Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Cloudy and sultry.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy and sultry.
IAip needed to lay the dust.
The Ohio is rising at Pittsburg.
The Mark Twain left at daylight fol
Dyersburg. qa.f 5 sel
A fair business is being transacted
at the landing.
The Josie Harry, for White river.
tomorrow evening.
Skid and tarpaulin men are in q
better humor to-day.
The Piasa left yesterday for Chester
after another tow OF stone.
The Thos. Sherlock left Cincinnati
last evening for New Orleans.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are still on the decline.
Arkansaw river commenced rising
again yesterday at Little Rock.
The river has fallen over eight feet
since the decline set in at this point.
The U. P. Schenck, from New Or
leans, arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Raven and barges, from ST.
Louis, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day.
The Chas. P. Chouteau is to leave
here on Tuesday next for New Or
leans.
The Paris G.. Brown, for New Or.
leans, will leave Cincinnati tomorrow
evening.
The government lights between st.
Louis and Kansas City have been re-
sumed.
The Guiding Star, enroute to New
Orleans, passed Evansville yesterday
afternoon.
Owen Gates will come out chief
clerk of the w. p. Halliday in the
Anchor line.
The beacon light at Twelve-mile
island, on the Ohio river, has been re-
established.
The Oakland, from st. Louis, with
her eight barges of grain, passed down
yesterday all 0. k.
The Alice Arown and Smoky City
left Louisville last night with lows Of
coal for New Orleans.
The Idlewild departed last evening
for Arkansaw City with a splendid
trip Of both freight and people.
The splendid Anchor line packet
City Of Alton passes down tomorrow
at 10 am. bound for New Orleans.
The Ste. Genevieve arrived at St.
Louis yesterday, and the Gold Dust
left there last evening for Yicksburg
The Josie Harry came through
from Terrene to this port in 10 hours.
This is excellent time for a ~sternwheel
boat.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of Robert s. Taylor as a mem
Der Of the Mississippi river improve
ment commission.
The new Belle Memphis arrived
last night and lay in port until 10 am,
During her stay she was visited by a
number of our people.
The Joseph Kinney will be in to.
morrow from St. Louis in place Of the
Colorado, and leaves AGAIN in the
evening with a return trip.
The Vint Shinkle is due to. nigh
from the Ohio, aud leaves with a re.
turn trip on Sunday at II m. Gap.
tain R, W. Lightburne is her agent.
The VIII Kyle, with 1900 tons o
freight and 30 cabin passengers, passeC
down this morning en- route to New
Orleans. She did nothing Of interes,
here.
Colonel Frank Baker, editor ant
proprietor of the Marine Journal, tn,
only paper we know of devoted exclu
sively to river interests, is in the cit,
for a few days on business connected
with his paper.
Captain Vinton's elegant sidewhee
steamer Andy Baum Is on berth t
leave this evening for Cairo. Louis
vile, Cincinnati and all principal wal
landings, giving CHI APP rates to al
points east Captain NJ. NJ. Deem
presides at the desk and is assisted BY
Ned Sherman.
The Rene Macready is the regular
mail packet leaving tomorrow even.
ing for Mariana, the Cut OFF and al
intermediate landings on L'AnguillC
and st. Francis rivers, making direcr
connection with the Mike Davis
which leaves Helena tomorrow even.
ing for the Sunk Lands.
Captain John j. Darragh hus pur.
| chased an interest in the Dean AID
ans, and will leave here on Monday
next to assume command. Captain
Eugene Smith, of the Maumelle, will
for the present, take charge Of tn,
Marlin Speed, and Captain Tom Oar
ragh will command the Maumelle.
The Katie Hooper, in command O
Captain I'D, Rowland, is the regular
mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to
morrow evening for Pine Bluff and al
intermediate landings on Arkansav
river, making direct connection will
the light draught steamer Maumell,
fsg LITTLE Rock and points above.
The gay 0seeola Belle, in command
of Captain Henry Cooper, is the regu
lar packet leaving this evening iol
Osaeola and all way landings, carry
ing tie mail and paying prompt at
tention to all Q. q. D. and planta
ton business. Billy Smither preside!