Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-15

carrying the mail and giving special
attention to way business. Jimmy
Thompson runs the Office affairs,
assisted by Cook Creighton and
Mr.. Burke.
The A. j. White left V~icksburg
yesterday for Memphis. She will
arrive here Monday morning and
leave Monday evening for Friar's
Point, taking the place of the Geo.
W. Cheek. The latter steamer goes
to Paducah to have anew cabin put
on and be converted almost into
a new boat. AS soon as her repairs
are finished she will return and re-
enter her trade.
The ALI Stevens came in this
morning from st. Louis with a full
load of grain and produce.
The st. Genevieve, Capt. Vickers,
will be the Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator tomorrow eve
ming for Cairo and st. Louis, max
ing direct connection with the
principal railroads for all points
East and West, ticketing Centen-
NAL passengers through at reduced
rates.
THE New PAoKET.-For several
months past our people, as well as
those along the lower coast and Ar.
kansas river, have been on the gu.
vive in regard to the new steamer.
Governor Garland. Knowing The
large experience, good taste ant
commendable enterprise Of the gen.
tlemen by whom she was being
built, much was expected Of tn,
new boat; and no one has been dis
appointed, for she comes fully VI
to their expectations in every par
ticular. The Garland was built un
der the immediate supervision o
that old, experienced Askansa
river boatman, Captain James Bow
lin, and of course can be nothing
less than perfection, and wei
adapted to the trade in which sh
is destined to run her career. He
dimensions are: Length, 1714 feet
beam, 35t feet; depth of hold, 4
feet; boilers, two in number, % fee
long, A inches in diameter, with
hues each. Her machinery is of tn
| very best and consists of two engine
of 13-inch cylinders, 5 feet stroke
; Her wheel is 10 feet 10 inches j
q diameter, with buckets "a feet l
inches long, and having suficien
power to drive them, she will nc
be slow. She is a450-ton boat an
will carry 250 tons on 80 inche
water, thus being enabled to ru
the Arkansas river at its loves
, stage. She has sufficient storag
room for 800 bales of cotton, an
will carry hal quantity on p feC
water. Her cabin is 100 feet lonl
elegantly carpeted, and contains z
, finely-furnished %staterooms, eac
having double berths 40 inches j
width. For the accommodation
colored people Whose patronage
no small item to our packets, ii
texas has been comfortably furnisl
ed, and other arrangements mac
y for their convenience. Captain /
p Rowland, her present and futu.
i commander, took charge of Il
Garland on her arrival here al
. Immediately selected his staff, cor
+, posed of the following experience
= and well. known boatmen: Walk
Outlaw, first, and Joe Boyd, secor
Is clerk E. B. Smith and MAJ Down
lie pilots Henry Powers, mate; WI
Of Short and Charles Dare, engineer
lie James Duncan, carpenter; Elisl
Cannon, dispenser of liquid col
le fort, and last, but by nomeans las
e John Wesley Ware, steward. Loi
before "the woods were burned
Or Captain Ed Rowland was connect
lie with the Memphis and Arkans
river trade, and 1t is wholly unne
err essary for us to speak in his prais
n. He has commanded some of t
as best boats and met with as muI
uli.l Isl