Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-08

The Bee and barges left New Orlean
last evening for st. Louis.
Yesterday was the warmest day of tn
sea son in New Orleans.
The John A. Scudder and CITY O
Vickshurg, for st. Louis, passed Vicks
burg yefterday.
The Indiana arrived from the Obi
river last evening with 1900 tons o
freight for New Orleans. She put OF
here a few lots of freight and added 2OI
barrels of -four and some sundrieB. Sh,
also unloaded her barge and left it her,
until she returns.
John Langlois, q well known rive
clerk, and late Of the steamer Illinois, il
now an alderman OF Cape Girardeau
Missouri.
The George W. Cheek backed out last
night for the lower coast with a good
trip Q" freight and people.
The st. Genevieve passed up thiG
morning for st. Louis with a moderate
trip.
The Natchez resumes her regular trips
in the Vicksburg trade next Saturday.
The Phil Allin, in command of the
veteran boatman Captain James Lee,
ST., brought in a good trip from the
lower coast, including 4 bales new cotton
and So sacks seed. She leaves this evening
with a return trip for Friar's Point and
the bends, carrying the mail and attend.
ing to all way business. Jimmy Thomp.
son controls the affairs of the Office. and
IS ably assisted by Messrs. Burke and
Murray.
The A. J. White, Capt. Geo. Malone,
will arrive tonight from Vicksburg with
a good trip. She re-enters the Napoleon
trade on Saturday next.
The elegant steamer Illinois, Captain
Mark Cheek in command, was brought
to the landing this morning to receive
for Vicksburg and the bends, and leaves
on Friday evening, paying strict atten-
tion to all way business. During her re-
tirement she has been renovated, re-
painted and pat in irst-class order.
The City Of Chester, Captain ZeiCler.
is the Thursday Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator tomorrow evening
TOR Cairo and st. Louis, connecting with
the principal railroads for all points
East and West. Billy Blenker is her
purser.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry, will be
found In port tomorrow receiving for all
points on White, Black and Little Red
rivers, and leaves promptly on Saturday
at 3 o'clock. Freight will be received for
her at all times on Glenn's w~harfboat.
The City of Helena, Captain Mckee,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
elevator tomorrow evening for Vicks.
burg and the bends, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business. Geo,
Walton is her attentive clerk.
The City of Augusta, Captain VIM
Elliott, is receiving for White river. and
leaves on Tuesday next.
The new steamer Mary Belle leaves
Memphis October the 9th for New Or.
leans and the bends.
The Osceola is being repaired and
locked at st. Louis, and will come out
a new boat. She will be here in time 70
resume her regular trips in the st. Fran.
els river trade by the first of October.
The Frank Forest will arrive this af.
t%ernoon from the upper coast with q lot
OF cotton and seed and leave on Friday
with a return trip for the upper coast.
Captain Porter, of Helena, is now
building a new boat on the Ohio river
tor the Memphis and St. Francis river
trade. The new steamer will be finished
IN a few days, and is named the St.
Francis Belle.
oteamboatmen anticipate brisk BUSH
ness in river circles this season, and are
making arrangements accordingly.
The dam at Cumberland Island, in the
lower Ohio, has given away and the bar
forms a big obstruction to navigation
AT last accounts there we're only Al feet
water on the bar.
The towboat James Reese sunk at
Grand Tower Monday night.
The Era No. 3 will arrive here ON Sat.
urday next, ard open the season in St.
Francis river on Tuesday next.
The d. g. Yaeger and Shannon are
due down for New Orleans.
1t is asked, as the little steamer Rosa
Miller is named in honor of a Little
Rock lady, Why she keeps on her pan
Ter Rosa Miller, OF Pittsburg,n An
swer: Because she is registered at
Pittsburg under the marine law and Gen
eral Grant is godfather"
The mail service on steamers plyino
between Louisville and Cincinnati will
be discontinued on the 18th ins..
Captain James E. Phelps is in Cinc;n-
natl in search of a suitable steamer for
the Red river trade.
The John B. Maude, Captain Jud
West, with Captain Ed Outlaw in the
ONCE, will pass up this afternoon for St.
The towboat Lookout left this morn
ing for the Ohio river with a tow of
empty salt barges.
Captain 7. P. Leathers, Captain ]. W.
Iobin and Captain John W. Cannon
have been awarded the tri-weeklv mail
contract between Vicksburg and New
Orleans al $35, 900 per annum.
Captain Ben Merilies has retired from
the command Of the General Lyle on
a~0eOuue Vi llfhealtn. we hope he will
soon recover.
The wharfboats at Evansville and
Shawneetown are full of Southern
trelghts. There are 5000 sacks of corr at
the latter place awaiting shipment to
New Orleans,
There is q great deal of sickness at
CAIRO, principally malarial fever.
The whole course of the river above
Cumberland Island is changed 20 that it
comes straight down wei the dam with
such tremendous force that a boat can
hardly get herself out of the current to
make the run down behind the island.
The new Yasoo river packet SunAower
Belle leaves Louisville on Saturday
next.