Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-27

Orleans yesterday.
The receipts of cotton have fallen
off this week, which is due to the holi-
days.
MThe leyee was slippery this morn
ing, and draying and the handling of
ffeights was quite a difficult matter.
In reckless haste we are rushing
over the bald head of the dying year.
Work is discontinued on the Marine
ways at Mound City on account of the
cold weather.
The Anchor Line packet Belle of
Shreveport leaves Cairo tomorrow
evening for New Orleans.
Captain Thomas Shields father is
lying dangerously i'll at st. Louis, with
little hopes Of his recovery.
The Fannie Tatum is now safely
moored in a secure ice harbor at Cape
Girardeau.
The Golden City from the Ohio
river passes down to-day for New Or
leans.
When the Thomas Sherlock passed
Madison, Wednesday, she was unable
to land owing to the ice.
White river is frozen over near the
mouth, or properly in the cutoff.
Wharfboats and barges at Madison,
Ind, have been beached for safety
from the ice.
Captain j. NJ, White has been quite
i'll at New Orleans for several weeks,
with fair hopes Of his recovery.
Captain John w. Cannon spent
Christmas at his old home in Frank
fort, Ky.
The 0sceola Belle is the regular
mail packet leaving tomorrow even
ing for 0sceola and the upper coast.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis,
and Robert Mitchell for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati as soon as the
river is free Of ice.
The steam-tugs, and in fact all the
water craft at Evansville, ave gone
into Green river for wintcr quarters
and a safe ice harbor.
The Commonwealth is due up to-
day, bound for st. Louis. She will GO
TO Cairo and reship her st. Louis
freight by rail, and lay up there.
The Golden Rule passed up last
night bound for Cincinnati with 70C
tons of freight. She will harbor al
Cairo until the Ohio is free of ice.
The Henry Frank, for Memphis
Golden Crown, for Cincinnati, anc
James Howard, for Cairo, leaves New
Orleans this evening.
The Cons Millar, from Memphis, er
route to Cincinnati, arrived at Evans
vile yesterday at ppm, and went int
Green river for a safe harbor.
The U. P. Schenck, bound for New
Orleans, passed V~icksburg yesterda!
at s am, and the Florence Meyer, fol
the same destination, passed at pm
The Thomas Sherlock left Louis
vile yesterday bound for New Or
leans. She will make an effort to worl
a way through the ice.
Billy Smithers, chief clerk of tn
Coahoma, was presented on Christina
day with a beautiful chrome, as a ties
timonial for kind services rendered t
patrons of the boat he so ably repre-
sents.
We are glad to learn that Capital
John A. Harpham, inspector of tn
board of underwriters, who has bee
, quite i'll for several weeks past, is re
covering and will be able to be out O
the streets in a few days.
T The holidays have played smas
with business in the bends. Tn
packets are bringing in very little cot
2 ton, and have light return trips. BUS
ness will not revive much until afte
the first of the year.
The City of Alton, Captain Bixb,
: came in last night for Cairo en- rout
r to New Orleans well laden. She ado
here a list of cotton, some oil cak
, and meal, and will get away this aftel
r noon.
The new steamer Lucy Il. Gastrel
: which had been reported as leaviu
T Cincinnati on Tuesday for New Oh
, leans, deferred her departure on a,
count of the ice, and went into a SAT
/, harbor at that port.
+ The Katie Hooper, Captain E
. Rowland, is the regular Arkanst
river mail packet leaving to-morro
evening for Little Rock and all poinr
on Arkansas river. Jimmy Thoml
son, a worthy gentleman, presides j
the office.
n The Anchor Line packet City
:" V~icksburg, Captain Bob Riley, wi
leave the Anchor Line wharfboa
foot of Monroe street, to-morro
evening at five o'clock for Vicksbul
and the bends. Chris Sharpe pr
sides at the desk.
The Hattie Nowland, Captain ia
II. Rees, came in at 10 am. from A
kansas river with 461 bales cotton an
43 packages sundries and reshipped
the mouth SIT bales. Total out of Il
river 97S bales, which is a big trip
bring out on the present stage of waite
The Mark Twain, Captain Maj
mus, came in last evening from S
Francis river with 1873 bales and
bags of cotton and a lot of sundrie
and leaves tomorrow evening with
q return trip, going through to Witt
r. burg, carrying the mail and doing a
" way business.
l. The following boats are laid up
% Louisville and have safe ice harborI
Fred Wilson No. 2, at the foot
Floyd street; Wathen, at the Ma
Line wharfboat General Lytle al
Shallcross, at the foot of Fourth stree