Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-20


the channel from Augusta to the mouth.
Arkansas river is receding, with tree
feet in the channel at Little Rock. BUS
ness on the landing is fair, with a good
list of boats in port receiving and dis
charging.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rain last night.
The ice in the Ohio river is thawing
from Pittsburg down to Evansville.
Navigation is resumed from Cincin-
matt down. The ice is soft and is thin.
ming out.
The Cincinnati and up-river packets
have resumed their trips.
At Evansville the ice is disappearing
and navigation is fully resumed.
The John Kyle, for Cairo, passed
Vicksburg yesterday.
The Kittie Hegler will be repaired at
Evansville by side.dock and then pro.
coed to Cincinnati.
The Great Republic arrived al New
Orleans yesterday.
The boats this week have been more
or less delayed on account of fog and
bad weather.
The Mary Boyd got away last evening
for Arkansas river with a fair trip.
The Mary AmeUt for 0sceola had "a
good list of freight and people.
The A. ]. White from Napoleon
brought in "a bales of cotton and 70
sacks seed.
The Andy Baum for Memphis and
Charles Bodmann for New Orleans
leaves Cincinnati this evening.
The City Of Vicksburg and Future
City and bargesleave Cairo to-day bound
south.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in
command, came in from White river with
lS9 bales CT cotton, a lot of seed and sun
dries, and reshipped at the mouth for
New Orleans "a bales of cotton and l05
bales hay. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for all points on White,
Black and Little Red rivers, attending to
all way business. Messrs. Postal and
Ed Crowell are her attentive clerks.
The Anchor Line packet Capitol City,
Captain 0'Neal in command, leaves the
elevator this evening for Madrid bends
aud Cairo, carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. Mr.. DIETRICH
does the honors Of the office.
The U. S. mail packet A. j. White,
Captain Geo. Malone in command, leaves
this evening for Napoleon aud bends,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. The White has unsur.
passed passenger accommodations.
Captain A. L. Cummins, who has made
himself quite popular in the bends By
his kind attentions to the shipping and
travelling public, controls the affairs oil
the office, and has for his aids Messrs.
Smither and Briggs.
The Anchor Line packet City of Vicks
burg, Captain Bob Riley IN command
will leave the elevator Monday morning
at ten o'clock for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business. Chris Sharpe is her
purser.
The John F. Tolle passed down this
morning for New Orleans we'll laden.
She put off here LAG bales hay, 276 sacks
of oats, lG3 sacks corn, l65 sacks bran
and ITO barrels -four.
One item of the Charles Bodmann's
cargo for New Orleans is 1000 barrels OF
whisky.
The j. d. Parker reshipped her Gin.
cinnati freight on the Minneola.
The James D. Parker left Evansville
for Memphis last night with a FULL cargo
Of grain and other produce.
The splendid sidewheel steamer
Arlington, Captain Dan Moore, leaves
promptly this evening for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati. She will give pas
sengers through tickets to Baltimore
and Washington for S22, Philadelphia
$24 and New York so, meals and state.
rooms included. The Arlington has I'M
surpassed passenger accommodations.
A. Mcconnell, a worthy gentleman, pre-.
sides in the office.
The George W. Cheek will hereafter
make regular tri-weekly trips between
here and Cottonwood and Haile'a Points,
leaving Memphis as usual on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at five pm.
Captain Snodgrass, of the Submarine
No. IA, says prospects are fair for rails.
ing the sunken steamer St. Francis.
The II. S. Turner is ice bound at
Evansville.
Captain Howard, Of Louisville, has
contracted to build four large barges for
government service.
The new steamer now in process Of
construction at Brownsville, Pa, by the
owners of the Messenger, has been named
John L. Rhodes, after Captain Rhodes,
the veteran steamboatman.
S%teamboatmen generally are very in
dignant at the amendments which have
been tackled on the steamboat bill in
Congress, and Senator Conkling, of New
York, is bitterly denounced for the course
be took in the matter and thew On an far