Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-18

LnC ". Il bCutuOh icofSo NAhSAh
natl Thursday for New Orleans.
The Charles Morgan leaves Cincin-
natl Saturday for New Orleans.
Coahoma discharged her blue
ribbon trip and got away at noon for
the lower coast.
The Golden Rule, bound for Cincin-
natl, and Dacotah, bound for St. Louis,
are due up tonight.
There is still a scarcity Of labor on
the leyee, and the rousters take ad-
vantage Of the same.
AThe rise in the upper Mississippi
has improved navigation between
Cairo and St. Louis.
The Golden City and A. j. Baker
and barges, from st. Louis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
Six million bushels Of coal left
Pitts6urg, on the rise on Monday, for
Cincinnati and Louisville.
Thirty cents an hour was paid to
levee laborers yesterday, and they
were scarce at that figure.
The hard rains yesterday caused a
caveing in of a portion Of the levee at
the foot of Concord street.
Captain Billy Davis will have an
other boat to take the place of the
Pierce in the upper coast trade.
The City of Yazoo discharged here
1900 packages of freight and got away
this morning for New Orleans.
Capt. David Haney and Tom Col
lier, who are well known in river cir
cles, put in an appearance yesterday.
The tugs Iris and Ariadine, were
sunk at Cairo on Sunday morning, by
the tornado which passed up the
river.
Capt. Pres Montgomery is negotiat-
ing at New Orleans for the steamer
W. j. Poitevant, for the Hatchie river
trade.
There is plenty of room here and
urgent demand of labor for the
tramps and idlers that are starving
up North.
The U. P. Schenck will leave Gin
cinnati Thursday for New Orleans,
and will be followed on Saturday by
the Mary Houston.
1.-The Il. G. Yeager passed down to-
day for New Orleans. Captain Glenn.
her agent, give her 1000 sacks of oil
cake and a lot of other stuff.
The splendid steamer Golden Rule.
Capt. 0. P. Shinkle, leaves the R. L
Lee wharfboat tomorrow at 10 am
for Louisville and Cincinnati.
The famous passenger steamer J. W
Calf will arrive to-day from St. Louis
and will leave tomorrow evening 70
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The City of Alton passed down las
evening for New Orleans we'll laden
She had also a barge in tow, loade,
with the freight taken from the sunkeI
steamer Belle St. Louis.
Capt. Maumus goes to st. Franci
river under government employ t
clean out the distractions. Maio
Benyaurd could not have selected
more competent person.
Damp weather and unfavorabl
news from abroad created a feeling G
depression in the cotton market yes
terday, and sales we're lighter her
than for any day this month.
The new Memphis and Friar
Point packet, the James Lee, will b
here next week to enter the trad,
She is said to be one of the best an
prettiest packets that ever turned
wheel.
The Colorado, Capt. Sam. M'Phee
tiers, of the anchor line, leaves tn
company's wharfboat this evening q
5 o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis, cal
rying the mail and attending to a
way business.
The government snag boat, d
Russey, which left here last eveDin
for st. Louis, ran into the St. Bernar
coal feet at the footo If old Hen an
sunk one barge Of coal and damaged tw
other barges.
The Paris c. Brown, Capt. HALL
day, Of the anchor line, leaves to-da.
at 5 o'clock for Vicksburg, carryin.
the mail aud doing all way bushes:
CHS. Young, n of the most popula
clerks on the river, has charge of tn
Office.
The Rapid Transit, Captain Williar
Ashford in command, being delaye
yesterday by bad weather, gets out to
day and will leave positively thi
evening at four o'clock for CommercC
Helena and all bend landings.
The Henry Frank went into Ne,
Orleans last Wednesday with 574
bales cotton and 74,O78 seeks seed. TIL
Florence Meyer went in Thursda
fIom Helena with 1893 bales cotton an
2O98 seeks seed. The Dean went i
the same day with 5444 bales cotto
and 1892 seeks seed,