Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-20

IL Olty OF Helena, from flcks-
burg, passed up yesterday, putting off
200 bales Of cotton and adding 4O8
bales Of compressed cotton for reshir-
ment at Cairo.
The John A. sScudder with a big
t'ip of freight passed down Saturday
evening adding SO bales of cotton and
several people.
Owing to the rapid decline Of the
river a large deposit of mud is left on
the levee, which will soon become
offensive to steamboatmen.
Captain Jack Blanks rev Ouacbita
packet is announced to leave Cinc'a-
matt tomorrow evening for Orleans
direct.
The Centennial, Captain Davidson
in command, is announced to pass
down this afternoon, bound for the
Crescent City. Captain AID. Storm is
her agent.
The new towboat, Jay Gould, of
the St. Louis and New Orleans trans
portation company left St. Louis
Saturday, for the South.
\ dispatch feom St. Louis states
chat the Annie P. Silver in attemp =
ing to pass the obstruction Of the
Bryan street dyke in the lower par5 Of
he city on her way out Saturday
evening ran up on it and stuck fast
and is said to be in a dangerous posi-
ton.
Captain Lindsay's fine passenger
steamer, Vint Shinkle, will arrive this
afternoon and leave again tomorrow
evening with return trip for Cairo,
Louisville, Cincinnati and all prilci-
pal landings on tho Ohio river, CON
n%actiDg with the different railroads,
and giving passengers through tickets
to all points at very low rates. The
accommodations of the Shinkle are
frst-class, with large and airy state
rooms, and her officers will be found
polite and attentive to the wants Of
taer patrons. Col, j. D. Moore pre-
sides at the desk.
The fast and beautiful sidewheel
steamer Dean Adams, Captain Mark
r. Check in commend, arrived last
evening with a fine trip of cotton and
qaite a number of people. She leavol
again this evening with a return triI
fer Helena, Terrene, Arkansas CITY
snd all in, ermediate landings, carry.
ing the mail, pay ng prompt attention
al business entrusted 20 her, and
connecting with the Little Rock,
Mississippi River and Texas railroad.
also with the G. W, Cheek for Vicks-
burg. Captain A. l.. Cummips pre-
sides at the dcsl, and is assisted by
Amos Day and Will Lash.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer James Lee, Captain
Stacker Lee in command, is the
regular mail packet leaving al
10 p. m. to-day for Helena, Friars
Point and all intermediate land
ings, carrying the nail, and paying
prompt attention to all G. o. D
and plantation business, and
connecting at Glendale with the Mo.
lie and Northwestern train. TIE
accommodations Of the Lee are first.
, class, aud she is noted for speep,sa(e !
and comfort. Lloyd w. WhitloE il
her polite clerk, and is assisted b,
a., Platt Rhodes and Arthur Brown.
On Saturday last a barge of grave
, was brought to the lower landing auC
moored just below the anchor-linc
w%harfboat. No attention was paid t
it, and yesterday afternoon. owing L
the rapidly declining river, one ond o
{ it was left on shore causing the bargt
-. to take water, sink and break in two
This is the second barge sunk there il
/ the last Two or three weeks, and un
less they are removed will be a grea
! obstruction to boats landing there, o
even the auchor-line boats backin.
out from the whariboat will be liabl
to be caught and damaged. This mat
ter should be looked into.
The Ida Stockton, on her way /
, his p9rt from Hatchie river, raj
aground, on Friday last, in the chut
I OBS, She has on board about 256 bale
Of cotton, and as the river Is fallin
rapidly we fear she will have to re
main until there is another rise. Cap
tain Tighlmau, her chief clerk, wa
y here Saturday trying TO make arrange
:, ments to have her ligbtened off,
!" The Vireiq Lee is still detained
" port, owing to the scarcity Of labo.
Although the weather was pleasan
thanegroes refused to work after sur
P down Saturday. As high as eigl
= cents per bale was offered to roll co
ton ON board the boat, but they woul
u not work. Yesterday It was snowir
all day, aud nothing could be don
at To-day some Of them were domandiI
n. fly cents per hour, and it was almo
impossible to get men to dischar
.p' the local packets. The Vireie L
Ia will get away for Cincinnati this eve
ing.
gh RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
ng Per Osceola Belle, from 0sceo
457 bales cotton, 81 bags seed cote
'ge 1857 SKIS cotton seed.
sn Per Dean Adams, from Arkans
bo City, 322 bales cotton, 50 bags Sc
cotton, 420 SKIS cotton seed.
=" Per James Lee, from Friars Poll