Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-28

in four days.
The Charles Morgan is TO leave
Cincinnati this evening for New Or
leans, aud will be followed by the r r.
Springer Thursday.
Work on the %jetties at Good Hope,
ii miles above Natchez, is supended
on account of high water, but will
soon be resumed.
Two hundred and fifty tons ofiron
pipe are at Louisville, engaged for the
Memphis packets.
Only three and a half feet Of water
is reported in the Missouri river from
st, Charles to the mouth.
The James W. Gaff en- route to this
port, passed Evansville early yesterday
morning.
The Vint Shinkle, from this port,
passed Evansville last evening.
The Josie Harry, for White river,
and the Marlin Speed for Arkansas
river, departed last evening with a fair
trips.
The bluff, to the back Of the custom
house, continues to cave, and means
should be taken to protect the same at
once, or Uncle Thompscn's summer
resort will go down.
The Grand Tower, Captain Carvell
in command, is the Anchor line packet
passing up at ten am. tomorrow foI
Cairo and way landings. Tom White
is her polite clerk.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are still rising.
Much snow has fallen in the past
few days along the Ohio valley.
The viii Kyle, with 1900 tons Of
freight, passed up at an early hour
this morning, d~ischarging here a lot
of sugar and molasses and refusing
cotton which the agent had in readi
ness for her.
The R. r. Springer and Charles
Morgan, from New Orleans, arrived
at Cir cinnati yesterday.
The Paris 9. Brown, from Cincin-
natl, and the Future City and bargey,
from st. Louis, arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
Freezing cold at St. Louis, with the
probabilities of a total suspension Of
navigation to-day.
The new toWboat Jay Gould is due
down to-day, bound for New Orleans
The James Lee for Friars Point
and the 0sceola Belle, for Osoeola,
were moderately p%atronized.
The Andy Baum did not get away
until 3 p IN. yesterday. she had 1885
bales of cotton, 25O bbls of oil, a good
list Of suadTics, and about forty peO-
pie.
The Hard Cash will be in tonight
and leave to morrow evening with Q
return trip for all points on Whit
river through to J%acksonport.
Pilots who were condemned by til,
cOlored yarn test, and have been re
examined by the colored light test,
have, in almost every instance, been
r~einstated.
The owner of the Jennie Stinsor
has made arrangements TO. run that
boat between Pocahontas and New
port in connection with the Wild BY
which has been put on the route be
tween Pocahontas and Doniphan,
Ripley county, Mississippi.
The Coahoma has laid upuntil after
the holidays and a change of The
weather.
The propeller Morning Star is now
carrying the mail between Donaldson
vile and Baton Rouge.
Thu Belle Shreveport is announced
to leave New Orleans to-day for St.
Louis, to be followed Thursday by
the Centsnnial.
The New Mary Houston leaves
New Orleans this evening for Cincin-
natl, to be followed on Thursday by
the Paris G. Brown.
The big james Howard, Captain
Joe. Bryan In command, passes down
tomorrow at noon for Vicksburg,
New Orleans and the bends, She is
Anchor liner and leaves from the
oompany's wharfboat foot of Union
street.
The 0. line of steamers are stepping
on m another's heels. 1t seems to be
a race with several Of them.
The Thomas Sherlock, from New
Orleans, passed up at 10 a. M, less
than three hours behind the Will
Kyle, She had q good freight trip
aud put of a lot Of sugar and mo,
lasses here.
The Anchor line packet, Gold Dust,
from Cairo, passed down this forenoon,
putting of about 800 packages of
freight and adding 30 tons for Vicks-
burg and the bends,
Captain j. G. Oats, Of Dan. Rice's
showboat Champion, is in the city,
enjoying the holidays with his inter
estiDg family. Captain Oats reports
the Dan, Rice enterprise in a pros
porous condition. Among other at
fractions he mentions tho only live
water pedestrian on the face Of the
earth.
The Charles Morgan and r. r,
Springer had a tough tussel all the
way from Vicksburg to Cincinnati.
The Springer left New Orleans two
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