Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-17


at 10 a. N.
Billy Haines, pilot Of the 0uachita
Belle, goes to Hot Springs to rusticate
for a few days.
The Anchor line packet, W. p.
Halliday, is due down in the morning
for New Orleans.
The @. P. Chouteau, bound from
Helena to New Orleans, passed Yicks-
burg last evening.
The Guiding Star, for Cincinnati,
and Gold Dust, for st. Louis, passed
Cairo last evening.
The rapid rise of the Cumberland
river is unprecedented, it having risen
20 feet in six hours.
The Annie P. Silver, for st. Louis,
and Will Kyle, for Cincinnati, leave
New Orleans to-day.
The Joseph Kinney left st. Louis
yesterday, for Memphis, and Is due
here tomorrow night.
The Josie Harry passed DeVall's
Bluff on time to-day with a good trip
for upper White river.
The Silverthorn left last night for
Osceola with a good trip of freight,
and was full of people.
George Clinton has resigned as mate
of the Charles Morgan and has been
succeeded by Isaiah Little.
The tug Clarence will bring down
the section docks, from Deans Island,
which will be located here.
The safe of the steamer EAie Alton,
sunk twenty-five years ago, was found
on Tuesday last, neal Davenport,
Iowa.
The Henry Frank, bound from New
Orleans to Memphis, passed Vicks-
burg Sunday night and Is due here to-
night.
The Kentucky river is higher than
it has been since 1867. 1t has over
flowed its banks and done much dam
age.
Sterritt Pepper. who is one Of the
best clerks on the river and a clever
gentleman, is open for an engagement
on some fine packet.
The Il. O. Stanard, which loaded al
Terrene, for New Orleans, received al
that point 1880 bales of cotton, and
added below there a lot of seed.
The labor troubles at New Orleans
will soon be over. owing to the falling
off of business, and the colored broth
er will again have to appeal for charity.
The Andy Baum cleared last even
ing for Cincinnati with 900 bales Of
cotton, $50 bbls oil and sundries, &c
cabin people and a good lot of deck
ers.
The leyec is sadly in need of re.
pairs, and the contract for the i'm.
provement will probably be let out al
the next meeting of the commission
ers.
The Towards arc constructing ar
elegant passenger steamer for the An.
Choir line company, which is intended
to ply between st. Louis ard Vicks
burg.
Parties at st. Louis, New 0rleanI
and other points along the river ar,
endeavoring to get up a race between
the Natchez, r. E. Lee and j. NJ
White.
The steamer Eldorado was sold a
Cincinnati on Saturday, by the UmteC
States Marshal. She brought Sl5,S75
Captain Alex. Montgomery being tn.
purchaser.
Curt Holmes, who has served faith
fully as chief clerk of the j. M
White, has been commissioned com
mander 0 fiber, succeeding her decea
ed namesake.
The Charles Morgan, Captain All
Stems famous passenger steamer
bound for New Orleans, passed Evans
vile Yesterday at-2 pm. and is du
here Thursday morning.
The new regulations for the govern
ment of pilots go into effect on the Is
Of July next. Every pilot will 500
receive printed instructions, givin
the nature of the change.
Mr.. Virginius G. Dentzel, formerl
river editor of the Picayune and sew
eral other papers at New Orleans, i
now doing the wet end business of tn
Evening States, a new paper starte.
at New Orleans.
The d%ismantled Natchez was offere
at sheriff. sale at Cincinnati last Sat
urday, but the sale was postponed, a
she was appraised at $500, and onl
$1,000 was bid, less than two. thirds Q
the appraisement.
The West Wind, which was built a
Deans Island by Captain ]. G.. An
drews, Of the Osceola Belle, will b
launched to day. She will soon b
completed, and will engage in town
and jobbing business.
j., Captain John Grenough. commau
. der Of the tOwboat Iron Mountain
arrived last evening by rail from Ne,
, Orleans, and awaits here the arrivr
of his boat, and will in the meantim
make engagements for her.
/ The Golden City passed down las
; evening loaded fiat in the water. Sh
t put of here about 60 tons of misceI
; %laneous freight aud added 200 barre
5 of oil and some other stuff, and ais
a about twelve or fifteen people.
Of $40 bales cotton sunk on tn
: steamer AFch, p. Green some day
: ago, nine miles below BatcsVillo, Arb
ansas, all has been saved except abor
40 bales, consigned to merchants {
G New Orleans. The boat is total 10.
e and is being wrecked.
The j. M White NAYS S56i9 wbor