Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-09
No arrivals at New Orleans yes

got away last night, all having good
trips of freight and people.
The City of Chester returned to
st. Louis with rs bales of Eastern
cotton and a fair list of people.
Fifteen and seventeen cents per
hundred is the rate on corn in
Madrid bends for New Orleans.
The Mary Houston will be down
Sunday for New Orleans.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, is the regular packet,
leaving this evening for Scanlan's
landing and the bends. Phil Har-
mon presides at the desk.
The Commonwealth, with 500
tons of freight, passed up this NOR
ming for St Louis. She put off
here several packages of freight.
st. Louis, Cairo and Evansville
were treated to a severe snow storm
last evening.
The Capitol City left st. Louis
yesterday for Vicksburg and leaves
here Sunday morning at ten o'clock.
The Robert Mitchell is due up
tomorrow for the Ohio river,
The bids for improving the levee
were rejected last night by the city
council.
The James D. Parker for Mem
phis and A. @. Donally for New
Orleans leave Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The principal items of the Cons
Millar's cargo for Memphis, which
left Cincinnati Wednesday evening,
are as follows: 1000 kegs of nails,
200 barrels of whisky, 100 barrels
of oil, 700 barrels of apples and
potatoes, 800 barrels of salt and
600 empty barrels.
Southern freights at Cincinnati
rule at 25 to 80 cents per hundred ;
whisky 81 and pork IS cents per
The towboat Fearless left Pitts.
burg on Wednesday with $500 tons
of railroad iron for Johnsonville,
Captain G. B. Russell, of the
d. Parker, who was injured
here week before last, has recovered
the use of his leg, and comes out
in command Of his packet which
leaves Cincinnati tomorrow.
Southern freights are still plenti-
along the lower Ohio.
The John Means, with her tow
for New Orleans, gets 5000 sacks Of
corn at Shawneetown.
The late cold spell froze the Hi
nois river over at Peru.
The Grand Tower cleared yester-
day afternoon for VickSburg.
The G. B. Church is due down
to-day for New Orleans.
The Ashland for New Orleans
gets away to-day with HOO bales
Of cotton, 1876 tons of oil meal, SOC
sacks of oil cake and has engage.
ments in the bends sufficient to fl
her out.
The City of Helena, Captain
Mckee, passes down to-day 70,
Vicksburg. She adds here 3O(
barrels Of pork and 80 tons of way
freight.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Crane
will be the Anchor Line packet to
morrow evening for Cairo and 81
Louis, attending to all way bushes
and connecting with the principa
railroads for all points East ant
West.
The Governor Garland, Captain
Ed Rowland, will arrive here to-da.
from the Arkansas with a big lis
of cotton and people, and return
tomorrow evening to Pine Bluff
carrying the mail and doing a
way business. Jimmy Thompso.
does the honors of the Office.
The Illinois arrived at Vicksbur.
yesterday on time with a good tri
and left there to-day with a fair lis
Of people and a good showing {
way freight. She will reach her
Sunday night and return to Vick'
burg on Tuesday.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry
will arrive to-day from White rive
with a big trip of cotton and othe
freight and leaves tomorrow ever
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