Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-12

u slahu, with D feet ) inches in the
canal at Evansville it is falling.
with 8 feet on the gauge. Cumber-
land river rose | inch at Nashville
yesterday, with 2feet Z inches on the
gauge. Arkansas river is falling at
Little Rock, with 2 feet 3 inches on
the gauge. White river is falling. with
a good steamboat stage Of water from
Jacksonport to the mouth. :.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No more high water.
0ppressiyely warm.
Good cotton weather.
Exceedingly dull on the levee.
Very little movement in freights
to-day.
Crops are doing finely and planters
are in good cheer.
The old boatmen all predict a long
siege of. low water.
day.
The Batesville, Captain Randall
goes to Mariana Saturday evening.
The Centennial leaves st. Louis
Saturday evening for New Orleans.
The Kountz Line boats start in to.
morrow, the h. 0. Stanard leading off.
Captain Bob Speed is in st. Louis
attending the races.
The Natchez is still stuck on the
Rising Sun bar.
The 0sceola Belle is the regular
mail packet leaving tomorrow even
ing for OsceOla and the upper coast.
Captain p. S. Davidson has pur-
chased the Dan Hine to ply in the
upper Mississippi.
The coalmen at Pattsburg are blue
on account Of low water and no pros
poets of a rise.
The Paris G. Brown for New Or.
leans, and Cons Millar for Memphis
leave Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The j. w. Gaf, for Cincinnati. had
81 bales Of cotton, 107 bbls SOAP stock
and a lot Of scrap iron and sundries.
The Coahoma, for Friar's Point
was well represented with freight and
people.
The City of G|reenyille left Vicks,
burg yesterday at II am. for st. Louis.
and leaves here Saturday evening.
The Golden City, for Cincinnati
and W. 7. Halliday, for st. Louis, left
New Orleans last evening.
The new Mary Houston passed up
last evening for Cincinnati with 800
tons of freight and 50 cabin passengers
and a lot OF darkies.
Tho City Of Yioksburg, of the
Anchor Line, left st. Louis last eve
ming for Vicksburg, and leaves here
Saturday at 10 am.
Mr.. 10 Moore, late chief clerk of
the Josie Harry, left last evening ON
the Calf, bound for Cincinnati to
spend the heated term.
The City of Alton, of the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening for
New Orleans, and leaves here Satur
day evening at 5 o'clock.
The boat builders at Pittsburg are
making estimates for a Southern
steamer of the following dimensions
Iron hull 20 feet long, 40 feet beam,
10 feet hold. d
The Il. NJ. Norton passed down last
evening with a tow of grain and ice
baFge9, dropping at this point one
barge Of ice.
Captain Ed Postal leaves this after
noon for Mound City to bring down
his popular steamer Hard Cash. which
has been locked there. She will be
repaipted and reqphOlstored here.
3. The Marlin Speed will arrive to.
morrow from Arkansas river, and
leaves Saturday evening with a. return
trip for Little Rock and all points on
Arkansas river.
Colonel Banksmith, late clerk at the
FeggeDe wharfboat, left last evening
for Collieryiile, ct which point he will
spend a few days, and goes thence to
Saratoga to spend the summer.
Arthur Parker, late freight clerk Of
the Andy BaEw, il following the pillow
on his farm near Petersburg, Ky,
having Joined the Granger ranks. Mr..
Ned Sherman is now one of the
Bagm's freight clerks.
The John Gilmore and barges uassed
down last evening for New Orleans
after dropping barge No. IL at this
point loaded with $1,000 bushels of
corn consigned to E. G.. Buchanan
4 &c.
The psistiql passenger steamer
Guiding Star, CAPTAIN w. Z, Miller,
will leave Glenn's wharf boat this
evening at 4 O'Clock, making all prin.
cipal way landings. Elliott Miller is
he. cleyer purser. Captain Glenn
will make cnBagemegts flT her,
The Grand Tower, Of the Anchor
line, passed down at noon for Vieks-
burg with a splendid trip of freight.
She viii put off here 81 bbls meal
and -four, 80 csks neat, 200 bdls hoops,
800 pals lard, 800 pkgp m4se, 227 kegs
lard In ali, 1876 pkgs, aud added here
20 tons for points below.
The Hattie Nowlaud will arrive in
the morning from White river, and
NIL leave Saturday evening with a re.
tprn tF;p for White river in place Of
the Josie Harry, going through to
J%aCksonport aud making direct con
nectiou with light-draught boats for
upper White and Black rivers.
The City Of Helena. Capt. Mckee,
came in last night from Vicksburg
with a good trip and leaves the An
Choir Line wharf boat this evening at
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