Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-07

The Henry Frank, for this port,
leaves New Orleans to-day.
The river here is clear and COOL.
suitable for drinking purposes.
Contrary to expectations we had a
freeze last night instead Of rain.
The Susie Silver leaves New Orleans
to morrow evening for ST. Louis.
A twenty-seven inch rise is reported
in the Tennessee river for yesterday.
The Jay Gould and barges, from St.
Louis, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday.
Another little cold wave seems to
be. sweeping over this section of the
country.
The Beaver and barges, from New
Orleans, is due up tomorrow, bound
fos Cairo.
Billy Nuckles left last evening to
assist Captain Milt Harry in the Of
fee of the Josie Harry.
|. Work on the jetties at Bullitt's
bayou has been stopped, as the ap-
propiation has been exhausted.
Plenty of labor now on the levee.
Rousters are getting $50 per month,
and laborers 70 cents per hour.
The steep banks cause much trou-
bic to the local packets in putting out
their freight or taking on cotton.
Towboats and tugs arc being paid
each $l5 per hour for breaking up the
ice about the coal feet at Cincinnati.
The estimable wife Of Ed. r.. Dun
ham, of the Louisville wharf boat,
died at Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday last.
The Paris G. Brown did not leave
New Orleans Wednesday, as reported,
but deferred her departure, awaiting
instructions.
Captain James Remission, "0ld
Tubular will visit this city as soon
as the Ohio opens. He will take pas
sage on the Virgie Lee.
Captain Irwin Dugan was quite i'll
at Louisville, on Tuesday last, but
since, a..change has taken place for the
better, and he will be out in a day or
two.
The Josie Harry, for Arkansas
City, departed last evening with a good
trip of freight and fully two hundred
people. 1t looked like Mardi Gras
times.
Passengers aud shippers should
bear in mind that the Hard Cash
will leave promptly at 4 p. m. to-
morrow, in order to get around Presi-
dents island before dark.
Thenew pillar. blocks, camyokes and
brackets, both plummer-b blocks and
two new Aanges were shipped from
Cincinnati yesterday to this port, for
the steamer James W. Gaf.
The pilots of the upper coast pack
ct Osceola Belle report s feet at Bull
letin, which is the shoalest place be-
tween this port and Cairo. They found
over 9 feet at Centennial.
Captain Ed. Rowland, accompanied
by Clerk Thompson and several of the
crew Of the Katie Hooper. left last
evening IN the Josie Harry to bring
the Katie Hooper to this port.
Nearly all of the crew Of the New
Mary Houston left last night for Gin
ciDnati and Louisville. The captain,
clerk, pilots and engineers remain un-
til the resumption Of navigation.
Captain Jim Carr, we'll known to all
steamboatmen, has been appointed
chief passenger agent for the l.. & N.
r. r. for this city, in place of Captain
5. II. Shock, resigned. Captain Carr
Is an energetic man, and will prove
worthy Of the position he has been
appointed to fill.
Dispatches received from points on
the upper Ohio show that the ice
began to move about seven o'clock
yesterday morning. At various points
Big Sandy has risen six feet, and is
rising rapidly. The Ksnawha is also
rising and running out. The ice is
reported broken at Morgantewn. No
damage is reported anywhere.
The gay Osceola Belle, Captain
Henry Cooper in command, is the
mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day
for Osceola and all intermediate land
ings, paying prompt attention to all
business entrusted to her. Billy
Smither, John Haley and Hugh Tom
~linsOn, a trio Of clever young men, are
in charge of the Office.
The "old reliable" granger packet,
Hard Cash, Captain Il. G. Postal in
command, is the regular packet
leaving positively at 4 p. m.
tomorrow for Devalls Bluff, Au-
gusta, %JacksonpOrt and all inter-
mediate landings, making direct con
n~ection with the Goodrich Brothers
Belt Line of light draught steamers
for upper White and Black rivers.
Charles NJ. Postal presides at the desk,
and is assisted by John G. Wyckof.
Tie feet and elegant sidewheel pas
senger steamer, James Lee, Captain
Stacker Lee in command. is the regu-
lar mail packet leaving at 5 pm.
to day for Helena, Friar's Point and
all intermediate landings, paying
prompt attention to all c. o. D. and
plantation business, and connecting at
Glendale with the Mobile and North
western train. The accommodations
of the Lee are first. class, and her Off
GERS polite and sociable. Captain
Lloyd w. WhitlOw presides at the
desk, and is assisted by Plat Rhodes
and Arthur Brown.
The local inspectors at this port
yesterday rendered their decision in
! the case Of Captain John Deering for
/ permitting an unlicensed person to
! act as pilot, whereby his boat, the Ida
/ Stockton, was run aground in the
, chute of Island 80 on the night Of the
18th Of December laIt, Owing to
, Captain behring's record as a careful