Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-02

gauge at Little Rock. w bite river
il falling a little, witha good stage Of
water from Jacksonport to the mouth.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per John A. Scudder, from New
Orleans, 80 bbls molasses and 20 cases
mineral water.
Per Dyersburg, from Dyersburg,
BOZ bales cotton, 500 SKIS cotton seed
and AZ pkgs sundries.t
Per 0scela Belle, from Osceola, 48
bales cotton, 5 bags seed cotton, 2e3
SKIS cotton seed, 8 head Of cattle and
"a pkgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cold again.
Business moderate.
River still on the decline.
But little ice now running in the
Ohio river.
Showing along the upper Ohio river
yesterday.
A three foot rise reported at Cincin-
natl yesterday.
No arrivals or departures at New
Orleans yesterday.
The T. T. Hillman, sunk by the ice
at Cairo, has been raised.
The Vint Shinkle, for this port
passed Evansville last evening.
The Virgie Lee, en- route to Cincin-'
natl, passed Cairo last evening.
A decline of ten inches in the river
at this port since noon yesterday.
The brisk wind of last night did
much toward drying up the mud on
the levee.
The Centennial and Chas. p. Chou
teau, for New Orleans, passed Vicks-
burg yesterday.
The City of Alton, from New Or
leans, is due up at an early hour to-
morrow morning.
The Mark Twain is due from Dy-
ersburg and points on Obion and
Forked Deer rivers.
The Henry Frank is the regular
packet leaving this evening for Vicks-
burg and New Orleans.
The Marlin Speed is due from Ar
kansas river, and is the mex boat
leaving here for that stream.
The Golden Rule, Will Kyle and
Thompson Dean, from New Orleans,
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
Sam Ford, a brother Of Pilot Jim
Ford, and a well known fatbOatman,
was buried at Newport, KY, on Sun
day last. =
The Golden Grown. loaded flat,
passed down at daylight, bound for
New Orleans. She did nothing of in
terest here.
The Hard Cash, for White river,
aud the Rene Macready. for st. Fran
els river, were the only departures last
evening. They both had good trips
out.
Yesterday the towboat Sam Roberts
picked up a snag of Elizabethtown,
tearing the forward part of the hurri-
cane roof and knocking down the
chimneys.
The Geo. w, Cheek is the next
packet leaving for White river, ard
will get away Saturday in place of the
Josie Harry, and commanded by Cap
tain James Kinman.
The John A. Scudder, from New
Orleans with a big trip of freight,
passed up early this morning, putting
off at the Anchor line wharf boat over
300 bbls of molasses.
The Cons Millar, for this port, and
the Thompson Dean, for New Orleans.
are announced to leave Cincinnati
this evening, to be followed by the
Guiding Star tomorrow.
Over 1000 tons of sugar and molas-
ses were unloaded at Cincinnati during
the past two days, four steamers hav-
ing conveyed this amount of sweetness
from New Orleans and the coast land
ings.
The Charles Morgan LEFT New Or.
leans on Wednesday last, with 2423
bbls ~molasses, $40 hhds sugar el bbls
rice and 50 bbls of sugar. She will
pass here about Friday evening, bound
for the Ohio.
At Louisville, on Monday last, the
ice broke a gap in the parallel dam
about 100 feet long, which draws water
through and is hazardous to passing
boats. The tug Hop Loudon is as
sisting boats past the gap.
Captain james Good, agent of the
NJ. V. II. company, has almost entirely
recovered from a heavy spell Of sick
ness, brought on by exposure. while
assistingat the wreck of barge 43, sunk
at our landing about three weeks ago.
Captain A. Y. P. H. Stevens, pa,
senger agent of the Memphis and Ohio
river packet company. returned last
evening by rail from Cincinnati. He
left here last week to assist Captain
Russell in the Office of the Parker.
The propeller Dyersburg cane in
this morning from. Obion and Forked
Deer rivers with a big "Trip and leaves
here again tomorrow evening for Dy-
ersburg and all intermediate laf dings.
q. j. Berry commands, and Geo. Mil
Ter is chief clerk.
Captain bud Broadhurst returned
this morning with his tug Night
Hawk from Obion river, where he
had been after a raft of timber. While
in the lake he got a hole cut in the
hull of the tug by the ice, but it was
repaired ut once.
The big James Howard, Captain
Bryan in command, is announced to
pass here to morrow at live pm, for
New Orleans and the bends. She is
the largest and finest steamer on the