Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-11

corn and other freight.
The John f. Tolle is due down
tomorrow for New Orleans.
Captain John Woodburn is now
in command of the General Pike.
Navigation in the upper Ohio
above Wheeling has been suspended
on account of low water.
The James ID. Parker lost "a
hours by grounding at Caseyville.
The new iron twin screw steamer
Indianola, built at st. Louis, leaves
there on the 18th inst, for the gulf.
The new steamer Alvin will bring
out TO Cairo for the Golden City
what freight she left at New Albany,
Evansville and Shawneetown.
The Mark Twain will arrive to-
day from 81. Francis river and leave
on Tuesday with a return trip.
Captain John Harpham and
family left on the Shinkle last even
ing for the Blue Grass region to
spend the summer.
The Cons Millar will leave Gin
cinnati this evening for Memphis.
Large quantities of New Orleans
freight are accommodating along the
lower Ohio.
The Grand Tower cleared for st.
Louis with a good list of people
and moderate freight trip. She
added here a lot of wheat and fruit
and a good number Of people.
The steamers Fauchon, Florence
Meyer and Ashland left Bismarck
on the 9th Of August for st. Louis,
The Florence Meyer will enter the
Arkansas river trade and the Fan
chou goes to the 0uachita when the
cotton season opens out.
The Vint Shinkle cleared fol
Cincinnati with 42S bales cotton,
10 bales rags, 200 bbls. oil and sun
dries, and 80 cabin passengers, in
Guiding several families who 60
North to spend the heated term.
The pilots report 5 feet on Rising
Sun, 5 feet 3 inches at Portland
bar and 4 feet at Caseyville cross
ings, the latter being the shOaleSt
place in the lower Ohio.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, is the regular packet
leaving this evening for Scanlan'S
landing and the bends, doing all
way business. Captain Phil Har-
mon officiates in the Office.
Capt. Ed Rowland and Captain
Eugene Smith left last evening fol
Cincinnati by rail to reioin theil
new Arkansas river packet Katie
Hooper. She is announced to leave
there this evening for Arkansas
river direct.
Hereafter the Memphis and Gin.
%cinnati packets will leave on Tues
days and Fridays instead of Wed.
nesdays and Saturdays. During thc
low water season the steamers O
this line will make their regular
time, and will not start out over.
loaded to be detained along thC
river. They will be run with thC
same punctuality as heretofore.
The new and elegant passenge.
steamer Golden City, Captain Hcg
Ter, will leave Glenn's wharf boa.
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clocl
for New Orleans, making all prin
cipal way landings. She is a SAT-
boat and has unsurpassed passenge
accommodations. Capt. Sterling Nc
Intyre, a clever gentleman, hold
forth in the office.
Mr.. Samuel McKittrick, carpen
ter Of the sunken steamer Colder
Rule, reports hat the diver j
afraid to go down in the wrecl
The water is Oh her hurricane roo.
with the water 100 feet deep on th
outside. She is badly careeneC
and will soon slide away. A ma
3 can't stand on her decks.
The rates on freights from Cir
ciunati to New Orleans are $50 fC
heavy and 45c per hundred for ligf
freight; Coo for dry bblsy 9Oc fC
pork, Sl.4O for whisky, and 50 pc
, bbl. for oil, and way freights 10 pC
+ cent. advance.
The new Arkansas river pack,
Hattie Rowland arrived at Lift
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