Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-29

Belle Of Texas, Geo. W. Cheek, Mary
Ament, Phil AlIin, Mary Boyd, Granger.
WEATHER AID BUSINESS.

Belle Of Texas, Geo. W. Cheek, Mary
Ament, Phil Allin, Mary Boyd, Granger.
WEATHER n BUSINESS.
Weather cloudy, with indications Of
more rain. The river here has declined
a half inch since Saturday, and is declin-
ing at Cairo. The river at Cairo has fallen
teuiuehes altogether. The Ohio is fall
ing rapidly. Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are declining. At st. Louis the
Mississippi is rising slowly, with ten feet
in the channel to Cairo. Arkansas river
is receding at Little Rock, with FIVE feet
nine inches in the channel. White river
continues at a good stage. Business on
the landing moderate, with little move
ment in ireights.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A dense fog and mist prevailed on the
river this morning.
The Capitol City passed down yester-
day morning for Vicksburg loaded to the
guards. She put off at the elevator a
few lots of grain and other produce.
The Belle of Shreveport and City Of
V%icksburg are due up to-day bound for
St. Louis.
The Great Republic, City Of Quincy
and Cherokee arrived at New Orleans
Saturday.
The Mary Houston, for Louisville, and
GAINESVILLE, for Arkansas river, left New
Orleans Saturday evening.
The John F. Tolle will pass down to-
day for New Orleans.
The Arlington for Memphis and the
Charles Bodmann for New Orleans left
Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The Grand Lake for Red river and
Thomas Sherlock for New Orleans
passed Evansville yesterday,
The St. Genevieve passed up yester-
day morning for st. Louis.
The local packets out Saturday night
had fair trips of freight and people.
The j. A. Scudder for New Orleans,
St. Joe for Memphis and City of Helena
for Vicksburg left St. Louis Saturday
evening, and are due down tomorrow
morning.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
brought in this morning from the lower
coast % bales of cotton and a lot of
seed and sundries. She leaves this even.
ing with a return trip for Friar's Point
and the bends. Messrs. Jimmy Thomp-
son and Billy Willis are her scribes.
The Il. G. Yaeger is due up for St.
Louis. The principal items of her cargo
are 300 tons Of gunboat iron, 300 tons of
%sundries, so tons of pig iron and 1876 tons
Of sugar.
The Grand Tower for St. Louis had
$50 bales of cotton.
The towboat j. Il. Bigley and J. W.
Garrett, with tOws, passed up Saturday
evening.
The Minneola, for Cincinnati, had so
bales of cotton, 27O car wheels aud 1875
bundles of scrap iron.
The Ashland passed up yesterday
afternoon for Cincinnati with a return
trip She discharged here 10 bales Of
cotton, ll9 sacks of seed, AZ coal oil
barrels aud IS sewing machines.
The George W Cheek, Captain Nat
Green in command, arrived this morn
ing from the lower coast with 81 bales Of
cotton, 225 sacks of seed and a lot of
sundries. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Napoleon and the
bends, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business. Messrs E, W. Out
law and John Langlois do the honors of
the Office.
The Fannie Tatum from Arkansas
river passed up last evening for St.
Louis. She reshipped her New Orleans
cotton at the mouth Of Whiteriger. This
has been an uniavorable season for her
in Arkansas river, as she was water
bound at Van Buren, for zeal three
months.
Supervising Inspector Devenney has
confirmed the action of the Local Inspec-
tors in suspendiug the license of pilot
George Farrar, who was pilot of the
Evan Williams when she collided with
the Ben Wood. Mr.. Farrar appealed
from the decision of the Local Inspec.
tors.
The Granger, q d%iminutive craft, came
in this morning from White river with
6S bales Of cotton. She goes to St.
Louis from here.
The Belle Of Texas, Captain John
Woodburn, came in this morning from
Arkansas river with l05 bales of cotton,
l04O sacks seed, and reshiped at the
mouth 8 bales. She had also a good
passenger trip. The Belle leaves to-
morrow evening with a return trip for
Pine Bluff and all way points on Arkan.
sas river, carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. Billy Butler is
her prime minister.
The steamer Lizzie Rea, en- route from
Shreveport to upper Red river, struck a
snag Friday morning near Buller's Land
ing and sunk. The boat lays in a bad
position, and with the cargo will prove
a total loss. The second engineer was
drowned. The Lizzie Rea was a small