Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-30


next with a return trip for Wittsburg
and all points on St. Francis river.
The splendid steamer Charles Morgan,
Captain Stein in command, leaves the
wharf to. morrow evening for New Or
leans and the bends. Harry Stein
presides in the office.
The local packets out last night had
good trips of freight and people.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
Woodbutn, is the regular Tuesday mail
packet leaving this evening for Pine
Bluff and all way landings on Arkansas
river. Billy Butler and Billy Nucles
are her clerks.
The Fannie Tatum lays up on her ar
rival at St. Louis.
Captain Levi Chapman, formerly com
mander of the Arkansas river sidewheel
steamer Thirty.ftth Parallel, is now a
farmer near Van Buren,, Arkansas.
The St. Joseph, Captain Sam McPhe-
ters, arrived this morning from St. Louis
with a full cargo of grain and produce,
and leaves this evening with a return
trip for Cairo and St. Louis. Captain
Garrett Huls presides in the office.
The Thomas Sherlock, Captain Hart,
will pass down to-day for New Orleans
Geo. Wolf, of St. Louis, is gate i'll
and not expected to recover
The John A. Scudder, Captain A. j.
Garter, leaves this evening for New Or
leans and the bends.
Captain B. 0. Carr, supervising in
spector of this district, arrived in the city
yesterday from Louisville, and will re-
main several days with his friends.
The Nick Longworth, Captain Ben
MerrileS, is due up tomorrow bound for
Cincinnati with 600 tons of freight.
Captain Noah Scoville will build a
new light draught boat for the Red river
trade.
The Mary Houston, Captain Charley
Miller, will pass up tomorrow for Louis
vile.
The new steamer Cons Miller, Captain
James Pepper, will arrive to-day from
Cincinnati with q full cargo Of Western
products, and leaves tomorrow evening
with q return trip.
Captain VIM. HardWick will be down
with his corn boats in a few days.
The A. j. White, Captain Geo. Malone,
came in this morning from the lower
coast with 43 bales Of cotton, a lot Of
seed and sundries ard a big list Of peo-
pie. She leaves this evening with a re-
TURF trip for Napoleon and the bends,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Captain A. L. Cummins
does the hoDors of the Office.
The Glencoe, with 400 tons of freight
will pass up to-day for Cairo.
The a.. G. Jaeger will be up to-day
for St. Louis with 300 hogsheads OIL
sugar and 4eO tons of old iron and other
freight.
The City of Vicksburg, passed up al
noon for St. Louis with a moderate trip
The John F. Tolle passed down las
night for New Orleans loaded down tC
the guards. She put off here 4l9 bar
rels -four, l49 boxes glass, "a hogsheadl
glassware aud % barrels coal oil.
We received a telegram from the Mary
Houston, stating that she weuld be here
te-morrow evening, and leave at 6 pm.
for Louisville.
The attention Of the police is called
to the rudness Of the negroes who ap
pear on the bluff, foot of Madison street
every evening to play ball and otheI
games.
Chattanooga proposes the construction
Of a levee around that city to proven.
all future inundation. 1t is though
that a levee Is feet high, with a base o
45 feet, can be built for $780, 600.
The new mountain steamer Benton
which leaves Pittsburg Wednesday foI
Fort Benton, on the upper Missouri, il
valued at 100000, and insured in Gin
cinnati for 500, 1000.
The Belle Of Shreveport is due up to
day en- route to St. Louis with 400 toni
of freight.
Lytton, who died at Galena, ILL.,, wa
the first mar that introduced the paddl,
wheel for steamboats, on the Ohio river
Charles Thomas, second clerk Of the
John B. Maude, and Tom Collier re
turned from ST. Louis yesterday, whither
they have been to get their pro rata o
the prize drawn by the Maude club.
Through the request of a large mum
Der of our mer chants, Captain Georg,
W. Cheek, Superintendent Of the Cheel
Line, has consented to place the fin.
steamer Illinois in the Vicksburg an,
bends trade. She will leave here OIL
Fridays and make close connection a