Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-21

street tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
for Louisville and Cincinnati. She ha;
good passenger accommodations.
The GAINESVILLE, Halle and Fort Glib
son are carrying New Orleans cotton
out of the Arkansas river to the .aoutb
for the s'~amer Ka,je She connects
with III ehaye steamers a. the mouth o.
Wnp river.
! Sc Kttlr Hegler gill pass down TO-
morrow evening for Arkansas river.
The "A O. Yaeger arrived last night
from St Louis, and landed on the oppo.
site side of the river. the thick smoke
pr venting her rom running safely She
Is drawing eight feet Of water She has
1900 tons The principal items of he,
cargo are 1900 barrels four 400 JACKS
grain, and other miscellaneous freight
The James D, Parker, for Memphis
and Mary Houston, for New Orleans,
lett Louisville last evening.
The 0uachita Belle cleared for New
Orleans last evening with 1890 bales cot
ton, 400 empty oil barrels and loo tons
oil cake.
An old maxim-Never kick man
when he's down, unless you are sure he
can't get up.
The Commonwealth is in the hands Of
the United States marshal at St. Louis.
She has been attached foralleged S2l, 29s
worth of repairs, whereas her captain
states that be contracted TO pay only
$4,000 to have her put in good condi.
ton. The boat will be bonded out.
The Pat Cleburne, Captain Ashford,
came in last night from Helena With
lO4 bales Of cotton and q large hist Of
passengers. She vas delayed by the fog
and lays over until Saturday, her regu-
lar day. She will leave tomorrow even
ing at 5 o'clock Tor Helena ead the
bends. Messrs. P. ". Davis, Neil
Booker end Billy Clark, trio of clever
gentlemen, are her clerks.
The Susie Silver will pass up this
afternoon for St. louis.
The Nick Longworth will be down on
Sunday for New Orleans.
The snagboat j. j. DeRussey arrived
last evening from Cairo. On heF way
down she pulled ninety eight ugly snags
out pf the river. She leaves this morn
ing on a cruise between the mouth of
White river and Vicksburg. There is
plenty of work for hsp between here and
Yickshgrs, as there are number of
snags and hidden distractions in the
river that ought to be removed,
The Katie P. Kountz passed down
last evening for New Orleans deeply
laden.
The splendid passenger steamer and
safe carrier John Kyle, in command of
Captain Abe Hutchinson, will be in port
tomorrow morning to receive for New
Orleans and the bends, and will leave
at twelve N. She has unsurpassed pas
senger accommodations, and is in
charge of competent officers. Mr..
Brown, courteous and attentive gen.
tlemau, is her prime minister.
The splendid sidewheel passenger
steamer Ben Franklin, in command Of
Captain W. B. Miller, will arrive in port
this evening from Cincinnati with full
cargo of Western produce, and will
leave tomorrow evening with return
trip. The Ben Franklin is frst-class
steamer and has unsurpassed passenger
accommodations. Her skipper is well
known in the trade, and made himself
popular while in command Of the Min
nicola and number OF steamers of the
Memphis and Cincinnati packet line.
We are waiting for the army of eandi-
dates for Wharfmaster to announce
themselves. The race will be hotly con-
tested, as there ara several well known
gentlemen connected with the steamboat
interests spoken of as candidates.
The Pat Cleburne will go through this
trip to Phillips Bayou and St. Francis
river, and will attend to all way business
in toe bends.
Pilot Billy Hsines arrived in the city
yesterday from Little Rock.
The superb passenger steamer City Of
Viekshurs, Captain Bob Riley, is the
regular Anchor Line packet leaving this
evening at Eve p N. for Yicksburg and
the bends. Chris Sharpe, an affable
gentleman, does the honors ofthe Office
Captain Joseph Elliott received let
ter from Captain Vim. Elliott dated
November Is, Mound City. Illinois, in
forming him that the Augusta vason the
ways, and that a large force Of men we're
working on her, and her repairs would be
completed BY the 18th instant; s. floor
timbers were broken By the stump that
suRk her her repairs viii cost near