Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-24

Orleans.
The John B, Maude will arrive
tonight from Vicksburg, and leaves
tomorrow evening for st. Louis.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis
and Robert Mitchell for New Or
leans left Cincinnati Saturday even
ing.
The City of Alton is due up.
:. A big swell is reported in Arkan-
| sas river.
The st. Genevieve returned to
st. Louis Saturday night with $50
bales cotton.
!, The John Howard, out of White
river with a load of cotton, arrived
at New Orleans this morning.
The Thomas Sherlock and Belle
of Shreveport will pass down to-
day for New Orleans.
The John A. Seudder, Captain
Hicks, will arrive to-day from New
Orleans, and leave on Wednesday
with a return trip.
The Capitol City passed up yes
terday for st. Louis with a fair list
of Eastern-bo und cotton. She put
off here a lot of cotton and seed.
The Colorado down had an ex-
cellent trip. She put off here a
few hundred packages of freight
and added 40 tons for points be-
low.
The big Joe Willisms, with her
tow of five acres of coal, passed
down this morning for New Orleans.
The Greyhound will arrive to-
day from the lower Ohio with a tow
of coal for this market.
The A. Q. DOnnally passed up
this morning for the Ohio we'll la
den. She discharged here several
lots of freight.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. James
Yore, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving this evening for Cairo and
st. Louis. MI. 0. Hewitt is her
gentlemanly clerk.
The Batesville, Capt. Mat Trem-
mel, is the regular packet for Scan
lan's Landing, leaving this evening
at sharp five. Capt. Henry Cooper
does the honors of the office.
The Thomas Sherlock for New
Orleans added 5000 barrels of po-
tatoeS at Golconda, Illinois.
The City of Alton goes to Evans
vile to load for New Orleans.
Commodore Kountz contemplates
building at P~ittsburg a fine side
wheel steamer for the st. Louis
and New Orleans trade to make 90
miles an hour up the Mississippi.
The Il. G. Yaeger and My Choice
and barges for st. Louis and the
Charles Morgan for Cincinnati left
New Orleans Saturday evening.
Captain John Elliott, of the City
of Augusta, left last evening for
Devall'8 Bluff to rejoin his packet
which has gone up White river to
load with cotton for New Orleans.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain ]. G.
Andrews, is the mail packet leav-
ing this evining for Johnson's Land
ing and the upper coast. B. 0.
Michel presides at the desk.
The Golden Rule passed up Sat
urday night for Cincinnati with
nearly 1900 tons of freight and a
big lot Of people. She put off here
a lot Of oranges and other stuff.
The G. B. Church, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, added
1000 turkeys at Louisville.
A produce boat belonging to
Montgomery Patton, of Veyay,
Ind, while attempting to descend
the falls on Friday, struck the left
hand reef and sunk.
The Golden City struck the
wharf boat too hard at Shawneetown
and came near sinking, cutting
through to the gunwale and dam
aging the boat a few hundred dol.
lars.
The Mark Twain is due to-day
from st. Francis river with a big
trip Of cotton seed.
The G. P. ohOuteau, Captain
VIM. Thorweigan, will arrive to-day
from New Orleans and leaves
Wednesday on a return trip.
The Commonwealth arrived at
st. Louis yesterday.
The G. r. Churob for Nou n