Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-07

The Belle Memphis returned to st.
Louis last evening with q moderate trip.
The Capitol City passed down at
noon for Vicksburg we'll laden. She
put of here 1000 packages Of freight and
added % tons Of bends freight.
The Quickstep will have her repairs
finished and resume her regular trips
in the Friar's Point trade on Tuesday
next.
Captain Basket and his bride left on
the Allin last evening for Council Bend.
The Ajax with a tow of empty barges
passed up yesterday afternoon.
The Cons Millar is due Thursday
morning from Cincinnati.
The Rosa Miller, Captain John Wood
burn, is the regular Tuesday Arkansas
river mail packet leaving this evening
for Little Rock and all way points. and
attending to all way business. Thomas
Darragh, a courteous gentleman and
efficient officer, presides at the desk.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Vickers,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
elevator this evening at 6 o'clock for
Cairo and St. Louis, connecting with
the principal railroads for all points
East and West. Captain Lee Finney is
her prime minister.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green, is the regular Tuesday packet for
Napoleon and the bends. She leaves
promptly this evening and pays strict at
tention to all way business in the bends,
Mr.. D. P. Davis holds forth in the Office,
and is seconded by Billy Smither.
The new Era No. 8, Captain Basket,
will arrive hers from Cincinnati the lat
ter part of the week. She enters the st.
Francis river trade on Tuesday next,
and will ply between Memphis and
Wittsburg throughout the season, leav.
ing here on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
The John B. Maude is due up to night
from New Orleans en- route to St. Louis.
The City Of Augusta, Captain John d.
Elliott, arrived last evening from Gin
cinnati with 300 tons Of freight. She
is receiving for all points on White,
Black and Little Red rivers, and leaves
Tuesday next, paying strict atteAtion to
all way business. Captain Joe Elliott
and Dan Sullivan, two clever and ac-
commodating gentlemen, have charge of
the Office. The City Of Augusta is in
splendid order and as good as new. She
will continue in the Memphis and White
river trade throughout the season as a
weekly packet, leaving for White river
every Tuesday.
The Indiana, Captain Rusk, will leave
the wharfboat this afternoon for New
Orleans aud the bends. Captain Frank
Stein presides at the desk.
The City Of Helena is the Thursday
Anchor Line packet for Vicksburg.
Freight will be received for her at all
times at the elevator.
The new steamer Mary Belle will be
towed to st. Louis to-day from Metropolis
and receive her finishing touches, anG
leave st. Louis October the LIST for New
Orleans and leave here on the 9th.
The Smoky City has recovered 10000
bushels of coal of her sunken tow, anC
will recover the remainder of the strand
tow unless there should be a sudden rist
in the river.
Champ Chamberlin came down from
Cincinnati as second clerk of the City o
Augusta. Champ got his fll Of the cir
Gus business. He is now settled dowI
Tor business and open for an engage
ment this fall on some good packet
Champ is an expert and competen
clerk
The H. G. Jaeger is due down to.mor
row for New Orleans.
The John A. Scudder will be up Thurs
day for st. Louis.
The tOWboats Nail City and Mix,
Livingstone lightened of the Indiana a
Cumberland Island. at which point shl
was aground three days.
The Rosa Miller, leaving to-day for
Arkansas river, will have a splendid
trip.
The Era No. 9 for Memphis ant
Arlington for New Orleans leave Gin
~cinnati this evening.
The City Of Augusta lays over unit
Tuesday next to start out for White rive
on her regular day.
Platt Rhodes, tie popular clerk OF tn,
Frank Forest, left last evening for Holly
Springs, Miss, on a brief visit to see hi
sweetness.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry, viii
leave here on Saturday next for Whit,
river. Freight will be received for be,
on the wharf boat.
The George w. Cheek came in thi
morning from Napoleon with l6 bales o
cotton and l6l sacks seed. She wa
delayed on account Of a heavy way bust
ness. She also lost a couple of hour
last night by picking up o snag in Com
merce bend, which did but very littl
damage to her hurricane root and boileI
deck guards.
The imperial steamer Illinois, in CON
mand of Captain Mark Cheek, will com
to the wharf tomorrow to receive 70
Vicksburg and the bends, and leaves Of
Friday next. She is in good trim, an
will make things howl when they turi
her loose.
Captain X. W. Lightburne received
letter from Captain James Pepper, Of til
Cons Millar, stating that his packe
would arrive Thursday morning an
leave on Friday with a grand excursioi
trip for the Cincinnati Exposition; far
for the round trip, twenty dollars. Pa
sengers will be permitted to remain o
board while in port at Cincinnati and b
fed and furnished state-rooms free {
charge. All wishing a cheap and pleas
ant trip to Cincinnati should avail them
selves of this favorable opportunity.
FOrst. Francis River.