Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

spit snow here yesterday.
A quiet day on the landing.
Indications of rain or snow.
Few boats in port doing business.
The river is steadily on the decline.
The Sharpe creyasse has been
closed.
The W. ]. Poitevent will remain in
port awhile.
The James Lee had out last night a
splendid trip.
The Mark Twain is due tomorrow
from D~yersburg.
General Grant will be brought to
Memphis by rail.
As the river declines the bend bus
mess improves.
The planters are breaking ground to
put in their crops.
A 10Y storm extended along the
Ohio river yesterday.
The Ste. Genevieve left st. Louis
last evening for Memphis.
The Eldorado has entered the Gin
%cinuati and Cairo trade.
The high water has inundated several
plantations south of here.
Captain r. P. Glenn has removed
his wharfboat to Hopefeld.
The Katie Hooper is the Saturday
packet Tor Arkansas river.
The w. P. Halliday leaves New
Orleans to-day for st. Louis.
The Robert Mitchell left New Or
leans last evening tor Cincinnati.
The Sam Roberts and barges passed
up this morning for the Ohio river.
The U. P. Schenck will be up in
the morning, bound for Cincinnati.
The John Gilmore and barges left
st. Louis yesterday for New Orleans.
The Coahoma will be in on time to
leave tomorrow on her trip to 0sce-
ola.
The James D. Parker is the packet
to leave Cincinnati to-day for Mem
phis.
The Hard Cash, for White river,
had q good showing Of freight and
people.
Captain Lennox, Of the Grand
Tower, has gone to the Hot Springs to
get billed out.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
Golden City, for New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday.
Nearly a million bushels of coal
left Pittsburg for Cincinnati and
Louisville last Tuesday.
The John Means, with a large tow
ofgrain and produce, passed down last
hight for New Orleans.
The Ste. Genevieve from Memphis
and John B. Maude from Vieksburg
arrived at St. Louis yesterday.
The Joe Williams, with her tow o.
twenty-one boats, three barges and
four fuel boats, passed down yester.
day.
The City of Alton, Z. 0. StanarC
and John Dippold and barges from
st. Louis arrived at New Orleans yes.
terday.
The hull of Major John D. Adams
new Vicksburg packet, building a
Pittsburg, will be launched the first o
next week.
The Raven, with a tow ofbarge.
containing 100000 bushels of grair
in bulk, is en- route from st. Louis to
New Orleans.
The r. h. Springer leaves Cincin
natl this evening for New Orleans
and will be followed on Saturday by
the Charles Morgan.
The Will Kyle, from Cincinnati
and John A. Scudder, from St. Louis
bound for New Orleans, passed Vicks
burg last evening.
The vote last night for the mos
popular steamboat captain was, 81 fol
Captain Robert Wise and Is for Cap.
tain Stacker Lee.
The James d. Parker has been re.
lieved from her precarious condition
on the dam at Louisville, and leaves
there to-day for Cincinnati.
The Grand Lake and tow. which
passed down yesterday for New Or
leans, dropped here two barges of ic,
for Mes.rs. Bohlen, Huse u Co.
The Batesville, Captain O. X. Jop
lin, will be found in port in the morn
ing, ready to receive for st. Franci
river, and will leave in the evening.
The Virgie Lee departed last even
ing for Cincinnati with a small list o
cotton, $50 bbls oil, 200 bbls soal
stock, 10 hhds iron, and 30 cabin pas
sengers.
The Cons Millar, Captain Wm
Ticheuor, will arrive tonight from
the Ohio river aud leave tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Cincin
natl.
The Shields, Captain William Ash.
ford, leaves this evening on time 70.
Commerce, doing all bend business
Captain Ed. Crowell, who has charg,
of the Office, attends promptly to al
business.
The LEDGER job printing Office ant
book. bindery ID Madison street, offer
inducements, to its patrons in prices
quality Of material used, in tasteful
style of workmanship the equal to an.
similar establishment in the south.+