Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-21
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port, Whlch IS more than enough LOT tue
light draft boats and lighter business that
is being done there now. The usual
rain fell last night, and to-day the sun is
redhot, the mercury indicating eighty.
two degrees in the shade at eight am.
BUSINESS.
The White and Allin got out last night
with wet weather trips, and the Colorado
left for St. Louis with a good passenger
trip. The Grand Tower came down
during the night, and is discharging 500
tons at the elevator.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
| That large and unsurpassed passenger
packet Robert Z. Lee, Captain j. W.
Cannon, leaves at am. tomorrow for
Louisville, Cairo and bend landings,
and takes passengers to st. Louis. The
reputation of the Lee as frstclass
packet in every respect cannot be ques-
toned, while her officers are gentlemen
with whom it is pleasure to travel
Mr.. j. II. Mossop has charge of the
Office
The regular and reliable Julia, Captain
Blake, leaves at o'clock this evening
for the port of Vicksburg and planta-
ton landings on the Lower Mississippi.
Mr.. John Blake is the chief clerk of
William Blakes boat.
The Mary Houston will be down to-
morrow evening on her way to New Or
leans.
The Utah is now at the wharf boat,
and will positively depart at 5 o'clock
Monday for Pine Bluff, Little Rock, and
all points on the Arkansas. Captain
Beasley commands, and Mr.. S. NJ.
Choate is chief purser
The City of Augusta, in command of
Captain ]. D. Elliott, leaves at five
o'clock this afternoon for all points on
White river. Joseph Elliott, William
Butler and Dan Sullivan are her secre-
taries.
The Nashville. Captain A. j. Ross,
leaves as above this evening at five
o'clock for Cincinnati and all points on
the Ohio river. T. J. Ross is chief clerk.
The Nashville is the only boat leaving
to-day that goes through. Shippers
should therefore take advantage of the
opportunity to get their goods through.
The elegant and new Anchor line pas
senger steamer Grand Tower, Captain
Lennox master, is billed to leave at five
o'clock this evening for Cairo, st. Louis
and the bends. She has recently been
repaired and fixed up, thereby affording
passengers and shippers every accom-
mediation. Mr.. White has charge of the
office.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dick Elliston, mate of the Ella
Hughes, was quite sick with cholera day
before yesterday.
The boats leaving st. Louis to-day for
the South are the City of Helena for
Vicksburg, Kellogg and barges, and
Pauline Carroll for New Orleans, Fort
Gibson for Little Rock, and George C. |
Wolff for Red river.
A letter from New Orleans says Capt. |
VIM. Hambleton has received the con-
tract from the government for raising
and recovering the ordinances with
which the Forsyth was loaded when she
sunk. He has chartered steamer and
four schooners in New Orleans, with
which he will perform the job. The fur
niture, ETC., recovered from the wreck of
the Forsyth and taken to New Orleans
realized some $3.50.
Will F. Power resigned his position as
purser of the City of Helena on account
of i'll health. He goes to Marylands
eastern shore to recuperate.
The Belle of Shreveport passed down
soon after daylight this morning with
700 tons.
The steamer Fontenelle, which had her
,abin burned of at New Orleans Wednes-
lay night, is owned by Captain John
shaw, at present in St. Charles, Mo.
lie had fire risk on her for $4,000 in
ineinnati and Wheeling offices. She
vas lying at Algiers between the steam
RS City Of Cairo and Governor Allen,
nd it is supposed she was pulled out in Z
he stream by tug when the fire was
xtinguished before it could spread to
be other boats in the vicinity.
GOshorn, the negro who cut Captain
lob Wise's ear on Tuesday, at Cinein- =
ati, will 60 to the penitentiary.
Captain Dan Moore has returned from
'ittsburg. and will start the Arlington to S
iemphis from Cincinnati tonight. '
Andy Wilson is ceming down as o
reight clerk on the Probasco. =
The city on stills named after a
Celebrated Egyptian capital, is about to n
e depopulaied. The Inhabitants are all
ioving 10 Denver and Pixies Peak q
The father Of Captain John 5. Lehmer,