Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-28

passed down yesterday afternoon.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are very low, and falling.
The James Lee and 0sceola Belle
departed last evening with fair trips.
Arkansaw river still raging with
over IA feet'o the gauge at Little
Rock.
Plenty of freight, but no ST. Louis
tonnage at Pittsbu'g since Tuesday
last
The Paris G. Brown is the next
20" line steamer due down tor New
Orleans.
Captain James Kenuiston was a
passenger out last evening on the
Andy Baum.
A new boat is to be constructed to
take the place of the sunken Il. H.
Durfee.
Portland and Rising Sun bars, on
the Ohio river, are 0 giving boats
some trouble.
Since the river commenced falling
at this point, the decline has been a
little less than IA feet.
The John A. Scudder will pass
down this afternoon on her way to
New Orleans.
The Golden Crown is receiving four
new steel boilers with two fue5 each,
instead Of six, as heretofore.
The W. p. halliday, from st. Louis,
and the Golden City, from Cincinnati,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Will Kyle, from Cincinnati,
passed down yesterday afternoon load
ed fat after adding 30 tons ofoil meal.
The break in the levee at Alsatia is
still open, and a large volume of water
is pouring in, causing much damage.
Captain Silas P. Coe, who has been
lying quite i'll at st. Louis, is improv-
ing rapidly, and will be out in a few
days.
The Belle Shreveport passed Vicks-
burg yesterday, and will be due up to-
morrow evening on her way to st.
Louis.
Captain John j. Darragh. of the
Adams line mail p cket Dean Adams,
is in the city mingling with his many
friends.
Jessie Nichols, chief clerk of the
Thos. Sherlock, was a passenger last
evening on the Andy Baum for Gin
cinnati.
Secretary Window will compel a
rigid enforcement Of the steamboat
laws as required by section 1850 of the
revised statutes.
The Grand Tower, thoroughly over
hauled, came off the docks yesterday,
and leaves st. Louis this evening for
Vicksburg.
The pilots box has been removed
from Kinney's ~tarpaulin shed to the
Office of the Anchor line wharf boat, a
more convenient place.
Captain Ed Carvell, of the upper
st. Francis river packet Advances in
the city and leaves this evening on the
Josie Harry to rejOin his boat.
The James w. Calf is due here
tomorrow, and leaves on Tuesday
next with a return trip for Cincin-
natl. Captain R.. W. Lightburne is
her agent.
The resort most frequented by
steamboatmen while in port is on Mad
ison street between Main and Front,
unless they are stopping at the Pea
body hotel.
The Andy Baum departed last
evening for Cincinnati with 1911 bales
cotton, 80 bbls soap stock, a lot of old
iron, 10000 feet of walnut lumber and
a fair list of people.
Detective Elliott G. Bennett, of St.
Louis, who worked up the cases
against the river pirates who robbed
tie wrecked steamer City of Vicks-
burg, is in the city, a witness against
them in the United States court.
Captain King, Of the saw mill boat
Pillsbury, was in town to-day and re
ports having all the work his boat can
attend to. She is one Of the best saw
mill boats ON the river.
The water is still ID feet deep over
the hull on the outside Of the sunken
Clifton, lying at the mouth of Ken
lucky river. The Eckert will be
ready to commence pumping in about
ten days, when it is thought the hull
and cargo will be saved. One item of
her cargo is 1000 kegs Of nails.
The Rene Macready came in before
daylight with a fair trip of freight,
and is the regular packet leaving on
Tuesday next for all points on st.
Francis river through to Wittsburg.
The fine Anchor line steamer Gold
Dust, in command Of Captain j. T.
McCord, leaves here at 10 a.m.to NOR
row for Cairo, St Louis and all way
mail landings. Henry Dietrich is her
polite clerk.
The City of Helena, in command of
Captain Elem Calvert, is the Anchor
line packet passing down at 10 a M.
tomorrow for V~icksburg and all in
termediate mail landings. George
Walton is her polite clerk.
The Josie Harry was receiving quite
literally this forenoon, and the pros
poets favor a good trip both of both
freight and people. Among the lat
ter will be the excursionists who
came around to attend the fair.
M. - I'll.