Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-20

Inc Julia passed down last evening
Tor Vieksburg with a fair trip. She put
off here 800 sacks corn, 40 sacks meat.
and a lot of sundries, and added s2I
bales of hay and a lot of sundries, and
% cabin passengers and a lot Of deckers.
The Charles Morgan passed down last
night well laden. She added here 200
boxes fruit, lao barrels apples, 60 sacks
oil cake, Is cases goods and a lot Of
machinery.
The Bee and barges passed up last
night.
The Big Suniower will be down Satur.
day evening bound for New Orleans.
The channel between St. Louis and
Cairo is lumpy, and hard for pilots to
define.
Mont Burnham and julie Douglas are
pilots on the Maude.
The Cons Millar, Captain James Pep
per, leaves to morrow for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati. Mr.. Reister is her
clever purser.
The City Of Chester returned to St.
Louis last evening with a moderate trip
Of freight and people.
Captain Andrews leaves to-day for
Jacksonville, Ind, to superintend the
construction Of his new sidewheel pack
ct for the Osceola trade. She will be
finished and ready for business by the
lst Of October.
The Frank Forest, Captain 0. K. Jop-
lin in command, leaves this evening for
Ashport and ell way landings on the up
per coast. VIM Joplin is her courteous
clerk.
The fine steamer Qulckstep, Captain
Stack Lee, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Friar's Point
and the bends, attending 70 all way bust
ness. Harry Bateman, a young gentle
man who is noted for his ~urbanity and
uniform kindness, has charge of the
Office.
The Illinois will resume her regular
trips in the Vicksburg trade in about
two weeks.
The Mary Boyd, en- route from Peoria
to st. Louis, broke the wrist of her lar
board engine, bursting out the after cyl
inder head, and throwing overheard the
piston rod and pitman.
The veteran, Captain James Lee, is
putting the hopping Phil in fine order for
the fall campaign. She will be repaint-
ed and fixed up in grand style.
Thompson Dean loses forty thousand
dollars by the failure of Duncan, Sher-
man & Co.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green, came in last night from Napo.
leon. She returns tomorrow evening
to Napoleon and the bends. D. P. Da-
Wis Is her efficient parser.
The Legal Tender, Captain Ed Now
land, anne in last night on time with a
good list of people and a fair freight
trip. She is receiving at the wharf boat
for a return trip to Little Rock and all
points on Arkansas river and leaves to-
morrow evening, carrying the mail and
attending to all way business. Walker
Outlaw, An efficient and worthy officer,
presldes at the desk.
The Capitol City, Captain O'Neal, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving the ele.
vator this evening for Cairo aud St.
Louis, connecting with the principal
railroads for all points East and West.
Henry Deadrick is her prime minister.
Freights at St. Louis for the South
will be advanced next week.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Vickers
is the Anchor Line mail packet leaving
tomorrow for Vicksburg and the bends.
Freights will be received for her at the
elevator.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry, is the
regular SaturdayWhite river mail packet.
She will be fonnd in port to-day to re-
ceive and leave promptly tomorrow
evening for all points on White river,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business.
Captain James Hall is subbing for
Clarence Hall as passenger agent of the
Vicksburg Anchor Line, and he proved
himself an expert at the business yester-
day by securing twenty-five passengers
for the steamer Julia from the people
that came in on the different railroads.
The Shannon passed up last night
with 200 tons of freight. She added
here several lots of freight. She put off
here 1000 bundles ties, 100 barrels syrup,
% barrels rice, l6 casks pitch, and 20
sacks hardware.
The pool business at st. Louis does
not give satisfaction. aud it is anticipa-
ted by boatmen that it will be dissolved.
j. 0. Haynes, second clerk of the
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