Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-13

Orleans aud way landings. Her repn
tation has long been established fol
punetuality, reliability. safety and com
fort, and her officers, the same old vet
Grams, Captain Lew Hates aud Eugen,
Bowers in the Office, are too well known
10 need any recommendation.
FoR VIcEsBURo.-The City Of Vieks-
burg is to-morrow's boat in the Anchor
Line. She will back out for Vicksburg
and intermediate points at six o'clock
pm. Captain Robert X. Riley com
mands, with Mr.. o. Hewitt in the Office.
FoR 81. LoUIs.-The City Of Chester,
Captain Zeigler, will be here to leave at
five IN. tomorrow for Cairo, st. Louis
and all way landings.
FoE CINCINNATI. - The Nashville,
Captain Ross, will be down tomorrow,
and returns on Friday for Cincinnati.
IIFoR CNcIENATI.-The good steamer
Right Way, Captain Wilkinson, will be
found at the landing today, ready to
leave at 8 pm. for Cairo. Evansville,
Louisville ard Cincinnati. Get your
freight or baggage down promptly at
that hour.
FoR NEw 0RLEAYs.-lt is our pleasant
duty TO announce 10 the travelling public
that Captain Abe Hutchinson's floating
palace, the John Kyle. is now at the
landing receiving freight for Greenville,
Vicksburg. Natchez and New Orleans,
and will depart at o'clock this after
noon fer those and intermediate points.
Abe Hutchinson is the Kyle's master,
and more gallant one never smashed a
punch or punched a smash, and made
you feel as comfortable as himself while
he was at it. Mr.. William H. Brown is
the able, attentive cashier, and our petite
friend Permission the boats secretary.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Nashville wss at Cairo this NOR
ming.
The new boat, Bastrop, commences
loading at Louisville to day for New Or
leans and Red river.
Colonel VIM. Merrill, the Ohio river
improvement engineer, was yesterday
presented list Of twelve bids for the
construction of steamboat lock in the
Monongahela river. The lowest bid was
that of Smith, Hawkins & Davis, which
was $4,000. The highest bid was $780,
400. No awards have been made.
The Sea Gull, on her way up from
Evansville, last Sunday morning at eight
o o'clock, struck stump, one mile above
Knob creek, and sunk to her boiler deck;
and at three pm. she was got ahoat and
went ON her way rejoicing. This is GER
tainly the quickest job of the kind we
have ever heard of.
One of the worst bars that boats have
to pass is now opposite Greenfield, few
miles above Cairo, over which there is
only six feet scant.
Freights from st. Louis to Keokuk
are increasing rapidly, and the packets
are carrying all their capacity, time and
water will allow. This is one Of the
effects of the Illinois railroad law-good |
enough for river men.
Charles Quesnel, of the City of Ches-
ter, is happy in the possession of horn
ed frog, which he declares feeds only on
air and other like delicate food. Mr..
Quesnel keeps his Texas pet ON the boat,
and has made arrangements with Capt.
Rob Biley, of the City of Vicksburg to
borrow his new bell-clapper to run
trip" and viii use it as "persuader
to learn his horned varment few tricks.
Referring to the Shannon, Walt,
at Cairo, says: "She added $50 tons
here, which helped out some. Her
principal ornamental feature this trip is
o four cornered spar which she succeed
ed in securing at considerable cost at
Scuffletown. Very few packets can af-
ford square timber arrangements of that
kind"
Says yesterdays Courier-Journal: I'm
The year 1869 the steamer F. X. Aubrey
sunk short distance from Wyandotte
With about 300 barrels of whisky on
BOARD, intended for government stores,
md although every effort to secure the
was made, it proved q failure,
md was finally abandoned. Nothing
more was thought of it till about four
Tears ago, when another trial was made,
tut with no success. Yesterday while
ONE parties were rowing over near the
stands opposite Wyandotte, they dis
covered the remains of the steamer, and
gill at once proceed to bore and make
N attempt to secure the cargo. Of
curse the exact place is and remains a
ecret."
PERSONALS.
On Saturday last George NJ. Lewis,
ngineer of the John Kyle, received his :
renewal license.........C Captain Q