Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-31

glory.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are rising. HGGE
The Golden Crown, on her way to
New Orleans, passed Vicksburg at
noon to-day.
The Ste. Gensvieye returned to St.
Louis last night with q lot Of miscel-
laneous freight. Da
The Dean Adams and Coahoms,
both for the lower coast, had good
trips out yesterday.
The Globe-Democrat's dispatch
boat A. B. Stafford is being towed up
by the Future City.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
OF Cairo, is to raise steam to-day and
go at once to st. Louis.
The City of Greenville arrived at
Ficksburg yesterday. The Gold Dust
left there for St. Louis.
The John A. Wood and W. w.
O'Neil, with heavy tows Of coal,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The City of Providence leaving this
evening will take 800 bales of eastern
bound cotton for reshipment at Cairo.
The Coahoma will be the Lee Line
mail packet leaving at noon tomorrow
for Osceola and all intermediate land.
ings.
The Jos, B. Williams is to leave
Louisville with tow Of twenty.six
boats, containing 100000 bushels of
coal.
The w. ?. Halliday, from St. Louis,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday, and
leaves there tomorrow evening with a
return trip.
The Davidson Line are now run
ming daily packets from st. Louis to
Keokuk, and will send the War Eagle
to st. Paul ON Monday next.
The Golden Rule, with big trip of
freight and people, passed down last
night for New Orleans. She dis
charged about 500 pkgs here.
The City of Helena, from Memphis,
and the Jno. A. Scudder, from New Or.
leans, arrived at St. Louis yesterday,
and the Commonwealth for Vicksburg
left there last evening.
The Attorney General at Pittsburg
has decided against giving the Smith.
field Bridge Company more time. I'm
der his decision the bridge will be
elevated to height of 20 feet.
The Belle Memphis, from st. Louis.
passed down this forenoon, putting of
a small lot of -four and corn, and add
ing about 30 tons of miscellaneous
freight for Vicksburg and way land.
ings.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City of New Orleans is an
nounced to pass down at noon to-
morrow for New Orleans. Captain
Ad Storm, at the wharf boat, is her
agent.
The City of Providence, in com.
mand of Captain GEORGE Lennox, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving here
promptly at . pm, to day for Cairo
and st. Louis. Frank Perkins is hel
polite clerk,
Captain Sterling Mcintyre char
tered the steamer Fulton, and at moor
to-day, with Diver james Moore, wen
, down to the wreck of the Colder
: City to search for the bodies of per
sons lost on that Inflated steamer.
The Gem City made the run from
! st. Louis to Alton in one hour an,
thirty-nine minutes, with big load Q
freight and March winds to conlen
with. This is within two minutes g
the famous Altonia run-quickest tim
! on record,
james Moore, a diver, has bee
5 engaged to search for the bodies @
) those who persisted by the fire Of tn
Golden City. He with Captain Nc
r lntyre will take a tug and barge t
the scene Of the wreck and recove
what they can.
The Rene MaOready. in comman
of Captain 0. k. Joplin, is the raj
road packet leaving promptly at 4 p. n
q to-day for Madison, where direct cor
! nection is made with trains on til
: Memphis & Little Rock railroad fc
points West. The Katie Hooper fol
lows to morrow.
i The splendid light draught steame
a j. A. Woodson, in command of Car
a tain L. p. Drake, is receiving to leav
at pm. tomorrow for Pine Bluff an
all intermediate landings on Arkansa'
|. river, making direct connection wit
the regular packets for Little Roc
and points above. Captain Charlie
Musselman is her polite clerk.
The popular Ohio river steame
JAS. W. CAT, in command of Capital
r. W. Wise is on berth to leave thi
evening for Cairo, Louisville, Cincin
inati and all principal way landin,
making close connection with the dill
ferent railroads and giving throug
tickets to points east at low rate
Tho accommodations of the Calf ar
first class and her officers polite an
8 sociable. Captain James Surtee
: presides at the desk and is assisted b
s Harry Gazler and George Hendrick
f. son.
The Josie Harry arrived last nigh
having brought out of White rive
l25 bales of cotton, 36 bales Of whic
she reshipped at Terrene for New Oh
: leans. The Harry is the regular mai
0 packet leaving tomorrow evening 70
q Helena, Terrene, Devalls Bluff, Au
/ gusta, Jacksonport and all way land
r ingS, giving strict attention to all bus
& mess entrusted to her, aud making di
\ rect connection with light draugh
steamers for upper White and Blac
h rivers.
9 Now that the excitement over tn
1 burning of the steamer Golden Git