Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

lower coast had fair trips. =
The city government Of Memphis
votes thousands of dollars for railroads
and fat Jobs, but not cent for the stary-
| ing people in the overlooked districts.
Major John D. Adams arrived yester-
day from Little Rock.
Alderman A. J. White can easily find
out that there is distress in the over.
flowed country if he would board any
steamer coming up the river and hear
the steamboatmen recite the appeals
made to them for bread and meat by the
starving people along the river.
The James Howard, Captain Pegram,
will pass down this evening for New Or
| leans.
Captain Nat Green returned to the
city yesterday on the Capitol City.
The Belle Memphis for this port left
St. Louis last evening.
The GAINESVILLE from Memphis arrived
at Little Rock yesterday.
The Andy Baum for Memphis passed
Louisville yesterday.
The Minneola for Memphis and
Thompson Dean for New Orleans passed
Evansville yesterday morning.
The Mollie Moore will be down this
afternoon for New Orleans.
The Oakland and barges, Bee and
barges and Susie Silver arrived at New
Orleans yesterday.
The City of Vicksburg and City of
Quincy for St. Louis and John Kilgour
for Cincinnati passed Vicksburg yester-
day.
The Marry Boyd arrived yesterday
from Little Rock with q bales of cotton
and 100 sacks oil cake meal and large
list of passengers. She leaves on Tues
day with return trip for Arkansas
river.
II. L. Chase, Esq, one Of Uncle Sans
mail agents, leaves today for Little
Rock.
The Capitol City passed down last
evening for Vicksburg. She put off here
1864 sacks corn and los barrels meal.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
came in last night from St. Louis with
400 tons OF freight, including 1862 bar
rels meal and -four, l34 barrels pork,
1926 sacks grain and 50 casks meat.
She is the regular Saturday Anchor Line
packet, leaving the elevator this evening
for Cairo and St. Louis, attending to all
way business Billy Dill will see that
every person is comfortably slowed
away that wishes safe journey up the
river.
Boston gave $4,000 for the relief OF
the sufferers by the overflow, but the
city government of Memphis gives nary
a cent.
The Smoky City made the run from
here to Cairo in twenty hours.
St. Louis is contributing quite freely
to the sufferers by the overflow.
The Fort Gibson, Captain Ed Now
land, leaves this evening for Arkansas
river and all points through to Little
Rock, connecting with the Halle for
Fort Smith. Captain John Hardin, who
is we'll and favorably known on Arkan-
sas river, is her chief purser. She will
transport all supplies for the sufferers
free of charge.
The Arlington, Captain Dan Moore,
leaves this evening for Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all points East at exceed
ingly low rates. Messrs. Mcconnell and
Greenough are her gentlemanly clerks.
The splendid steamer Quickstep,
Captain VIM. Ashford, leaves this even
ing for all points on White, Black and
Little Red rivers, carrying the United
States mail. She also connects at the
mouth of White river with the Belle
Yazoo for Vicksburg and New Orleans,
and at Devall's Bluff on Monday with
the Little Rock road for Little Rock and
Hot Springs. She has superb passenger
accommodations Captain Milt Harry
and W. T. Butler, two courteous gentle
men, have charge of the office. The
Quickstep will also carry all supplies for
the sufferers by the overflow free OF
charge.
The commodious passenger steamer
Thompson Dean, Captain James Pep
per, will leave the wharf tomorrow at
ten a m. for New Orleans and the bends.
Messrs. Miller and Walker have charge
of the Office. Captain Washington will
make engagements for her. She has on
board 10 tons OF supplies for the sufferers
in Louisiana, which was subscribed by
the kind.hearted citizens of Cincinnati
and Louisville Captain Pepper has
offered to carry all supplies for the dis
tressed free Of charge.
The Yazoo and Tallahatchie rivers at
| C~aanwood were higher This season than