Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-19

number Of boats in port receiving and
discharging. Shipments south continue
active.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The St. Francis, from Helena, last
evening brought in 500 bales cotton and
$50 sacks seed.
The Allegheny Belle and barges for
New Orleans added here 777 bales cot.
ton. secured for her by her energetic
agent, Ed Cobb.
At St. Louis coal is furnished at lie
per bushel.
The Andy Baum, for Cincinnati, had
5SS bales Of cotton for Evansville. 49
for Cannelton, III bales for Cincinnati,
and COO hides, SO bbls oil, and 30 bales
rags.
The Ella and White had fair trips.
The City Of Chester, for St. Louis, had
267 bales Of cotton.
The Ashland, from Cincinnati, ar
rived at Little Rock yesterday, and the
Katie Kountz left Little Rock for New
Orleans.
The Pat Rogers, for Memphis, passed
Evansville yesterday.
The Belle Lee, in leaving New Or
leans last evening for Chicot City, ran
into and sunk the Spanish brig Liberte,
which was laying at the shipping. The
brig was loaded with 44OO bales of cot.
ton.
The Warner and barges for Cincin-
natl, Mary Alice and barges for St.
Louis, Seminole for White river, and the
R. Dugan for Arkansas river, left New
Orleans last night.
The James D. Parker for Memphis,
and Indiana for New Orleans, left Gin
cinnsti last evening.
The Fannie Lewis and Capitol City,
bound up, passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The John Kyle for New Orleans, and
City of Helena for Vicksburg, left st.
Louis yesterday.
Commodore Kountz has laid his boats
up at st. Louis on account of low
freights for the south.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
is the regular Friday packet for Helena,
Friars' Point and the bends, leaving at
five o'clock. Stack Lee has charge of
the office.
The Colorado, Captain Boyd, is the
Anchor Line packet to-day for Cairo
and St. Louis, leaving at FIVE o'clock.
Dill will register all wishing a journey
up the river.
The good steamer Frank Forest,
Captain Sexton, will leave this evening
at FIVE o'clock for Osceola and all upper
coast landings, attending to all way
business. Mr.. Joplin presides in the
Office while Billy Dean represents her
on shore.
The splendid steamer Legal Tender is
the regular Saturday United States mail
packet for all points on White, Little
Red and Black rivers. She is receiving
at the foot of Jefferson street.
The Belle of Texas left last evening
for Pine Bluff with fair trip.
The Glencoe, from st. Louis for New
Orleans, is filling out here with 400
bales of cotton, and will get away this
evening. Owen Gates, one of the most
popular clerks on the river, is her chief
purser.
The City of Vicksburg put off here
$50 tons of freight, and left fer vicks-
burg with $50 tons of miscellaneous
freight.
Cotton shipments south continue &C.
tive.
A barge which will be towed to New
Orleans by the Future City is being
loaded at the elevator with 1900 bales of
cotton and a large lot of oil cake.
The fine steamer Kittie Hegler, Capt. |
J. d. Hegler, is receiving at the wharf
for Cairo, Evansville and Cincinnati,
and leaves this evening at five o'clock. i
Captain S. B. Miller will make engage
ments for her.
The superb passenger steamer Mary
Boyd, Captain Rube Haines in com
mand, is receiving for Arkansas river
and all points through to Little Rock,
md leaves tomorrow evening. She is
he regular United States mail packet.
Iohn 0'Neil is her purser.
The Pat Cleburne is the Saturday
]hicot City and bends packet. She will
e in port this evening to receive and
cave tomorrow evening with & return
rip.
The splendid side-wheel passenger
teamer Ben Franklin, Captain VIM.
Filler in command, leaves tomorrow
vening at 5 pm for Cincinnati and way
oints on the Ohio.
The Clarksville is due to-day from Lit
e Rock with q large list Of cotton.
Commodore Ed Cobb, the great rail-
Dad agent and agent Of The Memphis