Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-01

foot 2 inches on the gauge. Whiteriver
is rising slowly, with a fair stage from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool.
Pleasant to-day.
A stiff breeze blowing.
But little doing at the landing.
Two local packets leaving to-day.
The w. P. Halliday left New Or
leans yesterday for st. Louis.
The Gold Dust, from St. Louis, ar
rived at V~ickSburg yesterday.
The James Howard added here
1900 feet Of lumber for st. Louis.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are rising, also the upper Ohio.
The John B. Maude, from Vicks-
burg, arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The City of Alton, with a big trip
Of freight, left st. Louis last evening.
Captain Milt r. Harry and family
are s%ojcurning at Hot Springs for a
few weeks.
The greater portion Of the levee
looks bright to-day-the result Of
heavy showers.
The Vint Shinkle, en- route from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Louis
vile last evening.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
the Charles Morgan, for New Orleans,
left Cincinnati last evening.
There are about 1900 sacks cotton
seed lying on the banks below here
awaiting shipment to Refuge,
The Hard Cash departed last even
ing for White river with a big trip of
freight and a fair list Of people.
!" is probable that the new steamer
City of Providence will make a trial
trip at Louisville Sunday morning.
The piasa, from Metropolis, arrived
here yesterday with another tow OF
stone and gravel for paving purposes,
The James Lee, for Friar's Point,
and the Osceola Belle, for Osceola,
departed last evening with good trips.
The Golden Crown, enroute to New
Orleans. added 300 tons at Evansville
and engaged 800 bags of corn in the
vicinity.
The dredgeboat Q. b. Wagner will
go to St. Louis to be repaired, and
will by the latter part of July 60 to
Yazoo river.
The Batesville wifi be found In port
this afternoon, and is the mail packet
leaving tomorrow evening for St.
Francis river.
International boardof health steamer
IL. IL. Benner, with the three
launches, Lookout, Sentinela and Alert,
left Cincinnati last evening.
Captain o. p. Shinkle, Of the
Golden Rule, telegraphs his agent
here that his boat will pass up at Z
o'clock this evening.
The steamer Florence. that was
working in the Tallahatehie river last
season, is on her way up the river, and
will go ia the ST, Francis river to
work a short while,
The steamer 0sceola Belle gives
excursions Saturday night and Sun
day afternoon and night. The man
agement is in good hands, and a SPLEEN
did time is assured,
Work will commence on The ITALIA
hatohie and COldwater rivers at an
early day work will also be resumed
on the Louisiana point as soon as the
water falls sufficiently.
The City of Vicksburg, for Vicks.
burg, is the Anchor line packet
leaving tomorrow al 10 am, and the
City of Helena passes up at the same
hour for Cairo and st. Louis.
The towboat Resolute, Captain
Loudon's recent purchase, arrived
last evening with a tow of stone, two
barges of which will be used by the
government on our city front.
The James Howard, from New Or
leans, arrived last night, and lay here
until daylight cleaning out boilers.
She discharged $500 bdls cotton ties,
100 cases sardines, a cotton press and
about 20 pkgs sundries.
The Will Kyle has again laid over
at New Orleans, but says she will
leave positively this evening. She