Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-14
The Iron Mountain and tow AZ

. The Iron Mountain and tow are
/. due up to-day, bound for the Ohio
river.
The Port Eads and ]. w. Gar
rett and barges left Cairo yesterday
for New Orleans.
The Mary Elizabeth for the Ark
ansas, and U. P. Schenck for New
Orleans, left Evansville yesterday
afternoon.
The Ed. Hobbs, with a tow of
barges loaded with grain and pro-
duce, leaves Evansville this evening
for New Orleans.
The Cons Millar cleared Satur.
day evening for Cincinnati with
1000 bales of cotton, so bbls. tai
low and % people.
The Belle Shreveport, with 75O.
tons of freight for st. Louis, princi-
pally sugar and molasses, passed up
yesterday morning. She discharged
here a few packages.
The A. j. White left Saturday
evening for Mound City to be
locked and undergo a thorough
overhauling.
The Ruth left Augusta to-day
for Memphis with a full load of
cotton.
The Batesyille, Capt. Mat Trem-
mel, is the regular packet leaving
to-day for Scanlan's Landing and
the bends. Capt. Henry Cooper
oficiates in the office.
The Belle of Texas for Arkansas
river, and Hard Cash for White
river, had excellent trips of freight
and people.
The Commonwealth passed down
yesterday morning for New Or
leans well laden. She added here
a lot of cotton and some miscella-
neous freight.
The Colorado passed up yesterday
morning for st. Louis with a fair
trip, having added here 46O bales of
Eastern-bound cotton.
The City of Helena passed down
for Vicksburg with an excellent
trip. She put off here several hun
bred packages of freight and added
20 tons for points below.
The West Wind, Captain Ran
dali, will arrive to-day from the
st. Francis, and leave tomorrow
evening with a return trip, going
through to Wittsburg.
The rates on freights from Cincin-
natl to New Orleans rule zoe and
Zoe per hundred and SOC to 75c per
Dbl. for wet bbls.
The U. P. Schenck is due to-
morrow from the Ohio river.
Thee ", Cheek, Capt lark Cheek,
had in from the lower coast 20
bales of cotton, SO sacks seed and
snndries. She returns tomorrow
evening to Friar's Point at sharp
five o'clock.
The packet pilots report 81 feet
water in the channel between st.
Louis and Cairo, and the ice rotten
and not heavy enough to interfere
with navigation.
The Robert Mitchell passed up
yesterday for the Ohio river with
700 tons, principally sugar and mo-
@lasSes. She put off here So pack
ages of miscellaneous freight.
The John B. Maude, Capt. VIM.
Blake, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. Mr.. Gobel is her
purSer.
The Coahoma, Capt. Stacker Lee,
had on 24S bales aud Is bags cot.
ton, 408 sacks seed and sundries
She returns this evening to Friar's
Point, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. Capt. Ed. Thomas
is the chief clerk, assisted by Billy
Smithers.
Capt. Ed. Thomas, the worthy
chief clerk Of the Ooahoma, arrived
this morning from Evansville by
rail, and resumed his duties on the
Ooahoma.
Mr.. N. NJ. Jones, the coal king,
received a telegram last evening
from Mr.. Brown, at Pittsburg,
stating that there was a good coal
boat rise at that point, but that