Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-17


bales Of cotton and 80 sacks Of seed
........The Belle Memphis brought 500
tons Of produce, and returns tonight
...,...The Bodmann went up early for
the Ohio, putting off 25 tons here, She
has 300 tons of freight and ITO cabin
passengers on board now.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The st. Francis, Captain Tom Bow
mans fayo-ite packet goes out tomorrow
evening for Helena, Mariana Madison
and Wittsburg. She is doing a lively
trade now between Helena and Madison,
connecting at the latter point with the
Little Rock trains and carrying all the
Helenians that way instead of coming
here, as was their custom.
The Thomas II. Allen, is the regular
United States Mail steamer to leave for
/ the Arkansas tomorrow.
The Belle Memphis, one of the most
popular packets of the Anchor Line, and
frst-class steamer in every respect,
possessing speed, comfort and every
thing necessary to an A. No. packet,
is now at the wbarfboat loading for
Cairo and St. Louis, for whichpoints she
departs at pm. to-day. Her running
time is so scheduled that she makes di-
rect connection at Belmont and Cairo
with the trains for the North and East,
and at st. Louis with the different pack
cts for points on the Missouri and upper
Mississippi. Messrs. Crane and Blenker
are her first and second executive
officers.
The City of Helena departs at FIVE
p m. for Vickburg and all the usual way
landings. Captain Mckee is her popu-
lar commander. and those clever wor-
thies, Messrs Will T. Power and Billy
Goepel are her clerks. Bear in mind
that the Helena makes all business
landings. =
The towboats Mohawk and Charles
Mcdonald with barges passed down this
morning.
1t is more than probable that the
Great Republic will be chartered for a
select moonlight excursion TO come of
on her next trip up.
The removal of the raft in Red river
is to be commenced at once. What a
pity it was that Grants patent-right,sup-
porter, Senator, Conkling did not spout
against the appropriation for that pur-
pose.
A telegram of the 18th from Dubuque
says that the tugboat Dan Mcdonald ex-
ploded her boilers, near McGregor, at
FIVE o'clock that forenoon. Out of thirty
FIVE persons aboard only twelve were
saved, and some of them badly hurt
On her last up trip the City of Helena
ran from Cairo to st. Louis in twenty
one hours, making all the usual landings.
Some of the steamboatmen Of Mobile
have bad reputation. A court report
in one of the papers of that city says
William Clark, engineer of the steamer
Clara, was tried on the charge of threat
ening to whip his washerwoman because
she asked for her pay. The court placed
him under bonds of $500 to keep the
peace for twelve months.
The Sioux City Journal of the 18th
officially announces the abandonment of
the Yellow Stone river expedition, be-
cause of the danger from wild Indians
1t also says: A dispatch from Fort
Sully last evening says the river had
been rising until yesterday morning,
since which it has fallen three inches.
The stage of water was not known, but
it is said to be very high"
st. Louis steamboatmen are queer
fellows Bill Brandon, engineer OF the
Atlantic, wears hat in which there is a
tiny thermometer he is quite scien-
tific, and probably believes the thermo-
meter to be a specific against sunstroke
or substitute for brick in the hat.
Captain Crane and Billy Blinker, of
the Belle Memphis, were notified this
morning that thirty-six Choctaw Indians
desired passage to st. Louis, aud Blinker
at once hunted up Commodore Dill and
all three started over the city to find q
dictionary containing the definition of
Indian names. They had not succeeded
at noon, and the probabilities then were
that Dill (who speaks the Choctaw lingo
huently, but is ashamed to own it, would
have to accompany them to st. Louis.
ITEMs.-Commodore Donaldson has
relieved Commodore Goldsborough as
commandant of the Mound City Naval
Station, and Commodore Goldsborough
left for the East. Due, the II. G. Wilson
and barges from Cincinnati to New
Orleans. The bill appropriating seven
hundred and ffty-two thousand dollars
for Rock Island arsenal and Moline
bridge has become law. The Hartford
was sold at Evansville, Thursday, by the
United States Marshal for $3430; she
viii be heightened and used TO tow RATS
down the Upper Mississippi. The Nick
Longworth came through the Louisville
canal on Friday, and was compelled to
pay full toll, but did so under protest.
It is said that the Canal Company re-
fuses to recognize the recent reduction
of tolls, claiming that the Government
has nothing TO do with the matter; hence
the boats are paying the bills under
protest The Canal Company forgets
that the Government has appropriated
hundreds of thousands of dollars for the
completion of the work, and yet has
nothing to do with it, The reduction of
tolls implies that the Government will
purchase the canal, and the kickings OF
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