Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-19
The Port of Memphis.

lut IuIt VI mompulo'
The weather was lovely this morning.
The river is still receding. Business
continues dull.
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last:
Arrivals.
Liberty No. 2, Louisville. iasf.l
Baltic, New Orleans.
Belle St. Lonis, st. Louis
Albert Pearce, St Louis.
Guidon, ST. Louis.
Departures.
Gov. Sharkey, ST. Louis ill sl
John S. McCune, ST. Louis.
Baltic, St. Louis
Southerner, ST. Louis
Molle Hamblcton, St. Francis river.
Celeste, Arkansas river
Darling, Cincinnati ysy air
Boats In Port.
St Patrick, r. NJ. Bishop, Hero. Lin
ME Drown, Belle St Louis, Albert
Pearce, Guidon, Anglo Saxon, Liberty
Boats Leaving To-Day. ~
For ST. LOUIS The splendid steamer
Belle St Louis leaves as above this even
ing at o'clock. She is in charge of the
gallant Capt Zeigler, with the popular
Billy Blenker and the excruciatingly
funny and jovisl Hank Tyrrall in the
office, and the amiable Dave Kerr at the
head Of the exchange No better boat
on the river.
For LOUISVILLE fine steamer
Liberty No leaves as above at clock
this evening. She is in charge Of Capt
Archer, with Ed. Judge in the Office
For VIcKsBURG. -The ranting Wild
Irishman the St. Patrick-leayes as
above at 5 clock this evening. She is
in charge of the popular Capt Lee, with
the favorite Geo O. Hart in the Office
Miscellaneous.
The Liberty No 2 has our thanks for
bundle of late paper.
. Everybody knows the popular and
clever Captain Alex. Zeigler as one of
the most staid, but at the same time one
of the most amiable Of commanders, and
would hardly think he could perpetrate
such clever joke as he did on the last
trip down of the Belle St Louis. 1t
seems that Ellis Harris, one Of our most
popular and genial, good-hearted young
men, has been after the Captain to make
him present of nice hat The Cap
tain said he would, and sure enough, on
this trip, he did so On landing, Ell
lis went on board, and the Captain
handed him splendid case, inside of
which was the present, Ellis thanked
him, and after passing the usual compli-
ments, opened the case, when, 10 an
astonishment met his eyes that was equal
TO the fright that came over the fellow
who first opened a pandora box. He
dropped it. but his friends pulled out an
old oblong tile, curtailed of lis fair pro
portion in the brim, and adorned with
a huge wing feather of pea-fowl, at the
head of which was a large black wooden
button. The fact is, that when Don
Whiskerado turned a guerrilla he could
not have had better head-gear Any
man with it on would only have TO shonl-
der an old musket to pass for bush
whacker. The laugh was immense, and
Hank Tyrrell was around with a bug to
enliven the scene The joke was the
best we have witnessed for long time.
We understand that Steve wilkins,
one of our most popular river men and
gentleman who has host of friends,
intends running for Wharf-master at the
next election If elected, Sieve would
surely make a good officer.
STEAMBOAT PRINTING. respectfully
ask our steamboat friends to call and ex-
anime the specimens of fine steamboat
printing daily executed at the PUBLIC
LEDGER Office Our prices will be found
to compare favorably with those of Gin
cinnati or St Louis, and to be greatly
below those asked by other city offices.
Bring your orders directly to us, and
save the commission charged by parties
whs take in work they are not prepared
to execute. tsitt ~