Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-09

Inc flaSa, Win q tow or stone lot
paving purposes, arrived early this
morning.
The Cumberland and Tennessee riv.
ers continue TO decline,
The Belle Memphis left ViCksburg
at no0n yesterday and passes here FRI
day morning on her way to St. Louis.
The Guiding Star, for New Orleans,
left Cincinnati last evening.
The Golden City. from Cincinnati,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The r. r. Springer left New Or
leans last evening, bound for Cincin-
natl.
The Will Kyle, bound for New Or
leans, passed Evansville yesterday at
ternoon.
The City of Greenville, from New
Orleans, arrived at st. Louis yester-
day with her big trip of Mardi Gras
people.
The Charles P. Chouteau for this
mort and the Il. o. Stanard, for st.
Louis, leave New Orleans this
evening.
The Grand Lake, for Pittsburg, and
the Port Eads and Iron Mountain, for
st. Louis, all left New Orleans, yes
terday.
The Anchor j John A.
Scudder is on til Louis
receiving a gene :, and
will lose but ono ...p.
Laborers having quit work on the
James D. Parker, she was compelled
to lay Y until noon to-day, leaving
with 742 bales Of cotton, "a bales Of
rags, 1000 feet of lumber, a lot of car
wheels and a good lot of people.
The fast and elegant steamer
Idlewild is the mail packet leaving
tomorrow evening for Arkansaw
City where she connects with the
Little Rock, Mississippi river and
Texas railroad, also with the Dean
Adams for V~icksburg.
The Lee line packet Osceola Belle,
IN command OF Captain Henry Cooper,
is the mail packet leaying this evening
for Osceolaand all way landings. Billy
Smither is her polite clerk, and is
assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson.
Henry S. Carnahan, steward of the
famous r 4. Lee, passed through the
city on his way to New Orleans, 10 re-
join his boat. Henry has been boiling
out at Hot Springs.
The Commonwealth, from st. Louis,
passed down yesterday evening with a
big trip. She added here four bales
of cotton, 400 SKIS oil cake and about
20 tons Of miscellaneous freight.
The Andy Baum will be found in
port this afternoon and leaves again
tomorrow evening with a return trip
for all points on the Ohio river,
through to Cincinnati, giving cheap
rates TO all points east. Captain II. j.
Vinton commands and M. NJ. Deem
and Ned Sherman arein charge of the
Office.
The Charles Morgan, flagship Of
the Ohio river feet, is due up to-day
bound for Cincinnati. She has a good
freight trip, and is crowded with peo-
pie. Captain Harry W. Stein and
Clerk Adam Wayland have their
hands full in looking after the com.
fort of this large crowd.
When the Hard Cash was coming
up the river yesterday, and while pass
ing President island, just below the
CITY, fire was discovered among thu
cotton on the starboard side Of The
boat. By prompt use of the hose anC
a few buckets the fire was extinguish
ed without damage to the boat. AbouI
a dozen bales of cotton had their sidei
burned.
The towboat Oakland is on her wa,
from st. Louis to New Orleans Will
eight barges containing 100000 bush
Iels ofgrain. To carry the same b.
railroad it would require 72O cars, al
lowing 500 bushels to the car, and i
would require 20 locomotives, eacl
drawing a train of Is cars, with the
exception of one train which woulC
have but 20 cars. This shows tn,
great advantage Of the river route 70
the transmission of freight in larg,
quantities, and besides, this largC
amount of grain will be landed along
side the vessel which is to convey j
across the ocean, thus saving extri
handling,
In the last issue of the Marin
Journal appears a letter written b.
some one in Memphis in which it j
1 stated that Elisha Eyahs and other
! are about to build a monster circu
E boat. The names Of the subscriber
(well known pilots and "lerks) ar
t given, and the amour d oppo
0 site their names ra' $4,000 t
t $1,000. The name tlemal
3 who heads the list popu
t lar packet clerk a tie
3 kindly, but two or three Of the other
i have their mad up and swear ven
0 geance on the author of the article a
soon as they find him out. There
b blood in the air and these fellows ar
e smelling 1t.
S The elegant sidewheel passenge
steamer James Lee, in command Q
z Captain Stacker Lee, is the regula
e mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to-da
g for Helena, Friars Point and all in
3 termediate landings, paying promr
attention to all q. 0. D. and planta
tion business entrusted to her, an
connecting at Glendale with the Me
bile aud Northwestern trains. Car
tain Lloyd W. Whitloy presides 4
the desk, and is assisted by Arthu
Brown and Will HaFFell.
The "old reliable" steamer Har
: Cash, in command Of Captain +. {
Postal. arisg.ed yesterday, bringing on
of White river Az hales OF cottoI