Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-19

COtlOu anu some people.
The Ruth, Captain Ed Postal, is th,
regular Saturday White river mai
packet leaving tomorrow evening for al
points on White, Black and Little Rec
rivers, paying strict attention to all wa,
business. She will be found in port this
evening ready to receive freight.
The Belle of Texas, Captain O. X
Joplin in command, brought in THU
morning from the upper coast 253 bales
Of cotton, l5S bags seed cotton and 9l4
sacks seed. She leaves this evening will
a return trip for Ashport and all way
landings on the upper coast, paying
strict attention to all way business. Joe
W. Rhodes does the honors of the Office
The City Of Augusta, Captain John D
Elliott, will arrive this evening with 36C
bales Of cotton, and leaves tomorrow
evening.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Remission
came in this morning from Cincinnati
with 400 tons of Western products, Is
bales Of cotton and Is bags of seed. She
leaves tomorrow evening with a return
trip for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Shinkle has unsurpassed passenger
accommodations. Billy Mcintyre, who
by the way is one Of the most popular
clerks on the river, controls the affairs OF
the office.
The City Of Vicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley, is the. Anchor Line packet leaving
this evening for V~icksburg and the bends,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Chris Sharpe is her
prime minister.
The George w. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green in command, is the regular Fri
day packet for Helena and the bends.
She attends promptly to all way business
in the bends. Messrs. D. P. Davis and
Billy Willis, two accommodating clerks,
have charge Of the office. She arrived
at 10 o'clock with III bales of cotton
and 1923 sacks Of seed.
The Fort Gibson, Captain Ed Now.
land, is the regular Saturday Arkansas
river mail packet.
The Phil Allin, Capt. James Lee, is
the regular mail packet leaving this
evening for Friar's Point and the bends,
paying strict attention to all way bust
ness. Jimmy Thompson is. her chief
clerk. She came in at noon With 359
bales Of cotton and 1927 sacks of seed.
Capt. j. j. Darragh returned 10 the
city this morning on the Vint Shinkle.
The captain has been taking in St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburg. He
will put his fine steamer, Belle Of Texas,
in the Arkansas river trade as soon as
there is water.
Capt. 0. X. Joplin's new and elegant
side-wheel steamer, the 0sceola Belle,
will arrive from the Ohio river in a few
days and enter in the upper coast trade,
for which she was expressly built.
The John Means, with her large tow of
grain and produce, will be down to-mor-
row evening en- route to New Orleans.
The City Of Alton is due down to-mor-
row bound for New Orleans.
The Grand Tower is the Saturday
Anchor Line packet for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The big Mary Bell will soon have a
rival. The Great Republic, which is now
being dismantled at St. Louis, is to be
rebuilt on a much larger scale, and when
completed will have a capacity for over
1000 tons.
The towboat Lizzie Gardner passed
down this morning with 3 broadhorns in
tow loaded with produce and one fuel
barge.
As the levee is in such a deplorable
condition, and not likely to be repaired
this season, we hope Mr.. N. NJ. Jones
will bring his big whartboat here imme-
diately and moor it at the landing, as it
will prove a great accommodation and
benefit to the merchants and steamboat
men. Mr.. Jones is q philosophical eiti-
zen, and whatever be undertakes he car.
ries through successfully. He proposes
to have all the packet lines interested in
the wharfboat and make ita mutual ben
eft to them all. We feel satisfied that
every merchant on Front row and every
steamboatman that plies the river will
sanction his great enterprise.
The Quickstep, Captain Stack Lee, ar
rived at eleven o'clock from the mouth
Of White river loaded down to the
guards. She had 452 bales of cotton, S06
sacks of seed, a lot Of sundries and a big
passenger list. Captain Stack Lee re-
fused cotton seed all the way up. She
leaves tomorrow evening for the mouth
of White river and the bends.
The Ella Hughes reshipped 1896 bales
of cotton at the mouth of the river on
the Quiekstep and turned back 'front.' there
for Pine Bluff.
The A. ]. White, Captain George Ma
lone in command, came in this morning
from the lower coast with 32l bales Of
cotton, At bags seed cotton and 1891
sacks seed. She had also a good list of
people. She leaves tomorrow evening
for Napoleon and the bends. Captain
Cummins holds forth in the office.
The Joe Kinney will pass up this even
ing for St. Louis.
The high wind this morning blowed the
Lizzie Gardner with her tow into the
bank below the elevator.
The Ella will be here to leave on Tues
day next for White river.
The LEDGER job printing office, ID
Madison street, pays especial attention
to printing steamboat posters, bills of
manifests, bill-heads, ETC., etc.
We guarantee our work to be second IN