Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-02

The Carrie Kountz for St. Louis has
1000 sacks salt, 100 casks pitch, so bar
rels grease and 100 tons Of sundries.
The Belle Of Texas, Captain John
WOODBURY., is the regular Tuesday packet
for Pine Bluff and all points on Arkan-
sas river, leaving this evening. W. I.
Butler and Billy Willis, two clever gen
tlemen, have charge of the office.
The Capitol City, Captain O'Neil, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving the
wharf tomorrow at 10 a. M, for Cairo
and St. Louis, connecting with the
Northern Line packets fer St. Paul and
points East. Jimmie Thompson, a ge-
NAL and clever gentleman presides in
the office.
The St. Francis, Captain Basket, leaves
this evening for Helena, the bends, Ma
rianna and Wittsburg, attending to all
way business. D. P. Davis and Jim
Franklin, two courteous and attentive
officer, preside at the desk.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Geo. Ma
lone, leaves this evening for Napoleon
and the bends, carrying the United States
mail Lee Cummins and Charlie Sharpe,
two courteous and attentive gentlemen,
have charge of the office.
The John A. Scudder is due up TO-
night, bound for st. Louis. She has on
board $500 boxes Of raw sugar and lot
of other freight.
The Henry Ames, which PASSED up
Sunday night, paid thirty-two dollars
wharfage here for the privilege of put
ting off thirty dollars worth of freight.
Billy McIEtyre, of the Parker, finished
up his business and left for Cincinnati
by rail.
The Trenton has been sold for the
0pelousas trade; price, 5000.
The Glencoe leaves St. Louis this
evening for New Orleans.
The Richmond will be sold at St Louis
on Friday next by the United States
Marshal.
The Clara, sunk in Tombigbee river,
will prove total loss.
Low water, low rates on freights and
high wharfage tax causes steamboatmen
to complain bitterly of the times.
Captain James Reese, ST., has letters
patent for an improved steam capstan.
The Knights Templar of Memphis
will charter one or two steamers to trans
port them to New Orleans this fall to
attend the conclave.
The Lawrence takes the place Of the
Pat Rogers in the Cincinnati trade dur
ing low water.
The bill for the improvement Of the
mouth of the Mississippi comes up be-
fore the House to-day
The Ben Franklin will be repaired at
Madison and placed in the Louisville
and Cincinnati trade.
Captain William Thorweigan says the
wharfboat is an accommodation to
steamboatmen, and saves boats landing
here much expense.
Mr.. Glenn, of the firm of Glenn &
Vinson, returned last evening from New
Orleans.
The City of Vicksburg passed up last
night for St. Louis. She came from
vieksburg to Memphis in thirty hours
and did big way business.
The Robert Mitchell passed down this
morning for New Orleans well laden.
She added here few lots of freight and
some people.
A resident of Council Bend informed
us that there are no snags in the new
Phil Allin cutoff and that there was
thirty feet of water through the cutoff
] and at the mouth.
The Great Republic did not get away
until three O'Clock this morning. She
transferred her freight from the barge
and left it here. About midnight the
negro rousters got into row among
themselves, which resulted in several
getting badly bruised, and one civil
rights fellow was cut severely with a
knife.
STEAMBOATS,