Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-12

Chattanooga fell 2 inches, with 8 feet
3 inches on the gauge. Red river at
Shreveport is rising, with rs feet )
inches on the gauge. Arkansaw river
is rising slowly, with 8 feet on the
gauge at Little Rock. White river,
though falling, has a good stage OF
water from Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool and pleasant.
A good business doing at the land
ing.
The Josie Harry, for White river,
at 5 pm.
The Guiding Star, for New Orleans,
is due down tomorrow.
The Virgie Lee, for this port, left
Cincinnati last evening.
The Chas. Morgan, for Cincinnati,
passed Evansville last night.
The Golden City leaves New Or
leans this evening for Cincinnati.
The James W. Gaf, for this port,
passed Evansville last evening on good
time.
The John A. Wood left Louisville
last night with a tow of coal for New
Orleans.
The Y. +. Eckert, with the Etna
in tow, left Louisville yesterday for
Cincinnati.
The Joe Kinney is the Anchor line
packet leaving at 8 pm. for Cairo and
st. Louis.
The levee just above Alsatia, on
the Louisiana side, is being strength
ened with plank.
The James Lee and Osceola Belle,
upper and lower coast packets de-
parted last evening with good trips.
the ice gorges at Hannibal and
Clarksville, about $50 miles above st.
Louis, have broken and are running
out.
The Kountz line steamer General
kucker has withdrawn from the st.
Louis and Paducah trade for lack of
business.
The r. r. Springer, from New Or
leans, passed Vicksburg yesterday
morning, and is due by here to.mor.
row evening.
The Charles p. Chouteau is due
here tomorrow night, and leaves on
Tuesday next with a return trim for
New Orleans.
The City of Alton, IN command of
Captain Ii, G. Bixby, is due down
this afternoon bound for New Orleans.
VIM, Mason is her chief clerk.
The steamer Ste. G%enevieye left st.
Louis last evening for this port, will
be in Monday morning and leave in
the evening on a return trip.
The Andy Baum departed last even
ing for Cincinnati with 725 bales cot.
ton, $50 bbls oil, Y bales rags, 10000
feet OF lumber and a fair list Of people.
A band Of Gypsies took passage on
the Andy Baum, and are bound fol
Dayton, Ohio, where they go to dc
honor to their queen. They are the
same party that passed through here 0
year ago.
The Illinois, which formerly ran il
one Of our local trades, has becom,
the property of parties interested il
the upper rivers and is to be PLACED
in the st. Louis and Peoria trade AS ,
regular packet.
Threats, but no blood, is all we hav
heard Of i'll reference to the mon
stcr circus boat" letter which ap
peared in the last issue of the Marin,
journal.
The Gold Dust, for Vicksburg
passes down at 10 am. tomorrow, AM
the Fannie Lewis, for st. Louis, passe
up at the same hour. Both are An
Choir line packets.
No further news received from thu
Grand Tower. She will probably b.
a fixture at Catfish point for some
time, unless she breaks in two and il
wrecked.
The W. P. Halliday arrived at st
Louis yesterday, and with the EN-
blem of the Anchor line swinginl
between her chimneys, will leave THU
evening for New Orleans.
The tow boat Grand Lake No. 2
left New Orleans on Tuesday last
and passed here at Z o'clock this
morning, only three and a half day
out. Below this port she met up with
the Future City and barges and they
both lashed together passed up.
The new Red river steamer CaddC
Belle was seized yesterday at New Or.
leans on a claim of her builders a
Portsmouth, Ohio, amounting to $4,000
Her owners, it is said, will not bone
her.
A dispatch received states that thu
Dean Adams made her last trip Il
Arkansaw City and return (366 miles,
in IL hours, making IS landings. Last
week her wheel circles were raised
and other improvements made, which
increased her speed and reduced the
fuel bill. She makes three trips pei
week between V~icksburg and Arkan.
, saw City, corrying the mail.
The Vint Shinkle, in command O.
, Captain j. A. Lindsay. will leave a
noon tomorrow for Cairo, Louisville
Cincinnati and all principal way land.
! ings, giving through tickets to all
points east at very low rates. The
> Accommodations Of the Shinkle are
seeoDd to none in the line, and her Of
fcers s9e polite and attentive to thu
wants Of their patvons. Colonel j. d