Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-26

The pMalatial mail passenger steamer
0uaohita Belle, Of the Adams Line,
came in last night from below with l55
bales and 9 bags cotton, $50 sacks
seeds. 81 hhds sugar, 10 bbls molasses
and 81 pkgs sundries, and also had a
good list Of people. She leaves prompt
" this evening for Arkansas City, car
rying the mail, attending promptly to
all plantation business and making
direct connection with the sidewheel
mail steamer Katydid for Yicksburg.
Captain Mark Cheek, a practical and
popular boatman, commands, With
Captain Lee Cummins, a worthy gsy
tleman, in charge Of the Office, assisted
by Neil Booker and Lee Cummins, jr
The river at Pittsburg is closed
with ice.
The Port Eads and barges passed
down this morning for New Orleans,
Captain John Keiser is in Cairo
looking after the interests of the
Anchor Line.
The G. P. Chouteau leaves Helena
to-day for New Orleans with 1000
bales Of cotton as a starter and a lot
of oil cake and meal.
The Ark from Pittsburg witha large
TOW of coal for New Orleans passed
down yesterday.
The Guiding Star, Andy Baum and
Virgie Lee have laid up in Kentucky
river for a safe harbor.
The Golden City, en- route from Gin
%cinnati to New Orleans, is due down
tomorrow.
The Golden Rule, Captain o. P.
Shinkle, passes up this evening for the
Ohio river.
The Slater bale of cotton will be
auctioned off this afternoon at three
O'Clock at the cotton exchange.
The Belle Memphis, which passed
up Tuesday evening for Cairo, added
here 1900 bales Of Eastern bound
cotton.
Yesterday was we'll observed as a
holiday, and in consequence there was
little or nothing doing on the leyee.
Business on the levee was retarded
this morning on account of the snow,
it being almost impossible to handle
and move freights.
The snow storm which has prevailed
in the Northwest for two or three days
past has been quite severe, blocking up
T the railroads and delaying freights and
travellers.
At Evansville business on the river
. is suspended Oh account of the ice,
a., and all the boats have gone into Green
. river for a safe harbor.
The Hattie Rowland, Captain Jas.
: III. Rees, is due from Arkansas river
! with a good list of cotton. She will
leave Immediately with a return trip
w B. McEnulty is her clever purser
I The Vint Shinkle was to have lef
Cincinnati last evening for Memphis
but deferred her departure on aGcoun.
of the heavy ice in the river at tina
0 point.
The James D. Parker will arrive to
day from Cincinnati with a good carg,
of Western products, and leaves Sat
urday with a return trip.
A borrowed cane aided Jane
Franklin to climb the levee last even
ing. The inference was that j. I
had been enjoying Christmas,
n. The j. w. Calf cleared last evenin
n. for Cincinnati with 1900 bales of cot
n. ton, 80 bbls oil and a lot of scrap iro
n. and rags. She had also a good list
people.
The Henry Frank from Memph.
arrived at New Orleans yesterda
with 100 bales cotton and 5000 SEX
seed.
The Annie P. Silver passed up We.
terday morning with 1000 tons
freight for st. Louis, principally sugi
and molasses. She will reship
Cairo by rail.
The Billy Collins, Captain w.
Packer, arrived here yesterday, al
proceeds south in search of a trat
sometime this afternoon.
Count Chamberlain, the celebrate
railroad man, entertained his frien,
yesterday with a fine repast at Il
Peabody.
The st. Louis and Paducah pack
DeSmet lies in a dangerous position
l. Liberty Island, having been throw
IN against the head of tie bar there
the moving ice.
:. Owing to the heavy running ice
~ the Ohio river and suspension ofnay
M CATION in the above stream Cairo
20T1 for the present the head of navig
ton.
an T~hirty-fve thousand bales of colt,
were received at New Orleans
Tuesday by rail and water routes, al
it is estimated that the receipts for t
"a, week will be over 10000 bales,
nd The blockade of the Western ra
on roads and the Ohio river route W
cause cotton to seek another outlet
Ith its natural route, the water way
he New Orleans and thence to 9th
OK, ports.
The towboat Dick Fulton pass
10 down last night with a tow of thirte
'ne barges of Pittsburg coal for Mess
0'Neal & Co., at Natchez. She Dire
ed seven barges of superior Pittsbu
coal here for Messrs. c, R, Bryan
l0'Neal.
ng. Captain Thos. j. Darragh, of
tbe Arkansas river packet Maumelle, v
married to-day at Little Rock to NJ
.fi Louisa Kramer. Miss Kramer is
oSi daughter Of Hon, Fred Kramer
that city,
Captain Bob Wise entertained
aus ,oo,- p.,orIo voutardav an hoo ri