Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

Will lcaVe New orleans this evening.
The Dean Adams is the mail packet
City.
The City Of New Orleans will be due
up tomorrow evening en- route to st.
Louis.
Several local packets leaving to-day
but we're not receiving literally this
forenoon.
The Cons Millar, en- route from
Cincinniti TO this port, was at Evans.
vile last night.
Some of the Anchor Line boats are
dropping out, on account of floating
ice at st. Louis.
The Charles P. Chouteau is an
nounced to leave New Orleans this
evening for this port.
The New Mary Houston, on her way
to New Orleans, was expected to pass
down this forenoon.
The City of Baton Rouge and u. P.
Sehenck for New Orleans passed
Vicksburg yesterday.
The City of Providence passed up
last evening after adding 200 bales Of
Eastern bound cotton.
The steel hull steamer from Pitts.
burg destined to Columbus, Ca, via
New Orleans passed Cincinnati yester-
day.
The City of Vicksburg arrived at
st. Louis yesterday, and the City OF
Helena left there last evening for this
port.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
tomorrow at 10 am. are the Common
wealth: for Vicksburg, and the Gold
Dust, for st. Louis.
The John A. Scudder, on her sixth
day out from New Orleans, passed up
yesterday with 600 tons. She put of
a lot of salt and cotton seed.
The veteran Arkansaw river pilot
and commander, Captain Reese
Pritchard, came around yesterday a
passenger on the Marlin Speed.
The Golden City, a little over six
days out from New Orleans, with 400
toms Of freight, passed up at midnight,
after discharging over 900 packages
here.
The Fulton is due from Hatchie
river, and on account of the extreme
high water and slack Of business will
cease her trips up that stream for the
present.
The Annie P. Silver, in command
Of Captain George Keith, is the An.
Choir Line packet passing down this
evening for New Orleans. Green
Shields is her polite clerk.
The Rene Macready will be in this
afternoon. and leaves on Tuesday next
tor Helena and all points on st.
Francis river through to Wittsburg
where she makes direct connection
with the light draught steamer Ad.
vance for the Sunk Lands
The elegant steamer Josie Harry. in
command of Captain Milt R. Harry.
is the regular U. S. mail packet leav.
ing this evening for Helena, Terrene,
Deyalls Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport
and all way landing, attending prompt
ly to all business that offers, and
making direct connection with light
draft packets for upper White aud
Black rivers. John G. Wyckoff and
Hugh Smith assist in tire Office.
The :erryboat John Ovorton com.
menced this morning to extend her
trips through to Marion, the county
seat of Orittenden county, five miles
back Of Mound City, and will contiuue
to leave at 1880 am. and 2 pm. daily
as long ss the high stage of the water
will permit. This is on excellent CD.
portunity for our citizens to make an
excursion to that thriving little town,
the trip not consuming more than
three hours.
The Marlin Speed, in command of
Captain John j. Darragh, arrived yes
terdav, having brought out of Arkan
saw river l89 bales of cotton. 70 OF
which she. reshipped at Terrene for
New Orleans. She is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff
and all way landings, making direct
connection with the regular light
draft steamers for Little Rock and
points above. Captain Charles Mus.
selman presides at the desk and is as
sisted by Will Darragh.
Captain Bob ,Wise's popular Ohio
river steamer Jas. w. Calf is on berth
to leave this evening fer Cairo, Louis
vile. Cincinnati and all principal way
landings, making close connection
with the railroads and giving through
tickets TO all points east at very low
rates. The accommodations of the
Gatf are second to mono in the line
and her officers are always on the alert
to do what they can for the comfort
and pleasure of their patrons. Cap
tain James Surtees presides at the
desk and is assisted by Henry Galley
and George Hendrickson.
A dispatch from Nashville saws:
THE steamer Ewald, which left Car
thagO at 6 am. yesterday, $50 miles
above here, reports the river falling
between Point Burnside, the head OF
navigation, and Carthage, and that the
river fell two inches during the night
As the river was stationary here
through to-day it will probably be
falling tomorrow morning, unless the
steady rain which prevails shall con-
Linue during the night. It measures
~ 10 feet on the gauge, and is with
in Il inches Of the rise of 1847. A
large number oil tie sufferers from the
backwaters were supplied with pro-
visions TO- day."
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