Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-26

rise TOO Ihpsuly.
The Julia, Capt William Thompson
is the Anchor Line packet to-day fol
Vicksburg and the bends, leaving tn,
elevator at pm. John Blake does the
honors Of the office.
The splendid passenger steamer J. d
Parker, in command of that eyer.p5pu,
lar officer Captain Bob Wise, will leave
promptly today at four p N. .1r Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati, attending to
all way business. The Parker is a sale
aad comfortable passenger steamer
Ir Mcintyre, genial aud clever gen
tlemaa, bss charge of the Office.
The Joe Kinney passed up last night
for St. Louis.
The local packets got away last even
ing with moderate trips.
The Mary Houston added here 800
bales cotton aud left during tie night for
New Orleans with one Of the finest trips
Of the season.
The towboat Ella came in from below
and lays here a few days to make some
light repairs.
The superb and commodious passen.
ger steamer City OF Alton, Captain Bixby,
will leave the wharf to-day at p m. for
New Orleans and the bends.
Captain Frank Cayton has retired
from the river and will engage in the
insurance business at St. Louis
The staunch and light.draft steamer
Nashville, in command of Captain A. j
Ross, is receiving at the foot of Jefferson
street for Little Rock and all way points
on Arkansas river, and leaves this eve.
ming at o'clock, j T. Ross clever
and accommodating gentleman, presides
in the Office
The w. j. Lewis broke a T-head above
Vicksburg and went into port or one
wheel.
George Cole, an old river bar-keeper,
died at St. Louis on Saturday.
A number of gin houses and other
property have been destroyed by fire in
Lake Providence, Louisiana.
The Mountain Belle takes 1000
slaves at New Madrid for New Orleans.
Captain Sam Adell, owner of raft of
200 walnut logs, which was sunk and
lost below Greenville last week, entered
protest here yesterday before Notary
Carey. Adam Smith, the pilot in
charge, was regular licensed pilot.
The raft was insured in the American
Lloyds, in New York.
The Pat Rogers, in command of Capt.
Ben Merriles, will ply in the Madison
and Cincinnati trade.
The Pauline Carroll received at St.
Louis for New Orleans 100 bales cotton,
which was shipped in Texas to New Or
leans via the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
thence from St. Louis per
river.
The fine steamer Charles Bodmann,
Captain Shinkle, will leave here Friday
for New Orleans.
The Cleburne and St. Francis are the
packets leaving tomorrow for Helena
and Kriar's Point.
The George W. Cheek is the packet
for Napoleon and the bends.
Freight rates from ST. Louis South
have been advanced to seventy cents on
-four, ana thirty cents per hundred |
weight,
The H. S. Turner leaves Cincinnati
TO day for New Orleans.
The r. w. Dugan, for Arkansas river,
and Anna, for New Orleans, leave Gin
cinnati tomorrow.
The total stock OF coal now here is
!, 100000 bushels, of which 500, 900 is in
city yards and 900 600 aHoat.
The mackerel brigade will enter But
'alo Jack in the scrub race for the
Misunderstanding, as Buffalo has re.
'ig oed the Mayorship Of Happy Hollow
he is uniucumbeEed aud prepared Tor
,ie race.
Tie W. D. Smith, a small stern
wheeler on a prospecting tour, came in
asst night from the Ohio river
The c. B. Church will leave this even
ng at pm for New Orleans.
The Jobu R. Naude, Captain Noel,
arrived this morning from New Orleans
With 81 bales cotton, 1852 blls lies, so
Jacks cotton seed aud 22O Packages
freight The Maude is
receiving at the foot of Monroe street
or return for New Orleans and the
bends, and will leave tomorrow evening
1t p M, attending to all way business
n the bends She has unsurpassed pas
Ienger accommodations, and is a safe |
carrier. Captain Ale Grissom, an eti- /
seas and worthy officer, with whom it /
s a pleasure to travel presides in the I
flee The Maude leaves nyompily to-
norroe evening for New Orleans and
he bends
IAs Alessrs Elliott are working assid-
Iously to keep mp their White liver line,
hough it is done fos sac benefit Of the /
Interests Of Memphis GO a
ir expense to them. The legal Ten
Ter and Bannock CITY have lost from six /
o seven hundred dollars q trip e. the