Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-21
BOATS TO LEAVE.

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BOATS TO LEAVE.
For CNcINyATT-The Kittie Hegler
goes Monday.
FoR CYcENATI.-The Belle Vernon
will be here to leave to. morrow.
For FRIAR's PoINT.-The swift and
regular Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
departs as usual this evening, stopping
at all way freight and passenger land
ings. Stack Lee is chief clerk.
For NAPoLEoE.-The A. j. White,
Captain Mark Cheek, leaves as above at
five o'clock this afternoon, and makes
all plantation landings. Z. c. Postal
and Charlie Sharp, two Of the most pop
ular and efficient officers on the river,
have the good fortune to be styled the
Whites quill drivers.
FoR WHITE RIvER.-The Batesville,
Captain Albert Smith, leaves for Jack
sonport this evening, and will 90 up
Black river to Pocahontas, taking
freights to Powhattan, Glover Bend and
all points on that stream, as well as
upper White river to Batesville, and
Lite Red river to Searcy. Mr.. Young
is clerk.
FoR ST. LouIs.-The Emma Elliott,
Captain Robert X. Riley, leaves as
above this afternoon. Thomas Whit
ledge is clerk
FoR RED RIvER.-Captain Shields
telegraphs us that his popular steamer,
the Susie Silver, will pass down to-mor-
row evening for Vicksbury, Jefferson,
Shreveport and all Red river landings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Showing at Pittsburg to-day. Tenn
perature falling at most of the North
ern cities. Chicago, 30; Cincinnati,
80; Davenport, zee; Louisville, 80;
Nashville, 49, Omaha, 2S0; Pittsburg,
260; ST. Paul, l50; Keokuk, 250; Fort
Sully, 800; and Memphis, 4l0, all at
6 am. to-day. n1
Dan Rice's advertising boat passed
Devall's duff on her way up on Friday.
Mr.. John Hanlon, second clerk on
the Andy Baum, has resigned to follow
the fortunes of pilot in the Cincinnati
and Memphis trade. Mr.. Henry Shaw,
late of the Charles Bodmann, succeeds
him.
The r. W. Skillit, or Skillinger, is
coming down the Ohio for Red river.
The Carter line boats offer to carry
cotton from Shreveport to st. Louis or
Cairo at one dollar per bale, and give
through bills to New York. Now, there
will be war between the Red river boats
from New Orleans and the Carter Line.
Memphis ought to put few boats there
too, just to make it interesting.
The Indiana will be up tomorrow for
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Last Sundays mail came up from
Helena by river yesterday. Fast time
that.
VIM. Smoot, Of Mount Pleasant, ILL.,,
who arrived at Little Rock on the Oar.
danelle last Monday. died the following
day.
The Potomac has been sold at Cincin-
natl to the Big Sandy and Pomeroy
Packet Company for $4,000.
Captain Jim Loe, ST., of the Phil
Allin, has a patent for safety pocket
book, intended for persons travelling on
that puts in the shade Bar
ney Hughes alarm taper. The Super
vising Board Of Inspectors at their next
session will undoubtedly adopt it and
compel all steamers to provide them
selves forthwith.
The Allegheny Belle and barges got |
at Louisville 500 tons for New Orleans,
at 4Oc for bacon and 81 for pork.
The Sherlock added 1000 tons at Ev
and left there with 1900 tons Of
freight and over 100 people.
A petition has been presented to the
st. Louis harbor master asking permits
sion to place a wharf beat at the levee
for the accommodation of tie Great Re |
public, James Howard Susie Silver,
Continental, Mary L. Forsyth and seve-
Fal other boats to load at, they having
Withdrawn from the other lines.
The following additional shipments Of
coal have been made from Pittshurg; |
Louisville, A. Blaekmore, 10000
bushels; Panther, $4,000; Tigress No.
J, l3l ,OOOi John Dippold, 224,OOO New
1rleans-Smoky City, 100000.
The John Kilgour will be down on
Sunday for New Orleans.
The Sherlock's freight, taken in the
Ohio river, will net her from fifty TO
sixty cents per hundred, and with her
passengers, this trip down. barring acct
dents, will pay her so@ething like
$4,000.
Commodore John A. Villa mson,
Of the Cincinnati and
Meuplis Packet Company, acoomps-
alel by his vie, came down this morn
ing on the Arlington.
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