Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-13

Cooler.
Gloomy weather.
Rain not needed just yet.
Business moderate.
The Heary Frank for New Orleans
at 5 pm.
The Coahoma and John T. Moore
lett yesterday for Helena,
Three feet and rising was the las.
report from Puppy creek,
-Four and a half feet of water il
reported over Portland bar.
The Robert: Mitchell will load a
Cairo as soon as an opening offers.
Dick Brennan, late steward Of tn,
Hard Cash, to-day takes charge Of tn,
bar OF the boat.
The Maumelle, foe Arkansas river
departed for Arkansas river vel
patronized in the way Of freight and
people.
The great Golden City, with a fin,
upstream trip of freight, passed NJ
last night, discharging here about 3Ol
packages.
The Golden Crown, for New Or.
leans, left Cincinnati last evening
She will have a rough time getting oul
of the Ohio.
The Key West, for New Orleans
leaves st. Louis tomorrow evening
to be followed on Saturday by the
Golden City.
The John A. Scudder, Paris G
Brown, Raven and barges and the Il
o Stanard,a bound for New Orleans
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The Anchor Line packet, w. p
Halliday, towing the barge Little
Gold Dust, passed up last evening
doing nothing of interest here.
The Annie p. Silver, Captain D. H.
Silver in command, is the Anchor
Line packet passing up this evening
en- route to Cairo and st. Louis.
The Rene Macready departed last
evening on her initial trip in the st.
Frincis river trade, She had a fine
list OF freight.
Captain Charlie Woodbury's new
packet was 48 hours out from Cairo a
noon to-day and will probably be il
port this afternoon.
Should the waters continue to de.
cline, the Dacotah, Carrier, ant
Montana expect to get something t
do in the southern trade.
Six feet of water reported in thu
channel between Cairo and st. Louis
with important changes at Bird,
Point and foot Of Liberty island.
The Centennial, Captain Davidson
in command, is the Anchor Line
packet passing down this evening fol
Vicksburg, New Orleans and the
bends.
The Golden Crown, which left Gin.
c%innati yesterday, is he last boat fol
New Orleans daring the present
month, owing to the closing OF the
Louisville and Portland canal.
The Hard Cash brought out o.
White river S54 bales Of cotton, re
shipping 36l bales at Terrene for New
Orleans, and bringing 493 bales to thi,
port. This is the blue ribbon trip Of
the season.
The Josie Harry, on her return tril
TO this port passes Devall's Bluff a
IN early hour to morrow morning, vii
arrive Friday evening, and leave Sat,
urday next with a return trip fol
White river.
The Grand Tower from st. Loui,
passed down last night for Vicksburl
several hours behind time, having
been Detained by fog. She put off l0I
packages here and added 20 ton.
for V~icksburg and way landings.
The w. j. Poitevent, Captain W
j. Ashford in command, is the regu.
lar daily packet leaving at 5 pm fi
Commerce and all way landings, tax.
ing freight and making connection
with the Katie Ann for all landings il
Council Bend. Kneel Booker is he
polite clerk, assisted by his brother
Gabe Booker.
Captain Otto Seyppel, one of thu
chief Maccaroniaus Ia the dark day
OF 1879, aud to whom the club is in
debted for a number OF enjoyable ex
cursions to their several camps" ha:
quit river pursuits, and is manager
for McCormic Il Co., the ice dealers
He will still visit the levee for &C.
quaintance sake, also with a view t
business.
The 'old reliable granger packet
Hard Cash Captain L. Y. Postal il
command, is the regular packet leav.
ing this evening for Devall's Bluff
Augusta, Jacksonport and all inter
mediate points, paying strict atten.
ton to all business entrusted to her
and connecting with light packets fol
upper White and Black rivers. Chas
NJ. Postal is her polite clerk and il
assisted by John G, Wyckoff.
The feet and elegant passenger
steamer OSceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, is the regular
packet leaving this evening for Osceo-
la and all intermediate points, carry.
irg the mail and paying prompt atten,
ton to all business entrusted to her
Billy Smither, a clever young man
presides at the desk, and is assisted b.
John Haley and Hugh Tomlinson.
The elegant passenger steamer, JAS
Lee, Captain James Lee in command
is the regular mail packet leaving thi.
evening for Helena, Faiar's Point anC
all intermediate landings, paying
strict attention to all G, o. d. anC
plantation business. also connecting a
Glendale with the Mobile and North
western train. Captain Lloyd w
Whitlow presides at the desk and i
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Arthur
Brown.
1t is not known exactlywhat cause
the B%atesville to sink. She had Il
back out of L'Auguille river for abou.
four miles, towing a barge o cottor
abe1d of her. After she got into The
st. Francis river this cotton was pu,
on the boat aud it was not known thai
she was taking water until the pilo.
saw her Keeling. 1t is MOI than prob
able that she struck something above