Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-26
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this point, Meanwhile the river here
will decline.
The James Lee is the mail packet
to-moEow evening, for Friars Point
and way landings.
Captain George Keefe is to take
charge Of the transfer boat l.. V. Bogy
is the st. Louis harbor.
The r. Z. Lee lays up at New Or
leans for repairs, and the John W.
Cannon takes her place in the Vicks-
burg trade.
The Hard Cash is due to-day and
leaves tomorrow evening for all points
on White and Little Red rivers,
through to Jacksonport.
The Ste. Genesieve arrived ycster-
day with a splendid trip Of freight,
comprising 5444 pkgs, and went basA
last night with a fair trip.
The towboat Petrol, in command Of
Captain j. @. Mccormick, ST., arrived
last night from Peru, ILL.,, with four
bargoS of ice for Mccormick & Co.
The Josie Harry, returning to this
port, passes Devalls Bluff tomorrow
morning, will be in Thursday evening,
and is the mail boat leaving Saturday
for White river.
The wife of Captain Marsh Me-
Donald died on Thursday last, and j..
Sharpe Mcdonald, a brother of Cap
tain Marsh, is lying dangerously i'll at
his home in Sewickly.
Among the passengers Of the Guild
ing Star, which boat is due down this
evening, is Mrs. Lieut.. II. H. Benner,
who goes to visit the grave of her
husband, at V~iCksburg,
Captain Eph Banks, one of the best
pilots in this vicinity, left this fore
noon on the City of Providence to
post himself to st. Louis, after which
it is probable he will obtain a position
in the Anchor line.
The Hard Cash brought out of
White river 252 bales cotton, rOship-
ped &c bales at Terrene for New Or
leans, and brought 1856 bales cotton
and 254 SKIS cotton seed to this point.
Mate j. G. Collins, of the Rene Ma
cready, who has a fine farm on the
st. Francis river, fifteen miles above
Madison, says his place can stand %
feet more of water, and is planting a
big crop of cotton and corn.
CAPTAIN Joseph H. Mccormick, the
ice king" has arrived, ard made ar
rangemen for a big supply Of ice,
wherewith the citizens of this city
and adjacent country can keep cool
during the approaching warm season.
The elegant passenger steamer New
Mary Houston passes up tomorrow
evening for Cincinnati and all inter
mediate landings on the Ohio river.
She has elegant passenger accommo-
dations, and her officers are polite and
attentive to the wants Of their patrons.
Captain Charlie Miller commands.
A dispatch from Hannibal, Mo,
states that the Sny levee broke yester-
day morning at a point a mile and q
half above the ci,y. The crevasse is
a hundred and thirty feet wide and
still cutting. Below the break and
above East Hannibal thore are several
weak points liable to go at any mo-
ment.
The Henry Frank made twelve
trips in the Memphis and New Or
leans trade during the past season,
and carried 10000 bales of cotton, As
bags seed cotton, 28,2l9 SKIS cotton
seed, 1863 SKIS oil cake, 1884 SKIS cot.
ton seed meal, 1925 bblS cotton seed
oil, and 7O5 SKIS of corn. Her cham.
pion trip was 9226 bales.
The Marlin Speed, in command O
Captain Eugene B. Smith, is the mai
packet leaving at 5 pm. tomorrow fol
Pine Bluff, Little Rock, and all inter.
mediate landings on Arkansaw river.
making direct connection with light
draught boats for upper Arkansav
river as far as Fort Smith. Charlie
Musselman presides at the desk, and is
assisted by Geo. Cunningham.
Captain 0. X. Joplin's splendid
sidewheel passenger steamer Rene
Macready is the mail packet leaving
at 5 pm. to-day for Mariana, the
Cut OFF and all wsv landings on
L'Anguille and st. Francis rivers
through to Wittsburg, where she
makes direct connection with the
Mike Davis for the sunk lands. AL.
Banning presides at the desk, and is
assisted by Mr.. Robson.
General Hazen, of the signal ser
vice bureau at Washington, has
issued a special bulletin in which he
states that the floods will increase in
the Mississippi below Cairo, and be-
come dangerous in the vicinity Of
Memphis, Vicksburg and Helena be-
tween the 1st and 10Th Of May, and
that levees should be strengthened
and property moved TO places Of safety
we'll above the danger line.
Captain W. B. Miller's great Guild
ing Star is announced to pass down
this afternoon for New Orleans and
all principal way landings. The &C.
co~mmodations Of the Star are of the
first order. She carries no stock OF
poultry, and is one of the most popu.
lar passenger boats on the river. Col.
onel John S. Jones and bis assistants
in the Office are noted for their socia.
bility aid close attention to the com
forts and pleasure of their patrons.
The superb passenger steamer Ed