Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-13

Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Cora s., Louisville.
Northwest, Mariana.
Lady, Haile's Poini
Des Arc, Vicksburg.
Kate Robinson, Cincinnati
Departures.
Southerner, st. Louis.
Adam Jacobs, st. Louis.
J. S. McCune, ST. Louis
Nymph No. 2, St Louis.
Linnie Drown, Arkansas river.
NJ S. Mepham, New Orleans
Mary L. Forsythe, St. Louis.
Boats in Port.
Belle Memphis, Commercial, Cora 5,
Northwest, Lady, Des Arc, Kate Robin
Boats Leaving To-Day.
The neat low-water craft Cora s., leaves
for the Ohio this evening. Parties bound
to any point between here and Louis
vile, wou d do well to travel on her, for
she can run where heavier boats would
stick. The celebrated Capt Hicks King
commands her, and AL Crosall is her
clerk. She leaves at five this evening.
Captain Dan. Musselman's craft, the
Belle Memphis, is the regular St Louis
packet this evening Larry Entler is
clerk. Tickets can be secured at the
Union ticket office, 5 Jefferson street
Miscellaneous.
CoTTAeE BY THE RIVER,
August s. 1896.
DEAR LEDGER The beautiful steamer
Belle Memphis backed out from her old
mooring at the foot Of Jefferson street,
Monday evening, Goth of July.
In order that the boys might see her
I" 90 By" she dropped down to the cot
ton press of Geo. NJ. Gill, Esq, to get a
start A fresh breeze was dgin her as
she changed her wheels for up stream,
! which held her back, as she was light,
having no ballast save few mules, on
aft guards. which kept up the tramp,
tramp" regardless of the request Of
Mary Anne and everybody aboard to
quit
Atl2 minutes to six o'clock she was
abreast Of her wharf The bell tapped
and down with her flags, the bonnie
blue of her mizzen mast kissing sweet
farewell ashore to "old Red, who stood,
time in hand, held upon her.
Like an arrow from an Indian string
she went gilping. Wolf river looked
like small stream Aatboats looked
fat skiffs appeared like dug outs {;
,SDier of the Over-ton did not look as
much as orer ton big, while other
spiers that crown the l. 0. o. F. Hall,
churches and hook and ladder seemed
as piercing, for we, the cabin folks,
who were "guine' up the river, quit per-
spiering. While looking at the spiers
and before we could give the LEDGER
metropolitan search, ewere at Jun
kin's Point" old Paddy having driven
| his hen and chickens " before us, and
bIufed the Bluff City from our view.
A Rocket was not any faster or brill
liant. during this time. AT | hour and
| Is minutes. 20 miles up, we were at " Is
land 40 P. O." Delay here-going in and
out twenty minutes; landed at River
View, five miles above, whose low-water
mark made high bank and bad land
ing AT 9 clock the Belle was at the
Devils Elbow making her usual land
ing at this point for Lucifer.'
Captain Dan. Musselman has every
confidence in his River Queen play
ing star engagement, if quick time
is the attractive feature Of the pro-
gramme. The Morning Star ofCapt
DOLLS may yet wane from the high tide
of her glory; the Alton surrender her
antlers. the Magenta shed her Ledthers
in the heat for the championship, and our
favorite Mollie Able, another Belle, may
hand in her cards Of admiration % for
time less than 1880.
Let West Side" exhaust the need of
his praise in rendering tribute to the
supposed "heesest of the feet until the
Cannoa's best shot IS seen--the Robert
| E. Lee'-and should she not prove to
rank among boats, what Virginia chief
tain does among a nation people We
will refer again to the Belle
If her time is worthy Of transfer
/ from our day-book of events to your most
worthy "LEDGER," which while it ever
chronicles the good name and deeds Of
others, may its issues be prompt as the
evenings of its birth, aud its life as
bright as the sunshine Of us evenings, is
the wish Of SADoSA
The upper rivers are all low. There is
nine feet from here TO Cairo, seven and