Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-01
The Golden oitY left oinoinnat

the crossings.
The Cherokee is due down to.
day for New Orleans.
Captain VIM. Maingault, of the
McNutt, has gone to Hot Springs,
with tho view of improving his
health.
The Commonwealth is advertised
to leave st. Louis to-day for New
Orleans.
The Atlantic and barges are due
down.
The e. 0. Stanard is due up to-
morrow for ST. Louis.
The Osceola Belle, Captain An
drews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Ashport
and all way landings. B. 0. Mich
ell does the honors of the office.
The ladies of st. Lazarus Church
presented Captain Tichenor with d
beautiful floral eagle, which adorn-
ed the cabin of his packet last
night, and the ladies of Alabama
Street Church gave him a hand
some pyramidal bouquet.
The excursion on the Cons Mil.
lar, given under the auspices of the
ladies of st. Lazarus Church, was q
grand affair.
This is the first of August, bnt
steamboatmen would like for it to
be the first of October. &
There is only five feet six inches
on the crossings. between Louisville
and Evansville.
The Lotus No. 8 is coming up
the river soon to be dismantled.
The only strikers" on steam
are those who assist the engi-
neers, and they behave themselves.
/" Nothing mean about them,' they
to business.
The City of Vick8burg for St.
louis had a moderate freight list
and a good passenger trip, includ-
ing one or two bridal parties.
The Coahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Friar's
attending promptly to way
Mr.. Ed Thomas is her!
top clerk.
The reliable passenger steamer
Hard Cash, in command of Captain.
Ed Postal, leaves this evening for
oil points on White, Black and
Red rivers, going through to
JackSonport. She has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations, and
gives special attention to all way
Charley Postal controls
the Office, and is seconded by Count
Chamberlain.
The Phil Allin, Captain Mark
Cheek in command, which runs as
regular as clock work and makes
railroad speed, came in last night
from the lower coast with Il fair
trip Of freight and people, return
ing to Vicksburg this evening at 5
o'clock, She will carefully attend
to all way business, making direct
connection at Vicksburg with the
K. E. Lee for New Orleans and the
Yazoo river packets, giving through
Captain Rees, a clever gen
tleman, controls the Office, and for
his assistants has Johnny Briggs
and Dan Sullivan.
The splendid passenger packet
Cons Millar, Captain Tichenor in
command, will back out this after
noon at 5 o'clock for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati, sending pas
sengers and freight to all points
East at the lowest rates. This is
one of the finest boats that plies be-
tween here and Cincinnati, and
passengers may feel assured Of hav-
ing all the comforts and luxuries
usually to be found at a first-class
Mr.. James Wilson, chiel
will be found as ready and
willing as ever to look to after the
interests of shippers and the com
fort of passengers, a sufficient guar.
antee That all will be well. Messrs
Lightburne and Forbes will give
the Millar a good send-oif in the
way Of cotton and other freight.
There has been a big scramble
the ship Governor Morton and
which caught fire and was
scuttled in Southwest Pass. The
Company cxtinguisheC
the fire, and took possession of The
Morton, towed her mp tht