Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-22

steamer Idlewild, Captain Stack Lee i
command, leaves this evening for Chico
City and the bends, carrying the ma
and giving prompt attention to all wa
business. Mr.. Ed Thomas, a worthy an
efficient officer, controls the affairs Q
the Office and is ably assisted by Charli
Thomas and Harry Bateman.
The St. Joseph, Captain Sam McPhe
tiers, is the Anchor Line packet leavini
this evening for Cairo and St. Louis
connecting with the principal railroad
for all points East and West.
The rise coming down the river viii
float off the St. Francis Belle, which i,
hard aground on the bar at the foot o
Island 65.
The City of Helena will pass up to
day for st. Louis.
The Phil Allin, George W. Cheek ant
Osceola Belle, out last night, had a fair
trip of freight and people.
Rates on freights from St. Louis to
New Orleans have dropped to l74c pei
hundred and S5c per barrel on -four.
The Colorado, Captain Ed Gray, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving the elevator
this afternoon for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business.
Prime Emerson is working at the A,
j. Baker to get her into the river. She
is about 100 feet from the water.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis and
Arlington for New Orleans leaves Gin.
cinnati this evening.
The National Board Of Navigation
and the Ohio River Commission are in
session at Washington.
The Schenck is due up bound for the
Ohio river.
The receipts of cotton by river show a
falling off for the past week, which was
occasioned by the rains, the planters
being unable to haul it out to the land
ings.
The new hull building at Jacksonville
for the R. E. Lee is said to be a beauti-
full model.
The New Orleans papers announce
that the Msude will turn back from Chi
cot City this trip in order to leave New
Orleans on the 18th instant.
The Mary Bell took into New Orleans
this trip 5945 bales of cotton, 6S70 sacks
of seed, 1900 sacks of meal, 1910 sacks
of oil-cske, 10 hogsheads of sugar and
40 barrels of molasses.
The Ruth, from White river, brought
in a big list Of cotton and sundries. She
leaves this evening on her return for all
points on White river through to jack
sonport, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business. Captain Ed Postal
Is her commander.
The famous steamer Charles Morgan,
Captain Albert Stein, will leave Glenn's
wharf boat tomorrow morning at 7
o'clock promptly for Cincinnati and she
will make railroad time going up. She
has for the Ohio river 800 tons of freight,
principally sugar and molasses. Harry
Stein is her obliging purser.
The Legal Tender, Captain Ed. Now
land, brought in from Arkansas river
another big list of cotton and seed and
also had a goodly number of passengers.
She returns to Little Rock and all points
on Arkansas river this evening, carrying
the mail and attending to all way bust
Walker Outlaw, an accommodate
clerk, has charge of the office.
The tug Oriole has had her repairs
finished at Mound City and will return
again in a few days to Memphis almost
as good as new to do service for the St.
Bernard coal company, her owner Pr
Glenn Matheny brings her down.
The Grand Tower has gone from Cairo
st. Louis t. load for Memphis.
The water in Bayou Mete, Little Red
river and other tributaries to White river
was higher on Wednesday than was ever
known before.
The Mary Houston passed down this
morning loaded to the guards, and had a
good list of people. She put of here
several packages Of freight.
The major portion of the cotton crop
of this season has been forwarded to
market.
The Thomas Sherlock leaves Cincin.
natl this evening for New Orleans.
Captain Charley Schultz, an old and
popular steamboat commander and
is now clerking at Louisville for
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
1t is feared that the sudden ard rapid
rise Of the river will float of the cotton
from the bar, where it was put for safety
by the st. Francis Belle at the time she
grounded.
The Livingstone came in this morn.
ing from Hatchie river with a few bales
OF cotton and some other truck.
The rise in the river will let the little
steamer Louisville Drummer of. She
grounded a few days since at Mhoon's.
The City of Alton will be down to-
morrow fer New Orleans. Captain
Washington has on the levee for her
nearly 5000 sacks of oil meal and 300
bales Of cotton.
discoveries In Sweden.