Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-01

Sunday morning, bound for Cincin-
natl.
The Virgie Lee, leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The Dyersburg, for Dyersburg, had
a good showing Of freight.
The Katie Hooper is the Saturday
packet for Arkansas river.
The Coahoma had a fair trip for
Oseeola and the upper coast.
The Hattie Rowland had a good
trip out for Arkansas river.
The John Gilmore and barges,
passed up yesterday for st. Louis.
The Andy Baum, bound from Mem
phis to Cincinnati, passed Louisville
to-day.
The j. W. Gaff, for Memphis, and
Will Kyle, for New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday.
The j. B. Williams, with a large
tow of coal for New Orleans, left
Louisville last evening.
The Sharpe Mcdonald, with a tow
of coal for New Orleans, passed
Evansville yesterday noon.
The r. r. Springer, bound from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Evansville yesterday afternoon.
The Centennial, for st. Louis, and
Thomas Sherlock, for Cincinnati,
leaves New Orleans this evening.
The levee at o. X. landing has
given away and the plantations ad-
jacent to that point are overAowed.
The City of V~icksburg, from Vicks-
burg, and Ste. Genevieve, from Mem
phis, arrived at st. Louis yester-
day.
Four hundred thousand bushels of
grain in bulk shipped from st. Louis
was received at New Orleans on Sun
day.
improvements on the levee will be
commenced as soon as the river de-
clines sufficient for the contractors to
commence operations.
The 0sceola Belle will be ready in
ten days for business.
March instead, as heretofore, going
out clustering, went out christened
with an April shower.
The river will decline steadily, and
as the snow has melted in the noun
tains We will have no more high water
this season.
The Paris G. Brown, for New Or
leans, leaves Cincinnati this evening,
and will be followed on Saturday by
the Golden Grown.
Billy Byers, the medicine man of
j. W. Gaf, who has been in i'll health
for sometime, has gone to Portsmouth,
Ohio, to recuperate.
The Colorado, of the Anchor liue,
Capt. Sam McPheters, leaves this
evening for Cairo and st. Louis,
carrying the mail and attending to ali
way business.
Mr.. j. N. Silverthorn, river editor
of the Evansville journal, celebrated
last Monday, the 18th anniversary Of
his editorship, of the marine depart
ment of the Journal.
The Silverthorn, Capt. S. II. White.
head, returns this evening to Com.
merce. She makes all bend landings
and has superb passenger accommoda.
tons, and isin charge Of clever officers
The City of Helena, Of the Anchor
line, Capt. Mckee in command, will
leave the Anchor line wharfboat to.
morrow morning, at 10, o'clock fol
Vicksburg. She carries the mails anC
makes all way landings.
Col. Lewis Watson, of Arkansas
who attempted suicide a few days agc
by cutting his throat returned home
to Red Fork last evening on the Hat
tie Rowland, he having recovered
} from his injuries sufficient to travel,
The LEDGER job printing office anC
!, book bindery, 13 Madison street, offer!
inducements to its patrons in prices
quality of material used, in tasteful
: style of workmanship the equal to am
similar establishment in the south+
The Shields, Capt. VIM. Ashford
is the regular packet leaving to-da,
for Commerce and the bends. Sht
attends promptly to all way business
: Capt. Ed. Crowell her purser. and on,
J ofthe owners, give the strictest atten
ton to business.
: The Josie Harry, Commodore Nil
Harry's elegant steamer, will arriv,
tomorrow from White river, ant
leaves on Saturday with a return triI
carrying the mail and going through
to Jacksonport, and making direc
! connection with light draught steam
\ ers for upper White and Black rivers
a The Vint Shinkle. Captain Sterliny
Mcintyre, will arrive to-day iron
Cincinnati with a good trip of freight
and will leave tomorrow evening wit
a return trip. She has good and com
Portable passenger accommodations
aud her officers are gentlemen VIII
are experienced boatmen and Away
entertain passengers in a royal style
Captain j. A.. Lindsay, a worthy gen
6 tleman, has charge Of the office.
Capt. James Carr, passenger agen
for the Golden Rule, received a tele
gram this morning from Captain o. T
Shinkle, dated at Cairo, stating tina
he would be here to morrow mornin
with his fne steamer, the Code
Rule, and leave at 8 o'clock for Ney
Orleans. She is a good steamer
n travel on. Capt, James Carr will sc
d that all passengers that take passag
are comfortably roomed.
IS The Ouachita Belle, Captain Mar
n Check, Of the Adams mail Int
q lrovobt in n fair trim and return