Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-17

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miscellaneous freight and a fair list of
people.
The Arch P. Green, en- route from Gin.
cinnati to White river, is due down to.
morrow.
The Wild Boy is for sale at St, Louis.
Cairo is about to reduce the wharfage
tax one.halE.
The new Red river steamer Alexan
dria, bound for New Orleans, passed
Evansville yesterday afternoon.
The George w, Cheek passed Cairo
last evening for Memphis and will be
here this evening.
The Maumelle for Memphis and Ar
kansas river passed Evansville last even
ing at I o'clock.
Captain PhilO Young, formerly clerk
Of the Grand Republic, is now engaged
With the St. Louis Lead and Oil Com
pany.
The Capitol City passed up yesterday
morning for St. Louis with a moderate
trip.
The steamer Little Bob Lee at Evans.
vile has been sold to Yicksburg parties.
Terms private.
The schenck loads at Cairo for New
Orleans.
The Glencoe passed up last evening
for St. Louis. She put of here 100
packages of sundries.
The John F. Tolle passed down this
morning for New Orleans.
The Grand Lake and barges passed
down yesterday morning for New Or
leans. She added here a barge loaded
with $500 sacks of oil cake.
The Mark Twain, Captain Randall,
leaves tomorrow evening for st. Francis
river, carrying the mail and doing all
way business. Lee Woodland is her
clerk.
The Colorado passed down yesterday
morning for VicksburE With a splendid
trip, She discharged here 2S crates
cabbage, IS barrels potatoes, 10 barrels
onions, 20 boxes pears, "a boxes grapes,
aud added 80 IONS of miscellaneous
freight and q fair number Of people.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat Trem-
mel, is the regular packet, leaving this
evening for Scanlan's landing and the
bends, doing all way business. Captain
Phil Harmon is her prime minister.
The Coshoma, Captain Stacker Lee,
came in yesterday from the lower coast
with 30 bales of new cotton, 43 sacks
seed and suhdries and a good list of peo-
pie. She returns to Friar's Peint this
evening, carrying the mail and doing all
way business. Ed Thomas does the hon
ors OF the Office.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain j. G. An.
drews, ia the regular mail packet, leaving
this evening for Ashport, attending to
all way business. B. o. Michel, q
clever gentleman, presides at the desk.
The City Of Vieksburg, Captain Bob
Riley, is the Anchor Line packet leaving
the elevator tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock for VickSburg and the bends,
carrying the mail and making direct con.
n%ection with the Pine Bluff railroad and
at Vickshurg with the New Orleans and
Yazoo river packets. Chris Sharpe is
her purser.
The Illinois, Captain Nat Green, came
in from Arkopolis with II bales Of cot.
ton, q lot Of seed and sundries and a
good passenger list. She returns this
evening to ArkOpolis and the bends,
carrying the mail and doing all way bust.
ness. Captain Lee Cummins, Neil
Booker and Joe Boyd are her clerks.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal
will arrive tomorrow from White river
With . good trip OF miscellaneous
freight, and return to J~scksonport on
Wednesday.
The Phil Allin, Captain Mark Cheek
arrived last night from Vicksburg viii
le bales Of cotton, a lot Of seed and sun
dries and a big trip Of people She vii
I leave tomorrow evening on a return triI
to Vicksburg, connecting at Arkopoli
with the Pine Bluff railroad and al
Vicksburg with the r. u. Lee for New
Orleans and the Yazoo river packets
v Captain Reese Rees controls the Office
r and is assisted by Dan Sullivan AM
. Marlin Jones.
> The Hattie Rowland, Captain Jane
q Rees, will arrive to-day from Arkan
8 sas river with a fair trip of cotton an
2 miscellaneous freight and returns u
? Little Rock tomorrow evening, c%arryin,
y the mail and doing all way business
. Billy Butler, an afTable gentleman, is be
. chief clerk, and is seconded by Charlie
e Reynolds.
. The wharf~aster informs steamboat
y men through the LEDGER that oil steamer
. will be accorded the privilege Of landinl
alongside Of tho wharfboats moored a
&c the landing TO discharge or receive pal
g goes without any other charge attaebe.
a except tho regular wharfage tax. Tn
y above order will be carried out until III
levee is fully repaired and the vhar.
boats permanently located.