Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-30

White river. Mary Boyd ,. 10
Friar's Point. Phil Al in. ...-......-...... 5 IN
0sceola. Frank Forest ..... ...............5 p. IN
ARRIVALS.
Steamer illinois, Napoleon.
City of Alton, st. Louis.
4" City of Vicksburg, St. Louis.
=" Bismarck, New Orleans.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point
Mollie Moore, st. Louis.
" City OF Chester, St. Louis.
1" G. w. Cheek, 0sceola.
-" Frank Forest, Osceola.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Belle Lee, New Orleans.
" City of Alton, New Orleans.
City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg.
Mollie Moore. New Orleans.
City of Chester, st. Louis.
st. Francis, Helena.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
BOATS IN PORT.
Illinois, Belle of Texas, Mary Boyd
Phil Allin, Frank Forest, G. W. Cheek
Fort Gibson, Bismarck
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather clear and cool. The river
here is still on the decline, with eight
and half feet water from here to Cairo
and six feet thence to St. Louis. The
Ohio is falling with thirty.four inches on
the bars from Louisville to Cairo. White
river is falling, with thirty inches on
Little Island bar, which is the shoalest
place in the river. Arkansas river is
receding, with twenty-five inches in the
channel from Little Rock to the mouth.
Business on the landing is moderate.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Mollie Moore passed down for
New Orleans last evening without land
ing.
The Fannie Tatum passed Evansville
last evening en- route to Memphis.
The Maumelle left Little Rock yester
day for the mouth of the river.
The Future City and barges and Par
agon for New Orleans and Colorado foI
Vicksourg left St Louis yesterday.
The Glencoe aud Julia for St. Louis
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The John Kyle left New Orleans lasi
evening for Cairo.
The St Francis for Helena and A. j.
White for Napoleon got away last even
ing with good trips of freight and peo-
pie.
The Belle Lee backed ont last evening
for New Orleans with 1904 bales of
cotton, 800 sacks of oil cake, 10 barrels
of oil and a fair passenger list. She has
engagements in the bends sufficient to
ell her out.
The City of Chester came in yesterday
afternoon from St. Louis with a full
cargo of grain and produce and returned
last night with 700 bales of cotton and
a fair list Of passengers.
The Belle of Texas will lay up here to
await rise in the Arkansas river sufi.
cient to enable her to resume her regular
trips in the Pine Bluff trade.
The Mary Alice and barges are en-
route from New Orleans to st. Louis
with the following freight: 1000 sacks of
salt, 1850 boxes of sugar, 1873 casks of
soda, 81 barrels crystals, 80 crates and
20 bales of rags.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee in
came in last night from the
lower coast with l2S bales OF cotton, a
lot of seed and good list of people.
She leaves this evening with return
trip for Friar's Point and the bends.
Captain Stack Lee, an affable gentle
man, presides in the office Messrs.
George Grifing and Billy Willis, two
clever and accommodating clerks, are
bis assistants.
The Mary Boyd, Captain John D.
Elliott in command, arrived last evening
rom St. Louis with 1872 bales of cotton
and lot Of snndries, and reshipped at
The mouth So bales Of cotton. She
leaves this evening with a return trip for
sll points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers. Dan Sullivan, an agreeable
gentleman and accommodating clerk,
has charge Of the Office.