIVE dollars, and to Baltimore for twenty
dollars including meals and staterooms.
Andy Harrigan, clever gentleman,
presides in the office.
A large amount of grain and tobacco
is being shipped East from points along
the Ohioriver.
Captain William Hardwick, will
be down next week with two broad horns,
containing II 900 bushels Of corn, which
he will peddle out along the bends and
coast.
The Pat Rogers will arrive tomorrow
from Cincinnati with full cargo Of
Western products.
The city of Helena will pass up to-
morrow for St. Louis
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Gus De-
souchet, will pass up this evening for
Louisville. Captain Charley Schultze,
an aiable gentleman, presides in the
office.
The John A. Scudder will pass down
tomorrow for New Orleans.
The superb passenger steamer Quick
step, Capt. VIM. Ashford, leaves to-day
for all points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers, carrying the United States
mail. She has unsurpassed passenger
accommodations Captain Milt Harry,
courteous gentleman and aceommo-
dating clerk, presides in the office.
A telegram received last night from
New Orleans, reports crevasses at the
following plantations below New Or
leans, in addition to those reported yes
terday: Max Martins, Cashier Dopleo's,
Perre Collects, j. G. Gray's, Ettienne
Dolaga's, Stanton St. Charles, Green
woods, Belchase's, Francois Carme's,
and Trepagniers,. Four Of the eleven
are said to be serious breaks, being one
hundred feet wide and very deep. The
water has risen one inch during the past
twenty hours, and is reported running
over the levee at many points below the
city.
The Grand Tower brought in 10 bales
n ooffon which eba ,iolad nm - .ba