Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-11

will pass down tomorrow evening for
New Orleans and the bends. Captain
Dick Lightburne has a clerk at the levee
to receive freight for her
The st. Joseph, Captain Corbett, gets
away at FIVE pm. to-day for Cairo and
st. Louis.
The elegant passenger steamer Legal
Tender, John Elliott, master, will leave
at her usual hour-five p.m.-this day
for Deval's Bluff, Searcy, Jacksonport
and all way landings on White river,
connecting directly at Devalrs Bluff
with the Little Rock train, and at Jack
sonport with the packets for Little Red
and the upper-White river. The Legal
Tender carries the U. s. mail and makes
all landings to accommodate passengers
or shippers. Joe Elliott and Dan Sulli-
van are her secretaries.
The great low pressure steamer Rich
mond, with the high pressure and popu-
lar Nat. Green on the roof, viii pass
down tomorrow evening for Nicksburg,
New Orleans and the bends. State
rooms can be secured upon application
to Capt. Sam Shock, general ticket and
passenger agent, No. | Promenade
street.
The regular weekly Memphis and
Evansville packet Norman, Capt Ken
needy. will finish loading her cargo, and
depart at pm. this day for Columbus
Cairo, Evansville, and all intermediate
landings. Capt. Kennedy has built up
good business in this trade, and is
quite popular with shippers and passen-
gers Lon Morris is his chief clerk,
The gay and elegant passenger and
mail packet Celeste, with Tom Barry on
the roof, gets away tomorrow evening
for all points ON the Arkansas,
The new and elegant Helena and
Friar's Point steamer, A. j. White, Geo.
Malone commanding, backs out at 5
D. m. with the U. S. mail, and makes all
landings to accommodate passengers or
shippers. Charley Smither and Andy
Granger are her clerks.
Capt. Mark Cheek announces elsewhere
that he will back out his fine steamer,
the Geo. w. Cheek, at o'clock this
evening, for mouth of White river, Beu-
lah, Napoleon and Eunice, and says he
will so through ON time. Messrs. Con
terman and Briggs attend to the office.
Mart Walt & Co., agents, have, at Their
store, plan of the cabin of the Belle
Lee. Parties desiring to secure state
rooms can do so by applying to them.
For MARIANA AND THE ST. FRANCIS
RrvER.-The elegant aud unsurpassed
side-wheel steamer St. Francis, Capt
Bowman, departs at five pm. this day
for the points named, making all the
way landings. This fine steamer has
lust been re6tted, at an enormous ex
pense, especially for the st. Francis
trade, and is just the boat to travel oil
and enjoy home Comforts. Sam G
Paine, w. B. Berry and Jerry Banks arr
her clever secretaries.
We understand that the St. Louis anC
New Orleans Packet Company nave Sc
lected Capt Sam Shock as their geuera
ticket and passenger agent at this point
The selection is good one, and Capt
Shock will do justice to the honor con
ferred.
The Colessalfs en- route to the Arkan
sas With cargo of railroad iron from
New Orleans.
Geo l.. Johnson who died a few day
since at Cincinnati, had his life insured
for $4,000.
The Portsmouth Packet Company
wharfboat, Cincinnati, sunk at her land
ing above the foot of Main street, durinI
Thursday night, and was pumped on
and raised in three-quaHeFs of an hou
by the Champion No. 6's pumps.
The N. o. Times of the sth says
Many OF our steamboat captains held
meeting last evenisg at the Associatio
Rooms, the nature Of which we were III
able TO learn, but presume it was regard
ing the existing trouble concerning til
encroachment of the railroads aud suga
sheds situated on the leyee In the ROOF
Of commerce,
The 81, Louis Democrat learns th'
the owners Of the Dexter have sent
| New Orleans $2,000. 10 secure for thu
boat the opportunity of being a contes
ami 10 the forthcoming race, II will !
| the Lee, Natchez and Dexter. The san
paper says Capt. Iames Mcdonnell h;
closed his contracts with Messrs. Gral
hennett 4 Co. for the building Of tw
iron boats.
The st. Louis Times says Captai
Wiley has purchased the Hespen no
lying at the month Of the Usage, al
proposes TO use his purchase in Il
White river trade. That's safe inves
ment; Capt. W. viii at all times kno
where his money is Invested. IT, Il
Hespeg achieves the grand success
; White river that she did in the Arkansi
ON her maiden trip to that stream, 81
will prove a valuable acquisition to h
owners.
The injury received by the Ida ft
ton from her collision at St. Louis wi
+ the Alex. Mitchell was greater than
2 first reported. The Fulton eawe me-
I sinking, but was finally towed up to Il
: boat-yaTsls of the Northwestern Unio
e company, where she will be repaired
e the expense ofthat company.
z The Dubuque Herald says that freight
+ are accumalating up the river and e.
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