Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-13

Inc Oharies Bodmann, Tor New Or-
leans, passed Evansville yesterday noon.
The City of Quincy, for st. Louis,
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The Parker cleared for Cincinnati last
evening with so cabin passengers and
300 beer kegs, IA bales of cotton and 40
tons Of scrap iron and rags. She adds
at the mouth of Obion river 10000 feet
of lumber for Cincinnati.
The James Howard passed down last
night for New Orleans. She added here
so barrels oil and 800 sacks of oil cake.
When she left she was drawing over
eight feet.
The Future City and barges passed
down last night for New Orleans.
The ]. W. Mills and barges at Plum
Point are way out Of the channel.
The Fort Gibson left Pine Bluff yes
terday for Memphis, and will leave here
on Thursday next with return trip for
Arkansas river.
Captain George w. Cheek has ten
dered the steamer George W. Cheek to
the Press Convention, which arrived
this morning from Brownsville, to take
a view of the city from the river.
Marsh Miller reports the bends below
here full of snags.
The Mary Boyd, Captain Reub
Haines, leaves this evening for Pine
Bluff and all way points on Arkansas
river, carrying the United States mail
The Boyd has good passenger accommo-
dations, and goes through with dispatch.
Messrs. Gus 0'Neal and Billy Nucles,
two courteous and attentive gentlemen,
have charge of the Office.
The St. Louis and New Orleans
Packet Company have elected for the
ensuing year John W. Carroll, President
and General Superintendent; John G..
Prather, Vice President; Thos Laville,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
came in this morning with good cargo
of grain and produce. She leaves the
elevator this evening for Cairo and St.
Louis, connecting at St. Louis with the
railroads and Northern Line packets for
st. Paul and all points East. Billy Dill,
the great and good passenger agent OF
the line, will see that the guests are com
fortably slowed away.
Harry McNeely leaves to-day with his
wrecker and crane boat to work on the
wreck of the Crescent City.
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Desou-
Chef, will pass up this evening for Cairo
and Louisville. She has l25 passengers
for the Ohio river, and 400 tons of freight.
The Arlington will arrive tomorrow
from Cincinnati, and leave on Tuesday
with return trip for Cincinnati.
The Frank Forest, Captain 0. K. Jop.
lin, will have her repairs completed in
time to leave on Monday evening for
Osceola and the upper coast.
The Towboat Association at New Or
leans has dissolved, and the several COM
panies do towing Independently of each
other as regards the rates.
John S. Sullivan, formerly purser of
the Belle Lee, has gone into the saddle
tree business at Jefferson City, Mo.
The superb passenger steamer Quick
step, in command of Captain Milt
Harry, leaves this evening for all points
on White, Black and Little Red rivers,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business, connecting at the mouth
of the river with the Belle Yazoo for
Vicksburg and New Orleans, and at
DevalTs Bluff with the Little Rock rail-
road for Little Rock and Hot Springs,
Messrs. Ed Postal and John Chamberlin
are her gentlemanly clerks.
The Julia, Captain VIM. Blake, is the
Anchor Line packet for Vicksburg and
the bends, leaving this evening. She
carries the mail and will attend to all
way business. John Blake presides in
the office.
The GAINESVILLE has been dropped
down below the elevator where she will
lay until the Beriman case is decided.
The City Council, at their meeting yes
terday, granted permission to Glenn d
Vinson to moor their wharfboat at the
foot of Jefferson street. The fines i'm
posed for failing to remove the boat we're
RENTED by the Council.
Charles. Smither went out on the Phil
Allin last evening as second clerk.
The Capitol City and Mary Alice will
pass up tomorrow for St. Louis.
The local packets out last night had
fair trips.
The Cincinnati and Louisville mer-
chants and steamboatmen had grand
Notification at Louisville on Thursday
last celebrating the action OF the gov
eminent in assuming charge Of the canal
and the reduction of tolls.