Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-16

whisky.
Per City of Greenville, from st.
Louis-75O bbls -four, 600 bbls meal,
7OO SKIS oats, ISL SKIS bran, 40 SKIS rye,
II, casks and 2 boxes meat, II tierces
and 25O pals lard, 100 rolls bagging,
II bales cotton, 775 pckgs sundries.
Per City of Yicksburg, from Vicks
burg bales cotton, 4 head cattle
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and warm.
River falling steadily.
Business brisk at the landing.
The Will Kyle is announced to leave
New Orleans this evening for the Ohio
river.
The Henry Frank, on her way to
New Orleans, passed Vicksburg yes
terday.
The Grand Lake No. 2 is still at the
point below the city repacking her
cylinder.
The City of Vicksburg passed up on
time this forenoon, adding small lot
of freight here.
The Golden Rule is receiving at
Cincinnati, and will leave there for
New Orleans some time this week.
The James Lee, for Friar's Point,
and the Rene Macready, for 0sceola,
departed last evening with fair trips.
Insure steamboats, with G. B. Well
ford u Co., general insurance agents,
No. Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
1927
Seven and half feet is all that the
pilots Of the City Of Vicksburg could
find at Leland's, just below Greenville.
The Paris G. Brown is announced
to pass down this evening on her way
to New Orleans. Captain AID Storm
is agent.
The Bedford is so badly sunk at
Rush bar that hopes of raising her
have been abandoned and she is being
wrecked,
A lot of rock is being placed on the
levee, to be used in protecting the
bluff between Monroe and Court
streets.
The Katie Hooper departed last
evening for Arkansaw City with an
other good trip of both freight and
people.
The City of Alton, from New Or.
leans, passed Vicksburg last evening,
and leaves here at Bpm. to morrow
for Cairo and st. Louis.
The City of Greenvilla, from St.
Louis, passed down at noon, after dis
charging 1854 pckgs of freight and
adding about 10 tons.
The Hard Cash will arrive to day
aud leaves with return trip to.mor-
row evening for all points on White
river through to Jacksonport.
The, Port Eads on Sunday night
sunk barge Al, containing 1000 tons OF
package freight near Grand Tower.
This is getting to be bad point.
The John B. Maude has resumed
her trips in the Memphis trade, and
will be here Thursday morning with
big list of freight for our merchants
The snagboat Jno r. Meigs, in com
mand Of Captain W. j. Ashford, left
Vicksburg yesterday morning to assist
the Q. B. Reese in cleaning out Ar
rkansaw river.
DR.. Riley is now in charge OF the
inspection station at the foot of Pres
ident's Island, DR.. Haywood Ashe
having yesterday been granted two
weeks leave Of absence.
The Macaronians are going to have
little fun on Sunday next. The
committee on transportation having
chartered the steamer Mike Davis to
convey them to post 1879.
The Ste. Genevieve, from St. Louis
arrived last midnight, discharged her
freight and left at 7 m, for st. Louis.
I he principal items of her cargo were
1900 bbls -four and 1000 bbls meal.
Pilots Dave Thomas and Jake
Faux, who took the transfer steamer
General Pierson to st. Louis, returned
yesterday, having, Notwithstanding
the low stage Of water, taken their
boat through without trouble.
The authorities should see that the
wreck of the burned Idlewild be re-
moved as soon as possible while the
river is low. The cotton season will
soon be upon us and boats will need
all the room there is at the landing.
4 few hundred feet of hose should
be placed upon the levee, to be used
in case there is another fire at the
landing. Cannot the burning Of the
steamers Idlowild aud Osceola Belle
at our landing teach the authorities a
lesson?
The neat little steamer Mike Davis,
in command of Captain o. x, Joplin,
is the regular packet leaving this
evening for Mariana, the Cut Off and
all intermediate landingson / Auguillt
and st. Francis rivers. A. j. Ban
ming presides az the desk and is as
sisted by his brother Edward,
The w. P. Halliday is lying above
Centennial Island, drawing six inches
more water than there is in the chan
mel. The City Of Yicksburg, which
ieSt here at 10 am, took up barge to
tighten her 0ses, Seven and a half
feet is all that can be found in the
channel.
The Golden Crown, from Cincin-
ncti, drawing u feet passed down yes
terday AFTERNOON. She had on boat
and barge 1890 tons. She put off con-
siderable freight, and added about 10I
tonp fo,. vo;nts holo,v NJ, ,,;iot, -.