Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-03

and Little Red rivers. Dan Sullivan ia
her purser.
The Colorado left Vicksburg yesterday
for st. Louis.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis, and
the Robert Mitchell, for New Orleans.
passed Louisville yesterday.
The Mary Miller left Cincinnati last
evening for New Orleans
The John A. Scudder, for New Or
leans, and the Utah, for Vicksburg. left
st. Louis Yesterday.
The A. j. White returned to Napoleon
last night with a splendid trip Of freight
aud people.
The 0sceola cleared for st. Francis
river With a fair trip.
The Glencoe passed up last evening
for St. Louis with 400 tons of freight.
She put of here l25 barrels molasses,
20 hhds sugar, 200 barrels cement, l54
sacks seed and five bales of cotton.
The ALT Stevens left last night for Dy-
ersburg.
The Susie Silver will be due from New
Orleans tomorrow night.
The Cons Millar, Captain James Pep
per, is receiving at the foot of Monroe
street for Cairo, Louisville and Cinciu-
natl and leaves tomorrow evening. Mr..
Wilson presides at the desk.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green in command, is the regular Fri
day packet for Helena and the bends.
leaving this evening and promptly at
tending to all way business in Council
and Walnut bends. Messrs. ID. P. Davis
and Billy Willis have charge Of the
Office.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee, is
the regular mail packet leaving this
evening for Friar's Point and the bends,
attending to all way business. Jimmy
Thompson o~ficiates in the Office.
Captains Thos. Reese and J. ]. Oar
ragh have purchased Capt. John Wood-
burns interest in the Belle of Texas and
the new Arkansas river packet Rosa
Miller. Captain Eph Banks will have
command Of the Rosa Miller, and Thos.
Darragh will continue in charge Of the
Office. Captain ]. j. Darragh will com.
mand the Belle Of Texas in the Arkan.
sas river trade, with Billy Nucles in
charge of the Office and Banksmith
second clerk.
The Ruth, Ed Postal master, is the
regular Saturday White river mail
packet. She will be found in port this
evening ready to receive, and leaves to-
morrow evening for all points on White,
Black and Little Red rivers. Ed Croweli
aids Captain Postal in the Office.
The Belle of Texas, Captain O. K.
Joplin, brought in this morning from
the upper coast 223 bales and liz bags of
cotton, 1874 sacks of seed aud a lot Of
sundries, She had also a big list of
people. The Belle leaves again this
evening for Ashport and all way land
ings on the upper coast, paying strict
attention to all way business. Joe W.
Rhodes courteously controls the affairs
Of the Office, and is ably assisted BY
Messrs. Jim Franklin and Pat Rhodes.
The City Of Quincy will be down to-
day for New Orleans. Captain Glenn,
Of Glenn's whsrfboat, has engaged 500
bales of cotton for her.
The John F. Tolle will take on the
remainder of 1900 bales of cotton to-day
and clear for New Orleans.
The Grand Lake and barges got away
10 day for New Orleans.
The fog detained all Che packets this
morning.
The Belle st. Louis, Captain Jud
Cartwright, is the Anchor Liue packet
leaving the elevator this evening for
Vicksburg and the bends. She carries
the mail and makes all way landings.
The Joe Kinney, Captain Porter, will
pass up to-day for st. Louis.
The Fannie Tatum, Belle Of Shreve-
port and May Lowrie are due tomorrow
from st. Louis.
The Quickstep, Captain Stack Lee,
will resume her regular trips in the
mouth of White river trade tomorrow.
The mud and slush on the levee makes
it very disagreeable for pedestrians.
The Fannie Tatum is the Anchor Line
packet leaving tomorrow in place of the
Grand Tower.
The Peoria packet Mary Boyd collided
with the bridge at Griggsville. She lost
her ehimneys overheard. aud sustained
damages amounting to $4,000.
Captain Stephen Hancock, a promi-
nent merchant on Front street before the
war and after the u~Dplsasantness chief
clerk Of the Memphis and New Orleans
packet Southern, died at St. Louis yes
terday morning after a short illness. The
deceased was we'll and favorably known
in mercantile and river circles, and he
leaves behind him a large circle OF
friends to mourn his loss. He married
a few years since Miss Shock, an inter
estiUg aud Christian lady, and daughter
Of Captain Sam Shock, and who some
eighteen months since moved to st.
Louis, at which point he has been en-
gagged in the cotton brokerage business.
The bereaved widow and her family have
our deep sympsthies.
The paved levee at the foot Of Jeffer-
son street is rapidly caving into the
river. The stone which cost the city so
much money ought to be saved for fu-
ture use. Where, VI where, is the Land
ing Committee.
The City of Chester, Zeigler master,
will arrive today from St. Louis with a
full cargo of grain and produce, and
leave this evening on a return trip for
Cairo and St. Louis. Billy Blenker is
her prime minister.
Captain Joplin's new upper coast
packet, the 0sceola Belle, will be COM
pleted to-day, and makes a trial trip at
Jacksonville tomorrow and then leave
for Memphis to take her place in the
0sceola trade on Tuesday next. She ia
said to be a handsome craft and apaoket
that the Osceola folks and people along
the upper coast will have q right to feel
justly proud Of.
The LEDGER job printing office, l3l
Madison street, pays especial attention
to printing Steamboat posters, bills Of
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