Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-14

land all way landings. She has done
lively passenger business during tn
week, and will go with her pabis rlil Q
people. NJ, W, Quialin is her cler....
4 The good steamer st. Francis, Captain
7Bowman commanding, is now IN por
loading, and will depart at Eve p. m thi
day for the bends and st. Francis river
MessFs. Paine, Berry and Banks are he
clerks.
The regular Friday steameEfor Helena
Friar's Point, Napoleon, Euniee and al
I way landings to-day is Mark Cheek
steamer the Geo. W. Check. She carrie,
zthe U. s. mail and makes all Landings
to accommodate passengers or shippers
Frank Gonterman is her chief clerk
The r. P. Walt goes out tomorrow
evening for all landings on White river
The Colorado, Captain Lee, will arrive
from below and depart at five pm, fol
Cairo and St, Louis, making all railroad
connections.
The elegant light-draught steamer W.
A. Caldwell, Henry Cooper, master, is
the regular United States mail packet
leaving this evening for all points on
the Arkansas river, connecting at LITTLE
Rock with the regular packets fer Van
Buren, and For. Smith. Messrs. Hardin
and Gill are her obliging secretaries,
By a special telegram TO Capt Sam
Shock, We learn that the elegant low
pressure steamer Richmond will be il
port to-day, to leave at p. m, fol
IVicksburg, New Orleans, and the heads
Southwark bound passengers will con
suit their own interest By securing Of
Capt. Shock passage on the aoa,ips
7palace. Cook Creighton "a the Rich
mopds cashier and J9ha Langloi
chief claFk
The A. j. White Is tho regular Satur
2day steamer for Helena and Friar'
Point.
Capt Val. Horton, of Pomeroy, is here
ZEN route from the East to Hot Springs
Arkansas, with the hope of recovering
from rheumatism. with which be is sorely
safflicted.-Gn. 7i%ss liz,
CaptSia patchepr of Cincinnati, IA,
isesefved q letter from the wreck Of the
}sunkeu Anna, at SiiM Island. in which
lthe writer states that Mr., Hill, the diver
was building a bnlkhead forty feet BY
twelve over the break in her hull. He
Thought she Sonld be raised with hel
iowa pumps, and in case of failure, he
would send for the I. f. Eckert's large
Latta. pump, bringing it up on q barge
and work it with the steam from the
Annas boilers, The Epkert wanted SIX
Inches more, water to, let her UP, over the
bars to, the wreck.
The. Sam j. Hale saae Off the docks
yesterday. and the Mary Boyd was taken
|0A.
For CAIRO AND EVANSVILLE. = The
magnificent new steamer Mary Miller
will leave to-day, on her first trim IS a
regular Evansville and Memphis packet,
She has irst-clSss passenger accommp-
datiospas h very light, o great carrier
and will doubtless go through without
detention. Capt. ADAM Liter her owner
and commapder, isapeAPerienced steam
boa.tmqnan, and a frst-class gentleman
possessing the confidence and esteem OF
all his acauaintances, and is the very
man to build up large trade for this city
with Evansville and the bends. Mr.
James NJ. McFadin, gentlemGs Of
large commercial exgsyiaaee. AND pos
sessing the fNsst social qualities, takes
Isaarge Of the clerks office, ana viii
lla5or to please. Passengers for the
|0hio river cannot fipd a better boat, o.
More genial officers. We hope TO SEE
|he Mary Miller 60 out full to-day, anC
to see her we'll sustained in the future.
The r. P. Walt came in this morning
with 100 passengers, 276 bales of cotton
and Csc sacks of cotton seed, Mr.. W
p. Butler, her accomplished secretary
has our thanks for appreciated favors
Yesterdays st. Louis Times contain,
The following mysterious item "They
DO say that certain river reporter acted
|as groom in that little affair at the leve'
just before the Richmond went out."
ST. Louis and New Orleans rates pc
steamer are Acc, per barrel for -four, zoe
per pound for freight, Toe. per barre
and &c. per 100 pounds for way freights
by barges, -four, 35c. per barrel, etc.
We learn by a special telegram tina
the Anna, recently sunk in the Ohio, hai
been raised, and will 60 to Paducah fo
repairs. The same dispatch reports thu
Ohio rising ineinohes per day at Evans
|ville. with three and a hslffeet on Prehei
island bar, frflg f
The Natchez Courier says: Rumor.
|of a contemplated run against time are
circulating, but we are assured upon
good authority that, for the present, no
such run viii be attempted.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulle1
tin of Monday says: "A compromise
was effected late Saturday afternoon
between the rival weekly 0uaehita pack
cts Tahlequah and Cherokee, by which
the latter withdrew from the trade, trans
,ferring her freight aud passengersto the
former. Capt. Blanks. Of the Cherokee
assumed command Of the TAhlequAh-
The old United States gunboat Tyler
built at Cincinnati before the rebellion,
Is now owned BY the Harbor Protective
Company, Of New Orleans, eomprising|
the leading insurance companies OF that
city. The object Of the company Is e
extinguish 6res on board ships, steam
A.. l.. 4 III.