Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

The vlrgIe Lee, bound for thiI
port, passed Evansville last evening
The Coal City left louisville last
nighteEith another big tow Of coal fol
New Orleans.
The Will Kyle, from New Orleans.
passed V~icksburg at noon yesterday
and is due here tomorrow evening
on her way to Cincinnati.
The ldlewild will arrive to. morrow,
and is the mail packet leaving on
Monday next for Arkansaw City and
all intermediate mail landings.
The river at st. Louis was rising
slowly yesterday-but it was thought
it had almost reached its limit and
commence declining by tonight.
Dumont, of Cincinnati, is making a
new larboard cylinder for the James
W. Gaff. 1t is to be 16 inches by
feet, and will be ready next week.
The tug Petrol sunk two barges OF
ice a few days since by colliding with
the Havana bridge on Illinois river.
Each barge contained 1000 tons.
The Ed Richardson, passing up to-
day, will get 1900 bales of eastern
bound cotton for reshipment at Cairo,
and the Gold Dust, up tomorrow,
will get 1900 bales.
The Belle Shreveport and City Of
Alton, from New Orleans, arrived at
st. Louis yesterday; also the City of
Providence, from Vicksburg.
The Z. r. Springer on her last trip
made the run from New Orleans to
Cincinnati in seven days and four
hours. The distance is 1926 miles.
The Dick Fulton, with a tow of
empty coal barges, arrived last evening,
and lay here to clean out boilers.
She proceeded to the Ohio this morn
ing.
The fine passenger steamer Mary
Houston will be due down tomorrow
bound for the Crescent City. Captain
Al Storm, at the wharf boat, is her
agent.
Captain Dick DePrieste. rive. edit
or of the Appeal, has returned after a
couple of weeks sojourn at Arkansaw
City. He looks much improved in
health.
The towboats Iron Mountain and
4. NJ. Norton and barges left st, Louis
last evening for New Orleans with
4OO, 900 bushels Of grain for foreign
shipment.
The John A. Scudder, Captain A. j.
Carter in command, is the Anchor
line packet passing down this evening
for New Orleans. Geo. Baker is her
polite clerk.
Captain Pete McArthur's neat
Black river packet. Milt Harry, is
receiving her finishing touches and
will be ready to leave here to morrow
or next day.
The friends of Captain G. Wash
Thompson will sympathizo with him
on the loss of his venerable mother
who died in Allegheny City, on
Wednesday last.
The Gold Dust, Captain J. T. Nc
Cod in command, is the Anchor line
packet leaving at 10 AIN. tomorrow
for Cairo and st. Louis. Henry
Dietrich is her polite clerk.
The Colorado, Captain Sam Nc
Pheeters in command is the Anchor
line packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day
for Cairo, st. Louis and all way land.
ings. Joseph Osborn is her polite
clerk.
The Commonwealth, in command
Of Captain John q. Crane, is the An
Choir line packet passing down at Il
a. M, tomorrow, for Vicksburg auC
all way landing. Garrett Hulls is heI
polite clerk.
The river gauge bulletin, located
on the northwest corner of the Gus.
tomhouse bluff, is something which
river men have needed for some time
The reading is made every day at s
a. m, and is correct for that hour.
The Oakland, now on her way from
st. Louis, has probably the larges
cargo Of grain ever shipped from tha.
port. The tow consists of sever
barges, containing 1925 05 bushels, o
which 255,44l are corn, 50,5l7 whear
and 20,9l6 oatc, or 1923 tons in all.
The ice gorge at Dapenport brok,
on Wednesday last, after having beer
closed a period of l43 days. The EN-
Cole, which is intended to run be
tween Davenport and this city in tn,
interest of a big grain merchant, wa
frozen in four miles below that CITY.
Captain Frank M. Cayton's river
directory is out and every steamboat.
man and shipper should possess a copy
1t gives every landing on all southern
and western rivers and bayous, show
ing the location, postofices, etc.. also
a tariff OF premiums on insurance tt
all points. 1t IS the most complete
work of the kind ever published.
The Chas. Morgan, in leaving the
wharf boat at Louisville last evening
was carried down the river broadside
going through the middle chute. Aftel
getting through the bridge an anchor
was thrown overheard and her heac
gotten around, after which she came
up the Indiana chute and landed a
Jacksonville to take on a lot O
freight, leaving at dark for New Or.
leans.
The splendid steamer Katie Hoop
er, in command of Captain Ed Now
land, leaves at 5 pm. to-day for Pin,
Bluff and all Intermediate landings OIL
Arkansaw river, carrying the mail
paying prompt attention to all bust
ness entrusted to her and connecting
with the light draught steamer Mau,
melle for Little Rock and point
above. Captain j. N. Thompson pre-
sides at the desk. and is assisted h,