Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

eonport and Augusta and , feet owe
the shobest place from there out.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Red-hOt to-day.
River fell 2 inches.
No local packets leaving to-day.
But few boats running in the Ohio
river.
Nothing doing at the landing thiI
morning.
1t will be lively among local packet,
next week.
Considerable new cotton will arrive
by river tomorrow.
Coal is being furnished to steamers
here at fifty cents per box.
The week winds up with almost
nothing doing at the levee.
Tho W. P. Halliday is due up this
evening on her way to st. Louis.
The James Lee and Rene Macready
departed last evening with good trips.
The Fred:A. Blanks and John A.
Scudder arrived at New Orleans yes
terday.
The Anchor Line packet W. P.
Halliday is due up this evening on
her way to st. Louis.
It is evident that we are to have a
long season Of very low water as all
streams above are still on the decline.
The United States snagboat Jno. R.
Meigs left this morning for White
river to clear that stream of obstruc-
tons.
The City Of Vicksburg from Vicks-
burg and the Commonwealth from
New Orleans arrived at st. Louis
yesterday.
The Ste. G~enevieve left st. Louis
last evening for this port, and leaves
here on Monday evening next with a
return trip.
The Southern Transportation Line
is talking of a more binding arrange
ment and an agreement to last from
three to five years. which meets with
some approval.
The new snagboat just completed at
Little Rock will leave there during
the coming week to work in the upper
portion of the river. Captain Evans
will have command.
The elegant Anchor Line packet
City of Alton, in command of Captain
II. @. Bixley, is announced to pass
down this evening for New Orleans.
VIM. Mason presides at the desk.
The Gold Dust, in command of Cap.
tain j. T. McCord, is the Anchor
Line packet passing down at 10 am.
to. morrow for Vicksburg and way
landings. Henry Dietrich is her chief
clerk.
The Grand Tower, in command of
Captain Carvell, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving here at 10 am. to-mor
row for Cairo, st. Louis and all way
landings. Thomas White presides at
the desk.
Captain Harry Brolaski's spendid
Anchor Line packet john B. Maude
leaves from the Company'S wharfboat
at 5 pm. to-day for Cairo, st. Louis
and all principal way landings. Lem
Carter is her polite clerk.
Pilots report favorably on the work
of the snagboat Macomb, now work
ing her way up the river. Her com
mander, Captain Frank Cayton, is a
first class pilot and understands we'll
the wants Of steamboatmen.
Captain Ferd Montana, the well
known pilot, having fully recovered
from his recent spell, accepted the
position of pilot of the snagboat Jno.
r. Meigs and left this morning for
White river to be absent a couple Of
months.
The first step was taken yesterday
towards the removal Of the wreck OF
the Idlewild. If Major John ID.
Adams and the Underwriters will
abandon the wreck, then it is probable
that the city authorities will let diver
Moore remove it for what it is worth.
Arthur Brown, bill clerk of the
steamer James Lee, aftera an absence
OF several weeks, returned home yes.
terday and went out in the office of
the james Lee. Captain Lloyd w.
Whitlow, her chief clerk, will leave
to. morrow morning for a short visit to
his home in Louisville.
Pilots are very anxious for the
lighthouse steamer Joseph Henry to
make a trip down this way, and change
many Of the lights, which will only do
during high water season. Several of
the lights, as they are now located,
are calculated to mislead pilots and
cause trouble.