Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-23

at Little Rock, with u feet in the chan
mel. Business on the landing quiet, with
little movement in freight.
MISCELLANEOUS.
River on a stand.
Another dull day on the landing.
Freights to all points are scarce.
The cotton crop has nearly all been
forwarded to market.
The rivers above are all falling.
There is no danger at present of an
overflow.
Showed at Evansville and st. Louis
yesterday.
The Minneola for Memphis passed
Evansville yesterday.
The City of Alton and Commonwealth
for st. Louis and Indiana and Robert
Mitchell for the Ohio river passed Vicks-
burg yesterday.
The Bismarck left New Orleans last
evening for St. Louis.
The Thomas Sherlock and vint
Shinkle arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Maumelle, for New Orleans, and
Legal Tender, for Memphis, left Little
Rock yesterday.
Bird Parish went down on the Cheek
last night to meet the Maumells to pilot
her to New Orleans.
The Charles Bodmann, for New Or
leans, and Kittie Hegler, for Arkansas
river, left Louisville yesterday.
The Belle Lee has laid up at Cairo and
paid off her crew.
The City of Quincy and Cherokee
lashed together, got away last evening
for New Orleans.
The Great Republic added here 1900
sacks of oil meal and 800 sacks of oil
cake.
The Mollie Moore will pass down to-
day for 0uachita river with $50 tons Of
freight.
The officers of the steamer John Kyle
received $4,000 ct Cairo a few days
since on a ticket they held in the Louis
vile lottery. The club included Captain
hutchinson, the clerks, pilots and engi.
neers.
Captain Snodgrass is still working at
the st. Francis, with hopes of getting
her aaoat.
The barge Alice ", with 400 tons of
ice, was lost in the upper Illinois river
last week.
The hull for the Belle Lee is to be s25
feet long, 10 feet deep and 55 feet beam.
The Indiana, Captain Rusk in com.
mand, leaves this evening for Cairo.
and Cincinnati, attending to
all way business. Al Croxal, a clever
gentleman, presides in the office.
The Belle Of Texas, Captain John
Woodburn in command, is the regular
Arkansas river mail naeket
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff and
all way landings, attending promptly to
way b%dsinesg. Billy Butler, a court
eous gentleman and efficient officer. pre.
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sides at the desk and is ably seconded
BY John Chamberlin, one of the best sec.
ond clerks on the river.
The Osceola, Captain Thomas Bow.
man IN command, arrived last evening
from Wittsburg with 2sO bales of cotton.
Tvs sacks OF seed and a lot Of sundries.
she Is receiving for a return trip and
on Thursday. A. Haycock ia her
polite purser.
Inc big Thompson Dean, CAPTAIN
IN command, leaves to.morrow
evening Tor New Orleans and the bepds
Captain Washington will make =
r ior ner' Mr., Mitenberger does
ihe hOnors Of shs office.
tns elegant Anchor Line packet Civ
81 V%ieksburg leaves this evening e.,
''cksOurg and the bends, carrying The
! a and attending to all way business.
Bob Riley commands and Cbyi.
sharpe is her prime minister.
Judge EmmopS, of the United s,.,..
Court, in session in this oitv II
l'S enarge to the Grand Jury, instrpc,s
them that no indictments can be foOnS
against common carriers, -inn-keepers
proprletors of saloons, places of amuse.
ment' etc. for refusing accommodation
TO negroes or anybody else, and further
decides that the actof Congress attempt.
ing to punish the refusal Of such accom-
mediation is utterly unconstitutional and
This settles Civil Rights William.
IL won't be SO sweet to the negroes
after all.
The City Of Helena passed nm this
morning for st. Louis with a fair trim
She put Oft here 20 bales of cotton.
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