Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-14
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The st. Geneyieve left st. Louis
last evening for Memphis.
The Alf Stevens has gone to Wa
bash river to lead with corn for New
Orleans.
The Mary Houston leaves New
Orleans this evening for Cincin-
natl.
The James D. Parker for Mem
phis and Thompson Dean for New
Orleans leaves Cincinnati this even
ing.
The Maumelle is due tomorrow
from the Arkansas with a big trip.
of cotton and other freight.
The Capitol City will pass up to-
morrow morning for st. Louis.
The Commonwealth is due up
en- route to st. Louis.
The banquet on the Gaff last
evening was a grand affair.
The Cons Millar will be here on
Monday morning from Cincinnati
with a full cargo of Western pro-
ducts, and will return to the Ohio
on Wednesday next.
The 0sceola came in this morn
ing from st. Francis river with LAG
bales and Is bags of cotton, 200
sacks seed and sundries. She will
leave on Tuesday with a return
trip, going through to Wittsburg.
The OaroRdelet leaves New Or
leans this evening for Evansville
and loads there and along the lower
Ohio with a return trip.
The Florence Meyer came in
last evening from Arkansas river.
She cleaned out here and put off
81 bales of cotton, and left at noon
for st. Louis to load for the meun-
tains.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain An
drewS, came in this morning from
the upper coast with a fair trip and
this evening at 5 o'clock for
Ashport, giving special attention to
plantation business. Messrs.
Platt Rhoads and Cyrus Fay are
her attentive clerks.
The officers Of the packets report
ne damage done in the bends as
yet by the high water, though in
some places the back-water has sub
merged parts Of several plantations.
The leyees can stand 3 feet more
water.
The Anchor Line packet Color
ado, Captain Ed Gray, leaves the
elevator tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and doing
way business.
The fine sidewheel steamer Belle
of Texas, Captain Ed Rowland,
leaves this evening at sharp five for
Arkansas river, going through to
Little Rock, carrying the mail and
giving special attention to all way
business. Captain Jimmy Thomp-
son, a gentleman who is recognized
for his urbanity and prompt atten-
ton to business, controls the office,
and is assisted by Billy Nucles.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Alex
Zeigler, came in this morning from
st. Louis with a full cargo of grain
aud produce. She returns this
evening at sharp five for Cairo and
st. Louis, attending to all bend
business and making direct connec.
ton with the principal railroads
for all points East and West. Mr.,
O. Hewitt oaiciates in the office.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, leaves at skarp five this
evening for Scanlan's Landing, do
ing all way business. Phil Harmon
presides at the desk.
Captain James Reese, .ir., has
contracted with NJ. L. and W. S.
Speer, Of Belle Vernon, to build a
hull for a new steamer for the
Memphis and Arkansas River
Packet Company. She is to be $50
feet long, 35 feet beam and 81 feet
depth Of hold. Engines by James
Rees, ST., of P%ittsburg, 10 feet in
diameter, with 5 feet stroke. The
boilers 20 feet long and AZ inches
in diameter. The new steamer is
to be finished by July 1st.
From our special correspondent
at Pine Bluff, Mack Hammet, the
well known steamboat agent and
commission merchant. we learn that