Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-04

coast With 206 bales Of cotton, sO2 sacks
Of seed and a good list Of people. She
leaves this evening for GreenvilIe and
Sunnyside carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. The Illinois
makes a special Mardi Gras trip, leaving.
Sunnyside for Memphis Saturday morn.
ing, February 6, Greenville at s am,
Chicot City Saturday evening, connect.
ing with the train from Pine Bluff. She
will make all way landings for passen-
gers and arrive at Memphis Monday
evening, lay over until Thursday even.
ing, when she will leave With a return
trip for Greenville, S~unnyside and the
bends. By this arrangement her guests
will be a6ordeda splendid opportunity
to engage in the Mardi Gras festivities
and to transact their business before re.
turning home. The passengers will be
entertained on board while in port.
Captain Cheek has made preparations
to accommodated in a comfortable manner
a large number of people. An elegant
band has been engaged to accompany
the excursion Joe Spears, who controls
the affairs of the office, will be untiring
IN his efforts to make the trip a pleasant
one for all who take passage on the Iii.
nois. Frank Smith, one Of the best
caterers on the river, will attend to the
cuisine and see that the gueata are boun.
teously supplied with the best the market
affords.
The Fort Gibson viii arrive in port to.
night and win leave on Saturday for
Pine Bluff and way points on Arkansas
river.
The City Of Augusta will arrive in
port tomorrow morning from White
river and leave tomorrow evening for
St Francis river. ase
Captain George Malone, with his
@favoriic packet A j. White. will leave
positively Saturday evening for Napo.
leon and the bends, carrying the mail.
The H c. Yaeeer is due mp this even.
ing bound for Cairo.
The Bismarck and James Howard are
due down to day bound for New Orleans.
The City Of yicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley is the Anchor Line packet leaving
the elevator to morrow morning at ten
o'clock for Vicksbnrg and the bends.
carrying the mail and attending to ali
way business.
The Charles Morgan and Louisville
for New Orleans, and Vint Shinkle for
Memphis, left Cincinnati last evening.
The Glencoe passed up this morning
for Cairo with a fair trip. She put off at
the elevator l3 bales Of cotton and some
other stuff.
A private dispatch from Little Rock
this morning reports the river at that
point as falling rapidly, with five feet in
the channel.
Corey Walters, charged with the mur
der Of Albert Bischof, will be tried at
Little Rock at the next term Of the Cir
cult Court.
G. W. Davis, Esq will please call at
Captain r. w. Lightburne's Office, No.
10 Madison street, Tor an important.
letter.
Captain D~rink@ater, Of the steamer
Ella Hughes, arrived from Little Rock
this morning. Captain Thomos Barrett
and others have purchased two. thirds of
the Ella Hughes and will place her 10 the
Fort Smith and Little Rock trade in
command Of Captain Barrett.
The Mary Miller has laid up at Padu-
cab on account Of ice.
The Nick Longworth will be down TO-.
morrow en- route to New Orleans.
The wharfage receipts for last month
were $l07S %.
The heavy ice in The river al Gncin
natl and Louisville is seriously imped-
ing navigation. and in consequence
several boats in the upper river bound
up and down were forced to heaye to and
seek safe harbors. While the Ella was
laying at Louisville, a few days since,
a lot of wearing apparel and moving
plumber was stolen by some deck hands
employed on the boat. The stolen pro.
perly was reeaptured BY the Louisville
police, and thereby Captain BY Weaver
was made happy.
The West Wind with the Frank For
est in tow came up this morning from
New Orleans and landed at the foot oil
Paddy's Hen and Chickens.
: The Mary Ament, Captain Joplin,
came H. last evening from 0sceola with
az bales of cotton and a lot of sundries.
She was detained on account of the high
winds night before last and yesterday
morning, and lays over until Tomorrow,
her regular day. She leaves to morrow
evening for 0sceola and the bends, at
tending to all way business. Joe W.,
Rhodes one Of the elevefest fellows in
the world controls the affairs in the
Office.
The Napoleon and ReDdB Marft
.GTas ExcursiSn Packet.
The popular packet A. j. White, in
command Of that ever popular and ex
perieneed boatman Captain Geo.
Malone, will make one of the finest