Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

Captain Lightburne will make engage
ments for her.
The Phil Allin, Captain Stack Lee in
command, is the regular Friar's Point
and bends packet leaving this evening,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Jimmy Thompson and
Billy Willis are her gentlemanly clerks.
The Frank Forrest, Captain 0. X.
Joplin in command, leaves this evening
for Ashport and all way landings on the
upper coast, attending to all way bust
ness. VIM. Joplin, an afable gentle
man, holds forth in the office.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
came in last evening from St. Louis with
a full cargo Of grain and other produce
and leaves this evening with a return
trip for Cairo and St. Louis, connecting
with the principal railroads for all points
East and West. Mr.. Hewitt, a clever
gentleman, presides at the desk.
The Julia, Captain VIM Blake, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving the elevator
this evening for Vicksburg and the bends,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Mr.. Gobel is her accom-
modating clerk.
The OsOeola, Captain A. Haycock, is
receiving at the foot of Monroe street
for all points on St. Francis river
through to Wittsburg, and leaves on
Thursday.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green, is the regular Tuesday packet
for Napoleon and the bends. She will
be in port today ready to receive, and
leaves promptly tomorrow evening.
The Quickstep takes the place of the
Phil Allin ia a few days in the Friar's
Point trade, and the Hopping Phil will
be reprinted and put in complete rum
ming order for the fall season.
The Parker for Memphis, and Indiana
for New Orleans, passed Louisville yes.
terday.
Ed CrOwell, the efficient and worthy
clerk, late of the Quickstep, returned
Saturday evening from Mammoth Cave.
The trip recruited Ed, and he is now
ready to put on the harness again when
the Ruth arrives and leaves for White
river.
The continued rains and high water
have to a great extent damaged the crops
in the low lands.
The b. S. Turner will be locked at
Cincinnati this week.
Captain Charley Schultz has quite the
river and gone into the stove and tin
ware business at Louisville.
The Bee and barges passed up last
night for St. Louis.
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Lew
Kates in command, will leave Glenn's
wharfboat foot of Court street tomorrow
at 4 o'clock for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, attending toall way business.
Mr.. Branham does the honors of the
Captain Milt Harry with his new
White river packet, the Ruth, will arrive
this evening and leaves on Saturday
next for White river; freight will be
received for her at all times at the
wharlboat.
We eommuned with the spirits last
evening, and we're informed by several
departed steamboatmen that there would
be no overflow, and that times would be
prosperous this fall.
Captain A. J. Schenck, Of vevay,
Ind, has closed his contract for a new
boat with superintendent Dan. Fl. Nor
ten, Of the Madison Marine Ways.
Captain Lee, Of Fulton, arrived in the
city this morning, and reports that the
river declined half an inch at that point
yesterday.
The Julia arrived at noon from St.
Louis with a good trip for Vicksburg
and the bends. She puts off here $50
IONS of freight and adds Is tons for the
bends.
The following additional shipments of
coal left Pittsburg Saturday morning for
Cincinnati: Steamers Jas. II. Bigley,
John Hanna, Lyon, ]. A. Blaekmore,
Resolute and Fearless, with L.
l95, 1000 bushels. For Louisville:
Steamers Arkansas, ] S. Mercer, Her
,ules, Reindeer, j. G. Fisher, Tom Dods.
worth, Enterprise, Fred Wilson No. 2,
Eagle, Iron Mountain, Sam Parker, Mary
Ann, Ella, Simpson Homer, B. D. Wood,
Alice Brown, j. E. bravo, Sam Brown,
N. Phillips, James Gilmore and John
Gilmore, with $4,000 bushels. The
.otal shipments up to this date aggregate
about 10000 900 bushels.
The present run of coal foots up to
1884, 900 bushels, Of which 2,554,0O
,uobalo ara for Cino;nnatt; 900 mn