Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-08

10 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Golden Rule, from New Or
leans, 100 bbls sugar, 100 bbls molasses
and 30 empty bbls.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy and cooler.
Quite muddy on the levee.
Business pretty fair to-day.
Heavy fog on the river last night.
The Mississippi is rising again at
st. Louis.
The Golden Crown, for New Or
leans, passes down this afternoon.
The j, Sharpe Mcdonald, with a
big tow OF coal, passed south yester-
day.
The heavy rains O yesterday caused
a check in the rise Of the river at this
point.
The John B. Maude left last even
ing for st. Louis, taking 100 bales Of
big cotton.
The Jos. Bigley is to leave St. Louis
to-day with another big tow Of grain
for New Orleans.
The Gold Dust left st. Louis last
evening for Vicksburg and passes here
Sunday at 10 am.
The ldlewild departed last even
ing for Arkansaw City with a fair trip
OF both freight and reople.
The Thompson Dean left st. Louis
last evening for New Orleans, loaded
almost to her full capacity.
The 0sceola Belle arrived in time
last night to admit her officers and
passengers to visit the theater.
The champion Henry Frank will
arrive Sunday and leave Tuesday with
a return trip for New Orleans.
The Chas. P. Chouteau, from this
port, and the City of Alton, from St.
Louis, arrived at New Orlean; yestcr-
day.
The Commonwealth left VicksbUrg
at noon yesterday and passes here
Sunday at 10 am, for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Golden City for Cincinnati. an
the Belle Shreveport and My Choices
and barges for st. Louis, left New Or
leans last evening.
The r, K. Springer, from New Or
leans, passed Yicksburg yesterday at
3 pm. and is due mere tomorrow af-
ternoon, en- route to the Ohio.
The Belle Memphis, from Vicks-
burg, put off a few bales of cotton
and added 3l2 bales of compressed
cotton for reshipment at Cairo
The W. z. Halliday, in command
Of Captain Beck jolly, is due down
at 10 am. tomorrow, bound for New
Orleans. Owen G. Gates is her polite
clerk.
The rains of the past two days have
extended all along the water courses
above here, and it is probable that we
are to have another siege Of high
water.
The John A. Scudder. four and a
hall days out from New Orleans, and
with 4OO tons Of freight, passed up
this morning, putting off about 300
packages here.
Tho James D.. Parker, bound from
Cincinnati to this port, passed Cairo
yesterday afternoon, is due here to.
nigh. and leaves with a return triT
Sunday at noon.
The 4. B Cole, which has been ice
bound at Davenport all winter, vii
leave there direct for this port. ant
will lun as m independent St. Louii
and Memphis packet.
The Andy Baum in command o
Capt ii, D.. Vinton, leaves at 5 pm
to-day for Cairo, Louisville and Gin
cinnati, giving cheap rates to al
points east. Captain NJ. NJ. Deem il
her chief clerk, and is assisted by Nee
Sherman.
The Katie Hooper, in command o
Captain Ed Rowland, is the regular
mail packet, leaving tomorrow eve
ming for Pine Bluff, where she will.
connect with the light draught steam
er Mammelle, for Little Rock anC
points above.
Captain Henry Cooper's sidewhee
mail packet Osceola Belle leaves at
pm. to day for 0sceola and all inter
mediate landings, attending promptly
to all business entrusted to her. Bill
Smither presides at the desk, and il
assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson.
The Future City, ten days out from
New Orleans with a heavy tow, wher
about 100 miles below here on Tues
day night last, blew out the head o
her steam drum without iDjuring any
one. 1t was sent here for repairs auC
will be sent back TO her this evening
when she will be able to come on vi
with her tow.
The Rene Macready is due thii
evening, and is the mail packet leav
ing tomorrow evening for Mariana
the Cutoff and all intermediate
landings on L'Anguille aud st. Fran
els rivers, making direct connection
with the steamer Mike Davis, which
leaves Helena tomorrow evening fol
the sunk lands.
The City of Helena, with $50 ton,
t of freight, passed down this forenoon
putting off a. few packages here, anC
$ adding about Is tons for Vicksbur,
. and way landings. The Helena wa.
t detained up about Bradley's from
pm. until 5 o'clock this morning OIL
3 account of the fog and bad weather
: She was ahead of time, and SO coulC
7 afford to take no risks.
! At an early hour this morning, not
: withstanding the mud and slush, quit,
: a number Of the fair sex was seel
. moving about on Main street. The,