Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-15


with light freight, aud the St, JOSEPH
from that point. had a full trip, The 81
Joseph'a cargo consisted Of ll5 bale
hay. 225 packages beer, $3.50 barrels meal
30 casks bacon. ia sacks wheat, 81
sacks oats, 1871 sacks corn, 200 sack
bran and 623 barrels -four. The Georg,
G. Wolf passed up from Red river las
night, aud an unknown boat, probabl,
the Red Fox, passed down without land
ing. II It was her she had tow Of 6v,
aatboAts loaded with Wabash river pro
duce, such as hoop-poles, slaves, lumber
etc. but il is more than probable that Il
was the Carrie V. Kounts.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR ARKANSAS RIvER.-The Anna
Captain Reese Pritchard, leaves for Lit
tie Rock this afternoon. John O'Nei
and Dan Sullivan are her clerks.
FoR ST.. LouIs.-The 81. Joseph, Cap
tain Gray, leaves today at FIVE o'clock
for Cairo and St. Louis. Mr.. o. Hewitt
is clerk.
FoR NAPoLEoS.-The regular packet
A. J. White, Captain Mark Cheek, leaves
at Eve O'Clock this evening for Helena,
Napoleon and way landings. Messrs.
Postal Sharpe and Smithers are clerks.
FoR WITTsBURG.-The regular passen.
ger steamer, Captain T. Il. Bowman,
departs at Eve pm. to-day for Helena,
Mariana, Wittsburg and the usual way
landings. Mossrs. Paine and Franklin
are her clerks.
For LOUISVILLE. - Captain Meals
steamer Indiana will be up to-day at four
p. m. for Cairo, Evansville and Louis
vile.
For NEW 0RLEANs.-The James How
ard Captain Pegram, Chassaing clerk,
is of for New Orleans this evening. She
has unsurpassed accommodations.
For New 0RLEASs.-Thst favorite
steamer John Kilgour is due from the
Ohio river, and will leave at five clock
this evening for Vicksburg, Natchez and
New Orleans.
For NEW 0RLEAYs.-Few steamboat
men enjoy the popularity that Captain
ALI. Stein does among our citizens and
merchants. His reputation has been
well earned, and more energetic and
wide-awake man never commanded
steamboat. His present craft, the John
Kilgour, is one Of the finest steamers in
the New Orleans trade, and as speedy,
safe and comfortable boat she stands in
the front ranks. She is fast aud relia-
Bile, and is announced to depart at 5
pm. this Tuesday for Vicksbrrg,
Natchez and New Orleans. Captain
Ben. NJ. Merrilles, an agreeable and pop
ular officer, attends to the Office duties.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The -four and meal taken from the
Golfers barge will be sold at auction
to-day.
The Mary Forsythe has laid up at
Mound City.
The Batesville left Jacksonport Sat
urday, with five hundred bales of cotton
for this city.
The Alice Brown left Louisville Sun
day with 20 boats and barges of coal.
A company has fled articles of asso-
citation to build bridge over the Missis-
sippi at Louisiana, Mo-; capital stock
100000, divided in 5000 shares.
Charles Newell, engineer on the Mary
Mcdonald, lost his two daughters with
spinal meningitis; one died on the 9th
and the other on the It'll of this month.
He resides in Carondelet, and has the
sympathy of large circle Of friends
among the steamboat fraternity.
The Belle Vernon and Arlington
passed Louisville for Memphis Sunday,
each stopping long enough to gobble up
about fifty tons ready for them. Cap
tain James Remission has chartered the
Belle Vernon to Robinsou's circus COM
pany at the rate of $4,000 per month,
the boat to be delivered on her return
from this city. Captain Remission will
command during the charter.
The following from yesterdays Cou-
rier-Journal goes to show that steam
boatmen, although sometimes having
rough exterior, have hearts as big as any
other class of community:
The John Kilgour passed down for
New Orleans yesterday. She left Gin
cinnati with fine start, but took moth
ing here except pilot and some coal.
Just before leaving the Cincinnati wharf
man, accompanied by slckly wife and
one child, made application fer deck
passage to Rockport, Ind. Having in
his possession only FIVE dollars, and be-
ing anxious to reach his relatives, he
rendered what he had, but the generous
impulses of Captain Stein prompted him
to refuse the mans all, and, instead of
on deck, he was given comfortable
room in the cabin. Such acts of benev-
olepee seldom go unrewarded.
The Jennie Howell, for New Orleans,
passed Little Rock Sunday with 2556 |
bales of cotton on board.
Of the recent hoed ever in Arkansas
yesterday Little Rock Republican says:
The late heavy rains seemed to have
swelled every river, creek, stream and
bayou to such an extent that just at
present it is impossible to calculate with
any certainty the immense destruction