Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19

on board to attend to all way bust
ness.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry,
leaves this evening for all points on.
White river, going through to Jack
sonport. She carries the mail aud
gives special attention to business
on the Mississippi river from here
to the mouth, and also along
White river, and makes close con-
nection at ~JackSonport with the
Alberta for Batesville and the Nc
Arthur for Black river. The Ruth
has unsurpassed passenger accom-
modations. Ed Crowell, a gentle
man with whom it is a pleasure to
travel and do business, controls the
Office, and is assisted by Wiley
Turney.
The renowned and famous pas
Senger steamer j. W. Gaff, in COM
mand of that ever-popular boatman
Capt. Bob Wise, leaves this evening
for Cincinnati and all points on the
Ohio, ticketing passengers through
to all points East at reduced rates.
She also gives special attention to
all bends business between this and
Cairo. The Gaff is not only a safe
carrier, but is one of the most com
Portable passenger packets that plies
the Ohio. Col. Moore, her chief
clerk, is noted for his courtesy, and
he never fails to make the guests of
the Calf feel comfortable and at
home. Billy Collins, her cele-
brated steward, has no equal in his
line of business, and he not only
feeds the passengers Of the Gaar
sumptuouSly, but is ever ready to
supply their wants of comfort and
endeavor to make all on board
happy.
Captain John Mossop, chief clerk
of the Bob Lee, passed through the
city yesterday en- route to the Hot
Springs to get boiled out. He Wis
tied the Cotton Exchange, with
which he was well pleased, and
also called on Capt. James Bourne.
He thinks, like many others, that
Captain Bourne is one of the livliest
old-timers he ever met. There is
hardly an old-time boatman who
does not know Captain Bourne,
and all who know respect him.
River men all miss the sold he"
captain from their circle, as he was
in palmy days the shining light.
Captain j. II. Washington, who
always acts as agent for the Lee
when she comes up the river, also
entertained Captain MoSsop a few
hours while on his brief visit.
The swift and palatial passenger
steamer Charles Morgan, which has
gained the reputation throughout
the Mississippi valley as bong one
of the most reliable and best of pas
senger packets, will leave Glenn's
wharfboat tomorrow afternoon for
New Orleans, making all principal
way landings. Her passenger ac-
commodations are unequaled and
she runs as regular as clock-work.
AS an evidence Of her popularity
and the appreciation in which she
is held by the travelling public she
has carried more passengers this
season up and down the river than
the Sherlock, Donnally and Golden
Rule put together, and on her last
trip she registered over 800 people.
1t is a pleasure to travel on her, and
the fare will vie with the finest
hotels in the country. Capt. Albert
Stein, her noble and worthy COM
mander, is one of the most careful
boatmen on the river, and he is as
watchful for the safety of his boat
and passengers as a mother would
be with her first born, and by his
carefulness, in all Of his long years
of steamboating, he has never had
a serious accident. Harry Stein, a
young gentleman, does the honorS
of the office, and by his courtesy
and accommodation to the shipping
and travelling public, has aided his
father, Captain Stein, in making
the Morgan the most popular pas
senger steamer that plies between
Cincinnati and New Orleans.
History says, Caesar had his Brutus."