Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-20

more, the rise being from the Missis-
sippi above st. Louis, The Ohio has
fallen until there is now barely four
feet on the bars above and below
Evansville. In White river the water
is slowly receding, with four feet
above and below Augusta.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Hard Cash, from White river,
ia bales cotton, 3 head cattle.
Per Osceola Belle, from 0sceola, G
bales cotton, Is SKIS cotton seed.
Per James Lee, from Friars Point,
40 bales cotton, 200 SKIS cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant.
A fair business doing on the levee
to-day.
Yazoo, Tallahatchie and Sunfower
rivers are falling fast.
The 7. f. Eckert is giving free ex-
cursions at Louisville.
The Fred A. Blanks leaves New
Orleans to-day for st. Louis.
Eugene Sutcliffe is improving rap
idly and will be out in few DAYS.
The Mike Davis, for st. Francis
river, had a good showing of freight.
The Vint Shinkle will leave Gin
cinnati for this port tomorrow even
ing.
The Raven and barges, bound fol-
St Louis, passed Vicksburg yester-
day.
The Paris G. Brown, bound fol-
New Orleans, passed Evansville yes
terday.
Peter Vert, second clerk of the
Chas. 2. Chouteau, is summering il
Minnesota.
Amos Day, second clerk of the
Katie Hooper, has been slightly il
for several days.
Captain Dan Moore, late of thu
Robert Mitchell, has been clerking OF
the upper Ohio packet Scotia.
The new towboat Henry Lourey
will be launched early in August, ant
is to be completed in September.
The Jay Gould from New Orleans
arrived at st. Luuis yesterday, and tn
Belle Memphis left there for Vicks
burg "
The John A. Scudder, Captain A
j. Carter, is the Anchor line packe
leaving this evening for Cairo and 81
Louis.
The Commonwealth, bound 70
Orleans, passed down last night wit
400 Tons Of freight. She added her
II wagons and II bbls oil.
The Golden Crown, on the voyag
from New Orleans to Cincinnati
passed Vlcksburg yesterday morning
She will be due here tomorrow.
Captain Henry Cooper's feet Osce
ola Belle leaves this evening for Ran
dolph, Fulton, 0sceola and all wa
landings. Billy Smithers and
Haley are her clerks.
/ The St. Louis and st. Paul Packe
Company will build three OF four ne
boats, similar to the Gem City, durin
the next nine months, and have thel
ready Tor next season.
The cabin of the new CHAMBERLAIN
river packet j. P. Droulliard, mo-
being built at Jacksonville, wa
blown off in the storm of Wednesday
The damage was about $400.
John Goodrich, we'll known piIor
and member of the Cincinnati an
New Orleans Association, has perma
nently retired from the river to engag
in the lumber business at Newport
Arkansaw.
The James W. Gaff left Evansville
for this port at six o'clock last even
ing. She is to leave here Saturda
for Cincinnati. For further iniorma
tion see Captain Lightburne, No.
Monroe street.
The Marlin Speed, Captain E. F
Smith, leaves this afternoon for Pin
Bluff and all way landings on Arka1
saw river. Captain Charlie Mussell
! man is chief clerk, and is assisted b
George Cunningham.
The James Lee, Captain e.
: Order in command, is the mail packt
! leaving this evening for Helena, FIR
: ars Point and all way and plantatio
! landings. She connects at Glendal
! with the Mobile and Northwestern
railroad. Captain Lloyd Whitlow
her chief clerk, and is assisted b
d, Messrs Platt Rhodes and Willie Hal
, lrell.
r The, old reliable Granger packt
B Hard Cash is receiving and leaves &
5 pm. for Indian Bay, Devalls Blui
> Augusta, j acksonport and way poinI
on White river. She makes close cor
! nections with light draught packet
for upper White and Black river
; Captain Ed Postal commands. an
Messrs. Charles NJ. and Joe p sst'
r look after the Office affairs.
Here Ii The Test.