Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-23

NeHtaAl ~ s0ACuu MIL AGulONl uLn
wharfboat to Helena next week.
The Guiding Star, for New Orleans,
and Andy Baum, for Memphis, leave
Cincinnati to-day.
The Golden City for Cincinnati, H..
c. Yeager and John A. Scudder for
st. Louis, leave New Orleans this
evening.
At Arkansas City the water is
spreading all over the country, and is
drowning much stock and doing much
damage.
Bob Flamm, at one time second
clerk of the John B. Maude, is now
clerking for the railroad company at
Arkansas City.
The rates on freight from st. Louis
to Memphis by the Anchor line now
rule at 10 cents per hundred and 20
cents on dry barrels.
The Bedford, Captain A. M. vii.
hanson, leaves Glenn's wharfboat this
evening at 1 o'clock for Cincinnati.
Mr.. Heiskell is her purser.
The U. P. Schenck. for New
Orleans, and Cons Millar, for Mem.
phis, passed Evansville yesterday
and are due here Thursday morning.
Captain j. d. Randall returned last
night to Madison. His line of mail
packets in the st. Francis river trade
are making regular trips and doing
well.
The w. p. Halliday passed up last
evening for st. Louis with a fair up.
stream trip. She put off here 10 hhds
sugar and added a lot of eastern bound
cotton.
The Centennial, Captain Davidson,
is the Anchor line packet leaving to-
morrow morning at ten O'Clock for
New Orleans. She will make all
prominent way landings.
The Marcus Collins and Mike Davis
make regular connections with the
B%atesville and Little Rock rail
road for all points on upper st, Fran
els river.
The City Of Alton for New Orleans,
and j. B. Kehlor, bound for St. Louis,
passed Vicksburg yesterday. The
Alton will be due here tomorrow
morning.
The City Of Greenville passed down
on time for Vicksburg we'll laden.
She put off here a few hundred pack.
ages of freight, and several lots o.
freight for points below.
In the United States district court
at Cincinnati, Charles Dossmann has
fled suit against the steamboat Laura
l.. Davis, to restrain William Craw.
ford from taking out the boat.
The Josie Harry, Captain Mil
Harry's blue ribbon packet, will pas
DeVall's Bluff tomorrow on time
and will arrive Friday, and leave Sat
urday on her regular day with a return
trip.
The back water from the Missis
sippi in Arkansas river extends abov,
Arkansas Post, and is over the bank.
in many places in White river. TIL
low places are oyerhowed up as far a
ST. Charles.
The Arkansas City journal say
that the stock drowned in that section
by the present overflow amounts il
value to moro than sufficient to hav
built a levee four feet higher than tn
high-water mark of 1876.
The James w. Calf LETT last even
ing for Cincinnati with 400 bales cot
ton, 500 bbls oil, 30 bales rags, IS CO
wheels, Is hhds iron, 40 buncbe
bananas, 40 hhds cocoanuts, $50 pkg
sundries and 80 cabin passengers.
The Mike Davis, Of Captain Ran
dalrs st. Francis river mail line
came out to Helena yesterday wit
243 bales cotton for re-shipment an,
will wait at the mouth for the Bates
vile to make direct connection 70
W~ittsburg and the Sunk lands.
The Shields, Captain VIM. Ashford
makes her regular trip to Commerce
leaving this evening at regular tim
and giving strict attention to all wa.
business. Captain Ed Crowell vii
see hat all business is properly at
tended to.
Captain Blake continues to improvl
and will soon be able to stand remov
al from Vicksburg TO st. Louis. Hon
Jefferson Davis called upon him TIN
other day to express his sympath
with the veteran boatman in hi
affection.
Captain II. Hennegin, of the steame
John G.. Fletcher, has secVred til
contract for carrying the mail by rive
from Little Rock to Fort Smith, run
ming once a week. lie began the ser
vice yesterday, leaving Little Rock TO
Fort Smith.
The Silverthorn, Captain s. II
Whitehead in command, came in 0
time, and returns this evening at shar
five to Commerce. She will civ
prompt attention to all way busines,
Neil Booker, a worthy gentleman an.
efficient officer presides at the desk.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Posta
came in this morning from Whit
river with SO bales cotton and "a PIKE
sundries, and reshipped at the mout
IS bales cotton. She returns to Whit
river tomorrow evening. Charlie
Postal has charge cf the Office.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lenno,
came in last evening from Vicksburl
and leaves the Anchor line wharfboa
this evening promptly at five o'cloc
for Cairo and st. Louis, carrying tn
mail and doing all way business.
Captain James Carr, general passer
ger agent for the southern transports
ton line, received a telegram frol
Captain Virden stating that he woul
: arrive here to-day and leave at 4 pm