Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-17

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Cloudy to day.
Real spring weather.
Business fair at the landing.
A. steady decline of the river has
set in.
Look out for mud left on the levee
from the receding river.
The w. P. Halliday will be due up
Sunday on her way to st. Louis.
The Louisville and Portland canal
was opened this morning for the pas
sage of boats.
The government steamer r. j..
Wheeler, from Lake Providence,
passed up last night.
The w. w. O'Neil and John a.
Wood with large tows of coal are on
their way out Of the Ohio.
The Dean Adams, for Arkausaw
City, and the Coahoma, for Friars
Point, departed last evening with good
trips.
The Henry Lourey and barges from
st. Louis, arrived at New Orleans
yesterday and left with a return trip
last night.
The John B. Maude will arrive to-
night, and will be the Anchor Line
packet leaving tomorrow evening for
st. Louis.
The sternwheel steamer Laura l..
Davis was sold at Cincinnati by the
U. s. Marshal to Whitaker & Grail
for s1125.
The Ste Genevieve returned to st.
Louis last evening taking 450 bales
Of Eastern bound cotton for reship-
ment at Cairo.
The Guiding Star from Cincinnati,
and the City OF New Orleans from St.
Louis, were expected at New Orleans
this morning.
The Ooahoma will be in tonight
and leave promptly at I'm. tomorrow
for Osceola and intermediate landings
on the upper coast.
The Tiger is the packet leaving to-
morrow evening for Mariana, the Cut
Off and intermediate landings on
L'Angnille and st. Francis rivers.
The Belle Memphis, from St. Louis,
passed down this forenoon, after dis
charging about 1000 pkgs and adding
40 tons for Vicksburg aud intermedi-
ate landings.
The City of Helena arrived at st.
Louis yesterday, and the Common
wealth TOR Vicksburg; also the Future
City and barges for New Orleans, left
there last evening. :
The Granite State has been char
tered by the Memphis & Ohio river
Packet Co., and will leave Cincinnati
to. morrow evening with the officers Of
the i'll fated james d. Parker in
charge.
The champion Anchor Line steamer
City of Baton Rouge, in command o.
Captain Bixby, is announced to pass
down tomorrow at 10 am, for New
Orleans. For further information, Sc,
Captain AID Storm, her agent.
The Charles Morgan got away earl,
yesterday afternoon, after adding 88l
bags cotton seed meal 80 bags peas 81
Ibbls lime, "a hogsheads sugar and /
bales o. cotton. She left here will al
she wanted, and was full of people.
. From all points above comes tn
welcome news of the falling of tn
waters and from this on the declin
will be at a more rapid rate. In
D short time the water will be within il
; banks, and refugees will return to thei
homes.
The large and elegant steamer Tho
Sherlock, in command of Captai
James Nichols, is announced to leay
? here at 8 pm. to day for Yicksburj
9 New Orleans and the bends. Anne
Fisher aud Lew Briggs are in charg
q Of the office.
o The Rene Macready, in comman
of Captain 0. K. Joplin, is the raj
y road packet leaving promptly at
4 I'm. for Madison, where direct con
4 n%ection is made with trains on tn
Memphis & Little Rock railroad fc
8 points West.
I The City of Providence, in comman
of Captain George Lenox, is the Al
Choir Line packet leaving promptly q
5 pm. to-day for Cairo, St. Louis, an
all principal way landings. Fran
d Perkins and James McMeen are i
charge Of the Office.
The boys on the James w. Gaf ar
out Of humor because the Appeal sti
insists that Captain Tichenor is i
n command Of their boat. We kno'
n that captain Ticheuor is a very POI
n ular officer Of the line, and the Calf
n a popular boat, but Captain bob
Wise has not yet resigned his pos
n ton.
n The Josie Harry arrived at an earl
hour this morning with a fair trip al
is receiving to leave at 5 pm. Il
morrow for Helena, Terrene, Deval
n Bluff, Augusta, Newport and all il
termediate landings, carrying the ma
and making direct connection wit
the regular packets for upper Viii
and Black rivers.
sOn Wednesday night last the Al
Choir Line steamer City of Provident
encountered a fearful storm just belo
Napoleon, during which the boat W.
driven hard aground. The hail whiC
fell during the storm broke sever
Q. panes Of glass, and the pilot house W
twisted a little from its fasteninp
but no serious damage was done. ~
&c officers remained cool and collecte
ot while many Of the passengers we
- thinking their time had come.
a The daylight excursion to Heller
st and return on the steamer De-
re- Adams Sunday will doubtless be We
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