Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-08

flne bluu aud Little k0ck. White
river has a good stfge Of water to
Augusta, and Red river has 2 feet to
Jacksonport.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and bright.
Delightful weather.
Cotton picking is going on rapidly.
Mud has disappeared from the
levee.
A fair business doing at the landing
to. day.
The Il. O. Stanard for New Orleans
is due dow this evening.
The Ste. Genevieye, from Memphis,
arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The James w. Goff is having a hard
time oft coming out ct the Ohio.
Captain Alex. Moses, agent Of the
New Orleans underwriters, is in the
city.
The Bedford, for this port, passed
Vicksburg yesterday and will arrive
on Sunday next.
The 0uachita Belle, for Arkansas
City, departed last evening with a fine
trip of freight and people.
The City Of Providence. for Vieks-
burg, left St, Louis yesterday and will
pass here Sunday at 10 a. IN.
The Vint Shinkle, from this port,
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday. She
was eleven days making the trip.
The Marlin Speed, leaving for Ar.
kansas river, will have out a big trir
Of freight.
The Golden City left New Orleans
last evening for st Louis. She is due
up Monday evening.
The John B. Maude returned to st
Louis last evening with a light trip.
The Canary No. 2. with a circus on
board, left yesterday for Helena
where they will give an exhibition.
The new steamer Belle Of the Coast
leaves Cincinnati tomorrow evening
for New Orleans.
The B~atesville is the mail packet
leaving tomorrow evening for st.
Francis river.
The Will Kyle e.shipped her lower
Ohio freight and laid up at Cairo.
The Golden Rule, for New Orleans,
left Cincinnati last evening with all the
freight she could take on the water.
Gut away the bluffs west of the
railroad track so that steamboatmen
can get a good view of the steam cars.
The pleasant weather causes many
to go to the bluffs of an evening To-
witness the departure Of our heal
packets.
Cabin crews down about New Or
leans have commenced to strike. The
City Of Yazoo left there a f5w days
ago without any.
Pilot Henry Wilber is making a
trip or two on the Poitevent, while
Captain Ashford is 10 ,louncil Bend
bringing out cotton for his boat.
The Ohio river is rising slowly all
the way from Pittsburg 10 Cairo but
unless it continues for several days.
navigation will not be benefited
much.
The John S. Brausford, having
completed her repairs at Paducah.
goes into the Evansville and Cairo
mail line.
Captain John T. Watson, a former
steamboatman, is a candidate at Gin
cinnati for justice ofthe peace on the
democratic ticket,
The Florence No. 2 left this fore,
noon with a tow Of empIies for the
lower Ohio to bring out a tow O
stone.
The New Mary Houston, will
1000 tons of freight and drawing {
feet passed down at noon, putting of
$50 packages and adding l0S bales O
cotton for New Orleans.
Captain joe Elliott formerly of the
White river trade, is stationed al
Vicksburg as agent and superintend
ent of the Merchants aud Planters
transportation company Of Yazo.
river.
The City Of Helena, from Vicks.
burg, passed up this forenoon, putin.
of a few bales cotton and adding 10.
bales compressed cotton for reship
ment.
The Commonwealth, from St. Lonis
passed down on time with a fine trip
She put off 1852 pckgs of freight anC
added 80 tons of miscellaneous ireiehr
for Vicksburg and the bends.
The landing at Point Pleasant, La
has been moved 400 yards down tn,
river. Pilots will know it by a larg
two story frame warehouse and sin
With the words, ~. 5. mail, Poini
Pleasant"
The Annie P. Silver and Colder
City, from st. Louis, arrived at New
Orleans Wednesday night. The Pari
10. Brown, from Cincinnati, arrived
there yesterday.
Captain NJ. NJ. Deem commands III,
james d. Parker this trip. lie hal
had a hard time of it coming out 0
the Ohio river, though the boat did
good way business,
While the river is so low would i
not be advisable to repair the lowe
edge Of the levee2 Boats find consid
cradle trouble in receiving and dis
charging their freight.
The opposition packets, John T
Moore and Coahoma got away las
night with light trips. The owners o
the two boats are friends PERSONAL,
but in a business sense they are enc
mics.
The fine Anchor line steamer, Johr
A. Scudder, Captain A. ). Csrter i
command, is due down tomorrow a
10 am, bound for Vicksburg. New
| Orleans and the bends. Captait
Garrett Hulls is her polite clerk,
The Josie Harry, Captain Milt r
Harry in command, will arrive thi
evening and is the mail packet leavin.
tomorrow for Devalls Bluff, Augusta
Jacksonport and all way landings o.
White, Black and Little Red river.
making direct connection with tn
light draught steamers Milt Harry an.
Winnie for upper White and Blac.