Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-01

left 100 tons, Of which amount she 20
$50 tons at Cairo, but took nothing be
low there. She had also $50 head o
stock, and her boiler deck, as well as thu
forecastle, was piled full Of freight. Th'
II. C. Yaeger and City Of Alton, passsC
up this morning without doing anything
here. The towboat j. II. Bigley passed
up at noon.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR NAPoLEox-The regular semi
weekly coast packet A. j. White, with
Captain Mark Cheek in command
leaves this afternoon at 5 o'clock for
Napoleon and all way landings. Messrs.
Postal Sharpe and Smither are clerks.
For CNcINNATI-The regular Ohio
river packet Potomac, in command of
Captain Bachelor, leaves this evening
at O. clock for Cincinnati and all points
on the Ohio river. Captain Frank Stein
is her prime minister.
For WHITE RIvER-The light draught
passenger steamer City of Augusta, with
Captain Milt Harry on the roof. leaves
this afternoon at o'clock for Devalr s
Bluff, Jacksonport, and all points on
White river. Mr.. Walker Outlaw is
chief clerk.
FoR EvASsvILLE-The feet passenger
steamer Idlewild, Captain W. A. Loveth
in command, and E. r. Thomas, clerk,
will be down this morning. and departs
this evening at o'clock for Cairo and
Evansville.
For ARKANSAS RIyER-The Anna,
Captain Reese Pritchard, departs at .
O. clock this afternoon for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and all points on the Ar
kansas river. B. P. Field is her purSer,
and is assisted by Andy Granger, also a
very popular and efficient gentleman.
For ST. LoUIs-The City of Vicks-
burg, Captain A. ]. Carter, departs at
o'clock this evening for Vicksburg and
the bends. Carrot Hulls is clerk. The
City of Vicksburg is one of the best boats
in the line and possesses speed as well
as genial and companionable officers.
For CA1Ro-The great race horse, the
Robert E. Lee, the champion of West
ern waters, will be up tonight and leaves
at 8 am tomorrow for fast run to
Cairo.
The Maude gets 300 bales of cotton at
Carson's and 800 at the mouth of White
river.
The James Howard is loading at
Cairo, having reshipped her St. Louis
freight there.
The John A. Wood and tow passed up
last night.
The Potomac has 500 bales cotton en-
gagged to go to-day.
The Coal City left Louisville yester-
day with a feet of coal for this city.
The combination consolidation packet
lines from St. Louis to the upper Missis-
sippi have elected Captain John S. Nc
Cune, of the St. Louis and Keokuk
Packet Company, President, and WINS
f. Davidson Superintendent, The boats
are to run daily between St. Joseph and
St. Paul, and in direct competition with |
the railroads.
On Sunday last the Exchange, while
passing the Nashville bridge, struck the
middle pier, tearing off her starboard
guard.
Cincinnati rates on freight to New
Orleans have been advanced to fifty
cents on bacon, and other freight ac-
cordingly.
The Glasgow was valued at about
SO, 900, and is fully insured in st. Louis
offices. No insurance on the boat, but
her freight list is insured for $4,000. The
steamer is owned by William Lamothe,
her commander.
The United States dredge boat 0cta-
via is removing distractions in the Qua
chita river.
The Wabash last week was at higher
stage than for two years past.
Two strapping plantation darkies de-
a stateroom and "equalrights
in the cabin Of the steamer DardaneHe,
lying at Little Rock, last evening, and
aid so, it is thought, at the instigation Of
some of the bronzed members of the
Arkansas Legislature. They fatty re-
used a room in the texas, but wanted
III the cabin privileges enjoyed by the
white race. The recent civil rights bill
passed by the Arkansas Legislature
lives the negro all such privileges, not
that all steamers plying in
he navigable waters Of the United
states Of America are governed by the
marine law alone, but rather than ]
o have trouble and have some
me Of its boats officers confined
n jail from three months to one
ear and be fined from $50 to $1,000, or
uffer both, as the court may see it, as :
5 the penalty imposed for refusing the
aid equal rights" the Memphis and :
River Packet Company have
their boats not % carry cabin =
.assengers, under any circumstances.
rom any point in Arkansas. Other
oats will be compelled to DO the same I
hing, and when those members Of the
igh-toned Arkansas Legislature that
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