Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-04

The City Of Helena passed down last
night for Vieksburg with a good trip.
She put Of here 1886 barrels meal and
-four, 1907 sacks corn and oats, 50 bales
hay, Is casks bacon and 500 packages
sundries.
The Andy Baum will arrive tonight
from Cincinnati with a full cargo Of
Western products. ai
The John Dippold left yesterday even
ing for the Ohio river with a tow of
empty coal barges. 4
The Bstesville, Captain Smith, came
N last night from White river with Is
bales Of cotton. She reshipped so bales
at Newport and 26 ct the mouth. The
Batesville is receiving for a return trip
to White, Black and Little Red rivers,
and leaves tomorrow evening, Captain
Ed Postal is her prime minister.
A survey is being made through
Stoddard County, Mo-, for a canal to
connect with the upper St. Francis and
Black rivers with the Mississippi.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
Woodburn, leaves this evening for Pine
Bluff and all way points on Arkansas
river, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business, Billy Butler, q
courteous gentleman, presides in the
Office, aud is assisted by Billy Nucles.
The Nick Longworth, Captain Ben
Merriles, leaves the wharf tomorrow at
nine am. for New Orleans and the
bends. Charley Woodbury. is her clever
purser.
The loss Of coal at Osceola bar Friday
morning was five boats and three barges,
100000 bushels in all.
Captain c. B. Bryan, of the St. Ber-
nard Coal Association, has gone to Mo
bile on a pleasure trip.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley is the Anchor Line packet leav-
ing the elevator to morrow morning at
ten o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis, at
tending to all way business and connect
ing with the principal railroads for all
points East and West. Chris Sharpe
does the honors of the office.
The Julia is the Anchor Line packet
leaving Thursday evening for Vicks-
burg.
The A. ]. White, Captain Geo. Ma
lone, came in this morning from the
lower coast with 2S bales of cotton, a lot
of seed and sundries. She had also a
good passenger trip. She leaves this
evening on a return trip for Napoleon
and the bends, carrying the mail and
paying strict attention to all way bust
ness. Captain A. L. Cummins, a clever,
and accommodating gentleman, has
charge Of the Office, and has for his aids
Messrs. Smither aud Aydlett.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Remission,
win leave this evening for Cairo, Louis.
vile and Cincinnati, ticketing passen-
gers through to all points East and
West. Billy Mcintyre does the honors
Of the office. ntre
The Tolle passed down yesterday with
out landing.
The Fannie Lewis, a diminutive craft,
came in last evening from Jefferson
City, Mo, and goes to Yazoo river to
ply in n of the bayous e%mptying into
the Yazoo.
The Thompson Dean, Captain VIM
Miller in command, will leave here
Thursday morning at 10 am. for New
Orleans and the bends. She is on a
grand excursion trip and is a comforta-
BILE and safe steamer to travel on.
The following coal shipments were
started from Pittsbug during April: For
Cincinnati, 1880. 900 bushels; Louisville,
4,l2S, 900; Madison, lac, GOO; Nashville,
1872, 900; St. Louis, 300, 900. The ship.
ments for April last year were 9,l43, OOC
bushels. The shipments since January
TO date are 1880, 600 behind those o.
last year. The Cincinnati shipments
are 7,Ol7, 900 bushels behind last year
There are fully l2,OOO,OO bushelt
loaded to leave on the first water. nit
The following are the ladditiona
particulars of the sinking of the steamer
St. Luke at the St. Charles railroad
bridg9 on the Missouri river: 80 =
The night was dark and the lights OIL
the bridge very dim. About 30 feet o
the larboard side of the boat wa
crushed in by the collision with the pie
and part Of her machinery torn away
She made water very rapidly, but foateC
down 2 miles and struck q bar in tn,
middle Of the river, and sunk to thu
hurricane deck. Passengers rushed
from their berths in great terror, ant
run hither and thither, panic. stricken
but all those not lost were finally gather
ed on the hurricane roof, where they re
NAMED till daylight, clad only in thei
night clothes, when a ferryboat cam
down the river and took them ashore