Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-08

The Andy Baum, Captain vintop.
leaves this evening for Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, attending to all way
business, Mr.. Thompson, a clever gen.
tleman, presides at the desk.
The City Of Augusta, Captain Joseph
Elliott in command, is in port receiving
for White river, and leaves promptly
tomorrow evening with a return trip for
all points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers. Charley Smither is her al
t%entive purser.
The City of Chester, Captain zeigler,
came in this morning from St. Louis with
a full cargo of grain and prodsce, and
leaves the elevator this evening with a
return trip for Cairo and St. Louis, car.
rying the mail and attending to all way
business, and connects with the princi-
pal railroads for all pointsEast andWest.
Billy Blenker does the honors of the
office.
The Future City and barges passed up
last evening for st. Louis.
The Joha Kyle is due up tomorrow,
bound for st. Louis, with 200 ~hogsheads
of sugar and 400 tons of other freight.
The Illinois, Captain Mark Cheek,
came in this morning from Vicksburg
with % bales of cotton, a lot of seed
and sundries and a good list OF passer-
gers. She was well received at Vicks-
burg and in the bends, and did a
heavy way business both ways. The
Illinois is receiving for a return trip to
Vicksburg and the bends, and leaves to-
morrow evening, paying strict attention
to all way business. Joe Spears, an eff
Gent officer, has charge Of the Office, and
is seconded by Jim Franklin.
The Capitol City, Captain O'Neal in
command, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator this evening for
Vlcksburg n the bends, carrying the
mail and attending to all way business.
Il. DERRICK, a courteous gentleman, pre-
sides in the office.
The Mary Boyd, Captain VIM. Elliott
in command, will arrive in port this
evening from Arkansas river, and leave
tomorrow evening with a return trip for
Little Rock and all way landings on Ar
kansas river. Dan Sullivan, an efficient
officer and clever gentleman, has charge
of the office.
An old gentleman named David Sum.
merS, a steamboat engineer, aged sixty
one years, residing on Beaver avenue,
Allegheny City, fell down stairs Satur-
day night and broke his neck.
The Kittie Hegler, Captain Hegler,
will leave the wharf this v ening for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. She
will go through with dispatch. Mr.. Nc
Intyre, an affable gentleman, controls the
affairs of the office.
The James D. Parker, Captain Bob
Wise, will arrive to-day from Cincinnati
with a full cargo of Western produce,
and leave on Saturday with a return trip
for the Ohio river.
The Indiana will be down on Saturday
for New Orleans.
The Mary Ament, Captain 0. X. Jop-
lin, anne in last evening from the up
per coast with l6 bales of cotton and a
let Of seed. She leaves tomorrow even
ing with a return trip for Osceola and
the bends, paying strict attention to all
way business. Joe W. Rhodes is her
prime minister.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in !
command, will arrive in port this even
ing from White river, and leave on Sat
urday with areturn trip. Freight will be
received for her at all times at the wharf
boat. She is the regular Saturday mail
packet, and goes through to head waters.
Captain Mason, the Republican nomi-
nee for wharfmaster, at St. Louis, was
defeated. The Captain himself is a
clever gentleman, but the Republican
party was to heavy a load for him to
carry, and in consequence he stuck on a
mud bar where he will be damned for
ever.
The OsceSls, Captain Thomas Bow
man, leaves this evening for Wittsburg
and all way points on St. Francis river.
She also attends to all way business in
Council and Walnut bends. A. Hay
cock is her clever and accommodating
clerk and is seconded by Billy Dean.
The hull of the Belle Lee is to be
launched as per contract on the lst OF
August, and will be towed to St. Louis
to receive the cabin and outfit. The
new boat will be the same length as the
James Howard, six or eight inches
wider, and some inches deeper. She will
be 1872 feet in length, So wide, and have
a lO4 foot hold; cylinders 35 inches
diameter, 8 feet stroke. Her steel
boilers will be 80 feet long, 40 inches
diameter, and 5-aued. Hor capacity is
estimated at $500 tons, or $4,000 bales
of cotton.